How to Organize A Birthday Party at the Beach?

Just because you spend your vacation by the sea does not mean that you are not going to celebrate your birthday as it should be. On the contrary, this frame lends itself wonderfully to parties. Here are some tips for a successful beach party!

The place

To organize your birthday party at the seaside, nothing is, of course, a small piece of private coastline that you will have your availability, without being disturbed by other bathers. For good reason, in a public bathing place, it is often difficult, even impossible to meet in a restricted committee, especially during the high summer seasons. And fortunately, there are coastal areas - mainly in the Mediterranean - where private beach rentals are very common.

Can not afford a private beach? Do like me: schedule the party in the early evening, when holidaymakers and tourists begin to desert. In addition, as the beach is in most cases far from residential areas, there is no risk of night fuss. However, find out from the town if there are no steps or formalities to be done to freely dispose of the premises.

And take the opportunity to inform you about the rules of conduct to keep in case of Beach party. By choosing to give a birthday party on a beach, I had complete freedom to choose the party decoration that I liked. Moreover, before my departure on vacation, I had already prepared articles and cheap party supplies of decoration. I even ordered disposable crockery, candles and birthday balls.

The decoration

The only downside, as on a public beach there is usually no source of electricity, I had to integrate into my budget the purchase of light torches. Indeed, it is simply impossible for me to do without light to receive my guests. What's more, as it was a themed party, I imposed a dress code on my friends and family. The least thing was then to welcome them in the rules of the art. For music, we managed with battery powered devices.

But lighting is also very important to the success of a beach party. For my birthday, I mostly used lanterns and decorative light garlands. Indeed, these light sources are available in a wide variety of shapes and colors. My only regret, I did not get permission from the town hall to make a campfire on the beach. But that did not spoil my party.

For furniture, I would have liked to be able to bet on beach furniture like deckchairs, beach beds, not to mention sofas or outdoor armchairs, all rattan, but this would have been possible only by renting a private pre-equipped beach. As the weather was suitable for swimming, I also provided towels and swimsuits. Finally, as the evening was being held on a large beach, I tied birthday balloons along the way so that guests could easily find the location.

8 Practical Tips for Storing the Bathroom

What if you started sorting in the bathroom?

This is one of the great secrets of tidy bathrooms: know how to avoid clutter and sort it out on a regular basis!

Take advantage of seasonal changes to sort through your bathroom; look at the side of:

- Your cosmetics: cosmetics, it's not eternal, go around your bottles, jars of creams and others. If it's dry, do not even ask yourself. The ultimate trick? Note the date when you started your cosmetics, so you can meet the longevity prescribed on the packaging - look good, everything is noted!

- Your medicines also have expiry dates. As for the prescribed drugs, once you have reached the end of your prescription, take everything back to your pharmacist. - Your towels: linen damaged, hole, rough ... It may be time to recycle all this, right?

Use the back of your door

Who says small bathroom, says all spaces are good to take! So we do not neglect doors and we install Xiaomi wall hooks. Thus, you can easily hang your towels.

The trick in addition: recycle your tote bags that hang around the house, hang one of these cloth bags to your coat hook, this is an extra storage in your bathroom!

An optimized washbasin cabinet

The vanity units offer clever storage spaces, such as compartmentalized drawers. Nothing better to navigate. We recommend all the more that with the drawers, you finally have a bird's eye view of all the products and objects stored. We do not lose anything anymore and we manage our stock better!

A storage behind the mirror

Indispensable in a bathroom: a mirror! To install above the sink to prepare you serenely every morning. How could a mirror help you have a better-tidied bathroom will you tell me? Nothing is easier thanks to the mirror furniture. So, on the other side of the mirror, failing to find a wonderful world, you will find your cosmetics and other toiletries wonderfully well organized!

A ladder towel rack

A ladder as a towel rack? Here is a good idea! Especially since in a small space, it is a plus to enjoy storage height. Depending on the model, you will not even need to make holes in your walls to install it. The ladder will allow you to effectively dry your towels but also to hang small baskets to hang on some bars to store some of your small toiletries.

Baskets or storage boxes

Fabric, wicker, plastic ... The basket, bathroom corner rack, storage box is the practical and aesthetic solution for storing your little things in the bathroom! Admit, in the morning, in an emergency, you never know where these hairpins/razor blades/aspirins have passed! With small storage baskets, everything has its place and everyone is there!

Shelves above the bath or toilet

All spaces count so do not forget the wall space available above your bath or above your toilet. Of course, above a bathtub, make sure you do not store accessories that might be damp.

