Posts Tagged ‘lanterns’

Moroccan Lamps – Lighten Up Your Home Design With Original Moroccan Lamps

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Everyone wants their homes to be at the best at all times. We hire interior designers and try to find out what kind of furniture can make our house unique. One artistic solution would be to relax the mind through exhilarating energy of Moroccan lamps and Moroccan furniture.

When you have chosen to use Moroccan furniture for decorating your house, the first item you need is to buy lighting fixtures. Moroccan lamps can be used both inside and out for galleries and lobbies. The Light provides a mysterious feeling to the guests, while at the same time they will make them feel welcome and included. I am sure you can recall when you last visited a friend of yours who had a Moroccan lamp at the entrance of their door and you loved it.

All the art work on the furniture is well defined and stands out. Morocco is known for its broadmindedness to diversity and inclusion of other societies. Most travelers in history have spoken about Moroccan culture and its hospitable distinct traditions. This is why the presence of their furniture makes everyone feel welcomed. The art work is very rich and still subtle which makes one feel at home.

Mosquito-Repelling Paper Lanterns

Friday, August 28th, 2009

If you are in your backyard, garden, or other outdoor location, you can enhance your experience with paper lanterns. Unfortunately, however, if the outdoor location you are has high humidity, it may be filled with irritating bugs, especially mosquitoes. Bug spray only works so well, for it burns and stinks.

Rather than using bug spray, it is much nicer to use paper lanterns to protect yourself against mosquitoes. It is rather simple to do; you just need a mosquito repelling candle to put inside any flame-lit lantern that you own. These mosquito repelling candles are available in different sizes and shapes in many different stores, and they all have different ranges of effectiveness, which is dependent upon their size. Common ranges are five to ten feet.

When fighting against mosquitoes with paper lanterns, the lanterns must be set up in the proper arrangement in order for them to be effective. First, find out the range of the candles. If you cannot find this on the box or label, contact the manufacturer or ask the store you bought the candles from. Once you know the range, you can set the candles up so that there are no gaps between ranges. Ensure that there is a one foot overlap in the last foot of the ranges, because this area is weakest, so you need to double its protection.