Living well in your kitchen starts with a good layout. The physical properties of the space, on the one hand, and your personal preferences, on the other, will determine the layout of your kitchen. Let's take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of the most common kitchen layouts. The U-shaped kitchen This versatile design is best suited to a large number of different [...]
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Create an outdoor relaxation area
When the weather is nice, we tend to think of outdoor yards, terraces and gardens as extensions of the house. And that's just it! To make the most of them, this article gives you some tips on how to decorate and furnish your outdoor spaces to make them a welcoming place to live. What type of outdoor living space? [...]
Lighting: set the scene in your home
Direct or indirect lighting, for atmosphere or practical comfort, is one of the essential elements for quality of life in the home. However, it is important to respect the spirit of each room as well as its functions. There is a huge choice between the various types of lighting. Advice, suggestions and a tour of the house with [...]
Tip: Create your own Zen garden
A Zen garden is the perfect place to sit and relax. Originally a Japanese style of garden, it combines both natural and architectural elements. The spiritual Zen garden was used by Japanese Buddhist monks throughout the 13th century as a place for meditation. It is layered to create [...]
Garden furniture: back to nature
In 2011, trends - from fashion to design - are all about nature and bright, cheerful colours. Gone are the years of minimalism and functional coldness; now warmth and atmosphere are back. The result is that both the interior and the exterior resonate with a decidedly natural accent.
For a torridly good summer
Since the heatwave at the beginning of the century, air conditioning has become a must in our countries. Because, even if it can be expensive in terms of electricity consumption, the comfort it provides in (too) hot weather is undeniable. But you still have to choose wisely... The summer of 2003 is still fresh in everyone's mind, with a long period of particularly severe heatwave. [...]
All the pleasure of the athome spa
What if you invited well-being and relaxation through balneotherapy into your home, so that you could simply enjoy it whenever you wanted? A dream? Not at all. Because a spa can now be installed at home, both indoors and outdoors. What a pleasure. The benefits of a spa "Sanias per aqua" are the Latin words, "Sanias per aqua".
By the fire
Being a cocoon also means enjoying an evening by the fire, reading, chatting with family or friends, or simply letting your imagination run wild as you watch the flames. A sweet dream. But it must not turn into a nightmare because of a poorly designed or inadequate installation. In autumn as in winter, the [...]
Italian shower: all the joy of water
The Italian shower offers tenfold advantages, combining efficiency and beauty. So much so that it has become a must-have. So that the shower is more than ever a real well-being. They are all the rage and are both a fashion and just the opposite, a background wave made to last. These are the so-called "steam showers".