May 25, 2010

Air Pineapple (Tillandsia) – Plant Curtain, Have You Ever Seen?


Have you ever seen such a beautiful curtain? Do you know the curtain is a living thing? It can grow, can blossom out. Most importantly, it can absorb bad airs such as form aldehyde, toluene, nicotine contained in the atmosphere, at the same time release oxygen, purify your living environment.

Recently I hang a Tillandsia curtain in my living room, which has replaced the window screen curtain, and it is different with common curtains made of fabric, the tillandsia curtain bring me more closely feelings as well as tensions full of life, you will observe subtle changes occurred on it everyday and you breathing with it together.



The curtain can produce overhanging impression just as a waterfall, bring cool air to the hot summer. . .It can not only block hot lights from the balcony, but also covers messy of clothes on the line in the balcony.

Tillandsia curtain can not only worked as a practical utility, it also can acted as a viewable artwork, and it is very suitable for a interior decoration.

What this kind of plant is? It is called tillandsia, also"Air Pineapple” in Chinese.The most welcomed advantages of tillandsia curtain is it do not need too diligent care, as long as there is air, it can grows very well, and in dry hot season, you only need to spray more water to it.


Air pineapple has no roots, each stem you grow will survive easily, and it breathes depends on scales on leaves and has strong vitality.

Air pineapple is very hardy in winter and can live with conditions of temperatures of 10 degrees below zero centigrade. Now you know air pineapple is really a type of votive plant and very suitable for growing by lazy people, it always pay out and never request. So, do you like the plant – air pineapple?

* Original post: Air Pineapple (Tillandsia) – Plant Curtain, Have You Ever Seen?

Apr 28, 2010

You should Know about Feng Shui with Placing Plants in Kitchen

Placing some plants in the kitchen can not only clean the air, but also improve the moods who stayed in the kitchen, so you can make best dishes, and placing right plants can increase the kitchen feng shui as well as take you more wealth, here are some tips on feng shui when you want to place some plants in the kitchen.


If the kitchen in your house is located in the South, and placing foliage plants will contribute to your savings.
Kitchen located in the south affected greatly by red sun, and you will unknowingly have a strong tendency to overspend. While foliage plants are able to abate the foul air of sun and reducing the intention of over overspend, so foliage plants is advantageous for saving.


Kitchen located in the East is very auspicious, if it is in other directions, you can place red flowers on the table or settle them close to the refrigerator, which is very conducive to keeping a good health.
If the kitchen in your room is located in the West, you may placing golden flowers, daffodils or pansies, which can not only turn away foul air of sunset, but also bring you more money.


If the kitchen is located in the North, you may placing pink and orange flowers in it, which is helpful to adding vitality to the whole house.


* Original post: You should Know about Feng Shui with Placing Plants in Kitchen

Apr 1, 2010

Black and White, Dance between Modern and Classical III – Bathroom & Kitchen

Chpater III - Bathroom



Adding a line of carved stone wall tiles in white tiles, is a popular way in bathroom decorating, while choose the black matched with white which is pole apart, so the dull wall become more dynamic and vital, and the whole visual effect become more comfortable. At the same time, black and white towels, bathroom curtain, ivory white lotion bottle and black tooth mug are all seemed very dissonant and suitable.

In the white tile in the wall posted up a stone flower, is a popular way bathroom renovation, and the choice of white contrasting with black to match the strong exception to the monotonous walls enriched, makes the overall visual feel comfortable. Black and white towels, shower curtains, ivory ceramic basin, white and black, hand lotion bottle tooth cylinder looked very dissonant.

However, as black is somewhat dull, so such a home furnishing settlement is more suitable to a bathroom with adequate light.

The blooming flowers aside to the wash basin, will not only let your shines open at once, but also take more vitality to the bathroom. Now you will see that a little color can also make simple black and white become more energetic and lively.

Chapter IV: Kitchen


A kitchen room totally decorated in black and white will make people stay in it feel clean and tidy. To a kitchen room with rather small area, you may choose black and white mosaic tiles to decorate the flooring, and use black and white tiles to pave half of the wall, the white part can show the cleanness white the black part can conceal smears which are inevitable in kitchen.

Use white on all closets and floor cabinets in the kitchen, matched with black handle and black management countertop, as well as black kitchen appliances, such a match of black and white seemed so orderly and delightful.

While once those colorful dishes were placed in such a black and white world, they will be looked more attractive and delicious.

