When the weather is bit warmer, you will love to sit in the garden and enjoy the loving furniture that you purchased with hard earned money. If the furniture is made of teak wood, it is one of the greatest advantages.

The first advantage of this type of garden furniture is high strength as well as durability. This wood is generally produced in the countries like Malaysia, Thailand and India.  It was the principle ship building material in the middle ages.The second advantage is that teak wood is waterproof.

It could withstand harshest of the climates in the ancient centuries in the high seas. You can very well imagine how powerful it can be for your garden. The third advantage of this wood is the low maintenance cost associated with it. This makes it one of the finest purchases. The fifth advantage is the style as well as long life.

One of the biggest challenges of owning a small apartment is to optimize on whatever little space is available. You need to come up with creative new ideas to locate hidden crevices, nooks and corners to come up with extra storage space to store all your knick knacks and make your home look clutter free at the same time. Here are 3 tips that I found quite innovative.

• Buy small plush fabric cube ottomans or wicker ones to store items. Beauty of these ottomans is that you can not only keep your stuff inside but also use them for extra stool for sitting or coffee or side tables in the living room.

• But up wire ceiling baskets in corners in the kitchen to store utensils, fruits, etc while putting up one over your work space can be a cool way to store your stationery like pens, staplers, notepads etc.

• Wall mounted deep shelves or cabinets are also great storage spaces in small apartments.