Paint Your Imaginations!! - A quick guide for coloring your life spaces.

            The home ambiance is all about having the feel of safe , secure and comfort. It is the only place you wanted to be whenever you are tired or need a good relaxation. The interiors, artifacts, structures, show cases, interior lights etc constitutes to this level. Your home is one of the center points of your life, a place of enjoyment and of sanctuary.As such, you’ll want a home that reflects who you are.

        When decorating, the smallest details can make a difference in the image you present. An important part of those details is the colors you choose to use in decorating the interior of your home. The right color palette helps to complete the room in a way few other decorative elements can.

The Wonder Castle

                       We all know that color has the power to transform an interior. But how do you use it? A fresh coat of paint is the easiest way to make a change at home but choosing a color palette can be daunting and, at times, confusing. There are some scientific and logical methods on choosing the right ambiance for your home, 

                       Develop a color palette for each room based on the room's specific use, the structure of the room, and the emotional impact you wish the room to make on the occupants. Use a favorite object from the room such as a rug or furnishing, or a decorative element such as a painting or vase on which to build the palette. Take the predominant color of the item and base the palette on that. Use the item color as the main color for the walls, and consider using complementary colors or shades of the same color to paint the wall trim, architectural details and ceiling.

Choose the right colors

                       Use lighter colors to make a room more welcoming for visitors. Orange and yellow colors invoke feelings of warmth, and are useful for living and entertaining areas. Green and blue shades are more calming and tranquil, and are suitable for home libraries or offices.Increase the shading of colors to invite a sense of vibrancy into a room. Add reds and violets for passion and stimulation. Be careful not to color the space too vibrantly though, as strong colors can overwhelm over time, reducing comfort within a room.

                       Incorporate every part of a room’s structure into the color scheme, from walls and carpets to ceilings and window treatments. Make sure all colors in the room complement one another. Include your room's furnishings and decorations in the color scheme. Watch out for any conflicting colors within your color scheme that may jar the balance of the room. 

                       Test the appearance of your color choices in the rooms before actually applying the colors. Obtain a sample of each chosen color and place the sample on a neutral background piece, like a muted grey. Place the background and sample piece against the surface where you intend to apply the color so that you can get a sense of how it looks alongside the room’s furnishings. Test the appearance using varying light levels as well to determine how the room will look at all times.

The Kids Palace 

                      Write down your final color choices for each room and leave the sample colors in place. Live with the samples in place for a week, to make sure you're absolutely comfortable with the colors chosen, changing them if necessary, before buying the paint supplies you need to apply your chosen colors to the wall surfaces of your home.

                       The basic idea Carion Bilta had put in to mind when creating the luxury homes for you is to  have a pre visualization about the ambiance you needed in your home according to your lifestyle. Being an individual in a million can bring you the creative spark which can give your home the comfort you ever imagined in your craziest dreams. Remember the basic techniques and add your own ingredients creating a unique living space around you.

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Rain Water Harvesting- The Effective Utilisation of Natural Resourses.

                                                                     We are having  the season of umbrellas and rain coats, season of the wet roads and filled up rivers in kerala. It is our duty to sustain the natural resourses for a better future.There are many ways by which we can preserve our valuable resourses, for example,Solar- panels,Rain water harvest,recyciling etc, here we are talking about harvesting the rains. Rainwater harvesting is the accumulation and deposition of rainwater for reuse before it reaches the aquifer. Uses include water for garden, water for livestock, water for irrigation, and indoor heating for houses etc. In many places the water collected is just redirected to a deep pit with percolation. The harvested water can be used as drinking water as well as for storage and other purpose like irrigation.

