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How Your Decorating Can Affect Your Psychology
You might think that decorating is something you mostly do for practical reasons and to create an environment that you enjoy looking at, but actually the way you organize and design your rooms can have much more profound effects on the way you feel when you're in your home. When you decorate yo
How to Frame a Collage Poster
Though many people put up a poster using thumb tacks, tape or some other adhesive, the most tasteful option you can choose is to frame a poster. Due to how expensive professional framing is, many people purchase ready-made poster frames. Ready-made poster frames allow for an easy assembly and add a
Tips For Dressing a Bay Or Unusual Shaped Window and Getting a Great Look For Your Home
One of the best things about a house is when it has odd shaped windows. These windows can make a house unique and provide an interesting environment of the people that live there and their guests. The only downside to having odd shaped windows is that you sometime have a difficult time with dressing
Why Choose Tin Tile Ceilings
Insider Information on why millions are choosing Tin Tile Products for their ceilings and walls. Tin Tile products are a definite Consumers Best Buy.
3d Wall Panels Enhance A Company' s Image With 3d Walls Drawing The Attention Of Potential Clients.
Imagine walking into a room painted the standard white color. A colorful picture might draw a moment's attention. However, the overall thought would likely be boring. Imagine the same room with a textured 3D wall. Immediately, the room would exhibit character. Character would help clients remem
How to Buy a Box Spring & Mattress
A mattress and box spring is a big purchase. Box springs and mattresses cost a lot of money. Also, the amount of time spent using a box spring and mattress, and how much it affects sleep and quality of life, makes it a very important choice. This article describes how to buy a box spring and a mattr
Cleaning and maintaining wood pellet stoves
In case you are one of those people who have opted for wood pellet stoves in your home heating endeavor, then it is good to bear in mind that it is significant for you to ...
Wood-Graining Paint Technique
Adding texture to paint is a popular way to give an ordinary wall some added depth or interest. You can add wood-grain finishes to wood, plaster, plastic, drywall and even concrete. If you wanted to, you could wood grain an entire floor to match an existing doorway or wood grain cabinets to match wi
How to Decorate a Baby Blue Bathroom
Vincent Van Gogh once said, "There is no blue without yellow and without orange." As an artist, Van Gogh understood the theory of color -- that orange and yellow are opposite blue on the color wheel and, therefore, are complementary colors that work well together. Maybe that is not the col
5 Reasons to Buy From a Contemporary Furniture Store
When choosing the furniture to put in your home, you can choose to visit many different types of stores. You could visit a well known Swedish retailer, buy out of a catalog, or buy from ...
How to Paint a Speckled Ceiling
A speckled ceiling, also known as a popcorn or acoustic ceiling, was a common choice for constructing ceilings between the 1950s until the 1980s since it hides imperfections from poor workmanship or stains. The process involved using asbestos to texture the ceiling, until 1977 when asbestos was bann
Follow These Decorating And Design Tips For The Perfect Family Living Space
Technology has made things that used to be tough much easier to accomplish. It is simpler than ever to decorate your home on your own. Do you need a bit of advice? Well read this ...
Tools Needed for Carpet Laying
Use the professional tools of carpet layers for a smooth, perfect fit on floor coverings for all rooms and stair areas while saving money on installation fees. A properly laid carpet wears evenly, features almost ...
Interior Painting Preparation: 3 Drywall Texturing Techniques.
Preparation before painting is extensive and encompasses a seemingly endless list. A common joke among painting contractors once the preparation work is finished is; "the prep is finished now the easy part, painting". The reason the joke is funny is because it is true. This article covers
Top Home Decorating Tips
A list of the top home decorating tips from the Guide to Budget Decorating at About.com.
Design Museum: Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
The Upper East Side's bastion of design past and present
Video: Decorating Color Palette for Brown & Burgundy
Video Transcript
Hi, everyone. I'm interior designer Kathy Hobbs, owner of Kathy Hobbs Design Recipes, an interior design and home staging company based in New York City. Brown and burgundy are two colors that are really warm and rich, but can sometimes look too dark or muddy if not...
Well Done Church Murals Can Enhance Church Experience
The church murals on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for example, are legendary. Tourists from around the world photograph these beautiful depictions and are awe-inspired by the church murals in other famous chapels as well.
Because He Deserves the Best
As we all know that little boys are rough and like to tumble all the time. Keeping or maintaining bedding for them is hard. It is important to have bedding that will last with their ...
Choosing An Ergonomic Executive Office Chair
Modern office chairs sometimes seem like they are designed to be more for torture than anything else. If after a long day at the office you stand up and feel back pain that won't go ...