Unique Decorative Vases To Beautify Your Home

Vases have always been one of the most versatile interior design accents out there. The very best vases are consistently functional but continue to provide aesthetic value even when your favorite flowers go out of season. This post looks at 50 unique vases in every style ranging from artistic and interpretive to minimalistic and even surreal. If you're looking for home accessory inspiration or perhaps ideas for useful housewarming gifts, these distinctive vases are sure to stoke your creativity. Next thing you know, you'll be looking through your heirloom seed collection to find the perfect blossoms for your new favorite accent piece.

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This two-part porcelain vase forms the illusion of a whale peeking up from the surface of the water, demonstrating a beautiful spray of your favorite flowers.

Small Home Designs Under 50 Square Meters

These homes make the most of their compact layouts – each one is smaller than 50 square meters in size, yet packs an abundance of unique personality. Whether you're dreaming of a small home to call your own, or just want to make the most of what you already have, these spaces demonstrate how creative constraints can lead to inspiring breakthroughs. In fact, many adventurous souls who could otherwise afford spacious abodes are opting for a more streamlined lifestyle by choosing cozy apartments like these. It goes beyond practicality – the tiny home movement is part minimalism, part environmentalism, and part genuine curiosity. Use these ideas next time you need to spruce up a small space.







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Designer: Piotr Matuszek & Gosia Czarny






Talented designers Piotr Matuszek and Gosia Czarny gave this small-scale apartment a bright and spacious makeover. The clients were a young couple who inherited the property from their grandmother – and at only 20 sq. meters, it required a near-total structural transformation to make the space feel large enough for two.






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Designer: Piotr Matuszek & Gosia Czarny







Light colors and simple lines always make a room look a bit larger than it really is. The designers used scaled-down patterns in monochromatic colors to weave a playful character without creating any unnecessary visual clutter.

Cool Kitchen Gadgets That Would Make Your Life Easier

This jumbo kitchen gadget compilation has all the latest inspiration you could need, whether you're looking to round out your own collection, decorating a newly remodeled kitchen, or searching for a last-minute housewarming gift or a thoughtful present for a talented chef – there's something here for anybody and everybody. Kitchen tools are always a great and useful investment because everybody eats, after all! Even for those who don't necessarily enjoy cooking, it's still nicer to spend time in stylish kitchens and it's always easier if you have the tools to make the process as pleasant and enjoyable as possible.


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Separate whites and yolks with precision – just crack the egg into a bowl, and use the colorful silicone fish to suction up the yolk. It couldn’t get any easier than that! And this cheerful little guy is much cuter than any of the industrial devices out there.

Cool And Unique Coffee Mugs You Can Buy Right Now

If you are a regular coffee drinker, you can never have too many mugs. A dirty coffee mug is not going to stop you from getting your daily jolt of caffeine, but it's much better to start each day fresh. The mugs featured in this post are not just practical, though. Each one offers its own unique take on mug design. Some are a bit whimsical and funny while others are just plain pretty. If you need to add a few more creative mugs to your collection, look no further because all of these cool, cute, and stylish designs are for sale right now! Buy one for home, another for your commute to work and another to keep at the office to get your day really started right. Just make sure you keep it safe from those thieves in accounting who are always looking to poach a new mug.


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Coffee Mug With Coaster: No need for a separate coaster with this clever mug design that allows the cup to float above the surface of the table.

Small Studio Apartments With Beautiful Design

Studio apartments are notoriously difficult to decorate - especially within smaller layouts. The simplest approach is to create a coordinated style that extends throughout the entire home, but that option can restrict the creativity and expressive potential of the occupants. The other option is to create a different theme within each functional area, but this requires careful planning and a unifying design layer to make sure the home doesn't clash or feel too eclectic. The five studio apartments profiled in this post demonstrate a variety of techniques and styles, proving that creative constraints can lead to inspiring solutions.

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• Designer: YØ DEZEEN

This first studio apartment from YØ DEZEEN uses a modern monochromatic theme paired with smooth plywood wall paneling. The compact living room arrangement sets the standard for the smart space-saving solutions found throughout the home.

Insanely Useful Smart Home Products You Can Buy Right Now

The smart home predicted by generations of sci-fi writers is finally becoming a reality – and some of the new devices out there fulfill even the most ambitious fantasies. While many of these useful gadgets remain in the realm of luxury, others are perfectly affordable and can start making your life easier right now. This super buyer's guide covers smart devices for every budget and every lifestyle, whether you're looking for simple objects like those fobs that track lost house keys or want to embrace the smart home lifestyle with the most advanced tech on the market. Look here for futuristic gifts for yourself or somebody you love!


