How to have a pet friendly house - Interior design for a home with animals

Having a pet doesn't mean you can't have a beautiful and comfortable house. Instead of banishing your pets in the yard, you can design your home so that it would be pet friendly.

"You can have a beautiful house and a pet, in the same time. The secret is chosing the right materials and to pay attention to your pet's needs. If a house is not suitable for a dog, it's not ok neither for kids or guests", says Julia Syabo, a New York Post editor and the writer of "Animal House Style: Designing A Home To Share With Your Pets".

First, take care of your pet's hygiene and clean your house...a lot. So, vacuum regularly and bathe and groom your pet as much as possible.

How to design a pet friendly house:

1. Use stain-resistent fabrics, like leather and Crypton

2. Use fabrics that can be washed a lot, like cotton




3. Don't use carpets, but if you really want to cover your floor, you can choose rugs, especially the ones that can be cleaned a lot

4. Choose hard surface floors: the best are the ceramic tiles, but you can choose hardwood, too, or even painted concrete, terrazzo and bricks

5. Offer your pet a lot of toys, so that he/she would chew them, and not the furniture or the accesories

6. Match your house colours to your pet's fur... the hair they leave behind won't be as visible any more

7. Match your pet's sleeping and relaxation place, as their beds, pillows and scratching posts, to your home design

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yo! Home, the 4-in-1 house: The studio that transforms into a four rooms apartment

Simon Woodroffe created a studio that transforms in a big house: there's only one room, but it can transform into four other rooms at the touch of a button.

The entrepreneur has created a studio that offers more space by hiding rooms into the walls, which appear at the touch of a button or the pull of a wall.

These hidden rooms are operated with 12 mechanical moving parts, that create 80sq m rooms in one single 80sq m room.

You can have a master bedroom, a simple bedroom, a living room, a cinema, a dining room, an office, a kitchen, a breakfast room, a bathroom, a party room and even a wine cellar.

The Yo! Home is the culmiation of seven years of design and development.

"Since the invention of the city centre apartment, we've never really re-invented it. YO! Home is that new invention", says Mr. Woodroffe.

The incredible home is inspired from the way experts manage stage mechanics on West End shows and from the principles of Japanese living, where the simple and adaptable layout of the rooms allows many activities to take place in the same space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cel mai iubit stil de amenajare a casei: Shabby Chic

Shabby-chic este unul din stilurile cele mai iubite de amenajare interioară, mai ales de către femei, fiind unul extrem de confortabil şi de relaxat.

Stilul shabby-chic se bazează pe mobilă comfortabilă, cu aspect antic, dar extrem de cochetă, accesorii vintage şi culori pastelate. Stilul a fost identificat de designerul Rachel Ashwell în 1989: se folosesc modele înflorate, culori pastelate, mobilă pictată în culori deschise, feţe de masă din dantelă, accesorii din fier forjat şi multe flori.

Shabby Chic reuşeşte să îmbine cu eleganţă lucrurile vechi cu cele noi, accesoriile strălucitoare cu cele din lemn, covoarele pufoase şi elementele din dantelă.

Cum puteţi obţine stilul Shabby Chic în casa voastră:

Culori delicate, pastelate

Dacă vă plac culorile primare îndrăzneţe, atunci Shabby Chic nu este pentru voi. Acest stil foloseşte culori pastelate şi delicate, iar schema de culori favorită este bazată pe alb, roz şi verde.

Combinaţi modele şi culori

Combinaţi dungi cu pătrate şi cu flori pentru a obţine un aspect cald şi prietenos. Important este să alegeţi o culoare care să se repete în fiecare model, precum roz sau verde pastel.

Mobilă pictată în alb

Aproape orice piesă de mobilier se potriveşte cu stilul Shabby Chic dacă este pictată în alb. Puteţi să folosiţi mobilă veche pe care să o vopsiţi în alb, transformând-o complet.

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