Month: January 2019

2019’s Guide to Decorating a Modern Living Room

January 30, 2019

Your dining room is probably one of the most used rooms in your entire home. It’s a great place to entertain your family and friends while enjoying a great meal together. Because of this you want it to look aesthetically appealing to both you and your guests. Here’s how you can decorate a modern dining room in 2019. 

Paint Your Walls

One of the easiest ways to transform your dining room is to paint the walls. If you want to give it a modern feel, paint it a grey color. You can also paint stripes on the walls if you are looking for something very trendy. One of the nice things about using paint to spruce up your dining room is that it’s inexpensive. It also doesn’t take a lot of work as you can easily transform your dining room in just an afternoon. Keep in mind that if your dining room is very small, you should try to stay away from dark colors. They will just make the space look even smaller than it already is. 

Change The Lighting

Lighting can certainly make or break a dining room. To give your dining room a modern look, choose the right lighting. Be sure that it provides a lot of light. You don’t want your dining room to be dim and difficult to see in because you chose lighting that doesn’t provide a significant amount of light. Dependent on the lighting fixtures that you choose, your lighting choice may have the most dramatic impact on the room overall. 

Pick The Right Table And Chairs

Modern dining room tables and chairs look sleek. Skip wood choices and opt for ones made out of metal. If you have a dining room table and chairs that you already love and don’t want to get rid of, consider sprucing them up a bit to make them look more modern. Add slip covers and choose place settings that look modern. Even a few decorative pieces added to a table or the right tablecloth can totally change the look of a table. 

Decorate The Ceiling

One way to significantly change the way a dining room looks is to decorate the ceiling. You can do this in a few ways. You can paint the ceiling in a modern color. You easily do this by using just one color. You can also use plaster on the ceiling to create a design. Another option is to add a modern looking wallpaper to the ceiling. If you go this route, make sure that the walls of your dining room are painted in just one color so that the wallpaper and paint don’t clash. The last thing you want to do is to make the room look too busy. Whatever you decide to do just make sure that the finish product looks modern. 

Add Some Art

If you are all about keeping things simple and want to make your dining room modern without a lot of commitment, consider adding a few pieces of artwork. You can easily find numerous pieces of modern artwork that will fit your budget. Just make sure you don’t overdo it. Just a few pieces of art on the walls is better than having too many pieces. By choosing the right pieces of artwork you can easily give your dining room a modern feel without having to do anything else to it. Even inexpensive pieces of artwork can add a modern feel to your dining room. 

As you can see there are several things that you can do to make your dining room look modern in 2019 that don’t require a lot of work on your part. If you aren’t sure what bests suits your taste, play around with a couple of ideas. Just remember that a few subtle changes may have the biggest impact to the space overall.

Ways You Can Reduce Your Carbon Footprint At Home

January 30, 2019

 People go about their busy days rarely giving consideration to all of the things that they do to help increase problems for the environment. Emission control is a widely expressed concern for those who are interested in preserving air quality. Having an environmentally friendly home could greatly improve climate change. Reducing the carbon dioxide that is emitted into the air has been an ongoing problem for the environmentalists who are striving for a cleaner, safer atmosphere. There are many simple things that you can do in your home to help reduce the carbon footprints that come from the average household. 

One of the best ways to begin your crusade against carbon in the atmosphere is to be cautiously aware of the fashions that you buy. Many are made from cotton that has been modified with pesticides and other chemicals that can be harmful to other crops. These fashions are known in the retail business as fast fashions which means that they are mass produced, inexpensive, and disposable. Billions of pounds of these fashions end up in landfills yearly. Do not dispose of clothing by putting them in the garbage. Donate the good ones, and put the others in a clothing recycle bin. 

These are some easy to accomplish tips for reducing the carbon footprint at your home. 

  • The first thing that can be done is to decrease the amount of red meat that is eaten. The business of agriculture depends on a lot of water for the animals that they use to provide red meat. The water supply is slowly swindling because it takes so many animals to give the amount of meat that consumers buy. Red meat producers also use a lot of the grassland that is necessary for a good quality atmosphere.
  • Unplug all electric devices when not in use. These electrical devices suck up energy with the vampire power that they consume. Preserve the energy in your home by unplugging the electrical appliances and devices.
  • Drive your car less. The amount of emission from vehicles is astounding, and in a large city with thousands of vehicles, the carbon affects the air quality. 
  • Plant something green. Green plant life absorbs carbon dioxide from the air. Home gardens or balcony gardens, if in an apartment, are environmental essentials for reducing your carbon footprint.
  • Eat organic from local distributors. Shipping food products to different locations causes a lot of pollutants in the air. The fumes and emission from vehicles can be a costly way to eat. Eat local, buy from your nearest Farmers Market. Eat poultry from local farmers. White meat is more environmentally friendly that red meat.
  • Go back to the old fashioned way of drying clothes, line dry them. No fabric softner can provide the clean, fresh smell that comes from clothes being dried out of doors. This will eliminate the emission of carbon from the dryer.

It is not difficult to reduce the carbon footprint in your home. Get the entire family involved in some environmental friendly activity, and make this a family project that everyone can participate in. Take a visual walk through of your home and see how many things can be done differently to help improve the environment. Take action to help enhance the quality of the air that you breathe, and the water that you drink. Keeping your carbon footprint at a minimum at home is very important for the future of plant, animal, and human life. The more that you do, the better your body will be because of it, and it can all starts with your home.