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* Original post: Black and White, Dance between Modern and Classical III – Bathroom & Kitchen

Mar 18, 2010

Black and White, Dance between Modern and Classical II – Bedroom

Although the black and white are entirely different, each has their own way, but as long as mastered a right proportion between the two, they will blending well too, and create a harmonious, clean home environment, and create senses no matter modern or classical easily.

Chapter II - Bedroom



White bedroom is pure and warm, express a kind of elegant, simple and noble atmosphere, so many people have a special liking for white home furnishings.

White walls, white chandeliers in the white ceiling, white floor lamp bedside as well as white bedding products, etc. these large areas of white tone, creating pure beauty of an overall space. While black bed frame, black stripes on the white bedding cover, a black alarm clock, setting with the black and white series switches and sockets in the wall, all looked exceptionally vivid and lifelike.


Worried about too simple black and white will take feelings of cold and lifeless? The inclusive nature of black and white allows you to bring a variety of bright colors into your bedroom, white itself is a "super big green leaf," while the match between black and some warm colors can also produce special beauty, for example, wall murals on the wall, a photo frame beside the head of the bed may add warm and lively atmosphere to the bedroom.

Now, you must agree that black and white are colors full of spirits, they are colors that never outdated.
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* Original post: Black and White, Dance between Modern and Classical II – Bedroom

Mar 3, 2010

Black and White, Dance between Modern and Classical I – Living Room

Although the world of colors is gorgeous and varied, but simple black and white, is been recognized as a "classic color match" publically. In a variety of new product launches of varied fashion brands, you will the see the cool black and assuming white style always. Black and white are colors full of spirit, they are colors that never outdated.

Although the black and white are entirely different, each has their own way, but as long as mastered a right proportion between the two, they will blending well too, and create a harmonious, clean home space, and bring senses no matter modern or classical easily.




Chapter I - Living Room

When using black and white to decorate your room, you should arrange a right proportion between the two "extreme" colors careful. Black and white, who is the leading actor in the end?

If you are enough special as well as enough alternative, you can make black to dominate the market, and let the living room become the world of black: black sofa, black desk/table, black seats, black ceiling and black backdrops, and let black take the way to the end. Under the shadow of such a mysterious atmosphere, white may turn into embellishments naturally, for example, white floor lamp, white tea set, white vases, thus to create an unique and fantasy shaped space.



However, if you can not endure repressions taken birth from a mass of dark, you’d better to take the fresh and clean white as the main tone, for example, white walls, white floors, matched with black sofa, transparent glass windows encircled by black frames, white curtains dotted with black dots, so simple white will become lively and dynamic.



Concise style furniture with smooth lines matched with simple, bright, clean and spacious bedroom is forever an ideal choice, which will bring you clear, pure, clean and solemn feelings.

While those blue cushions, hemp yellow carpet, red flowers, these ornaments will take more rich layers to the whole space, as simple in overall and exquisite in small areas, these details will show the exquisite and delicate taste of living of the owner casually.

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* Original post: Black and White, Dance between Modern and Classical I – Living Room

Feb 9, 2010

Comfortable Sofas, Meet Your Love at the Corner

As the modern life in cities are busy and tense, so we all reliable to a warm home which can bring us each most relaxing leisure time. But how to make your home more warm and more comfortable? As long as to take some tips, you can create a pleasant home easily.

The latest multi-person sofa in foreign countries can be changed flexible, with adjustment of backrest angles, right-angle folding, a variety of combinations of parts, different shapes can be combined and folded into, thus to meet various needs.

Fashion design concept is always the reason for popular stylish furniture. This is an era concerns on individuality, sofas with changeable shapes can displayed in front of people with any form, any gesture. Bold colors, the latest material are all adventurous applications to furniture design by designers.



A sofa with simple design never comes wrong to the public. White sofa demonstrate the simple home style of the master, angular sofa design, bring the tough feelings to the space, and it seemed men are more favorite such a sofa combination.




A weird design sofa will highlight the taste and individuality of the master more, in this era based on individuality, such a sofa will result in added grace to your home absolutely.

This sofa combination is welcomed by women extremely, and the characteristics of ladies are sofa animals demonstrated fully.



A set of sofa combination settled in a widening space will show the generous temperament of the master good. As the nobleness and elegance of leather sofa have been sought after by people all the time, so there is enough reason for you to take a set of leather sofa home.

* Original post: Comfortable Sofas, Meet Your Love at the Corner