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How To Have The Ideal Seating Arrangement For Your Home

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Home is one place that everyone can come back to. We all look forward to coming home from work or school and hitting our favorite chair. Relaxation and comfort can only be found in the surroundings of home. When furnishing your home, it is important to choose seating options and arrangements that will be ideal for your home. Think about the purpose of the seating in your space to give your home function as well as comfort.

Relaxation

Garden Lounge Chair Made of Red Cedar with Footrest

A home without a relaxing area is just not a home. Most homeowners have that one chair that is oh so comfortable! The piece may be a shabby, old recliner or a new leather oversized chair. Styles can vary, but we all have that special place we like to relax in. Make sure you have this area in your home. choose comfortable pieces and arrange them in an area that gives a vibe of comfort.

Closeness

Two Closely Placed Relaxing Chairs on a Home Deck

It is important to view the closeness of your chair seating. Chairs should have no more than six feet of space between them. This space between the seating will encourage conversation between guests but will still leave the right amount of space to allow traffic flow. Be sure that your seating arrangement allows for the amount of space needed for walking through the room as well as closeness for speaking with others in the area.

Group Around Focal Point

What can be better than a cheery fire, good books , soft chairs and good friends on a winter’s evening?
Photo Courtesy: Donald Lee Pardue

Seating areas should also be based on a focal point. If you have a fireplace, this can be your focal point. Televisions, Large art and pretty much anything that you enjoy can be a focal point in the room. Simply, choose something that you enjoy and then place your seating options around this area to supply a conversation piece or area for lounging.

Type of Furniture

It is also important to consider the type of seating for your space. For a seating arrangement, the type of furniture is important for the type of room. Take a family room for example. In a family room, you will have a television, which will be the main focal point. This focal point will need to be surrounded by seating options. You may choose to place your seating in a box shape or L shape. This will depend on the layout of the room with doorways as well as how large the space is. Take a good look at your room and determine which option will work best for your seating needs. In larger rooms, more than one seating arrangement can exist to create several seating areas.

Nice Living Room Sitting Arrangement Facing TV

A nicely arranged comfortable living room – Photo Courtesy: The Pug Father

Be aware that it may take some time to find the best seating arrangement for your home. Consider your space carefully and have plenty of hands, on hand, to help you move your chairs around to find the right setup for your space. Do not be afraid to try different options that may seem out of the box. You may find that a setup you would never dream of, actually works!

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How to Make Your Own Bed Feel Like it Belongs in a Luxury Hotel

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This Luxury Double Prince Bed (Metal & Oak Mahogany Wooden Post) at BEDSTREET of UK can make you feel like you are in a Luxury Hotel room.

There is a reason why the first thing you do when you check into a luxurious hotel is to flop down on the bed. Posh hotel beds are the ultimate in comfort. Sinking under the sheets of a hotel bed after a long day of travelling is nothing short of euphoric and between the high thread count linens, cosy duvet, freshly scented pillows and high quality mattress, you sleep like you are floating on a cloud.

What if you could make every night sleeping in your own bed as indulgent as a night in a luxury hotel? Having the feeling of a luxury hotel in your own home would be something wonderful to come home to every night and it doesn’t have to cost as much as you think. Not only will getting a better night’s sleep make you healthier, happier and more rested, you will be giving yourself a little treat of making bedtime a luxurious indulgence.

Here are a few ways that you can make your own bed feel like it belongs in a super posh hotel:

Good Quality Mattress

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Restus Memory Foam And Pocket Sprung Double Mattress at BEDSTREET

In order to create the most comfortable bed, you have to start from the bottom up by choosing a good mattress. If you have an ancient mattress which sags in the middle you are not going to get a good sleep and will likely wake up with back pains.

Structure of a Memory Foam Mattress

A decent quality mattress doesn’t have to be too expensive as you can compare prices online and find quite a few great deals. There are many different options including memory foam, pocket sprung and orthopaedic.

Add an Extra Layer of Comfort

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Memory Foam Topper

The difference between an ordinary bed and a five star luxury bed is the little details, so why not add an extra layer of comfort to make your bed that much softer? Many of the finest high end hotels use a feather bed which is a down pillow that covers the entire bed. It creates another layer of cushioning between you and the mattress. The higher the feather count, the softer and fuller this layer will be and the more luxurious it will feel.

