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Home decorating with texture and patterns

Decorating with texture and patterns makes a room interesting and alive. Contrasts of smooth and rough, thick and thin, shiny and dull pump up the interest quotient and prevent a room from appearing too staid. That's why the pros mix stripes with checks, pile rugs on tiled floors, and marry leather with wicker.

Indoor water fountain

Indoor water fountains provide a stunning accent for any room. The soothing sound of running water from a wall fountain can be a tranquil backdrop for your living room, office, or bedroom.

Decorating with animals to increase wealth

There are many Feng Shui animals that can be used to symbolize wealth and prosperity. The representation of certain animals in specific locations of a home or office can enhance opportunities for wealth and money, according to Chinese Feng Shui practitioners.

Hamam - Turkish bath

Turkish bath was much more than just a place to cleanse the skin. It was intimately bound up with everyday life, a place where people of every rank and station, young and old, rich and poor, townsman or villager, could come freely. Women as well as men made use of the "hamam", as the bath is known in Turkish, although of course at separate hours.

Caring for leather chairs and sofas

Leather is very much the upholstery of choice for quality modern seating. From Italian leather sofas through to everyday leather chairs for dining or relaxing, there are plenty of examples in modern life of leather seating used in a luxurious context.