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Advices for the purchase of the hamster and the cage

The proper position of the hamster cage

The right choice of the hamster cage location could essentially contribute to his normal development and good disposition. By all means, you should find a place under the lee where there is no draught and the cage is not directly exposed to the sun. The bright light will not only irritate the animal when he is in half sleeping condition and leaves his shelter for a short with closed eyes, but the sunbeams will warm his sleeping house more than it needs.

You also shouldn’t keep the hamster near heating devices – the too warm and dry indoor air during the winter season is not healthy for him.

We recommend the golden hamster to be breed in indoor temperature between 19-23 ° while the mini hamsters feel better at 18-21 °. The considerably low temperatures hamper the activity of the hamsters. Then they withdraw into their house-bedroom where in the thick nest they take care alone about the warmth and cosiness they need.

Also you shouldn’t keep a T.V. or a radio next to the hamster which are always turned on. The hearing of the hamster is very is so acute that he could get into a panic with a high irritability.

If you conform with all these small matters, for you will be easy to enjoy the fresh stir of the hamster in one quiet corner.

Advices for the purchase of the hamster

If you do not have any friend that can give you a hamster from his litter, you could acquire your favourite pet from almost every zoo shop during all times of the year. Today, the dwarf and Chinese hamsters are more and more distributed. Anyway, if you cannot find your race at the zoo shop you can always order him.

In your dream of breeding a hamster you should be critical in your purchase. Spare the time for it and do not be in a hurry. The late afternoon is the best time for hamster purchase because at this time of the day they brisker and could be estimated better and easier. Immediately after that during the time of the active period when the new home of the hamster is in a process of equipping you could start gaining his trust. In order to secure a healthy and smart animal at his purchase, you should consider the following important issues:

1)As a rule the tradesman keeps the animals in unwonted for hamsters strongly lighted crittertrail without any house in order the buyer to have a better look over them. Quite often they are huddled together for warmth and protection.

2)Ask the experienced tradesman to wake up all the hamsters and show it to you. Even animals that are woken up from a deep slumber at this time are supposed to lose their sleep and demonstrate their curiosity. The tail of the very little animals that looks bigger, in a healthy and mobile condition keeps standing. The eyes don’t have to be closed although the little organism of the hamster has been exposed to the stressful conditions of the environment just before minutes. While the healthy golden and mini hamsters with a smooth hair must have a shining fur, the fine, silk velvet fur-coat of the fluffy golden hamster should not look clotted and dry without any brilliance. All exceptions to this mean a bad nutrition and poor state of health.

3)The tiny and healthy excrements of the hamster are stiff and dry so the fur of his rump. If it isn’t so or even you notice any signs of diarrhea, you should completely decline buying the animal. In all probability all the hamsters are infected.

4)Closed eyes of the hamster, still more excreting secret, also should prevent us buying the pet. You are free to ask the tradesman about that. Good zoo shops keep to the requirements of hygiene and protection so you’d better find such place.

As a conclusion we want to give you one more advice of different nature.If you buy hamster for first time ask to show you how to keep him in your hands. Very often the little and very brisk hamster is extremely active and falls down from our inexperienced hands still while you examining and estimating him in the shop. Such a falling from above on the hard floor could easily wound the tender body of the hamster.

About the Author

Pamela Harison is the owner and editor of HamsterCagesource where you can find both a huge variety of hamster cages and useful information about the breeding of different kinds of hamsters and rodents.

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How 2 Create a Jazzy Art Deco Bedroom in 6 Easy Steps

This article contains information and tips to help you create your little piece of Art Deco style. The colours, patterns, designs, furniture styles and decorative detailing of the Art Deco era will be revealed. Added to this are lists of where to find more information and suppliers of Art Deco items. If you follow the 6 easy steps you can easily put together your Art Deco master piece.

During the Art Deco era interior design was a main focus. Smooth surfaces, exotic materials and repeated geometric forms characterise this style. The style became part of the ‘Swinging Twenties’ part of the ‘Jazz Age’.

Tip: Read through the whole article before you start following the steps

 

Step 1:  Know what makes Art Deco different from Art Nouveau

Art Deco is a jazzy style with straight lines, geometric and abstracted shapes used in buildings, furniture and decorative details. This is the main difference from the earlier Art Nouveau style with its flowing lines, organic curved rounded forms, fantasy themes and gentle pastel colours. In comparison Art Deco is bold, colourful, showy and dramatic.

