Author: Llamative

Temperatures may rise but no one wants to spend the summer in a bare house. Cozy spaces call to us and invite us to enjoy our time in them. I think of the fabulous country houses with large porches, vegetation, fans, beautiful tapestries and natural materials…

Integrating vegetation into the decoration is also a success if we are looking for a fresher look. Plants, in addition to color, remind us that there is life in that space.

They advise against sleeping with plants, so for bedrooms here we have another resource. Give the touch with elements made with natural materials. Try mixing our Andean fabrics with natural fibers and white. Sure hit!

We are still in bedroom mode… What do you think of the touch that the headboards we upholstered give? With them you don’t need much more for the result to be unbeatable. Cozy and fresh!

Look at this bedroom, imagine it without the cushions! With something as simple as some good ethnic cushions you can achieve a lot.

And if you want to see how our ethnic rugs look in bedrooms, here’s one that we love!

Let’s leave the bedroom and talk about living rooms… What do you think of this cheerful and unique one?

One of the keys is the white sofas. If you choose a fabric with a certain relief or weave, the upholstery will be more resistant and any stain will be camouflaged more easily.

More tricks? Choose few elements and good size. It seems contradictory, but this way the house will seem larger.

And the hall? As much as the first impression says, it is worth making an effort to offer the best possible welcome.

And all this that we tell you, why not also apply it to the summer house? Maybe you will only spend the holidays there but… How much better in a house that you love!

Or don’t these images make your teeth long?

We hope this collection of photos has inspired you. If you want us to give you a hand, you can write to us by WhatsApp at 674967778 and we will be happy to help you make your house you love.

 

 

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Bedrooms are the most personal space in the house. It is important that we feel very comfortable in it and that it transmits pleasant sensations.

We love bedrooms that reflect the personality of those who live in them, we don’t like them to look like impersonal hotels.

Textiles play an essential role in giving warmth to a space. You can mix textures and colors until you find the perfect formula.

If we want to give a fresh and bright air to the bedroom, we can put linen curtains, paint the walls white, dress the bed also in white and give it a touch of color with our ethnic cushions. Placing a plaid at the foot of the bed will help make the room more joyful and comfortable.

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Did you know that ethnic rugs are originally blankets? Place them as such or at the foot of the bed as a plaid. They are pleasant to the touch (important if you lean on the bed when dressing) and very durable. This way you can rest your feet or even your suitcase without worrying. It looks spectacular, especially when the bed is dressed in white and the ethnic rug takes center stage!

You can put a full carpet covering a large part of the bed as in this case.

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Or use an ethnic runner rug, which would be half an ethnic rug, at the feet.

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Can you imagine an even more special piece that will revolutionize your bedroom by becoming the star piece? We make ethnic headboards to measure and they look spectacular.

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We have two types, which cover the entire surface of the headboard, like the one in the image:

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Or headboards with over-webbing, upholstered in a neutral or colored fabric that highlights the loom, and the loom overlay, sewn on top. A very original headboard that gives us a lot of freedom in the dimensions and allows us to show off the perimeter of ethnic rugs!

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We invite you to keep getting inspired to design the bedroom of your dreams, you will find more photos on Pinterest and if you want us to help you, we are at your disposal via WhatsApp on 674967778.

Ethnic rugs are woven with wool dyed with natural pigments of vegetable or animal origin. Obtaining different shades to dye wool is an ancestral art, a wisdom that requires a deep knowledge of the environment and that is not achieved in one generation. It is the merit of a culture, of a history transmitted from parents to children and enriched over the years.

The leaf of the cinnamon, peach or mint, the flower of the tea leaf, the wattle (similar to moss), the bark of the radal, the peel of the purple onion, the root of the relbún, the blueberries in fruit, the branch and leaf of the Chilco… All these leaves, flowers, futas and lichens and many others that we have not named are the raw material to give color to sheep, llama or alpaka wool. These colorful wools will be woven into warm blankets, ethnic rugs, aguayos, skirts, ponchos…

The person skilled in extracting the color pigments is the “kelutufe domo”. She is very close to nature and is in charge of collecting species, often with the help of her family. These are boiled for an hour or more in water, in an iron pot on the fire, to extract their color. In this dyed water the wool is immersed and mordants are added, such as vinegar, kitchen salt, alum stone and some sulfates, to fix the color. The wool should be boiled for at least 15 minutes and if the color is to be more intense, it should be left longer or even let the wool stand in the water for a whole day.

An interesting point is that you can try to get the same color, but being such a natural process it is practically impossible to replicate, even if the person trying to do it is an expert.

