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Transform Your Home with Alzuleycha Wall Decor
Why Choose Alzuleycha Wall Decor for Your Home? There’s something magical about walls that tell a story. Alzuleycha wall decor offers a unique way to transform any room, whether it’s your living room, bedroom, or even a cozy nook. The handcrafted designs are inspired by Portuguese tiles, known for their intricate patterns and vibrant colors. But what makes Alzuleycha stand out is how accessible and user-friendly it is. Easy to apply: No need for professional help or complicat
Ana Sofia Paulo Guerreiro
Feb 265 min read


HACK YOUR IKEA MALM DRESSER
Transform your boring Ikea Malm dresser into a beautiful and unique piece. Alzuleycha walldecor, is easy to install. Just pick you favorite designs and colors and stick it to the dresser with double tape. If you get tired you can always take it out and use the walldecor pieces somewhere else, like your hallway wall, bedroom or living room accent wall, you decide. Alzuleycha walldecor makes it more easy to DIY your home, find out more about our designs and products on the wall
Ana Sofia Paulo Guerreiro
Jul 14, 20221 min read


Santo António, padroeiro de Lisboa
EN Santo António is the Patron Saint of Lisbon, he is remembered every year on the date of his death, the 13th of June 1231, being also the date of the Popular Festivals of Lisbon. Santo António, born Fernando Martins de Bulhões, son of families in good economic conditions, some studies say he was born into wealthy families, others to families of commoners, according to what I was able to ascertain. Fernando was born near the Cathedral of Lisbon in the 12th century, in a newl
Ana Sofia Paulo Guerreiro
Jun 13, 20224 min read


Deliciosas Bolachas de Limão e Amêndoa / Delicious Lemon and almond cookies
Try this recipe of delicious lemon and almond cookies from my mothers recipe book, Doze meses de Cozinha. Love the lemon taste, you can change the flavor to orange, vanilla or nuts. Ingredients: 75 gr butter 75 gr sugar (you can replace it with brown sugar or coconut sugar) 1 egg 150 gr flour 1 tea spoon of powder yest 30 gr peeled and grated almonds (you can replace it with nuts) lemon zest q.b (to make other flavours just replace it with orange or just put vanilla instead)
Ana Sofia Paulo Guerreiro
Feb 8, 20222 min read


Origins of the Lisbon Carnaval
ENGLISH: I was never a big fan of Carnaval. To me Carnaval meant throwing eggs and water ballons. A fun memory, is me and my brother filling the ceiling of our bedroom with serpentinas, that was super fun!! When I was a child i did dress up sometimes. I have a picture of me dressed up with a nazarena costume and and another with a colorful Pierrot costume. And you what memories do you have of your childhood Carnaval? I researched some of the history behind the origin of Carna
Ana Sofia Paulo Guerreiro
May 14, 20214 min read


Recipe apple pie with cream / Receita tarte de maça com creme (Teleculinária)
This recipe for apple pie with cream and lemon dough, I have been making since I can remember. It is a recipe from some books that my mother had, which compiled culinary magazines. Enjoy and let me know if you liked it. Pastry to line the pie: 125 g of flour; 75 g of margarine; 50 g of sugar; 1 egg; zest of ½ lemon; 1 spoon (coffee) of baking powder. Pour the flour in a pile on the table, open a cavity in the center and pour the margarine and sugar there; knead well, add the
Ana Sofia Paulo Guerreiro
May 14, 20213 min read


Hydraulic tile - Ladrilho hidráulico
Alzuleycha first inspiration an hydraulic tile found in a old house. Thus was born Alzuleycha Folha Oliveira series. Hydraulic tile is made by hand using pressed cement, reached its peak between the end of the 19th century and the middle of the 20th century. The product was presented at the 1867 Universal Exhibition, in Paris, by the company Garret, Rivet et Cie, having been sold as an alternative to marble, it was a ceramic that did not need firing to be solidified. The usua
Ana Sofia Paulo Guerreiro
May 14, 20213 min read


Lapa series name
#Alzuleycha Lapa serie is inspired in the Lisbon neighborhood with the same name. Lapa was one of the neighborhoods elected by the Portuguese nobility and bourgeoisie to reside, you can see that in the opulent palaces found all over the neighborhood. The origins of Lapa date back to 1755, many people to escape the fury of destruction and the rubble of the earthquake went to an area called "Buenos Aires", that today is Lapa. The name of the neighborhood came from the chapel of
Ana Sofia Paulo Guerreiro
May 14, 20211 min read


The meaning of our brand name
Alzuleycha is inspired by the details of Portuguese architecture, but it was one of its most identifiable characteristic that gave it it's name, the wall tiles. In the Portuguese language the word tile translates to azulejo, whose etymological root is the Arabic word azzelij (or al zuleycha, al zulaco) which means "small polished stone". Portugal was part of the al-Andalus territory for almost eight hundred years, the arab conquered the territory to the Visigoths around the y
Ana Sofia Paulo Guerreiro
May 14, 20211 min read
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