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. 

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.