Tip: Look for

• Straight lines

• Geometric shapes

• Abstract patterns

• Egyptian scarab

• Sun Motifs

• Stepped ziggurat shapes

• Fan shapes

• Aztec symbols

• Stylised flowers

 

Step 2: Become familiar with examples of Art Deco design

You can do this from the comfort of your computer desk. Just use the information below to inform your research. This is the easiest way, but you can also visit your local library or you can research in your local area.

Tip: An easy way to find visual information is to do a Google image search. Please note some images labeled as Art Deco are in fact Art Nouveau

In France

• Emile –Jacques Ruhlmann a leader of French interior design and furniture design between 1918 – 1925

• Paul Iribe

• Andre Groult

• Neuilly Villa designed 1929 by Pierre Legrain

• Eileen Gray in 1920 designed Suzanne Talbot’s apartment

 

Art Deco USA

Design in the USA was Influenced by French Art Deco after the 1925 Paris exhibition. The Americans loved the bright surfaces and abstract patterns of the style. The 1933 World’s Fair ‘Century of Progress’ in Chicago saw many Art Deco motifs, designs and shapes used for example the rising sun motif and stepped ziggurat.

Ely Jacques Kahn designed Art Deco skyscraper entrance lobbies

• Bricken Building

• Chrysler Building

• Empire State Building

• Banking Hall of the Irving Trust Company

 

Step 3: Select floor covering

For a bedroom plain wall to wall fitted carpet would be an excellent choice. This was a popular floor treatment of the time. Although geometric patterns and Sarouk Persian or Turkish carpets in geometric or floral salmon pink were popular in the States. In Britain large repeat patterns in soft muted colours (similar to William Morris designs) were used in hotels and on ocean liners.

French carpets were formal in style with highly stylised floral designs. Brilliantly coloured carpets with abstract patterns were used in theaters and department stores in the US and France.

Animal skin floor rugs could also be used in your bedroom. Zebra skin rugs were popular and placed over the plain carpets. Linoleum continued to be popular as did parquet floors.

Tip: What you choose for the floor will influence all your other choices. Remember this when you make your selection.

Art Deco Floors:

• Plain

• Geometric

• Zebra skin

• Persian

• Turkish (Sarouk)

 

Carpets Available in Art Deco Style

Stark’s Navarre design

Stark’s Laseine design

Bosanquet’s Ives trellis design

Axminster Carpets’ Honeycomb design

 

Step 4: Select the wallpaper and paint colours

You may want to create a modern styled room with an Art Deco twist or create a room to reflect a real impression from the Art Deco times. Strong colours were used as a reaction to the pastels of the Art Nouveau style. However colours did vary between countries and the decades of the Art Deco era.

In a bedroom green, ultramarine, sea green or deep blue could create a peaceful retreat. But black, red, crimson, burnt orange or hot pink could create a dramatic bold statement. Or a sophisticated elegant atmosphere could be created by using white on white, cream, coffee, beige, bluff or chocolate brown.

Tip: Some colours work better in a bedroom. Greens and blues are said to decrease the heart rate. Reds and oranges are said to stimulate and increase the heart rate.

Art Deco colours

• Chocolate brown

• Red

• Black

• Hot Pink

• Beige

• Coffee

• White on White

• Ultramarine

Walls, ceilings and woodwork were often smooth and sometimes glossy. Wallpapers were also popular. If you want drama and excitement in your scheme then wallpapers with bold geometric, Egyptian or Aztec motifs in vibrant colours would achieve this.

The wallpaper designs of the 1930’s could create a sophisticated elegant look. The tea stained colours heighted with silver or gold would create a rich, smart interior space.

A truly feminine room could be created using one of the many Art Deco floral design wallpapers. Or a classic modern Art Deco look could be achieved by using geometric patterns in cubist like designs.

Wallpaper

• Stylised Flowers

• Stripes

• Geometric

• Egyptian motifs

• 1930’s (tea stained colours highlighted with silver or gold)

 

Wallpaper Sources

Bradbury and Bradbury’s Glasgow Panel

G.P. & J. Baker’s Rose & Hummingbird

 

Step 5: Select the Furniture

The interiors of the Art Deco era housed furniture with straight (sometimes curved) clean lines. To create a classic modern room glass and chrome could be used. Lacquered furniture was also popular at this time so could be used to create an elegant sophisticated style.

Exotic timbers could be used to create bold statements and rooms with a sense of drama. Upholstery was often designed in geometric patterns, but plain fabrics were often used. Large tasseled cushions of varying shapes covered with sumptuous fabrics were popular. Using cushions in this manner would create a more informal look.

