#Furnishing tips

No matter whether it’s a child’s room, a bedroom or a living room – small rooms can appear overfilled, smaller and less comfortable if they don’t have a concept. Find out here how to make them look bigger thanks to a few tricks.

A proper, solid bricked fireplace provides a pleasant feeling of warmth and is a sustainable source of heating, but retrofitting in an existing building is not always easy. A chimney stove, Swedish stove or wood-burning stove is a practical, attractive and popular alternative. Ten good reasons for making your home even cozier with a chimney stove.

The garage is not necessarily just a dry place to park your car. With the right equipment, the space can also be used for practical purposes. It’s important to have appropriate furniture or shelves. With the proper accessories, you can even turn a garage into a small workshop. But you are not allowed to store whatever you like in it. Find out here how to equip your garage.

Lush plants, relaxing lounge furniture, good sun protection – all high up in the air: roof decks are gardens for the urban population. Find out here which elements and materials you can use to create a piece of nature at a lofty height – and increase your quality of life.

Red gives us strength, dark blue keeps us grounded and yellow puts us in a cheerful mood – that’s what furnishing expert Wolf Dieter Schnurrenberger tells us. He provides practical tips here on how we can use the findings of color psychology to ensure an all-round sense of well-being.

For a long time now, basements have no longer simply been storage rooms for food or rarely used objects and clothing. More and more often, they are used to pursue a hobby or as an additional living area. In this article, we give you tips on how to furnish a basement and what you should keep in mind.

Indoor plants bring a piece of green nature into your home. They are not only decorative, but also improve the indoor climate and filter pollutants from the air. And even if you haven’t discovered your green thumb yet, you may be convinced by the fact that plants can be easy to care for too. Here are our plant tips for every room of the house.

It is not uncommon for the attic of a house to be virtually unused. But this does not have to be the case because an attic is also perfectly suitable as living space. To make good use of it, however, you will need to convert the attic floor. There are quite a few points to consider to avoid the many potential pitfalls. But with the right planning, a new attic is quite feasible. Find out here what legal regulations apply to attic conversions, why it’s best to have the project carried out by a professional, what specific characteristics need to be taken into account in terms of furnishing, and how much it will cost.

Be it to Bella Italia, to the harsh Scandinavian wilderness or to Marrakesh to experience a hint of the Orient – many Swiss people love to travel. We have put together a list of ways to bring a vacation atmosphere into your home by setting a particular tone with your furnishings.

Streaming services, Blu-ray discs, media libraries – there are endless ways to watch films on all kinds of channels in a relaxed atmosphere at home whenever you like. A rich, clear sound and a large, high-resolution image will ensure a perfect viewing experience. We explain which components you need to bring that cinema feeling into your own four walls.

Whether in a tiny house or an apartment in an old building: there are no doubt space problems in every home. But thanks to smart solutions, the available space can often be used much more effectively than you think. We present seven ideas for creating additional storage space – some of which are even multifunctional.

A garden always exerts a great fascination on children: the vastness, the greenery, all sorts of places to climb and discover. By installing a few small hand grips to use for climbing, or even some larger playground equipment, you can be sure your children will forget all about the TV and smartphone – at least in the summer. Find out here how to design your garden in a safe and child-friendly way.

Formerly frowned upon as bourgeois, house bars are now back in fashion. The latest models look much more modern and delicate than their counterparts from the 1970s and 1980s. It’s incredibly stylish to be able to offer friends and guests a drink from your own house bar. Here we give you some tips on furnishing and explain the different types available.

Enjoy bright sunlight and feel close to nature – even in the colder months of the year: unlike a patio, a winter garden is a place of well-being all year round. Depending on how you furnish it, it can be even more: a second living room, a study or a relaxation room furnished according to Feng Shui teachings. Choose colors, materials, furniture and plants according to your own ideas or to suit a certain style. In this article we give you tips on what you can do with your winter garden.

Garden furniture is of course also patio furniture. But while there is usually more space in the garden, and the weight of individual pieces of furniture does not play a major role – after all, they are usually not designed to be repeatedly stowed away after each use – space available on the patio is often limited. That makes it an advantage if the furniture can be put away. We present seven of our favorite items here.

Pure relaxation – that’s what a whirlpool on the patio or balcony promises you. Fortunately, this type of pool is quite straightforward to set up. Here you can find out what requirements you should consider, which model is suitable for you and how much it will cost.

The children have moved out – now it’s time to plan what will become of their empty rooms. A hobby room, a dressing room, a library or a wellness spa? We present six ideas here.

Sophisticated coats, elegant evening dresses, high-quality suits. Neatly hung and attractively presented. We have all seen walk-in closets in TV series, movies and celebrity home stories. You can make this dream come true for yourself. We will help you with our ideas for planning and design.

No matter how big the kitchen, more space is always useful. We give you some examples of how to make optimum use of work surfaces, storage areas and drawers.

To enjoy a peaceful, restful night’s sleep, we need a room in the house that makes us feel calm and comfortable – the bedroom. But we will only be able to sleep well if the furnishings and ambiance are just right. Here we explain how to design your bedroom to make it the ideal place to relax and recharge your batteries.

The more life there is in a house, the more the living room becomes a playground for the whole family. That’s understandable, but can become quite uncomfortable in among all the junk that gradually piles up. Not to mention the fact that a tidy living room is more inviting for everyone. The basic rule “to put everything away again in the evening” often only fails because there isn’t a set place to keep many items. But storage space is easy to create, as these ten examples show.

Colorful, unique, personal: the boho style turns every room into a place where you feel like smiling all the time.

The desire to live consciously is shaping the lifestyle of an entire generation – the minimalist style is also the order of the day in interior design. Find out what’s behind it and why even a little pomp, glitter and maximalism can be fun.

Anyone who simply sees their car as a means to an end will be quite content to keep it in a regular garage along with the winter tires. But that’s not enough for some car lovers. They not only want to drive their dream car, but also to look at it all the time. Not to mention show off their treasure to their friends from time to time, and talk engines or bodywork. This involves putting a car on display in its own special place, which can even be created stylishly inside the house.

Naturalness is trendy for good reason: plant and animal-based materials such as wood for beds, rubber for mattresses, bamboo for duvets and new wool for mattress toppers have been naturally available for thousands of years. Let our tips inspire you.

“It’s a pity that you can’t caress a wine,” the writer Kurt Tucholsky is reported to have once said. This is true, but you should always treat wine well – and that means first and foremost storing it well. For many homeowners, it is not only important to guarantee the best possible conditions for the wine itself – creating the perfect private place to store wine is also a question of furnishing and style.