Home Interior Design Tips on Decorating your Space with Wall Art

How to Decorate your Space with Wall Pictures If a room in your house lacks character, by simply placing some fine art prints on the walls can actually make quite an impact. Wall pictures are a necessary accessory in your home and are great to tie in with the room's... Read More

Home Decor Accessories - How to Create a New Look in a Room

Apart from complimenting your newly painted walls with soft furnishings and effective flooring, home decor accessories in a room are just as equally important. Accessories ranging from flowers in a contemporary vase to art pictures hanging on your walls, all add the finishing touches to any room. Above all, accessories... Read More

Home Decorating Tips - How to Change a Rooms Dimension using Wall Pictures

The Basic Role of Pictures Wall art plays an important role in interior design as it helps create the ambience of a room. By cleverly placing wall pictures in certain ways, you can change and create a new look and feel in a room. The role wall pictures... Read More

Decorate Like You See in Magazines & Books?

Have you ever wondered why interior designers place slippers on the ottoman in magazine photos? They do it to make the staged setting look as if it's a lived-in room. Pictures and illustrations in decorating books, magazines, and other advertisements are designed to sell a product or an idea.But what's... Read More

Your Heritage and Personal Decorating Style

Ethnic traditions, customs, and attitudes carry forward our family values. Paying tribute to family heritage and tradition also gives our children a strong sense of family ties. Our roots make us what we are, and showing respect for ancestral traditions gives the interior of your home a special individuality.Vernacular HeritageRegional... Read More

Decorate Your Home for Joy Using Design Psychology

What Is Design Psychology?Design Psychology exceeds "traditional" interior design practice by considering the effects of design elements on our five senses, as well as our emotions. Rather than decorating to impress or to follow a certain style, you can choose specific lighting, color, patterns, and other design elements to support... Read More

How to Decorate Spaces for People

When it comes to decorating your home, forget about the empty, lifeless rooms you see in interior design magazines and books. Instead, you should concentrate on designing all of the rooms in your home as backdrops for the people who will be living in those spaces. Here are a few... Read More

Dont Hire Someone to Steal Your Joy: Decorate Your Home Yourself!

In researching what makes people happy, I discovered that "Planning" makes us happy. Therefore, why should a homemaker turn over planning to an interior designer who creates homes to make money and impress others? Furthermore, most designers ignore the important outcome of creating a home, which is to support the... Read More

Decorate Yourself Happy: How to Decorate For Everyday Pleasure/Joy

Because psychologists relate true happiness to joyous occurrences happening frequently, decorating your home to promote everyday pleasure makes sense. If you're planning a home makeover, provide for the cumulative total of all the little pleasure moments.When people rate their happiness, it is the ratio of pleasant to unpleasant emotions and... Read More

Decorating with Brains

Did I get your attention? Sorry, I just couldn't resist! When I was a little girl, we called them "brains". We would gather them into huge piles and either throw them into the woods or throw them at each other.I know what you are probably thinking, "That must have hurt!"... Read More

Home stager wanted to do more than just survive
I've always had a passion for decorating and interior design, but as a bartender for 25 years, and being a single mom for half of that, I felt my role was just to provide and survive. My husband, Danny, had a career on Wall Street for 20 years up until March 2006, when he was laid off in a downsizing. This happened when we were in the midst of building our dream home, so the timing was the ...

Avoid decorating faux pas by featuring your space properly - Kansas City Star


Avoid decorating faux pas by featuring your space properly
Kansas City Star
(Reach Mary Madden, an interior designer at Madden-McFarland Interiors, 1903 W. 135th St. in Leawood, at mary@maddenmcfarland.com.)

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Colourful accountancy wins award
A striking accountant’s office has been awarded top honours in the Resene Total Colour Awards announced in Auckland last night dismissing the myth that accountancy offices are dull and boring.

