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Garden makes your entire house look good and adds beauty. Garden can be made useful to you as well as can be added as decorative to your house. The garden front of your house can be for decorative purpose and remaining can be used for your kitchen. Near your compound of your house, you can make thorny crotons to grow. This makes your house to be safe as well as your garden looks good. Trim plants regularly, so that it grows at same height. Water plants regularly. Grow trees at the back.  You can have table and chairs in your garden to dine during nights. Have lights placed at regular intervals in your garden to ensure lighting during night.  Have pots with plants grown in sides of the lane which leads from the gate to the front of the house. You can have climbers grown on the lamp post or pillars in the front of the house. Never have pits that may make water to get stagnant. Have good drainage in your garden to make water drain during rainy seasons. Make your garden grand.

It is said that “Sleeping is a good exercise”. Only while you sleep the brain relaxes. Only if it relaxes it can do the next day job without any sort of disturbance. So to have a good and deep sleep, make your bedroom look comfortable and cozy. Arrange your beds neatly with pillows. Paint your bedroom walls with your favorite color and place a painting that you really admire, opposite to the bed, in such a way you can see it while you are lying in bed. You can have dim light in your bedroom so that it will be useful during night walks. Always keep a jug of water in your bedroom to use it during night. You can have a light music played before you sleep. If it bedroom for kids, you can have stickers on the ceiling of moon, stars, planets, fairies, rockets and so. Make your bedroom comfortable.

When you build your house it is essential to have your restrooms planned beforehand. Restrooms can be built depending on the size of your house and capacity. It is always good to construct your restrooms by the side of your bedroom. Ensure that you have proper drainage system while constructing. Tiles can be placed on the walls for easy cleaning. And it is preferred to have rough tiles or mosaic for flooring to avoid being slippery. Have geyser to supply hot water during cool seasons. You can also have a tub for bathing but make it sure that tubs as well as toilets are kept clean to avoid infections. Clean regularly with standard toilet detergents. You can also have fragrance in your restrooms by using products like odonil or so. Have a hand-wash by the side of your washbasin to wash your hands after using your restrooms.  Have a clean towel by the side on the wall of your restroom to make your hands dry. Ensure that your restroom is dry when not in use.

Food is one of the basic needs of the people in the world. For healthy life we need healthy and hygienic food, which depends on how we keep our kitchen.  Kitchen should always be free from dirt and everything should be in place. The garbage should be disposed in closed bin. Daily use utensils must be kept handy near your cooking place. Have sink by your side for easy work. Have a clean cloth to wipe unwanted waste from the cooking place. And ensure to change the cloth regularly after usage. You can use a fixed hanger to keep the cloth. Your oven, Mixer, grinder should be kept clean after usage. Do not store everything in refrigerator. Stuffs kept in refrigerator must not be heated soon, after taking it out. It must be allowed to cool for some time at room temperature. Have windows of your kitchen room opened to allow fresh air to enter in and also to avoid gas leakage accidents to certain extent. Have your kitchen safe and neat.

If it is winter season in your location or if you are in an area which is always cool, then it is essential to have a fireplace. It makes you to feel warm and comfortable. The most important thing in this room is that the smoke developed due to fire should have a proper outlet and that shouldn’t make your wall dirty. To make up enough fire during winter seasons it is necessary to have dry woods. So you need to save woods that are dry, during summer. Be safe that your fireplace does not cause fire accidents. Do not keep combustible products like large amount of petrol, cotton, diesel or anything of that type. When the room is not in use do put off the fire before you leave the room. It is safe that adults are there when kids are using the room. Keep it locked when not in use. Use your fireplace with utmost care.

Drawing room is the place for all the activities of the family members. Indoor games, extra-curricular activities of the children are done here. So it should have all facilities that kids need. It should contain small tables with chairs neatly placed. Small cupboards with well polished wooden frames neatly designed, add the look of your drawing room. The cupboards can contain frequently used books and magazines. See to that it doesn’t get overloaded. Computer used by kids should be placed correctly according to the height of the kid. Ensure that drawing room doesn’t get crowded by things and since it is used by kids, always it needs greater attention to keep it clean and neat. The drawing room should have large windows for fresh air to come in and it should be covered with neatly hanged curtains. Dolls, Paintings of the kids can be neatly arranged to have great look. Make your drawing room suitable for you.