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Summertime Happiness....at home, outdoors

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 It's summertime, and it's warm and beautiful out there! We'ld all love to have a vacation in a luxury hotel somewhere across the ocean...or a cruise ship.    However, it's not always possible to go on vacation and get away from daily duties and stress. Besides, staying home has many advantages: we stay with people we know, in total privacy and without schedules to follow, and that is perhaps the ultimate luxury. Only home provides such feeling of comfort and familiarity. So why not "escape" to our backyard? Why not give it the feel of luxury we seek to experience? It all begins with comfortable seating that makes us feel like floating. And that's why a "Zero gravity" chair is such a popular choice across the nation and the world. We can choose to put them in a balcony, a patio, by the poolside, or in a cozy private garden.  Add happy color umbrellas or sun shades to complete the luxury resort feel.  All you need now is to kick back, enjoy your c...

Water and Human Nature: why we love nautical and coastal decor?

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The human brain is wired to associate water with well-being.  And nautical and coastal decor is very popular because it evokes the sea and, essentially, water. Why? Just imagine the primitive times when humans wandered vast lands looking for a place to settle. The most important elements to find near a settlement would be shelter, - like caves or materials to build huts - food (edible plants and animals) and water. Even for short time stays, the primitive man probably chose most importantly, places with water,  which is the element that they need the most and most frequently for survival. Early human settlements and the greatest civilizations developed near the sea and large rivers. Rome grew around the Po, Mesopotamia grew between two large rivers (Tigris and Euphrates), the early Chinese civilization (near the Yellow River) etc. Even today, the largest most developed cities are near the sea or rivers; take for example, New York City, Tokyo, Lisbon and London, just to ...