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Cafe of Life East Bay Food Drive — Through July 31. A food drive benefiting the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano counties. Bring a bag of healthy, nonperishable food in exchange for a free week of chiropractic care (consultation, exam and up to three chiropractic adjustments).

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Home Front: Design ideas from Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza with interior ... - Washington Post


Home Front: Design ideas from Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza with interior ...
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Nancy Christie dies at age 85
Interior designer had managed the Baltimore Museum of Art's gift shop Nancy Christie, a retired interior designer and manager of the Baltimore Museum of Art 's gift shop, died July 21 of complications from Alzheimer's disease complications at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. The former Roland Park resident was 85.

New HGTV design guide proves that small spaces can look huge - Fort Worth Star Telegram


New HGTV design guide proves that small spaces can look huge
Fort Worth Star Telegram
In the process, they explode a number of long-standing decorating truisms. Among them: Avoid bold patterns, large furniture and knickknacks; embrace mirrors ...

Wallpaper is back
Wallpaper designers are using bolder colors, and homeowners aren't afraid to use colors and patterns anymore, Byron McElderry says, and while there are definitely papers out there that he calls "shocking" or "daring," he says that many traditional...

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Verona woman is Decorator of the Year - NorthJersey.com


Verona woman is Decorator of the Year
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Valerie Ruddy, who owns Decorating Den Interiors in Verona, has won an international award for interior design and captured the title 2010 Decorator of the ...

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The Benefits of Wicker Picnic Baskets

Wicker picnic baskets are a lovely, traditional way to pack... Read More

Oriental Area Rugs - Know Before You Buy an Oriental Rug

Did you know that you can usually tell the country... Read More

Upholstery Upkeep

Upholstered armchairs and sofas are comfortable and attractive additions to... Read More

A Look at Shower Curtain Rods

Shower curtain rods give you a unique opportunity to showcase... Read More

Easy And Inexpensive Kitchen Decorating Tips

Small changes can have a big effect on how your... Read More

Not All Glass is Created Equal

Pressed glass, Depression glass and crystal - this month we'll... Read More

Using Vintage Hankies To Decorate The Bedroom

Vintage hankies can make interesting wall dÈcor! These treasures of... Read More

The Benefits of HEPA Air Purifiers

The military designed the first HEPA filter in the 1940s... Read More

Black Forest Cuckoo Clocks

Known for its harsh winters, its many local artisans, and... Read More

An Introduction to Bamboo Flooring

A little known fact: bamboo is technically not a tree... Read More

Decorating on a Budget - 15 Easy Steps

Many years ago I was told that the least expensive... Read More

How to Build Your Own Cuckoo Clock

Of all the various kits available from hobby stores and... Read More

The Hunt for Vintage Kitchen Sinks

Want to relive the excitement of California's gold rush of... Read More

Buying Custom Wood Blinds

Window and door blinds on windows and doors are chief... Read More

Whats Your Design Sign?

If you've been consistently bewildered about how to make your... Read More

Create the Right Splash With Bathroom Accessories

When decorating your bathroom, it is important to choose practical... Read More

Entryway Benches - Why Theyre a Must Have in Every Home

One of the easiest ways to leave a lasting, warm... Read More

How Curtains Can Change the Look of Your Home

The roles of curtains have changed. At one time they... Read More

Save Money & Time... Plan Home Decorating Projects

Why is planning home decorating projects important? Let's start by... Read More

Making Your Home Blossom is Easy

Having trouble getting a room in your home to have... Read More

A Look at Outdoor Ceiling Fans

A ceiling fan used outdoors, such as on a covered... Read More

Rug - Snug as a Bug!

Rugs are a great way to decoratively cover a floor.... Read More

Five Quick and Cheap Ways to Decorate for Fall

1. Utilize the "use what you have" theory! Go through... Read More

The Benefits of Goose Down Comforters

It's a safe bet that you've never heard a goose... Read More

A Hidden Jewel In Home Decorating, The Powder Room

Typically a small space consisting of just a sink and... Read More