Bathroom decor can fit any theme and any personality. It can also fit any lifestyle.
If you want a bathroom theme that is western, cowboy, or riding, you might enjoy bathroom decor that features horseshoes.
Horseshoe bathroom decor can be rustic, with emphasis on wrought iron fixtures and accessories. It can just as easily be upscale, the horseshoes a part of an English equestrian theme.
Horseshoe Bathroom Decor with Wrought Iron
Wrought iron products are easily found for horseshoe bathroom decor. Sometimes wrought iron horseshoes stand alone. Other times, they come with a strand or two of barbed wire. Look for toilet tissue holders, facial tissue box holders, towel rings, and towel bars, all supported by horseshoes. Wrought iron mirror frames often feature horseshoes also.
Horseshoe shelf brackets can hold a shelf or two in your bathroom. A horseshoe wine rack makes a wonderful towel holder and no one will guess that you are mixing kitchen and bathroom decor. Simply roll bath towels and insert them into individual holes in the rack.
Horseshoe Bathroom Decor in Other Metals
The horseshoe design appears in many metal products. Don't limit your search to typically bathroom decor. Horseshoe-shaped hardware can replace the standard hardware on cabinets and drawers. For a cowboy/western look, towel rings and racks often feature a horseshoe with a mounted cowboy in the middle. Cherish's Country Store has an array of clever horseshoe bathroom decor items. Their toilet tissue holder is a horseshoe with a hook. You simply slip the roll over the hook. Matching horseshoe hooks hold clothing or a robe. Their horseshoe napkin holder, meant for the kitchen, would be perfect for fingertip towels. From another source, a triple horseshoe, double candleholder provides soft candlelight for your bathroom decor.
Horseshoe Bathroom Decor in Softer Materials
Horseshoes need not be hard metal to complement your bathroom decor. Shower and window curtains can carry a horseshoe motif - or horseshoe and horse pattern. Horseshoe shower hooks work well with such a curtain. You might find just the shower curtains you need at Kickin' Horse Shoe Creations.
Bath towels and hand towels can carry a monogram inside a horseshoe. A pair of linked horseshoes is also beautiful on towel sets.
Miscellaneous Horseshoe Items
Add tumblers with a picture of a horse's head surrounded by a horseshoe. At Hoofprints, we found a very unique horseshoe pottery vase that would be great as a toothbrush holder. A matching soap dish is also available there.
Your horseshoe bathroom decor will look good with a horseshoe switch plate, too. For amusement, add a horseshoe doorknocker on the outside of the bathroom door.
As a finishing touch, hang a real horseshoe on the bathroom wall. Superstition says you should hang it with the ends pointed upward so your luck will not run out.
Disclaimer: The author is not employed by, nor does she sell merchandise from any retailer mentioned in this article.
Fall Decorating For Your Home Sale
It's time to say good-bye to summer as the fall season emerges and brings with it the holidays. Now we start to get excited about Halloween, one of the biggest decorating holidays of the year, and of course Thanksgiving. Even though the climate is still warm, we tend to think of autumn colours, jack-o-lanterns and the taste of apple cider. This in turn is reflected in our homes as we succumb to that holiday decorating urge.
What if your home is up for sale? You've staged it beautifully, right down to the table setting; do you refrain from putting out your stuffed scarecrow and pumpkin display? Absolutely not; do celebrate the season, but do exercise some caution. Instead of turning your front lawn into a graveyard, complete with flying bats and howling sound effects, perhaps you could try a tastefully displayed jack-o-lantern instead. There is nothing wrong with festive decorations, but remember, less is more; your home can stand apart from the other homes without becoming a billboard. Keep in mind that your walkways are left unobstructed and that you haven't created any sort of hazard for your potential buyers.
Here are some easy, tasteful ideas for Halloween and fall decorating:
Outside
Instead of plastic figures, use items from nature to adorn your home. Decorate a front porch by tying corn stalks and Indian corn to pillars with raffia ribbon.
Gourds and pumpkins make colourful adornments; try overturning a basket and display them spilling out over the edges. They also make a nice ornament combined with a bale of hay.
Either purchase or make a fall wreath by wrapping it with silk autumn leaves and adding a baby pumpkin or squash. Convert it to a Halloween wreath by attaching a stuffed witch.
Display your potted mums indoors or outdoors by using a large pumpkin as a vase allowing the flowers to overflow.
Indoors
Create an atmosphere of warmth by introducing area rugs over bare hardwood floors or by adding blankets or pillows to your furnishings.
Add dashes of autumn colours throughout the house in deep oranges, greens, reds and browns.
Try revamping existing knickknacks by placing sprigs of autumn leaves in that old pottery vase or by replacing your candles with spicy scented versions in fall colours.
Once again using nature as your inspiration try creating a display using fruits, nuts or pine cones. Present them in bowls, tables or along a mantle with leaves strewn in amongst them.
For a simple centerpiece, arrange about five candles across the center of the table; place fall leaves, pine cones and baby pumpkins around them. The baby pumpkins also make interesting place settings.
Simmer potpourri with an apple pie or cinnamon and clove scent.
Using a black basket, fill with bright orange sunflowers for Halloween.
Gourds and mini pumpkins also make interesting candles; hollow them out and place a tea light inside.
Need a doorstop? Simply prop up a large squash or gourd against your door.
