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The contemporary lighting

Friday, March 5th, 2010

One of the important appliance or accessories on our house was the lights. It can give us bright and light at night and even on day time. Also did you know that many people do uses the light these days to add decoration and look for their house. You can now be able to buy for lighting that has their own designs and color. You can find the lighting that would match the design of your furniture.
Different houses these days prefer having the tech illumination and contemporary lighting for their houses. Intended for the sake of tech lighting and modern lighting, populace spend giant currency. As you can see they prefer the tech lighting and nora lighting for it was better that the former lighting. Some had proven and seen the differences between the other lighting and they end up choosing the contemporary one. The lights will not just give you a brighter house but it can shows house crowned heads and self respect. The lights can enhance the status of residence which can sometimes results that the house would looks like paradise at living and nights. Attracting to those people who will look at your house at night. You can now shop for the lights on the internet. Find the various type and design that they can give you. See the different kind of lighting that you can use for your home.

the decor

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

In decor a fundamentally sensual response is at work with the spiritual. I found myself bringing earthy things into my home:
terra-cotta, iron, pebbles smoothed by river water, beach stones pocked by organisms and waves, spice-colored things like the red cinder on the roads where I live. I wouldn’t trade anything (anything!)—even convenience—for wood heat and firelight. If I buy jewelry, it is usually garnet and amber. I decorate with these too, hanging necklaces on pretty hooks or heaping bracelets in a crystal dish. Whenever something in a shade of blue was brought into my home, I found myself moving it around, then moving it out. Recognizing this pattern helped me learn more about myself
I read that some people need to be cooled down, others to be warmed up. I discovered that fire represents creativity while water represents activity and movement. Pinks and reds have long been associated with femininity, and blues with masculinity Investigating further, I recognized at last that having lived so long in a household of females (including all their female friends coming and going), my home harbors a lot of female energy—possibly an overload. Watching a random Home and Garden TV program, I learned that blues and the color black must be used to anchor reds. Now I’ve planted such anchors in my living spaces: a dark blue throw over the sofa, a carpet incorporating dark blue triangles with burgundies, a blue satin housecoat on the wall in my bedroom.
My goal is to create an artful journal of place and history in my home. That does not mean a “pulled together” decor that communicates a particular style or offers a coherent look. Flaws let in light. Imperfections and all, my home will reflect that which is most meaningftil for me, peace and a lively sense of fun. Why not have both? Home is where you live the life you really want, says Jane Alexander, author of Spirit of the Home. There are no perfect lives and there are no perfect homes, she explains, concluding that a home is made numinous by the love and feeling we invest in it.5
Frank Lloyd Wright believed that architecture is the master art form, and he reinvented it according to his own vision. Designing and building 769 buildings in his lifetime, both monumental and intimate, Wright saw that the space where people live would make the people who inhabit it different. He sometimes stipulated interior design for his homes as well, right down to where each table and chair should be placed.
Wright’s view of art was described by historian William Cronon:
“An artist . . . transforms nature by looking at nature, passing it through the soul, and in the expression… something more natural emerges. Which is as close as we get to God.”6
Indeed. Our homes and the sacred art of living in them are a link between heaven and earth. Invite God in.

The interior at home

Monday, September 7th, 2009

A glimpse into a couple of pages of my three-dimensional scrapbook reflects recent changes in my life:
• I found that I preferred furniture to be arranged at diagonals. Afterward I read that doing so is an antidote to disharmony collecting in corners. (Does that mean I’m doing the right thing, or that I should work on the disharmony in my home? This has become an interesting question for me to ponder and may lead to more changes.)
• I had a delightfully animated goldfish for years—until he leap to his death one day. Since then, without conscious connection to the goldfish, I played with the idea of painting my front door red. I read that according to feng shui, the ancient art of “placement,” a goldfish or a red door invites prosperity Wouldn’t that be nice?
• Ever since I can remember, my shelves have served as little altars where I place icons like the lava rock from my hike to the top of Black Crater or mosaic pieces picked up along the Apian ‘Way near Caesarea. Recently I learned that rocks and stones are elemental symbols of Saint Patrick’s Celtic Christianity.

The Art of Living interiors

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

The mysteries always teach us to combine the holy with
the profane,” theologian Martin Buber said. That same insight is expressed in another way—doctrine without
jargon—by decorator Elsie de Wolfe. An attitude toward home interiors like Dc Wolfe’s enhances our sense of the holy to ground our busy, fragmented lives. When we incorporate visual elements in our home that spring from our desire to worship, we express spirituality in the raw stuff of life.
Your decor may be inspired by high-church environments that feature rich color, ornament, and embellishment. Or it may be inspired by minimalist congregations where neutral colors, sheer light from transparent windows, and plain furniture facilitate simplicity. It may be inspired by nature, particularly the celestial realm as filtered through the heritage ofJudeo-Christian tradition: stars, sun, clouds.
However you combine the sacred with the ordinary will keep the flame burning on the hearth of your dream home.
“Color is the first thing we respond to when entering a room, the most powerful decorating tool, because it affects how we feel,” according to designer Gail Mayhugh.’
Marketing analysts claim also that color is a tool of communication. Since color can actually shape mood and biological responses, it greatly affects the sacred possibilities in our homes. Much like scent, memories are attached to different colors; individual color preferences are often based on our own experience of emotions associated with places or events.2
In the twenty-first century, consumers seek healing colors— colors that create soulful feelings, even down to the rejuvenating hues chosen for bath towels. For the new millennium, the Color Marketing Group predicted earth tones and shades of water and sky would predominate in response to consumers’ interest in spiritual things. At its dawn, true red, the color of religious iconography, was most popular, possibly in connection with the anniversary of Christ’s birth celebrated around the globe. Deeper reds, burnt reds, and bluish reds came soon after, symbols of connection to regal heritage as children of God and to the creation. Purples and blues were popular as soothing colors. They make visible transcendence, cleansing, and clarity. The light we love in white brings a tie to purity and emotional comfort. Subtle browns make their way into the earthy palette with names like “biscotti” and “mocha,” inspired by the popularity of coffeehouse hot spots—substituting for some the fellowship previous generations found in church.