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Tasteful Home Decorating Changes Your House Into a HomeMike Yeager There is this undocumented story about Andrew Carnegie who kept postponing the decision to redecorate his home just because black, his default color of choice, was simply not used in home decorating those days! Mercifully today, you could well translate your home decorating ideas into alluring reality. For home interior decorating no longer means just coloring your walls in pastel shades and showing off your antiques – it is about using all the home decorating tips that one can get to highlight the most of what one possesses. Unless of course you wish to shrug the opportunity and call in a professional designer. But even this experience could be fascinating – what with "walk-throughs" in your "virtually" designed home before even a single coat of paint is applied! Yes, with home decorating, either way you always come up trumps! Use home decorating tips to your advantage! Your décor should exude your persona. Want it to appear spacious Eliminate shadows with diffused, ambient lighting. Avoid ceiling lights which make the ceiling appear low. Your ceiling should always wear the lightest color in the room. Then the pastel shades on your wall would help create that feeling of largeness. Limit the use of patterns to accent pieces – the discerning eye should not stop as it travels across the room. And if you want a cozy pad, do just the opposite – use strong colors and heavy, soft textures. Draw attention to that precious grandfather clock with carefully directed light. And if you must, make up your bathroom – in exquisite black – and eliminate that permanently booked suite at New York’s Windsor Hotel – à la Andrew Carnegie!
| | | | RELATED ARTICLES How To Choose The Right Television For You Watching television has progressed from a luxury that only few had in their homes in the middle of the last century to the point where most consumers not only have one television, but often they may have several. And television programming has expanded greatly from just the three big networks to a whole host of other channels as well. In The Mood Creating a Designer Home With Lighting Chairs, Rockiing Chairs and Other Comfortable Places To Park It! A chair is one of the best inventions ever made. If youve been standing a long time what can appeal more to the eye than a comfortable chair. Chairs are an essential part of any room. One of the first things a person looks for when entering a room is a chair to sit down on. Chairs, bean bag chairs, rocking chairs, kitchen chairs…they’re all part of the essential furniture in any home. Who wants to sit on the floor when visiting your home Modern civilization means that today we have comfortable, stylish chairs to sit on and enjoy what were doing. Want a Garden, But Don’t have Enough Dirt Or Space Hydroponics Gardening Is The Answer! Hydroponics gardening is the perfect solution for anybody who wants a garden, but does not have enough space or dirt.Hydroponics gardening is, simply put, a method of growing plants using a nutrient solution instead of dirt.With hydroponics gardening, you are able to grow beautiful flowers and delicious vegetables virtually anywhere you want.In addition, hydroponics gardening requires much less maintenance than a normal garden would.In fact, you will usually spend less than five minutes a day maintaining your hydroponics garden.Every few weeks the nutrient solution will have to be replaced, but that too will only take a few minutes.While some heavy fruiting vegetables like tomatoes and peppers may not be able to thrive in the nutrient solution, almost all other types of flowers and vegetables will just fine in a hydroponics garden. Why Its Important to Get Pre-Approved Having a pre-approved mortgage will give you the confidence of knowing exactly what you can spend on a home before you start looking. You will also be protected against interest rate increases while you look for your new home. How to Select Exterior Shutters Installing exterior shutters is a relatively quick way to add style and color to the outside of a house.Historical and modern houses alike benefit from the timeless style of shutters.As with any home improvements, the quality and longevity of an addition should be evaluated before proceeding. Wall Clocks tell time and decorate! Clocks can be of any type - they could be wall clocks that not only decorates the walls, but also tells time or a mantel piece resting on ones table etc.. Wall Clocks can be of one of two types. Analog and Digital. While digital clocks are precise, the analog clock serve the same purpose. With the increasing need to be accurate, and every microsecond accounted for Digital clocks are the way to go. New Trends in Design & Comfortable Living For the past several years I have seen the emergence of a new trend called ‘Lifestyling’. Lifestyling encompasses many elements on gracious living, extravagant and memorable entertaining, architecture, home design, and tips on where to live comfortably in spaces large and small, with less effort or clutter than you can imagine. In fact, this trend has effectively blurred the lines of traditional titles and professions.New ideas and new inspiration