An organizer to hang on the wall

We found a great system: the organizer to hang on the wall. Thus, you do not lose room in your closets or on your worktop or sink sill. You can slip your hairbrushes, your cotton, etc. All these accessories that take a crazy place in drawers or cupboards will find their ease in these storage systems.

How to Maintain a Leather Sofa?

With the wear of years, our leather sofa inevitably abated a little. Our tips to give him a facelift.

A leather sofa, it is certainly solid, but paradoxically, it is also very fragile. By dint of sitting down and lying on it, our sofa is damaged. To keep it healthy, fight against its drying out and give it back its shine, it is also necessary to ensure a regular maintenance. Some tips that help us make our leather sofa almost more beautiful than before.

How to revive the glow of his leather sofa?

Make your leather sofa less dull, even after several years, it is possible. Once a month, with a soft sponge slightly moistened and impregnated with the soap, it is rubbed with circular movements. Without rinsing, it is then dried by dabbing with a soft cloth. Instead of the common soap, one can also use a glycerine soap normally used to maintain the saddle of horses. Glycerine has this virtue of protecting the leather. There are now commercial versions to clean and maintain this kind of modern living room furniture.

The task hunt

Even on the leather of our sofa, some tasks are repairable. You just have to know how to do it ... We first moisten a cotton of cleansing milk ( a beauty ally for our sneakers too ) and a few drops of white vinegar or a drop of ammonia. The task of the leather sofa is then worked by circular motions. Attention, to avoid enlarging the task, we change cotton as soon as it is dirty. As a precaution, if possible, try a cotton swab in a non-visible place on the sofa. Then let it dry.

To repair the little sores of my leather sofa

Very gently, we pass a pumice stone on the scratch of this modern living room furniture, then we massage it with a little Vaseline. Let it dry. Finally, wax with the wax of the same color as that of leather. Another possible option: hide the hitch with an indelible marker of the same shade or with India ink if the leather is black. You can also give your leather sofa to a professional for a complete renovation but for that, you have to pay several hundred (see thousands) of euros.

Hydrate = care for my leather sofa

The leather is skin. So, finally no need to spend thousands and cents in various products. The moisturizer or baby milk, it could also very well be the case that mass generously provided his leather sofa with a washcloth terry.

Ideas to Decorate the Walls of the Room

Your room is truly the most intimate room in your home. It's your place, it reflects your taste, your personality. This is the first thing you see when you open your eyes, and the last before you go to bed: it's better that you like it! We give you today some ideas to decorate the walls of the room.

A wall decoration that revisits the classics!

A room can be very original with just paint or wallpaper! Dare offset painting: make a headboard in paint with a large colored rectangle that contrasts with the decor for example. Or create a real decor: a starry sky at the head of the bed, or a wall painted in midnight blue with gilded patterns stencil ...

The most common decorating trick is to put stickers . Especially since they are repositionable and easy to remove if you're tired! A flight of romantic butterflies, or a "Sweet dreams" that appears at the headboard, a branch of cherry blossom or colorful headboard stickers or geometric ... There is something for all tastes and all purses.

The wallpaper is also renewed. There are more and more varied patterns, daring, offbeat. You can dress a complete wall, or play on the originality with a l or two paper with nice patterns either at the headboard, or behind a piece of furniture that you want to highlight (a dressing table, a small office ...) .

And why not wake up its walls with some original posters? Chic and cheap, the poster can be very graphic, artistic or give a touch of humor!

Rebel Walls offers very original wallpapers, whether on the theme of nature, art, wood, travel cards ... There is something for everyone.

Wall of mirrors, wall of frames, 3d wall decals... Long live the accumulation of objects!

To give character to a wall of your room, think of the accumulation of objects. Like a wall of mirrors: Randomly accumulating mirrors of various shapes and sizes on a wall creates a dynamic collection. Not only do they catch the light, but it creates a rhythm and a breath in your decor.

You can also make a wall of frames. With inspiring quotes, black and white photos ... do not hesitate to alternate small and large wall picture frames, to play on the colors to give pep to a white room or a little dark. Think carefully about your final rendering before hanging your frames on the wall: once the nail is planted, it will be too late!

Finally why not multiply the small shelves in the form of small houses : they are in the air of time. You can buy the same in multiple copies, and repaint them or line them with various colored papers inside. This creates a graphic effect on the wall, and brings you a multitude of small storage space.

We propose here a variation of rattan mirrors, but of different shapes and sizes. An assembly that works perfectly with natural materials and colors.

