Find a Flexible Palette By Taking Cues From Nature
No Comments »To fend off the winter blues, I like to daydream about any updates I would like to make to our home décor when spring arrives. This year I have planned to change the colour scheme throughout, and make it more versatile. After much deliberating, and musing the answer that has arisen seems obvious now. One [...]
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Decorate With Things You Already Have and Love
No Comments »While you might not be aware of it at the moment, you most likely have many delightful things that could be used in groupings to decorate your home. Instead of looking outside of your house for art and artefacts look within it first. A browse through your closets, attic or basement might unveil things you [...]
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How to Make a Fashionable Umbrella Stand
No Comments »Though you may not have a reason each and everyday to use an umbrella stand, there is still good reason to have one. You need not keep it out on display at all times, after all it is not such a large item that it cannot be shifted into a closet. And when you do [...]
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How to Keep the Colours of Your Rooms Simple
No Comments »One of the easiest ways to ensure that you end up with a wonderful colour palette in our home is to stick to a monochromatic colour selection. For those who do not know monochromatic means that you use the same colour in varying intensities from light to dark. After all, nothing could be easier than [...]
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How to Make One Room Function as Two
No Comments »This year we decided we would incorporate a working space in our guest bedroom. In the past we have held firm that the extra bedroom should remain completely dedicated to those guest who stay with us at intervals throughout the year. In doing so, we have been lacking the desktop area we much needed. So, [...]
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Greet Your Holiday Guests With Warmth Before They Even Reach Your Door
No Comments »Before your holiday guests even enter your home, make them feel welcomed by lining the walkway up to your door with candles. To ensure safety use jam jars, or any other collection of matching glass jars you have on hand and place votive candles inside. If you like, you can fill the containers up one [...]
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How to Decorate Your Home With Beautiful Art Inexpensively
No Comments »For many who are decorating their home, the first thing they think of when selecting wall art is oil paintings, watercolours, or some other medium created by a professional artist. However, the homeowner need not look further than to a camera of their very own. Thanks to the very responsive, and easy to use, digital [...]
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Nickel Adds the Perfect Amount of Sparkle to a Bathroom
No Comments »To create a sleek cool style in your bathroom design, then place brushed nickel within it. Whether you are able to select new sink fixtures, or only add some finishing touches, brushed nickel is a wonderful addition. Its an improvement over polished chrome which can come across as cold and stark, and more in style [...]
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