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Turn Your Wardrobe Door Into A Photo Frame

Are you designing a wardrobe for your own bedroom or the kids’ room? Want that wardrobe to look a bit different from the ones that you already have in the other rooms of your home. Then here’s a tip – you can make your wardrobe door resemble a wooden photo frame. And then you can(…)

Add a Splash of Colors to Your Home

Are you designing interiors for your new home or re-decorating your home? Then you may be busy buying drapery, rugs, furniture and other stuff for your room. No doubt these items play an important role in your home design but there’s another element that’s equally important and that’s known as “color” -  let’s spend some(…)

Organize Your Cluttered Drawers with Inserts

Do you spend your precious weekends tidying the drawers? Then consider installing dividers to the shelves in your wardrobes and consoles. Dividers are an ideal solution for organizing things like stationary, stacks of files, clothing and also help keep your shelves neat. [Dividers are also referred as drawer inserts since they are generally installed in(…)

Want Extra Storage Space? Use the Staircase area

Are you using the staircase landing or the vacant space underneath the stairs ? If not, it could be a perfect spot for running a home office, placing a book shelf, a walk-in closet or even an utility closet. Here are some simple ideas to help you make efficient use of that space: 1. Use(…)

Colorful Rings from Old Magazines and Calendars

What do you do with beautiful calendars, magazines and admission prospectus from foreign universities? Sell them to the local “raddi-wala” or throw them in the bin ? Some of us use these papers as shelf-liners in the drawers and shelves. Wait, here’s another very creative use – you can make colorful chains with these discarded(…)