Wall weaving, dream catcher, wall clock sticker ... DIY creations for an ethnic and chic wall decor!

To bring character to your home, nothing like beautiful DIY creations to hang or hang! Do not panic if you are not at all manual or creative: you will easily find online small creators of adorable objects at all prices.

Smart Socket: 8 Practical Applications

A smart plug, or smart plug, is not just about switching off or on your electrical devices remotely. Its use goes far beyond. The proof in 8 practical applications!

The potential applications of smart plugs are many and different depending on the model. With smart plugs, you will be able to:

1. Measure your power consumption

Some models, such as Xiaomi Power Strip, among others, inform you of the power consumption of the device with which the smart plug is associated. A good way to become aware of the consumption of some of them to try to reduce or to realize if this consumption is abnormal and judge whether to replace the device with another, less energy.

One of the smart plug applications: measuring the power consumption of your devices.

2. Control your lighting remotely

Practical if you are not at home and want to believe in spite of everything a presence in the house. You simply plug one or more lamps into smart sockets and simulate your presence either by programming the lighting or by lighting it via the mobile app.

3. Control the use of TV

Do your kids have a TV in their room? Thanks to a smart plug, you can program a power failure at 21h. It will no longer be possible to turn on the set without your permission. Obviously, it will work until a certain age. The older ones will quickly understand that it's enough to change the grip ...

4. Start and cut your devices remotely

You forgot to turn off the radio or TV when you leave, you can also do it remotely.

5. Do not bang yourself at night by going to the WC

Some smart plugs, like the Xiaomi, trigger the power supply according to a movement. Convenient to mark a corridor at night!

6. Serve as a Converter

Smart plugs can indeed serve as a Xiaomi Power Socket Converter. 

7. Prepare your coffee before you get up

Do you like your coffee to be ready in the morning when you get up? You program your plug connected to the percolator and you will be filled!

8. Permanently delete all consumptions of devices in standby

The coffee machine, the hi-fi system, the set-top box ... All these devices on standby cause your electricity bill to go up unnecessarily. Plug in a plug and turn them off when you do not need them.

Our smart take?

We recommend the intelligent Xiaomi Socket to you. The more information is available for you on the Banggood website.

How to Choose Your Bathroom Linen?

Bath towel, shower outlet, glove, bathrobe ... you want to be sure to choose THE bathroom linen adapted to your needs? Maintenance, dimensions, material ... here are the points to study closely before you decide. Follow our tips!

Bed linen: the right dimensions

For optimal use of your bed linen, make sure to choose the dimensions. For example:

• A classic towel, size 50 x 100 cm, is neither too big nor too small. Ideal for your travels, it fits simply in your travel bags and suitcases.

• The shower sheet, 70 x 140 cm, is, as its name suggests, ideal for the shower, while a bath towel, wider and longer, of 100 x 150 cm, will camouflage you ideally in the exit path. But if you have a baby, you’d better choose one according to your baby. If your baby is 6-month-old. Xiaomi Cotton Towel is recommended to you.

• Bathrobe: its length is very important. It must both wrap you but not be too long and hinder movements. Ideally, a good bathrobe will be between 100 and 140 m in length.

• A washcloth: As a rule, its dimensions are 15 x 21 cm. Ideally, its size should blend with that of your hand. Xiaomi Cotton Gauze Towel is made of cotton so it can dry your hands quickly.

Which material is ideal for my bath linen?

It's not always easy to find the ideal material for your bath linen at once. Here is an overview of the different features of the materials offered to help you decide.

• The cotton sponge: this natural material offers softness and suppleness when leaving the bath or shower. Another asset, it is resistant to washes, even repeated. Terry sponge, velvet and cotton honeycomb guarantee optimum comfort. As for Egyptian cotton or combed cotton, they still offer a higher level of quality.

• Bamboo viscose: soft silky and resistant, it can absorb 4 times more than cotton. But, it needs more time to dry.

• Flax: with a rougher texture than cotton, linen makes skin softer and more toned

• Soy: this material guarantees soft fabrics with high absorption capacity. In addition, bed linen made of soy fiber dries particularly fast!

• Microfiber: comfortable, it has the particularity to transmit a feeling of warmth. It is made from tiny fibers. A key, a sweetness, and absorbency maximized. Washing after washing, the microfiber towels remain perfectly soft, light and soft!

Which weight?

We call "grammage" the weight per square meter. This is also an essential aspect to take into account in your selection of towels. In practice, the higher the grammage, the more comfortable and absorbent the bath towel is.