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iRobot Roomba: As one of the first appliances to usher in the age of the smart home, the Roomba automatic vacuum cleaner has grown to become an iconic device that actually lives up to its popularity.

Art Lover’s Red Blue and Green Home Decor Scheme

A striking vision of rich colour, this 80 square metre modern apartment interior was designed by ATO Studio. Located in Moscow, Russian Federation Area, the home has a seriously arty air throughout. The lounge holds two modern paintings in colours that seem to have been the muse for this decor scheme - both in palette and cubist nature. Unusual contemporary furniture design, bespoke shelving units, wall and ceiling paint colours and tiling are a clashing concoction of solid bold green, deep blue and muted reds that transition from rich russet tones all the way through to the brink of pink. White spaces and wood tone balance the colourful scene.

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• Visualizer: Kirill Vill

A gallery wall remains white in the living room, where two pieces of inspirational art is displayed within wainscot style framing. Another two walls are painted solid sage green, whilst a third and the floor are muted russet-brown. The darker colours in the room eat up the natural light coming from a large window but a white ceiling helps to lift the scheme.

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The colours in the paintings are not the only part of the artwork to be replicated within the decor. The angular shapes can be seen echoed in the shape of two contemporary accent chairs that have been upholstered in light grey as a break from the rooms deep colour palette. Circular shapes have also been brought out of the paintings, translated into a round coffee table and a rug motif.

Beautiful Modern Chandelier Lights That Create Glamorous Interiors

There’s nothing that says glamour quite like a chandelier. Multi-armed, multi-faceted and glittering, their traditional homes in entrance foyers and over dining tables make quite the impression. We’ve put together 45 modern takes on the chandelier, built in a variety of materials and décor styles. Hang a silver chandelier that forms a straight line, with LEDs through their centres. Build a chandelier from desk lamps, creeping together to form a spider. Fan your chandelier into a Sputnik, with golden rods that peek out over your desired space for dining. Open imagination and light up your home with these modern, non-conventional chandeliers.

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Modern Square LED Chandelier: This chandelier changes for different times of the day. Lay its aluminium tiers flat for business time; play with its height and composition for drinks after work.

Gorgeous Outdoor Patio Design Ideas

As the weather gets warmer, we all start spending more of our time outdoors. Our attention shifts from interior design projects to our outdoor spaces. Warmer months mean the chance to sit in the sunshine and enjoy cooking and eating meals with family and friends out in the fresh air. But, is your garden up to scratch for entertaining? If your backyard looks like it’s in need of a little tender loving care - or maybe an injection of some wow factor - then you’re in the right place. This patio design collection presents 50 gorgeous ideas on how to expertly present your al fresco dining and open air lounge areas.

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• Designer: Clements Design

When considering how to design a patio, you must first map out what you aren’t able to change, like any established shrubs and trees. Rather than seeing these things as roadblocks to your patio design ideas, use these unmovable items as inspiration in the shaping or locating of your new garden area.

Awesome Kids’ Rooms That Use The Pastel Color Palette

When decorating a room for young ones in your home it can be hard to live up to their wild expectations. That's why we've put together this collection of 40 awesome ideas for a kid's decor scheme to inspire you. These might also help you to find some middle ground between the weird and wonderful ideas the youngsters may have, and the stylish finished item that you’d actually want as part of your home! This selection of inspirational kids bedrooms use beautiful pastel color palettes in fun combinations, along with sweet decor accents and accessories, unusual beds and bunk beds, kids desks and desk chairs, plus colourful kids storage solutions.

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• Visualizer: Len's Decor

A cloud theme forms the basis of this pink bedroom. A fluffy cloud outline is the subject of the wall mural, created in two shades of pink. Two decorative rain clouds create interest on a bare pink wall above a colour coordinated storage bench.

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• Visualizer: Phuong Nguyen

A cutaway moon and stars light up the ceiling, whilst glass globe pendant lights illuminate the bedside in this pink and wood tone room. An inspirational quote makes a bold statement across the headboard wall.

Stylish Streamlined One Room Living

A home doesn’t need to be of sprawling square footage to hold a gorgeous and comfortably functional interior, the best ideas can come in very small packages. Take this couple of one room living spaces as great examples. These two compact studio apartments each incorporate bold features with a stand out sense of style. The furnishings have been cleverly streamlined and cleanly zoned to tick all of the boxes for a modern life of working from home, rest and relaxation, and even socialising. Inventive area planning, bespoke furniture design and considered colour schemes add up to make two cool compact living environments where perceived limitations of space dissolve away.