In each area, depending on the plant variety, certain tones will predominate. The colors of Peru and Bolivia are influenced by the presence of a parasite that lives in prickly pear cactus, a type of cactus that is very common in hot climates. From the cochineal, the colorant usually called “carmine” and internationally known as “natural red colorant number 4” is extracted.

The last trip we have made in search of Ethnic Carpets has been to the driest desert in the world: the Atacama Desert. It is in the north of Chile, bordering Bolivia and is two hours by plane from Santiago to Calama plus one hour by car.

We traveled as a family in September and we were fascinated and also very impressed by the aridity and its extreme landscapes.

Traveling with two children of three and four years old to this destination is a bit complicated, as the temperatures are drastic, there are some excursions that are not recommended for children because they are over 5000 meters high, to see the different areas of interest you have to spend time in the car and outside the hotel oasis is a little hard to enjoy when there is no activity.

Apart from this, we loved the desert experience. We rented an all-terrain vehicle and made wonderful excursions on our own.

The Atacama Salt Flat is an extensive salt lake, rough and very white. There are several lagoons, we visited the Céjar Lagoon, where we bathed and could see how we floated thanks to the salt. To preserve this lagoon it is forbidden to use sunscreen and the radiation is very high. Best not to dawdle too much! The children were delighted and I still can’t get it into my head that they can survive in such an environment.

In theChaxa Lagoon we were able to see flamingos up close, some flying above us, and a spectacular landscape, as the white of the salt flat contrasted with the turquoise of its waters and the salmon spots of the flamingos.

The Valley of the Moon is a formation of stone and sand that is very close to the town of San Pedro de Atacama, and has the most impressive views and light I have ever seen. It’s like being on another planet! We went in the afternoon, so we could enjoy the sunset and did two excursions.

We entered Las Cuevas de Sal, dark brown stone caves with a relief similar to Flake chocolate and a lot of depth. To access these caves it is mandatory to carry a flashlight, we relied on the cell phones that we lent to the children and…. they were flying because where we were crouching or squatting they ran, leaving us in the dark. A very adrenaline-filled excursion, which if we had known what it was we might not have done it!

We also hiked up to the Sand Dunes located in the north of the park. Another challenge with kids, climbing a sand mountain in the desert is not as easy as it looks! Once at the top, the scenery is like being on Mars – spectacular!

The Puritama hot springs are on the way to the Tatío Geysers (where, due to the age of the children and its 4200 meters of altitude, we were advised not to go), at 3,500 meters above sea level. They are located in a valley and are very well prepared. There are about 8 pools, the higher up, the warmer the water.

Sergio took advantage of the evening to escape on an organized excursion to see the stars. These excursions leave the village, take the group to a secluded place with telescopes and an astronomer explains the stars to them. He came back fascinated!

This week we have enjoyed the largest moon in the last seventy years. I think it is a good time to talk about the sky of Chile, the sky where you can see the best stars in the world.

Did you know that one third of all the telescopes in the world are in Chile? The country where I live, Chile, has positioned itself as a pole of astronomy, because the north of Chile has the skies with the best conditions to see the stars and planets, places not contaminated by artificial light and far from dust sources, the main enemies of astronomy.

The best places to see the stars are:

1. San Pedro de Atacama, in northern Chile, near the border with Bolivia. A magical place to see the stars in the middle of the desert! In this area, specifically in the Chajnantor valley, the ALMA project is being developed, a giant observatory with 50 antennas, each 12 m in diameter. In addition to seeing this observatory from the town of San Pedro de Atacama there are night excursions, they are quite well organized and have material to observe the stars.
2. La Serena: In the Coquimbo region, in the Elqui Valley, a 4-hour drive north of Santiago, two tourist observatories have been installed. 25 Km away is
   Mayu Mountain
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   Serena Observatory
   The Cerro Mayu Observatory, owned by the German astronomer Silvia Müllner, with which you can practice astrophotography. www.observatoryserena.com Also in this area, but with a more professional approach, we find at 2400 meters above sea level the La Silla Observatory, managed by ESO (European Southern Observatory), which has the most advanced means to study the universe.
3. Vicuña: This is the pole par excellence of astronomical tourism and its authorities have been striving to make it so with measures such as the restriction of public lighting to reduce light pollution and preserve the sky resource since 1995. The main stage for star gazing is the famous
   Mamalluca Observatory
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From my astronomical ignorance I was surprised to see that the telescopes are automated, you can type in the name of the star you are interested in looking for and the telescope locates and focuses it!