Note: Ideally, choose a weight greater than 400g / m².

Fiber length: what is the importance?

Like the grammage, the length of the threads of your bathroom linen is a key piece of information. Indeed, the more a material is stretched and the more it tends to lose its absorption qualities. Thus, some clothes, soft to the touch, are not absorbent. Also, prefer to turn to Egyptian cotton or bamboo, which is almost impossible to stretch.

How to Make Watermelon Juice?

Eating seasonal fruits has obvious advantages, such as their quality and tasty texture. When grown naturally, not in a greenhouse, the properties of the fruits remain intact. It is also much more natural and ecological.

Watermelon is one of the best summer fruits that we can eat as raw or in the form of delicious drinks.

Another very refreshing and quick way to prepare is to make juice, which you can drink alone or use to make another drink. Read this article and discover how to make watermelon juice.

 

Ingredients:

1/2 watermelon

150 g of sugar

2 l of water

Skull Ice Cube Mold

Lemon juice

Steps to follow to make this recipe:

1.The first thing to do is to cut the bark of the watermelon, remove all the seeds and cut small cubes. The watermelon must be cut into small cubes so that it is easier to grind. There is no need to make perfect squares.

2.Then either dissolve the sugar to prepare a syrup or mix it directly. If you prefer to dissolve it, put a cup of water to heat. When it is hot, add the sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Then remove from the fire and set aside for later.

3.Introduce the watermelon pieces into a large bowl or blender. If necessary, do it twice. Put two cups of water and mix until the watermelon is completely crushed. Pour the rest of the water and continue mixing.

4.When done, add the sugar dissolved in the water, which you prepared in step 2, and continue mixing until you get your watermelon juice. If you have not dissolved the sugar, incorporate it directly and mix until everything is liquefied. Add the lemon juice and continue mixing.

5.When all the ingredients are well mixed, pour the watermelon juice into a cooking utensil and add a little ice that you have prepared with the Skull Ice Cube Mold before to make it cool. Keep the remaining juice in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As you can see, the preparation of this refreshing drink is very simple and very fast.

6.If you want a more liquid result, just add more water, and ditto with the sugar. If you like this kind of drinks, do not miss our article how to make a watermelon smoothie.

How To Choose a Coffee Maker?

With the wide variety of coffee machines currently available on the market, you wonder which machine is really right for you? Making the right choice may seem difficult, and yet just choose the model that fits your tastes and habits! With these tips, you will enjoy your coffee every day exactly as you like it.

Do you like to start the day with a good bowl of steaming coffee? Do you often receive friends at home and prepare a coffee tour at the end of the meal? Look no further, this is the filter coffee maker you need.

How does it work?

The filter coffee maker gives you access to 2 compartments: one for water and one for coffee. The water goes to the resistor placed at the bottom of the coffee maker. Once heated, it rises along a tube and drips into the filter (disposable or permanent depending on the model) that contains the ground coffee.

Your coffee then flows into the jug and is ready to be served! Opting for a coffee maker with a permanent filter (often made from nylon) has the advantage of eliminating paper filter packs from your shopping list.

The number of cups

The capacity of the coffee makers varies from 6 to 18 cups. There are also 2 cups jugs, but these coffeemakers are rarer.

If you are not numerous, or a big consumer of coffee, the 6 cups models are made for you. Many at home, a big consumer of coffee or a fan of meals with family or friends? Choose a model of greater capacity. The jugs of 10 to 18 cups will do the job. They serve many coffees quickly and economically. But if you want a portable one, a Manual Coffee Maker is very suitable for you.

Authentic aromas

Some coffee makers are equipped with filter cartridges. Filtered water helps preserve the taste of coffee by eliminating, for example, chlorine and its taste. It also removes limescale, which is ideal for extending the life of your coffee maker.

A maximum of aromas

Light or full-bodied, enjoy a coffee as you wish with the flavor selector! Its operation is simple. For a full-bodied coffee, water is delivered only to the center of the filter. For a lighter coffee, the water disperses in several places on the milling thanks to the action of a small hand shower.

Practical functions

The insulated coffee maker: equipped with an insulated jug, this coffee maker keeps your coffee at a good temperature for several hours. Convenient to drink several cups in the morning.

The programmable coffeemaker: select in advance the start time of your coffeemaker. Very useful in the morning to drink your coffee right out of bed!

The connected coffee maker: like the programmable coffee maker, the connected coffee maker also allows you to choose in advance the time you want to enjoy your coffee. The difference is that you are programming your device from your smartphone. Simple and practical.