By: Emmalie Kipp
Spring is here and that means it’s time to start thinking about your Easter decorations! If you are planning on hosting this year for your Easter dinner, you might want to get started thinking about table decoration ideas. While there are a plethora of crafty and fun ideas out there, here are a few that could work for you. (more…)
By: Alisa Manzelli
It has been said that feng shui home design can help change your life for the better. Although feng shui strongly relies on direction and placement, another aspect involves color. As colors powerfully influence mood and appeal, it can also apparently reflect the fortunes and misfortunes in one’s life. This ancient Chinese system can invite beneficial energies that can manipulate your love life, career, finances, health, and more. You do not need to re-paint an entire room per se, but perhaps simply painting a small wall or a door one of the colors that adheres to your feng shui needs can tremendously shift your life’s direction. (more…)
By: Alisa Manzelli
The master bedroom should be a place for rest and relaxation; after all, a room’s decor frequently reveals its purpose. More or less, you want to inhabit a room that emphasizes comfort, and nothing reflects warmth and comfort better than a rustic cottage-themed room. (more…)
Tags: cottage, makeover, master bedroom, rustic
By: Alisa Manzelli
It can be very easy to neglect a bathroom when it comes to decorating and selecting color schemes. However, having a brightly colored bathroom can be very refreshing and create a definite ambiance. As of lately, crisp white bathrooms are becoming less admired as bold and bright bathroom colors are growing in popularity. Many are steering away from unappealing pastels and are looking to incorporate eye-catching bathroom colors that pop. (more…)
By: Emmalie Kipp
Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese technique of positioning structures to benefit the conflicting laws of heaven and earth. By following the Feng Shui methods, you can enhance the chi (energy force) in your home and prosper greatly. One troublesome area that most homes need to focus on is the bathroom. Bathrooms do not fit nicely into the Feng Shui structure of one’s home and therefore measures must be taken to offset the unbalance that a bathroom causes. (more…)
When most people consider home furnishings, they think of the large items such as couches, bookshelves and dining sets. While these and other furniture items are essential aspects of a functional home, they are not always what define its style or atmosphere. For the more subtle aspects of furnishing a home, attention to the smaller details is an absolute must. (more…)
By: Emmalie Kipp
While you may have heard of most of these before, the top home decor trends form 2010 are continuing to boom for 2011. If you weren’t ready to make some changes in 2010, it’s a new year and it’s time to get moving, because these trends are here to stay! (more…)
By: Emmalie Kipp
It’s 2011 and time to update your home interior design. Home decor’s, just like any other form of art, goes in and out of trend. This year, you may want to give your walls some attention with chameleon neutral paint. (more…)
By: Alisa Manzelli
Retro furniture holds the ability to add nostalgic appeal to any modern home—whether you incorporate genuine, timeless pieces, or vintage-inspired, modern-day home furnishings, or a combination of both. Furniture circa the stylish 50s and the swinging 60s has been seen more and more often in modern home design as these classic styles provide for an iconic look that is always pleasing to the eye. (more…)
When it comes to the mixture of household plants and household pets, opinion varies as to how dangerous the former may be to the latter. The website of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) lists almost 450 possible houseplant culprits. Yet most of these are plants that are primarily irritants rather than deadly toxins. (more…)