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• Designer: aTng 糖 & Dunqiang Chen

Our first one room living space has a smooth grey colour palette that evokes a relaxing atmosphere. Seating solutions span one entire wall of the living area. Of two matching bespoke bench seats, the first acts as banquette seating at a dining table, and the second as a slimline sofa situated in optical alignment with the television screen. A bed is located on a raised platform – an anchored installation that runs into the seating base structure.

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A single trundle bed can be drawn out from beneath the double platform bed to provide sleeping quarters for a child; this kind of trundle design would also come in handy as a guest sleeper. A section from the steps leading to the double bed slide away to form the headboard of the single sleeper. The stepped headboard provides a small shelf that can be used as a bedside unit.

The Top Five Garden Trends of 2018

Spring is almost here, and it’s time to start thinking about how you can spend more time outdoors. If you have a patio or a garden, giving it a little refresh is time and money well spent. Make your outdoor living space more functional (and beautiful!) by incorporating the top garden trends of 2018. 1. Small gardens are at the top of 2018 garden trends 2018 garden trends As an intimate outdoor space, this small garden exemplifies the biggest 2018 garden trend. Image: Jarrett Yoshida Design Whether you’re working with a small patio area, a side yard, or a large open space, it’s all about creating cozy, intimate spaces in 2018. Got 150 square feet to work with? Then make it the loveliest small garden ever! You can still have a seating area, a water or fire feature, and plenty of greenery in the form of potted plants. If you have a large, open area, this is the year to consider breaking it up into smaller spaces. Some ways you can do this is by: Creating a sitting or dining area with fieldstone Adding an arbor and vines, creating the illusion that you’re entering another world Creating an outdoor dining spot under a trellis Setting up a spot with chairs and a firepit The key is to enclose the space a bit with potted plants, hedges, trees or vines, creating intimate settings that flow from one to the other. Check out these ideas, for inspiration: 2018 garden trends This larger garden utilizes walls, structures and varying landscape to create smaller, more intimate outdoor settings. Image: Abhiland Architects A small patio features a dining space with a cedar privacy wall and modern landscaping, including boxwood in raised planters and stone. Image: Robert Hughes Garden Design An outdoor terrace in San Francisco was converted into a small rooftop garden, featuring plants and citrus tress. Image: Siol Studios 2. Vertical gardens are hot right now We’ve been telling you this for awhile now: the living wall, or vertical garden, is a beautiful way to add some life to a wall. Here are a couple of ideas on how you can add one to your garden: 2018 garden trends Limited on square footage? Then go up! Two large frames hold plants that grow vertically on the wall. Image: Eco Walls A wall of low-maintenance succulents in a wood frame adds a fresh, new look to this small garden. Image: Bright Green Landscapes 3. Eco landscaping is one of the biggest garden trends of 2018 Color and texture are achieved using a variety of grasses and flowering herbs. Image: Coffman Studios Low-water landscaping saves you time and money. They require less maintenance and less watering. They’re also quite stunning. It’s all about geometry and architecture; for a striking effect, consider adding gravel, stone or rock among the eco-friendly plants like grasses and succulents. 4. Fire pits were last year, water features are this year This water feature is designed to collect water and recirculate it. The pots have small ledges where birds, or other wildlife, can perch to drink. Image: Teserra Outdoors We’re still a huge fan of fire pits: check out this roundup of fire pits and you’ll understand why. But this year, the top landscapers and designers are opting for water features instead. The water feature revival is likely due to the fact that nature-friendly, eco gardens are popular. And providing water for birds and wildlife, while enjoying the soothing look and sounds of flowing water, make the garden water feature both beautiful and practical. 5. Garden to table An outdoor garden, featuring tomatoes and vegetables. Image: Fenton Roberts Garden Design Our favorite of the 2018 garden trends has got to be the edible garden. Regardless of what size your space is, you can probably manage room for a potted fruit tree, or a raised bed with veggies or lettuce, or even a small herb garden. Want to take it to the next level? Add some chickens for fresh eggs! Just be sure to check you local zoning laws first. Here are some ideas: If your garden is all concrete, or you have poor soil, you can add raised beds to grow your veggies and herbs. Image: Aloe Designs This garden gives new meaning to the term, “free range chickens!” Image: Southern Living 2018 is all about enjoying your outdoor space. Decide what works best for your lifestyle and needs and keep it simple and natural. Here’s to outdoor living! Have a great garden design tip of your own? Leave a comment and let us know!