Save Each Drop

Advantages 
                                                                      Rainwater harvesting provides an independent water supply during regional water restrictions and in developed countries is often used to supplement the main supply. It provides water when there is a drought, can help mitigate flooding of low-lying areas, and reduces demand on wells which may enable ground water levels to be sustained. It also helps in the availability of potable water as rainwater is substantially free of salinity and other salts.
                                                   

Demographic Significance For Kerala

                                                                      There are good opportunities for Rainwater harvesting in Kerala because Kerala is located in a geographical area with two rainy seasons. Kerala faces severe water scarcity between February and mid May every year. During summer, there are drinking water shortages. During this period drinking water and other water purposes become unavailable. This is expected in the coming years. In spite of 44 rivers and world's largest water well density, per capita surface water and groundwater availability of the State is lower than that of arid States of India. Moreover, Kerala has one of the lowest per capita rainwater availability in the Indian sub-continent and it is still decreasing over the time, even though it receives 3000 mm of rainfall, which is around 3 times the Indian national average. The high variations in spatial and temporal rainfall add to the complexity of problems associated with water management faced by the State.

Basic Layout

Components

A Roof water harvesting system should have the following components:

Down pipe and first flush arrangement
This is an arrangement to prevent the dust and other unwanted materials that may be seen on the roof, from reaching the storage tank. By fitting a down pipe with an end cap or valve can ensure that the washed water from the roof does not reach the storage tank. It is always safe to ensure that the first flush arrangement remains open during non- rainy days and should be closed after first rain up to the satisfaction of the end user.

Filter unit
The rainwater collected from the roof should be allowed to reach the storage tank only through a filtering mechanism. Rubble, sand and charcoal, as used in the traditional three-pot filtration, can be adopted here. 10 cm thick 20mm rubbles, 10 cm thick charcoal/coconut shell, 15 cm thick coarse sand, 5 cm thick 6mm rubbles etc. may be arranged from bottom to top in the filter unit. The water that is passed through this filter should remain safe for a long period of storage. Charcoal/coconut shell is added to eliminate gaseous pollutants.


Storage tank
Mainly three types of storage tanks are constructed for roof water harvesting. They are aboveground, underground or sub surface tanks.

Roof Type

Provision for drawing water and spill over
For drawing water from the storage tanks any method may be adopted provided it shall be drawn only when needed. The easier the method adopted for drawing water, the more will be the chances for its misuse. Three types of drawing water are usually adopted. They are by using a tap (small capacity tanks with basement and over ground tanks), hand pump (under ground tanks) or electric pump sets (large capacity tanks).

We Carion Bilta replenish and reserve all the natural resourses with state of the art building technologies, ensuring a greener and eco friendly world to live on.

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Lovely Dalio: The Elegant Villas

Lovely Dalio: The Elegant Villas ,Our philosophy is simple: a three-pronged approach to design based on timeliness, quality and affordability- a principled approach that has helped us build an enviable reputation in our field as Kerala's most innovative practitioners of modern architecture. 

Rule Your Kingdom

Lovely Dalio is an elegant villa project situated in Nedumbassery near Cochin International Airport with 21 villas. We built these villas in the picturesque land of Nedumbassery with ample natural ambience. We took this project so as to blend the nature's beauty meeting with the urban standards designed matching everyone's taste and tone.

Every villa is constructed in a contemporary style which incorporates the customer's taste. It has 5 mtr width of road which makes an easy access to every villa. The white and blue combination makes it more attractive. Every villa has the car parking facility and its facing a 'beautiful landscape.

Setting The Green Scene

 Carion Bilta was found in 2009 as a Professional Architectural Firm and Engineering Consultancy with the aim of providing world class Engineering and Project Management Services. Comprised of a team of highly skilled, qualified and committed engineers, interior designers, landscaping professionals and interior architects with years of experience in a range of architectural projects, we are committed to creating ultra modern living spaces without compromising on space or comfort.


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Summer Tips For Interior Design

We are in the midst of a fired up summer at Cochin, Kerala, During this time not only is the mercury rising but so is your electricity bills.

The most basic thing you can do to as a Keralite, is to keep your house cooler without air conditioning is to keep as much sunlight out as possible and let cooler air in at night. During the day, keep windows, drapes, blinds, or shades closed, especially on the southern and western sides of your home. If you have a porch, you can put up large plastic or bamboo shades to cut down on sunlight.Here are some tips to keep your infrastructure cooler during summer: 

- Give your air-conditioner a rest for some hours during the day. And while you do this, open all the windows in your home. Let the occasional breeze grace your home, instead of keeping your home completely closed all day.