have created new sales to the tune of over 70 million dollars for one large company. Add Some Light To Your Life With Candles Candles first served as the main source of light for early civilization.They have made many changes through the years. The candles of today are not the same candles from hundreds of years ago. Why Hardwood Flooring Is Still A Good Investment 1 Hardwood flooring has a timeless air of quality Reduce Your Heating Bills This Winter Imagine leaving a window open all winter long -- the heat loss, cold drafts and wasted energy! If your home has a folding attic stair, fireplace or clothes dryer, that may be just what is occurring in your home every day. Tasteful Home Decorating Changes Your House Into a Home There is this undocumented story about Andrew Carnegie who kept postponing the decision to redecorate his home just because black, his default color of choice, was simply not used in home decorating those days! Mercifully today, you could well translate your home decorating ideas into alluring reality. For home interior decorating no longer means just coloring your walls in pastel shades and showing off your antiques – it is about using all the home decorating tips that one can get to highlight the most of what one possesses. Unless of course you wish to shrug the opportunity and call in a professional designer. But even this experience could be fascinating – what with "walk-throughs" in your "virtually" designed home before even a single coat of paint is applied! Yes, with home decorating, either way you always come up trumps! Keep Your Home Happier It turns out your mother was right after all -- Happiness really does begin at home, with the things and the people you are surrounded by.Your vision is one of the first messengers to send signals to your brain as to how it feels.Therefore, it follows that keeping your home happier will have a direct impact on how you feel. Making a First Impression When Selling Your Home So youve decided to take advantage of the booming real estate market and put your house up for sale. As you know, buying a house is the most important purchase a consumer can make. How to Tell If Youve Got a Rodent Problem Older houses are most vulnerable to rodents, but its possible for them to crop up in just about any neighborhood. There are often large rodent populations in the city, but apartment owners typically rarely see them since their landlords will typically take care of building maintenance, including unwelcome visitors. Rodents are more problematic to the average suburban homeowner. Here are some signs to look for to see if rodents are living in or around your house: A Comfortable Sofa For Your Home! A soft, plush sofa can be so inviting...even if youre visiting in someone elses home. Sofas can really make a home comfortable and relaxing. Sofas come in a variety of styles such as sectional sofas, leather sofas and sleeper sofas. One of the first things both you and your guests will notice, each time they come into your home, is how comfortable and relaxing the furniture looks. Well chosen sofas will help to give your home furnishings the elegance and style you want. Grandfather Clocks Bring a Sense of Awe…Theyre So Tall Standing tall and big are the stately grandfather clocks. They are huge, immense beings with personalities of their own, and do they tell time. Boy oh boy - do they tell time. They also go ding dong a lot. At least the antique grand father clocks would. One has to realize that grandfather clocks are less about time than they are about other things. The String Algae Blues... Now that Spring is upon us and things are coming back to life in your pond with the warmer weather, many of us are battling with string algae. String algae is caused primarily by a combination of the buildup of organic nutrients in the water, and sunlight. Scented Candles – Take Me AWAY! Remember the old Calgon commercial—"Take me away Calgon!" Theres only one thing that can take you away faster than a Calgon bath, and thats a scented candle. Whether you want a breath of fresh spring air, or you want to transport yourself to a South Sea paradise minus the hassle of airport security, crowded, delayed flights and lost baggage, grab a scented candle, and travel wherever your imagination leads. Smell is a powerful sense, and you can use it to alter your mood within seconds with the flicker of a candle. In fact, why not keep a supply of scented candles in the bathroom when you dont have time to luxuriate in the bathtub. Envelope yourself in fragrance while you shower, dry and blow-dry. Decorating for real life and real people I spent a recent weekend curled up with a stack of decorating magazines.I read them cover to cover - usually back to front, but thats the way I read most magazines and newspapers.I studied each photograph and tried to determine the particular design concept that was being presented.I looked at the number and placement of accessories, how and where arrangements of items were hung on the walls, choices of color and texture, and flooring selections.Each photo was scrutinized in the minutest detail.At some point I started to wonder for whom these absolutely gorgeous rooms were designed. |
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