30 Mid-Century Modern Sofas That Make Your Lounge Look Innovative

Mid-century modern design was all about reinvention. Designers like Ray Eames, Arne Jacobsen and Verner Panton looked for new ways that our furniture could behave, new ways it could support our frames, new ways it could catch light or look smooth upon the shaggy rugs of the time. We’ve put together a top 30 list of mid-century modern sofas, both those designed by the masters and those befitting the look. Sit your posterior upon Marilyn’s soft resin lips. Create the perfect office with a suite of leather Barcelonas. Design to the period, with our top 30 sofa list.

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Tufted Mid-Century Modern Sofa With Wooden Base, Light Grey: Buy a mid-century modern sofa that looks partly Scandinavian. This eucalyptus and walnut wood find is lined with premium foam padding, and made by hand with Chesterfield tufting. Get its easy-to-clean form with a two-year warranty.

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Velvet Tufted Mid-Century Modern Sofa, Dark Grey: Prefer it in velvet? This darker version with tufted back and arms offers two matching pillows to rest your head upon.

Interior Design Using Marble And Wood Combinations

There is something very luxurious about the grand combination of misty veined marble and rich wood grain. The teaming of natural materials brings life to a modern apartment interior and can be incorporated in a myriad of ways. Floors, bathroom tiles and kitchen backsplashes have long been clad in marvellous marble finishes, but how can we apply other areas of organic patterning to add interest and movement to hard contemporary surroundings? Wood tone is ideal for furniture, floors and panelling but how can we freshen our use of the material? These two apartments show how to create soft neutral backdrops of marble and wood that won’t leave a sophisticated decor scheme falling flat.

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• Visualizer: Quadro Room

Beyond shining globe pendant lights, a slatted wood wall adds dimension over an entertainment wall in our first featured home. A flat screen television is mounted partially over the wooden slats, with its lower half hanging over a white, grey and golden tone marble panel. A strip of white LED lighting runs through the cross section.

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Two round glossy white coffee tables with black frames complement the white marble backsplash and black kitchen wall cabinets behind the lounge.

4 Small Apartment Layout Ideas With Muted Pastel Decor

These four gorgeous little apartment interiors are the work of visualiser Diễm Kiều. Each of these contemporary living spaces have been arranged in clever layouts that expertly deal with the challenges of living a full modern life within the confines of a compact space. Despite limited proportions, all four homes have enviable kitchens, sociable dining areas and cosy looking lounges. The colour palettes used throughout are calming and homey, with muted shades of blush pink, blue-grey and soft mint green. The pastel hues have been teamed with monochrome tiling in the kitchen areas, where splashbacks and floor tiles bring in expanses of on trend intricate pattern and cool geometric design.

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Despite the limited proportions of this cosy lounge area, a large wall clock decorates a grey feature wall, which tricks the mind into believing the space is more substantial. The gold living room pendant light stands out beautifully against the grey backdrop and is complemented by the golden wood tones of a central coffee table, the couch base and the neighbouring dining table and chairs.

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In tune with the golden sheen of the living room light, a duo of globe pendant lights have an amber tinted sheen over the dining table. To zone the dining area, wood panelling has been applied to the wall and painted a gentle blush pink. The same shade has been applied to a boxed wall shelf that holds just a couple of decorative jugs and plates.

How To Use And Combine Bright Decor

Yellow is a colour that creates wow in an interior. It also adds sunny visual warmth and evokes feelings of spring-summertime happiness. This high energy effect makes it a great hue to use in any area of the home, but particularly for kids rooms. Despite the colours feel-good factor, its bright quality can at first seem a bit daunting when using in decor. Yellow is just yearning to be used though, so we have put together this collection of yellow kids’ rooms that show how to implement it to best effect, and how to combine yellow decor and home accessories with other colours to create entirely different looks and atmosphere.

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• Visualizer: Len's Decor

The yellow elements in this kids’ bedroom have been put within a pale grey, white and light woodtone scheme. Here yellow is used as an accent rather than a dominating hue, though its brightness still does overrule the other relaxed tones. The headboard feature wall is covered in Swiss crosses, which create a quirky pattern on which to situate a pitched wood and yellow headboard and a dreamy thought bubble shaped wooden wall clock.

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A yellow stripe runs across closets, a childs’ desk and along the lower quarter of one grey wall. The vividity is neutralised by larger volumes of smooth grey and pale wood tone.

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M-Pact Posi-Temp^® 1/2″ IPS Connection Includes Pressure Balancing

Changing the look of your bathroom has never been faster and easier. The M-PACT® Common Valve System allows you to upgrade the trim style or swap out finishes on your fixtures without replacing the valves. So once the system is in place, you can change your decor as often as you want at any point in time — during construction process or years down the road. All it takes is a few minutes. Best of all, the M-PACT Common Valve System is as easy to install as a standard valve.