Choose the Right Sheets

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Nice sheets on a Bed Street Luxury White Kingsize Faux Leather Bed

The next step in creating your hotel-like bed at home is to find some wonderfully comfortable sheets. If you have old, stained and worn bedding, it’s time to buy new ones. You shouldn’t be sleeping in bedding that is so worn that you would be embarrassed to let a guest sleep in it. You deserve better than that and you will sleep better in clean and crisp sheets.

If you want to totally recreate the hotel room look, most hotels use crisp white sheets for their bedding. Choose sheets which have a decent thread count and have good quality cotton.

Wash Your Sheets More Often

One of the reasons why it is so wonderful to slip into hotel sheets is because they are so clean and freshly washed. When is the last time that you washed your bed sheets at home? Not only will washing your sheets more often give you a better sleep, it will also help to get rid of flakes of dead skin, sweat and other nastiness!

Make the Bed like a Pro

Now that you have your high quality clean sheets, you are ready to make your bed so that it looks like it belongs in the executive suite at the Hilton. First, pull the bottom fitted sheet over all four corners. Then, stand at the foot of the bed and shake out the flat sheet so that it spreads out across the bed. Make sure that it hangs equally on all sides and smooth it into a straight line. Make sure that everything is smooth and flawless.

Add the Finishing Touches

The final step to making your luxurious bed is to add a few decorative extras to make it special. A couple of decorative silk pillows and some pretty lamps by the bed can create that hotel room vibe. If you want you can even place a mint on your pillow!

Once you have a luxurious and comfortable bed, every night will be like checking into the finest hotel in town! Now if you could only convince someone to bring you room service. Ah…..I’ll have my breakfast in my bed, please…..

The beds in high end luxury hotels are amazing sanctuaries of indulgent comfort. You can make your bed more like a fancy hotel room bed with a few improvements and finishing touches.

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Country Home Furnishings

by Jennifer Carter · Leave a Comment

Anglesey Abbey is a country house in the village of Lode, northeast of Cambridge, England – Photo Courtesy: Karen Roe

Choosing the furnishings for every room in your country home is, perhaps, the highlight of the decorating process. Rather than hard physical laboring, you must use all your mental energy to decide what sofas to have, or where the new rug should go.

It’s a delight to pick complimentary country home furnishings, and really pick pieces that show off your style personality.

Combine different pieces of furniture for a really eclectic look in your country home: for example, a vintage mirror, contemporary armchair and a plastic art deco lampshade. Room elegance is all in the way you put different items together, and create a strong visual effect.

Classic Furnishings

Classic pieces in classic colors will never date. Like a wooden table, or a upholstered striped armchair. Things that are made of solid wood will never go out of fashion, and can be passed from generation to generation. Handcrafted items are also timeless furnishings that will continue to be stylish many decades into the future.

Pick things like wardrobes, dressers and display units; classic furnishings that are always useful to any home. That way no matter what house you move to, your furniture and fittings will always look stylish and complimentary.

Eco-Friendly Furnishings

Reuse and recycle old vintage/thrift furnishings. This is a great way of living a more Eco friendly life, and can help your budget too.

Head to your nearest antique dealers or garage sale for some fascinating pieces of furniture, that you won’t be able to find in department stores.

Also, be aware of Eco-friendly materials: wood is a renewable source, whereas plastic will only clog up waste deposits once you are finished with them. Other great materials to use are: organic cotton and wool, cork, glass and ceramics.

There are also new and exciting Eco-friendly technologies that can furnish your home and make it function better and save you money. Find up-to-date Eco-aware products for your home online or in decorating magazines.

Curtains & Blinds

A charming French Country guest room with simple tab curtains – Photo by Posh Living

Getting properly fitting curtains and blinds is a great way to make your home look more polished and professional. Blinds are brilliant for smaller homes, as they don’t take up much room and have smooth lines. Whereas curtains take up space, but look more luxurious and expensive (that’s because they are!).

Pick a timeless print, like stripes, gingham or floral, in colors that won’t fade out of fashion, like blue, red or white. Or for a really safe option, pick a one-color, no-pattern curtain or blind.

Steer clear of curtain’s or blinds that are ‘on-trend’ as these tend to date very fast – instead opt for a vintage fabric from a thrift store, which has stood the test of time.

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