Adding French Style In Your New Home

When it comes to decorating ones’ home, each one of us has a personal style and taste. In fact our home is an extension of our tastes and in most cases an expression of our personality. That being said there are certain external influences too that we pick up and then incorporate into our existing styles.

Having a home that has a French influence is one such theme. Whether it’s living room design, bedroom interior design or the overall décor of the home, certain colors, patterns and nuances can be added to give the home a typically French look.

While for some people French is limited to adding French doors and windows to the home, this is not the complete truth. French is also denoted by colors such as lavender, big arched windows and slate roofs. 

Of course one can actually start with UPVC French windows and doors and then complete the look by adding particular French inspired patterns to the upholstery and the walls etc. The idea is to incorporate the style both architecturally as well as culturally. For instance, the dressing space in the picture below is a perfect merger of French inspired interior.

Using slate gray inspired by typical French roofs as part of the kitchen or the bathroom can be one option. Talking about bedroom interior design, vibrant bold patterns that are part of the organized chaos are the way to go.

Of course how the styling is layered around the house and which element goes where will be decided by the individual but even keeping that in mind, it is the overall look in the end that has to come together.

Looking for a French inspired home? Cash in on your influences and start decorating today!

How to ensure the Safety of your Balcony

When it comes to the safety of ones’ home, the balcony can be a soft point and the security of it has to be completely top notch. In most cases there are certain sections of the house that are more vulnerable when it comes to intruders and balconies are one of them.

There are a number of steps that can be taken to make the balconies more secure and one of them is to step up the security element when it comes to balcony windows. There are a number of sophisticated locking systems that are available for balcony windows and installing one of them is a definite worthy proposition.

In addition to this, if the balcony is on a lower floor such as the first or second, it makes sense to secure the rails with some kind of mechanism that will deter offenders. This however has to be a secondary mechanism because in the end even if someone does get into the balcony the access into the home will be through the door and windows.

These days there are various high end UPVC window designs available that can be further fitted by alarms which are on alert the moment there is a suspicious activity. The same can be said about doors too.

It is important to understand how crucial balcony windows are to the overall security element and for this reasons window designs that are chosen need to be absolutely up to the mark. There is no compromising on that front.

The money invested on this front is well worth every cent and it is not an investment that will be regretted.

Looking for secure balconies? Take the right steps today and buy yourself some peace of mind.