Rain Care For Homes

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Its time for umbrellas and rain coats, yes the rain is at our door steps! Both you and your home will be drenched in the water drops, The season of water damages to your interiors as well exteriors of your favorite home. Heres some rain care tips to keep your home safe and enjoy the rains ,

Depending on your demography, you may be subject to heavy storms that can potentially damage or ruin your home without the proper precautions. So learn how to prepare your home for the rainy season in order to keep your family high and dry, and save yourself in repair costs.

Get your roof ready for the rains. Inspect your roof twice per year to avoid costly problems that can escalate into tremendous cost.Look for cracks along the ridge of your roof and where your shingles fold over to form the cap.Inspect the valleys of your roof (the area of your roof with a downward slope)

 Make sure that the sheet metal flashing does not have any holes or rusty spots. Ensure that you do not have any missing, loose or curled shingles. Replace any in that condition that you find as soon as possible so as to avoid moisture leaks inside your home that can weaken your wall and/or ceilings.

Say It Up Loud With Drapes And Curtains

Take a look at your gutters to make sure that they drain well and don't cause water to back up. Also make sure that there are not a lot of little granules collecting in there. Granules in your gutter are a sign that your roof's coating needs to be resealed.Make sure that you don't have any down pipe clogs.


As per the designs from Carion Bilta ,Work from the inside out. Inside your home, check out your ceilings to make sure that you are not experiencing signs of roof or other leakage.
 Be on the lookout for water rings, mold or wall or ceiling discoloration. Make any necessary repairs to fix the issue and prevent it from happening again during the upcoming rainy season.

Tackle your doors and your windows. Make sure that both close and seal properly, and make any repairs or improvements as necessary.Make sure that dead branches have been cleared from around your house. This will reduce the risk that they will fall during the storm and damage your home.

Think about having your basement inspected. If water is seeping in, you may have to have the whole thing resealed

So lets welcome the dews and drops to our homes with a smile on our face,keeping our precious house safe and secure, Carion Bilta .wishing you a very safe and enjoyable rainy season ahead.

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.

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.