Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Kitchen Improvment - Reorganizing your kitchen

Sorry for not writing more posts but here I am with something very unique and that is what I have hot upon this month and I am really gung ho about it. It is all about kitchen improvement and how to do well with organizing the kitchen and frankly I was running out of ideas but while doing my regular browsing I came upon two things which I think will help you make sure that you will like and enjoy.

The first one is the new term which is Lazy Susans. I was not sure what they are and I would admit that I must have bought those a couple of times of various brands but never had any ideas as to it is called Lazy Susuans.

Do not ask me how these got the name but take a look at pictures and you will see that it is absolutely the best thing that is out there and I like especially the ones which you can out in your kitchen cabinet and it works like a charm.

That means get the clutter out of the cabinet and have it organized.

See the picture below and you will see what I mean.

lazy susans





Spices in packets and shakers and bottles are a mess to keep up with and I was trying hard to find out a way to keep these things in check and reduce my clutter .

I did some search and was able to find out that there are so many ways to store my spices. Here are the two best ideas which I found out and these are

wall mounted spice racks
Wall mounted spice racks by Jokari – Nice ones. Amazingly someone has a whole website dedicated to wall mounted spice racks here.

Under counter spice racks - These are absolutely amazing as these can easily be used to save space and they will be hidden from the public view.

>under counter spice rack

I have a couple of ideas about these and I will let you know in my next post about how I organized my kitchen.
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Country home décor

While talking about home décor country home décor is one thing which is very much in vogue when you are trying to select a specific type of décor for your home.

Here are some of my tips for a country home décor. There are so many styles associated with the country home décor that it is not unusual for you to find the most common of them all the rustic home décor. The next most common décor is the rustic home décor and the there is the primitive home décor. Each has slight variation in the décor but the overall riding theme for this décor is the fact that it should represents more folksy and artsy side of you as opposed to the more modern and contemporary style.

Things that signify rustic home décor are the wrought iron furniture, wooden bowls, brightly painted pottery items, brightly colored ceramic bowls. The use of natural colors as well as colors which are earthier is the common element.

For the country décor if you are trying to redecorate your home get the idea on what on will go on the walls, wood-work, carpets, curtains, furniture coverings, lamp shade as well as sofa and sofa pillows.

The most common mistake that people do when doing the country home décor is not changing the door knobs and handles as well as not changing the lighting fixture. Believe me they are a must because of the fact that they will be out of sync when you have everything in a country setting. Make sure that you changed these or at least have them do a color which is more earthy in tone or they amore brightly colored. You can even have the old fashioned fountains which are antique an give that rustic edge.

Coming to floors if you have ceramic or marble floors then you will need to use the more wooden style flooring in the rustic settings and that means that you will have to have the best of the best stylish wooden varnish or completely revamp the floor to have a wooden base and a nice varnish on top of it.

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Check my next post for the rustic accessories and accents