Tip: It is best to make the final choice on paint colour selections after the furniture has been selected

Furniture

• Chrome

• Glass

• Veneered exotic timbers

• Lacquered: Black, Scarlet, Pale yellow

 

Step 6: Select Art Deco Accessories

Ornaments were sparsely used during the Art Deco period. The classical minimal modern look was starting to have an impact at this time and influenced Art Deco design. The stepped profile is considered the shape of the Art Deco era. Abstracted fans, sunrise and Egyptian motifs were also popular.

Lamps with female figurers holding a ball are a well known icon of the Art Deco era. Also cushion were used in strongly coloured rooms, often black and red with red lacquer-work furniture and China pagoda lamps.

So what could you use to finish off your Art Deco room? Fan design table lamps or a girl with a ball lamp could be used with sleek lacquered furniture or with exotic timber or glass and chrome pieces.

A mirror in a fan or step design would work well with most furniture designs. Art Deco interiors rarely displayed paintings however murals were sometimes used. Ornaments in bronze and other metals of the female or animal form were in vogue at this time so could make a nice addition to your Art Deco bedroom.

Tip: One piece of Art Deco; a lamp, piece of furniture or wallpaper could be the starting point of your interior decorating scheme. Everything else selected should then relate to that object.

This article has illustrated there are three main themes you can use to create your bedroom in an Art Deco style.

You could create:

• A bold dramatic room with strong colours, bold geometric patterns and exotic timber furniture.

• Or secondly you could create a classic modern style using chrome and glass furniture, abstract patterns and muted or neutral colours with strong contrast.

• Or a luxurious sophisticated room could be created using lacquered furniture, subtle patterns and tea stained coloured wallpaper with silver or gold stripes.

That is not to say you can’t mix some of the items from each style to create a really individual take on Art Deco. The important thing to remember when creating an Art Deco room; the motifs, patterns and designs are basically the same. I will be writing a series on Art Deco on my Creative Buzzing blog http://creativebuzzing.blogspot.com/2010/06/art-deco-link-2-king-tut.html I invite you to visit. It will be loaded with information and images.

Some Art Deco Sources

USA

Modern Gallery French & American Art Deco

Art Deco Collection

Art Deco Rugs

UK

Antique Suppliers and Reproduction Suppliers Directory

Rupert Cavendish Antiques

The Art Deco Home

Australia

Art Deco Online Store

Art Deco World

 

 

About the Author

Rosena works as an interior design, retail and visual merchandising tutor for Australian College QED. She I has also worked for the Retail Traders Association of Victoria as a Retail Trainer. Rosena has a Diploma in Interior Design, Post Graduate Diploma in Public and Community Health and is a qualified trainer. She also works as an interior design consultant, creates designer art work and is the Australian agent of Sample Board a new cool FREE digital mood board editor for the creative industries.

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If I have off-white carpet (not by choice), and red couches, what color should I paint my walls?

I also have a red and brown Persian rug and dark brown coffee table and end tables, and red curio cabinet and dark red entertainment center too….i like red, what would be a good wall color?

I would recommend going with neutral colors for most your walls such as whites, grays or tans. An accent wall can really help the room “pop” and make it seem like a larger space. Accent in a strong color on one wall only. Consider using a nice reddish-brown with a deep hue to pull the furniture together with the rest of the room. Good luck!

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How much can I get for these Consoles and Games?

Gamecube
Console with all the cables
2 gamecube brand controllers
2 Wavebird Wireless Controllers
1 Pelican Controller
Gameboy Player
Call of duty: finest hour
call of duty 2 big red one
Army men rts
harry potter and the goblet of fire
lego star wars the video game
mario kart double dash
mario party 6
mario superstar baseball
medal of honor frontline
major league baseball 2k6
spiderman 2
top gun combat zones
medal of honor rising sun
super smash bros melee

DS
DS system with normal and car charger
metroid prime hunters and metroid prime hunters first hunt
warioware touched
super mario 64 ds
mariokart ds
yoshi touch and go

Honestly, if you trade these in at your local game store for credit/cash. For cash they’ll seriously only give you like…160-180 bucks for all of this. For store credit they’ll give you like 220..

Oriental Carpet Rugs

I just bought a new oriental carpet and am wondering if its a good one?

If I go on 1 side it looks dark, if I walk to the other side it looks lighter. Is tis common? It was hand made in India. I hope it is a good rug, I paid alot for it. I can still take it back but I think it looks cool so I don’t really want to.

Yes, it’s very normal for a handmade rug to look much different depending which end you’re looking from. Sometimes it’s a slight difference, and sometimes it’s extreme, like from brown to gold. When the knots are made, the fibers lean in one direction, instead of standing perfectly straight. Try it different ways to see what you prefer.

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