- Ensure that you have light-coloured curtains, drapes, blinds at home. Light-coloured fabrics reflect away the harsh sunlight and heat unlike dark-coloured ones which absorb heat.

Ventilation and apt drapes adds the bliss

 -Moving air is cooler air. At night, place fans in windows to bring more cool air in. Ceiling fans can also make a big difference. In terms of cooling, even a one-mile-per-hour breeze will make you feel three to four degrees cooler Ceiling fans have two settings, one to pull air up (for winter use), and the other to push air down. Make sure your ceiling fan is blowing down.

- Keep potted plants in your house. Not only will they disperse oxygen in the atmosphere during the day, giving you clean air but they also make a pretty sight with their greenery, making Kerala greener.

 

Greener, ecofriendly living enviornment

- Replace your ordinary lights and bulbs with fluorescent ones. They cost more than the average lights and bulbs. However, they provide a lighting effect that is much cooler and consumes less electricity, and provides a pleasant workable environment, feel free to try out LED lightings which is cochin’s new trend in interior lighting.

-Keeping your electronics on a power strip provides a quick way to "power-down" before leaving for the day.

- As Keralites,we do cook daily, Ideally, one should avoid cooking during the hottest part of the day, i.e. afternoons. But if you have to, use a fan to direct the heat out of the house via windows. 

- It's a good idea to paint the ceiling or the roof of your house white in colour, as the colour helps in keeping the home cooler.

Classy white cieling adds the right ambience.

Designing your home and office to be more energy friendly as well as Eco-friendly by making use of simple ideas like mentioned,can make a big difference in both the living environment as well as energy bills. 

The colonial glamour of Fort Kochi

A major part of Fort Kochi still reflects the opulent lifestyle of the colonial era. The architectural splendor of classic colonial style buildings take you through historic memories of European style architecture.

The haunting hints of its colonial past bring alive the bygone glory of a historical era in architecture. Crimpson-shaded wooden roofs made of flat face rafters, the buildings, the doorways, the streets; almost everything in Fort Kochi narrates the tale of the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British.

Mosaic of cultures

Fort Kochi is home to a lot of cultures. Even though most of the buildings have undergone stages of renovation, a healthy part of it still stays true to the roots of European Architecture.

David Hall

David Hall was built around 1695 by the Dutch East India Company.  The roof structured in the form of an upturned hill is a real architectural wonder. The wooden roof droops slightly because of the horizontal beam and trusses are put to support them. The three-foot wide walls and four-column windows gracefully add to the elegance of the well-manicured garden and old trees around.

David Hall

Koder House

Koder House is a magnificent three-storied structure built by the Portuguese in the 1800s. Rebuilt and renovated, Koder House is today, one of the most imposing heritage hotels in Fort Kochi. The renovation was made with definite plans adhering to the finest style of Indo-European architecture.

Opulent wooden floors, carved furniture and high glass paned windows are some of the unique features of the mansion. Huge open spaces embellished by wide teak staircases add to the splendor of the building.

Koder House

Percie Leslie Bungalow

Built in 1862, the Percie Leslie Bungalow is a fine blend of Portuguese, Dutch and local influences. Wooden ceilings, arched doorways and carved doors are authentic inspirations of European architecture. Waterfront verandhas is the other prominent feature of this building. 

Percie Leslie Bungalow

A museum of local history

Fort Kochi’s story is like a melting pot of European flavours. You’ll never get tired of exploring. A walk through the narrow lanes takes you on a high of architectural grandeur. Though most of the heritage homes and buildings have found new life as boutique resorts and hotels, you are never denied the chance to have a look back at former glories. Fitting many facets of an olden day colonial architecture, Fort Kochi stands tall as a museum of local history, a place where stories live through buildings.

