Keep Your Home Safe From Holi Colours

Holi is a very colourful and vibrant festival. We all love to play with Holi colours on the streets and parks. However, the trouble begins when the Holi colours reach your house. We spend so much of our funds on the interiors and furnishing of our houses. That is why, safety of your home from Holi colours is very essential.
Keep the colours safely out of your home and you can still enjoy playing Holi. Yes, that is easily said than done. But a few smart home safety tips pre-Holi is all that you need protect your home against any damage from Holi colours.
Here are some easy ways to protect your home from Holi colours this year.

Door knob
The door knob is the first thing you will touch after you come back home from the Holi celebrations. You will invariably touch it and leave it stained. That is why, we suggest you to apply some turpentine oil on your door knob a day before Holi to keep it stain-free. Turpentine oil is an oil that is easily available in any hardware store. But if you don't find it, just apply some mustard oil on the door knob.

Hand prints on walls
Apply a coat of anti-stain varnish on your walls to ensure that you do not damage them. Or else, you can push all your furniture against the walls so that you are not in close proximity to the walls at all.

Bathroom tiles
The bathroom tiles get painted with Holi colours when you bathe. So keep a portable tub in your bathroom. You will be bathing inside this tub after playing Holi. It is almost impossible to remove colour stains from bathroom tiles later.

Garden Shower
To reduce the amount of mess in your home, you can take a pre-functionary shower with a hose pipe in the garden. This washes away the loose colours. And you don't end up leaving a colourful train behind you.

Cover Furniture
Use old bedsheets, curtains, dupattas and sarees to cover all your furniture. Wooden furniture can be cleaned, but your leather stuff must be covered to avoid damage.

Taps n showers
When you go into the bathroom to bathe, you have to touch the taps for the shower. So apply petroleum jelly on them beforehand. This will make sure that they do not get stained with colours.

Sink
Never use the bathroom basin or sink to wash your face. The porcelain or tiled basic will get stained. Go straight to the tub and start bathing.

These are some easy ways to keep your home safe from Holi colours.

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How Plants Can Transform Your Bathroom

In modern apartment living, bathrooms are our most personal spaces, but not always oases of delight. That’s where we go to freshen up, start a new day or end a long, hectic one. Liven up your bathroom with greenery, and it can also be where you recharge. Adding plants indoors, including the bathroom, can make us feel more positive and even lower our stress levels. To make your bathroom come alive with the energy and calm of nature, consider bringing plants inside. Here are the points to keep in mind.

Finding the right place
While the washbasin platform is the first area that comes to mind to keep a small plant, consider any and all flat surfaces, including windowsills, alcoves, the tops of partition walls and floor.

Like any other plants, sunlight should be the main factor to decide placement of plants; but if, like most bathrooms, yours doesn’t receive too much sunlight, don’t worry. Read on to know which plants do well in the dark, humid conditions of a typical bathroom.

Go vertical
If your bathroom doesn’t have enough flat surfaces to place the pots, consider hanging them from the ceiling, mounting them on the walls, or even setting up a vertical garden on a dedicated wall. Since the air in the bathroom is already humid, you won’t have to worry about watering these plants often, so even if the pots are high up, it is still okay.

Consider cascading vines and ferns kept high up on partition walls or hanging from pots above head level. They will immediately lend the feeling of a tropical forest to your bathroom.

Best plants for your bathroom
The best bathroom plants have low light requirements and are able to thrive in high-humidity conditions.

One of the best plants for the bathroom is Sansevieria (snake plant). This plant is almost impossible to kill. It can tolerate any growing conditions – no light or low light or direct light. You almost never have to water them, specially if they are in a bathroom. What’s more, their structure adds modern lines to your bathroom scape.

Other plants include golden pothos (Epipremnum aureum), spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum), peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii) and all types of bromeliads.

Insider tip
It might come as a surprise to you that some of the most temperamental plants can do very well in your bathrooms. Try it – your orchids and ferns might just thrive in your bathroom! They need less light, less water and the humid environs of a forest: bathrooms can recreate that.

Less is more
If you are really crunched on space, then even just one tall plant can do the trick. Don’t hesitate from using non-conventional spaces like the top of a flush tank, even. All flat real estate in the bathroom is precious.

More is very cool
A lot of plants that thrive in the bathroom freshen the air, such as the spider plant, golden pothos and peace lily. Not only do they release oxygen but also clean the air of toxins such as formaldehydes.

El Canto is an ideal destination to experience green extravagance.Embedded with enchanting views of hills and Sanjay Gandhi National Park,your pleasure of a lifetime includes the conveniences at your doorstep. El canto is the meeting point of music & nature.

Today, the Dedhia Group is a family of 2500 happy home owners pushing us farther into the path of excellence and dedication. Our source of inspiration and service satisfaction- our customers have always been the sole reason we dream every day for creating skylines that dot the cityscape of tomorrow. Book your dream home in El canto & Elita for a good lifestyle.

Make creative use of mirror in your home décor

Use a clear mirror in an outdoor area, terrace or a big balcony to make the space look larger
A part from telling you that you look beautiful everyday , mirrors can be used creatively at strategic points in the house to enhance the décor. Here are some ways to use them in a creative manner.

Add Sparkle to your cooking
Mirrors in the kitchen can attract grease and grime, so use them in a smart way . One way of doing this is by using an antique mirror with a smoky effect. Place them in such a way that they don't attract unnecessary soot.

Mirrors for outdoor areas
If you have an outdoor area, terrace or a big balcony you can use a clear mirror to make the space look much larger. Use mirrors with appropriate frames as per the theme of the outdoor area.

Smart use of mirrors in the bedroom
According to vaastu and feng shui experts, mirrors placed in front of your sleeping area are a strict no, but with proper advice and creativity you can place them in areas other than these. Place them in such a way that they reflect light from the lampshade.

Make the bathroom elegant
Use lean mirrors instead of bulky ones for the bathroom area with shades like bronze, cinnamon and dark chocolate. You can also buy modern mirrors with chrome finish.

Try mirrored furniture
You can buy mirrored furniture like a chest of drawers or coffee table with mirrors on it. If you have a small room, you can place them next to a wall and it will give an illusion of the floor extending beyond the wall.

El Canto is an ideal destination to experience green extravagance.Embedded with enchanting views of hills and Sanjay Gandhi National Park,your pleasure of a lifetime includes the conveniences at your doorstep. El canto is the meeting point of music & nature.

Today, the Dedhia Group is a family of 2500 happy home owners pushing us farther into the path of excellence and dedication. Our source of inspiration and service satisfaction- our customers have always been the sole reason we dream every day for creating skylines that dot the cityscape of tomorrow. Book your dream home in El canto & Elita for a good lifestyle.