Nordic Calling

Unpretentiously warm and welcoming, this bachelorette pad’s quiet Swedish style is livened up by dashes of cool blue

Key Ideas

1.Blue is a cool shade so it is very complementary to an all-white colour scheme. It will instantly switch the mood from cold to inviting. 

2. Brighten up dull and petite kitchen spaces with the use of vivid hues  and implement some open shelving. An entire kitchen of closed cabinets will box up the space and make it  look narrow. 

3. Keep multi-purpose rooms versatile with portable furniture. This home’s study room features a desk that slides along the window niche so the settee can be accessed as a spacious reading corner.

4. For a lighter and roomier feel, go for low-lying furniture so it doesn’t hinder your line of vision.

12 Decorating Secrets

1. Spice up a room with a feature wall. You can choose a contrast colour or wallpaper. You can also decide to apply wallpaper to the ceiling to create character and depth to the room.

2. You can maximize the height of the room by fixing curtains all the way up to the ceiling.

3. Rugs and carpets are an excellent touch to the room, but should end before the furniture in most cases.

4. Abstract sculptures are an easy fix to modernize any room. 

5. Avoid bright lights in the dining room. 

6. Try to match the shape of your dining table to the shape of your room.

Curtain Care

Your home is filled with various items which require constant laundering, and your curtains are probably the most neglected. Bed sheets and comforters are washed monthly but when did you last wash your curtains? While there is no hard and fast rule when it comes to laundering curtains, the general guideline is to give it a deep cleaning every 12 months and vacuum once a month.

Curtains might not cost an arm and a leg but there is no harm in putting in a little effort to care for them so they last longer. Window dressings come in various fabrics and some require specific cleaning solutions or procedures. By law, all furnishing fabrics must be provided with a Fabric Care Label to advise correct and suitable care instructions for your specific fabric, usually on a hang-tag or a label sewn on. Simply refer to your Care Label before cleaning and you can’t go wrong. 

Curtains Cleaning Instructions