When powerful colonial influences coupled with the regional perceptions, the architecture did flourish. Not only do we find revived mansions of classic European architecture, but we also see the gladdening urge for a colonial inspiration in modern homes. The modernist approach of colonial revival is catching up interest and more people are seeking a colonial feature in their homes. Carion Bilta, the leading architecture and interior designing company in Kerala can help you find the holistic experience of revived colonial expression in your homes.

Modern love for colours

Soft orange in one and poppy red in the other. The inviting extravagance, extremely eclectic from every corner leaves you spellbound. You start to realise that slowly, these cool and crisp luxe of captivating contrasts is making you fall in love with colours. And that's when you start to think of keeping them around for a good long time.

The age of the Colourful 

With the foray of more exciting and colourful hues in the palette of modern day interiors, this is indeed the age of the colourful. Sleep cool and start your day admiring the muted glamour of the high-energy shades that stir up your spirits.

Vibrant orange

Orange resonates myriad of effects to a room. The vibrant citrus feel deepens the inspiration, adding a lovely warmth to the room. Burnt oranges and splashing dark shades are real happy colours.

Joyfully orange

Blues and greens - in more shades than ever before

Tame the vibrant hue of reds and oranges; blue is the new neutral. Easy on the eye, easy to live with. It goes well with almost any wood type and is slowly gaining the classic appeal.

Green is the new bright. The deep and earthy hues of green show off the fresh, spring-like feel of your interiors. The inherent mellowed nature wrapped in the invigorating freshness of green enhances the dramatic appeal in your homes.

Red Romance

Red is the colour that defied all odds. For the ones who've always steered clear from dynamic shades of red, now is the time to add some romance with the radiant red setting. Shades of crimson and burgundy hunt down a plush contemporary home appeal.

Red hot hues

Made in Mustard Yellow

Mustard Yellow is growing in both fashion and home furnishing fabrics. And it seems like a great colour on walls. Also, it is a great catalyst as a colour on accent walls.

Yellow fever

Contemporary Grey

Walls in grey sync with any type of decor. The dignified vigour of grey elevates the appearance and is really cool as a backdrop. Not just that, grey is slowly embellishing the interiors in various other ways as well. Fabrics, seating and floor coverings in grey have made a flashy return.

Living in luxe grey

Undo the saturation

And when you have too many of these reds and yellows around, you can seek a change with the nuetral shades of off-whites. The sublte elegance of off-whites are back in vogue. Also, these light shades are a great choice to make your smaller interior look more spacious.

The colourful house - more bang for your buck

The wall paint options today, are literally endless. It's fascinating; the newly-inspired love for colours and how people use it in their homes. You can go wild with colour on your fabrics, floors, accent walls and backdrops. You can also add colourful 'wow' buys and accessorize with the surprisingly intricate look. Designers and do-it-yourselfers in the mood for more colours can luxuriate your decors with a gladdening embrace of colours.

Or if in any case you are itching to give your rooms a colour-inspired makeover, opt for the service of Carion Bilta, the leading architecture and interior design company in Kerala. Be on trend with the cheerful retreat of exciting colour combinations. Switch to stylish simplicity and minimalistic luxury of colours. It's more bang for your buck any day, with your rooms exhibiting a dash of colour splash and unmatched style. 

Why To Choose An Interior Designer For Your Dream Home?

Your dream home means a lot to you, it’s a mere reflection of your aspirations. When you are making an effort to turn your dreams to reality, then you may come across several doubts in your mind. It can be anything ranging from the colour of your walls to the way you arrange your furniture. You will have a tough time defining your style; at this point of time an interior designer can act like a great saviour for you. A designer cultivates and develops your personal lifestyle.

An interior designer knows what works and what won’t; he or she can club together the desires of your heart. You can sort out what you like and what works with what with the help of a designer. This doesn’t mean you leave the task to the interior designer and sit back.You need to clearly discuss what you want and what you don’t. This is because it’s your dream home which should reflect your desires. It will be good if you can involve all the family members in the discussion. By doing so, each and every family member can give a suggestion and the interior designer can carry out all the suggestions. It will help to avoid further conflicts in future. For instance, if your wife insists on a particular colour for a room or if she can’t compromise on the antique nightstand, the interior designer can carefully design the home based on these suggestions. You can show references of designs which you have collected from magazines to the designer. Make sure to keep a realistic budget. 