• equipped with the Posi-Temp^® pressure-balancing control valve to help maintain water temperature in the shower
• built on the Moen M-PACT common valve system, allowing you to update the faucet style in the future without replacing any plumbing
• connection size: 1/2″

• connection type: IPS
• no of ports: four
• valve meets ASSE performance requirements

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Moen 2520 Monticello PosiTemp Pressure Balancing Shower Valve, 1/2-Inch CC

Built on the Moen M-PACT common valve system that allows you to make style updates any time without replacing plumbing and equipped with PosiTemp technology to maintain water temperature, the Moen Monticello PosiTemp Pressure Balancing Shower Valve delivers generous water flow. The four-port, cycle valve also provides an adjustable temperature limit stop to control maximum hot water temperature, while its 1222 cartridge accommodates back-to-back installations. Featuring four ports and durable brass construction, this valve meets ASSE performance requirements and is backed by Moen’s Limited Lifetime Warranty against leaks, drips, and finish defects.

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Changing the look of your bathroom has never been faster and easier thanks to Moen’s M-Pact Common Valve System. The Monticello PosiTemp 1/2-inch CC valve (model 2520) allows you to upgrade the trim style or swap out finishes on your fixtures without replacing the valves. So once the system is in place, you can change your decor as often as you want at any point in time — during construction process or years down the road. All changes can be made above the deck or in front of the wall, and it just takes few minutes. Best of all, the M-Pact Common Valve System is as easy to install as a standard valve.
The Monticello 2520 features a PosiTemp pressure-balancing control valve to help maintain water temperature in the shower, brass construction, 1/2-inch CC connection type, and four ports. The 1222 cartridge accommodates back-to-back installations. This valve meets ASSE performance requirements.

What Sets Moen Apart?

From a variety of styles designed to complement today’s decors to faucets that perfectly balance your water pressure, Moen sets the standard for exceptional beauty and reliable, innovative design. Additionally, all Moen products come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty against leaks, drips and finish defects.

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Moen 2520 Monticello PosiTemp 1/2-inch CC valve; installation instructions

2520 Monticello PosiTemp 1/2-Inch CC Valve

At a Glance

• Moen M-Pact common valve system allows you to easily update your faucet style in the future
• PosiTemp pressure-balancing valve maintains water pressure and controls temperature
• 1/2-inch CC connection with four ports
• Brass construction
• Limited lifetime warranty

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M-Pact Posi-Temp® 1/2″ CC Connection Includes Pressure Balancing Changing the look of your bathroom has never been faster and easier. The M-PACT® Common Valve System allows you to upgrade the trim style or swap out finishes on your fixtures without replacing the valves. So once the system is in place, you can change your decor as often as you want at any point in time — during construction process or years down the road. All it takes is a few minutes. Best of all, the M-PACT Common Valve System is as easy to install as a standard valve. equipped with the Posi-Temp® pressure-balancing control valve to help maintain water temperature in the shower built on the Moen M-PACT common valve system, allowing you to update the faucet style in the future without replacing any plumbing cartridge type: 1222 connection size: 1/2″ connection type: CC no of ports: four valve meets ASSE performance requirements

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Moen 7400 Faucet Assembly Repair The Moen 7400 series of faucets includes the popular Chateau kitchen faucet, which is a single lever faucet. This faucet, like many other Moen models, may begin to leak or have water flow issues after assembly. If this is the case, a disassembly of the faucet and re-tightening of the parts is all you need to do to correct the problem. It takes just a few minutes and will not require extensive plumbing experience. ... Step 1 Turn off the water supply to the faucet by shutting the valves on the to water pipes directly under the faucet in your sink cabinet. Step 2 Take off the single lever handle on the Moen faucet. First take out the screw in front of the handle along the base with an Allen wrench. If there is a plug in the mounting hole, take this out before unscrewing the handle. Step 3 Remove the faucet dome, the large, round piece under the handle by turning it counterclockwise and lifting it up. Unscrew the cartridge retainer nut under the dome with a pair of locking pliers or a hexagonal wrench, properly sized to fit the nut. Step 4 Lift the cartridge out of the faucet base with your hands, or a pair of pliers if necessary, and insert a new one in place of it. Make sure the cartridge rests flush against the base of the faucet and install the cartridge retainer nut, turning clockwise to tighten it. Step 5 Replace the dome and turn clockwise to install it on the faucet base. Slide the handle onto the spout and tighten the set screw to hold it in place.