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Fireplaces are helpful during winter. When Christmastime comes and your heater can’t seem to stabilize the temperature (maybe it’s busted), fireplaces are a good alternative. Also, if you wish to be that Mr. Romantic in a special evening with your someone, you can light up the fireplace and share wine by the fire. However, fireplaces have this con. Not all the smoke rise to the chimney. Some escape to the opening (just a little). And the result? The topmost center edge of your fireplace turns to black.

Blackened edges.

You can eliminate that ugly part by replacing it with an electric fireplace. No need to scrub that blackened spot!

Electric fireplace.

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Luxury homes are nice. In fact, their market values normally sky rocket in the real estate arena. These homes do not only attract the rich local and foreign buyers but, sad to say, also the bad guys. Count the culprits and the burglars in.

Since these homes are the primary target of burglars, it is a must in every luxury home to have home security. There are a lot of home securities available in the market today—from the simple coded alarm to the high-tech remote sensors, these machines can surely protect your home from the bad guys.

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Since you have a pretty big house, have you ever wondered how you can save up on electricity? How does a skylight sound? Chic?

If you think skylights are just restricted to museums and meteorology laboratories, you’re wrong (that’s what we see in movies!). In fact, you can have skylights in your own homes! Hire a contractor to remove a part of your roof where you want the skylight to be placed. Kitchens and living rooms are the perfect place since you spend most of your time in these places and/or entertain your guests here. Skylights allows the sun’s rays to enter your home, so no need for you to turn on that switch if the sun’s still up. It also provides warmth, so you can say turn off your heater once in a while. Plus, if you’re the romantic type, you can ask your special someone to stay with you in the living room and watch the stars at night.

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Are you living in a tropical country? I can just imagine how hot it is in your place. With temperatures that can rise up to 32° C (72.96 F), humidity and sickness enter the picture. The best way to avoid this dilemma is to have your house fully air conditioned. You can watch your favorite movie in the den without having troubles in concentrating with the film because of the tremendous heat. You can prepare your favorite garden salad without sweating. And what’s good about this is that, you can keep a snow dog such as the Siberian husky inside your homes! These dogs normally live in cold climates and their number 1 requirement if transferred to a not-so-cold environment is the air conditioner. Enjoy your wintry house!

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The actresses old home in Quezon City is the complete opposite of the new one. Drenched in bright colors of green, orange, and yellow, the house represents Ai Ai’s working attitude, cheerful and bright. A large family portrait even adorns the living room.

Compared to the new home, there are no pictures adorning the walls and certainly no shocking bright colors. The subdued theme is intended to reflect the true nature of Ai Ai off-screen, simple and cozy. This has taken Ai Ai completely to calling the new house her comfort zone, a place where she can take her mind off work and calm her lifestyle.

In the futuristic sense of apartment designs, metallic furniture and equipment are most popular. These provide a clean, sassy and elegant aesthetics to your futuristic theme. This theme is most commonly used in modern condominiums and bachelor’s pads.

One area of the apartment that can really benefit from the aesthetics of a futuristic/metallic theme is the kitchen area. Gone are the days where white is the common design for kitchens. Since this is the area where all food preparation and storage is done, this is prone to dirt, stains and mess. Metallic themes can make this dilemma hardly evident.

Philippine comedian actress Ai Ai Delas Alas did not make a mistake in spending a fortune on her newest enclave at Quezon City. The house oozes sophistication and minimalistic elegance, a project expected no less of architect Ricky Solatorio.

To keep the mood subdued and to highlight the contrast from her previous home, also in Quezon City, the actress pressed upon limiting colors to two in the design, brown and white. In interior design, the actress also staunchly insisted on taking charge, adding her personal touch by filling her home with cultural wooden and clay pieces from different places which were by no means out of place.

Electric fireplaces are fireplaces that, as the name implies, run through electricity. Two types of electric fireplaces exist. One is a heater and one serves for aesthetic purposes only. Other varieties or combinations may also appear from time to time in the market. Generally speaking, people who are for the aesthetic purposes of fireplaces do not usually purchase electric fireplaces as a practical replacement for real fire places. No matter how convincing the fiber optics can be or how high definition the LCD can be, nothing beats the dance of a true flame and its hypnotizing effects on people who love to stare at fire.

To start off, there are many types of fireplaces. First of all, there is the direct vent fireplace and the unvented fireplace. Direct vent fireplaces have a glass protecting the front of the fireplace so that loose sparks may not be spat out and a column leading outside where all the combustion, exhaust, and moisture are expelled. Unvented fireplaces meanwhile have no glass front. All the combustion, exhaust, and moisture have nowhere to go except through the only opening, the front.

Naturally of course, a direct vent fireplace is the healthier option of the two. However, not every type of accommodation can accommodate a direct vent fireplace. Some, like apartments, condos, or flats ought to opt for electrical fireplaces.

In the reality series top design, one of the most common features in making chic apartments is the maximization of the space available like majority of Carisa’s designs. One way to maximize this space is by using big (and I mean big) cabinets. They can hold a large number of things in the least amount of space available.

But some would say that the use of cabinets is already out of fashion. Then you can opt to use shelves and frames. These nowadays are both functional and trendy. And lastly, it serves its main purpose of maximizing your space.