An interior design done by Carion Bilta

An interior designer with his creative mind-set takes note of all the minute details and transforms your space into a dream haven.The best part is that he makes your living spaces beautiful and functional at the same time. Even if you don’t have a lot of space, he can utilize what’s available  wisely. He can give you ideas for colour schemes, window treatments and several other useful facts that fit your budget. Apart from that when you buy home decor items, quality is an important aspect to consider and it will vary from place to place. Don’t end up buying low quality stuff at a higher price. The interior designers have a clear idea about the market and they know where to get top quality items at a reasonable price, so you don’t have to worry much about it. 

Always keep in mind that your interior designer has the ability to visualize the completed project; so it will be good if you can give him full freedom to get the most desirable outcome. There are many pioneers in the interior designing  industry whom you can always rely on. A good example is Carion Bilta, a reputed company in Kerala that offers premium interior designing services. When you leave your designing needs to such an expertized player in the industry, your dreams are in safe hands and it will fly out in triumphant colours.

Greening your landscapes in 2014

Whether you are concerned about protecting the environment or if you simply want to give your lawn or backyard an eco-friendly makeover, it's good to consider the idea of green landscaping. For most of us, it might not be a concern when we talk about the alarming depletion of green cover, but often than not it's a fact that we all love some aesthetics and greenery around.

It has become more than a fad for most people in Kerala, who are already greenovating their abodes. Tapping the resources one can easily find in your surroundings, green landscaping is a great choice to escape the expense of the modern day building articles.

By giving an aesthetic view outside your windows, green landscapes nuture your soul with the comfort of a cool and spruced up yard.  Surrounding yourself with the natural beauty of lawns and trees in your garden, you can savour the look of a brilliant outdoor.

Here is some of what you can do to turn your yard into an artistic, eco-friendly green space.

• Lawn - keep it neat.

A well manicured lawn enhances the aesthetic appeal adding a comforting and reassuring feel to what's outside your house.

•    Add flowers and shrubbery.

If flowers excite you, there's nothing as good as having a colourful garden use up your space.

• Install a rain garden.

Make good use of the runoff from your home's roof. It not only guarantees the look of an attractive garden, but also supports as a natural habitat for birds and butterflies. Now, wake up to the song of the birds.

• Flavour your garden with interesting elements around.

The water feature and the greenery of your garden will only look better if you choose to spice it up with a pergola, walkway or may be a fence. 

• The sound of water.

What is more soothing than the sound of flowing water in your yard?  The water fountains are more than an enhancement to the greenery around. It outpours a lot of affection in you by taking you a step closer to nature.

You can try it out yourself or you can opt for the service of Carion Bilta, the leading architecture and landscape designing company in Kerala.

It's true that we fail to give as much attention to what surrounds our homes as to what is inside. Well, just to let you know, creating a beautiful stone paver pathway or a more colourful garden outside is as overwhelming as decluttering your wardrobe; or even more than that. Green roofs, green walls, permeable pavements are all hitting the trend this 2014. It's time to switch to colour, simplicity and sustainability.

Decorate Your Bedroom

A bedroom is a very important place where people relax after the long day activities. This is where people spend most of their time and therefore it is very important to have a good bedroom design that will make you feel comfortable and relaxed. Today, we will talk about the decor tips to design your desired bedroom.

Pile on the Pillows

Pile on the pillows, and don’t shy away from mixing patterns. Mixing patterns is easy, but making it look good can be a challenge. Combine large prints with small ones, florals with geometrics. Your bedroom will look as beautiful as you desired.

DIY Artwork

Hanging a graphic thick bed covering made of patches is an easy solution to the “big blank wall” issue. Complementary bed linens pull the decor together. This should help you make them look even more beautiful than just putting plain bedsheets.

Put Pattern to Work

A printed bedspread, This botanical design, does a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to decor. These bed linens can be even hand designed or can be bought ready made. The design is very much calm and soothing which helps your bedroom even more beautiful.

Reveal a Personal Side

Your bedroom should express your personality (not just design principles), so feel free to go a little off-center, as with the art here. Design is something that speak for you and if it doesn't then its not the right thing for your room. Reveal yourself with your room so as to imprint your personality on your room.

Decorate With Consistency

Note that the color and fanciful curves of the headboard are repeated by the wall decoration. Everything in your room is about colors and curves, when things put in the right path will deliver the desired results. So be careful that the headboard goes with the wall decoration.

Make Your Bedroom Comfy

Top your bed with covers made for snuggling, like a down comforter. For total indulgence, choose ultra-soft eiderdown. At last your bed is where you will spend most of your time in your room, so that has to be more comfotable than anything else. So put more stress on overall comfort level.

So these were a few bedroom decor tips from Carion Bilta. We focus on delivering great value to our readers as well as our clients. We are committed to present Clients with responsible and accurate services, which keeps their interests at all phases of a Design and project. A copy of the Project Management Manual can be made available on specific request. 

Importance Of Interior Designing

Interior designing has come out to be the most vital thing for a home these days. As you see the upcoming of the new technologies have made everyone's life so busy that they spend very little time at home and with family. In old times addiction used to be characterized by the use of drugs and alcohol but the technology has redefined the term "Addiction". 

Now addiction means internet, SocialMedia especially, smartphone, games and many other stuffs which actually are becoming despicable day by day due to its overuse. Meanwhile what do they lose ? Can they even recollect from their memory that which color is their living room painted with ? Actually NO. People those who are close with art and designs will surely understand that. Designing home which looks one of a kind is not a child's play but at the same time its FUN. Hardly they have the time for all this and its totally understandable.

The only solution to this problem is authorize a Interior designing firm, but these days finding one such effective and efficient company is such a frantic task as there are a lot of Interior designers in the market. Another big time problem is that how to chose the right one. Selection can be on the basis of the quality of materials, designs used or the how well they understand what you think or the amount they charge or the hospitality, it can be anything or everything. Once you are done with the selection then the next step is to monitor their work as once the selection is done you might think that they have understood everything but you never know what when goes wrong. Approaching, analysing and selecting one such quality designer is a hell of a task.

One such emerging firm is Carion Bilta. Carion Bilta was established in 2009 as a professional Architects and engineering consultancy organization to provide Engineering and Project Management Services. Currently they are rendering Total Construction Engineering, Interior Designing & Project Management services to many projects in India and abroad. They have a very Innovative architectural Designs and they Make Construction Projects Stress Free. They are the Most sought architectural firm one in the era of 21st century To be the most sought after Project Management Consultants for the Global Construction Industry To be the organization of choice for Engineering & Management professionals. They are committed to present Clients with responsible and accurate services, which keeps their interests at all phases of a Design and project.

Interior Design with Carion Bilta

Interior design is the art of decorating the available room space in an aesthetically pleasing manner. It is not an easy task and many people approach professional interior designers to guide them through the process.

An expert designer can emerge with a great design concept, if he knows the client requirements. So, to begin with, the designer might ask a client the following questions:

• What they intend to use the room for?
• What are the likes/dislikes in terms of style?
• Are they after a relaxed or formal atmosphere?

...and so on.

These questions help the designer to assess the lifestyle choices of the client and provide a design that meets their expectations. It is important for an interior designer to place the client's aspirations above their own personal choice in design.

Once the client has chosen a style, the designer can go into the details like texture, color schemes, flooring etc. that go with the chosen theme. While choosing a colour scheme, it is important to assess the availability of natural light. Warm and neutral colours can make the rooms bright. Lightning is introduced as per   the requirement. Furnishing can be used to bring more colour to the rooms. In addition to that, a good interior design should wind up with a furnishing that creates conversation points for the inmates.

At Carion Bilta, we have a team of professional architects and designers who provide you with designs that are tailored to match your unique lifestyle.