With a few simple updates you can present a warm, inviting atmosphere for prospective buyers. Now your house is not just a piece of merchandise, it's a home.
What if your home is up for sale? You've staged it beautifully, right down to the table setting; do you refrain from putting out your stuffed scarecrow and pumpkin display? Absolutely not; do celebrate the season, but do exercise some caution. Instead of turning your front lawn into a graveyard, complete with flying bats and howling sound effects, perhaps you could try a tastefully displayed jack-o-lantern instead. There is nothing wrong with festive decorations, but remember, less is more; your home can stand apart from the other homes without becoming a billboard. Keep in mind that your walkways are left unobstructed and that you haven't created any sort of hazard for your potential buyers.
Here are some easy, tasteful ideas for Halloween and fall decorating:
Outside
Instead of plastic figures, use items from nature to adorn your home. Decorate a front porch by tying corn stalks and Indian corn to pillars with raffia ribbon.
Gourds and pumpkins make colourful adornments; try overturning a basket and display them spilling out over the edges. They also make a nice ornament combined with a bale of hay.
Either purchase or make a fall wreath by wrapping it with silk autumn leaves and adding a baby pumpkin or squash. Convert it to a Halloween wreath by attaching a stuffed witch.
Display your potted mums indoors or outdoors by using a large pumpkin as a vase allowing the flowers to overflow.
Indoors
Create an atmosphere of warmth by introducing area rugs over bare hardwood floors or by adding blankets or pillows to your furnishings.
Add dashes of autumn colours throughout the house in deep oranges, greens, reds and browns.
Try revamping existing knickknacks by placing sprigs of autumn leaves in that old pottery vase or by replacing your candles with spicy scented versions in fall colours.
Once again using nature as your inspiration try creating a display using fruits, nuts or pine cones. Present them in bowls, tables or along a mantle with leaves strewn in amongst them.
For a simple centerpiece, arrange about five candles across the center of the table; place fall leaves, pine cones and baby pumpkins around them. The baby pumpkins also make interesting place settings.
Simmer potpourri with an apple pie or cinnamon and clove scent.
Using a black basket, fill with bright orange sunflowers for Halloween.
Gourds and mini pumpkins also make interesting candles; hollow them out and place a tea light inside.
Need a doorstop? Simply prop up a large squash or gourd against your door.
With a few simple updates you can present a warm, inviting atmosphere for prospective buyers. Now your house is not just a piece of merchandise, it's a home.
The Greek Vase - The Story of Ancient Greece Told in Clay
Withstanding the test of time, Greek Pottery has been a crucial element in the world's comprehension of the ancient Greek culture. Mostly found in the Etruscan Tombs, Greek Vases and Greek Pottery are canvases that paint a portrait of the world of ancient Greece. While much of ancient Greek art is forever lost, Greek pottery offers a glimpse into both the every day life and the mythology of ancient Greece.
Starting with the Minoan civilization that existed in Crete, the culture made remarkable contributions to the Greek way of life; especially, in the artisanship of pottery and vases. The Minoan potters designed pottery for food gathering and storage. A practical need became one of artistic expression with the potter looking to nature to influence the designs that transformed the pottery, creating art from what was once only a tool.
As time progressed, Minoan's created vases in forms that were used for specialized purposes. For example, the Amphora vase is a swollen vase with a wide mouth and two opposing handles. It was used to transport and store oil, wine and other liquids. Painted with grass and flowers, and marine scenes, the Minoan's set precedent for future designs.
During the Protogeometrical Period, Greek vases were decorated with simplistic designs that consisted mainly of circular patterns. The Geometric style followed with new motifs, building upon the latter with wavy lines and triangles. In the middle of the 11th Century, the first images of human figures were seen painted on the Greek vase, and by the end of the period, mythological figures became prominent images on much of the pottery of the era.
The Orientalizing Period came after trade-links with Syria and the Aegan World. The popularity of human depictions slowed during this time, and the artisan used the Greek vases for depicting lions, griffins and sphinx with lotuses as accents.
Through the Corinthian invention known as the black-figure process, artists used iron-rich clay that turned reddish-orange after firing. They then sketched their design in outline, and filled it with clay. The Greek vases would be kiln fired at a temperature of around 800 degress Celsius. The pottery would turn a reddish-orange color. Next, the temperature was raised to 950 degrees Celsius, and the vase would turn black. Finally, the kiln vents were opened to let in oxygen, and the pottery would turn back to the reddish-orange color, but the paint layer remained black.
The Corinthian used these vases to depict animal friezes. It was the Athenian painters who developed a narrative method, depicting mythological scenes of battle, gods and heroes.
Following the black-figure method, the red-figure method was introduced in Athens. At its core, the process is exactly the opposite of the black-figure method. Scenes were applied to the Greek vases, but to unfired pieces after they were dried. The Athenians drew outlines on the pottery or vase with a blunt scrapper. It was erased during the kiln process, but after the contours remained and were filled with a glossy clay slip.
The Greek methods for creating pottery resulted in Greek vases whose designs endure even today and left the world with a path to the past told in the distinct and varying images etched and painted on their sides.
Starting with the Minoan civilization that existed in Crete, the culture made remarkable contributions to the Greek way of life; especially, in the artisanship of pottery and vases. The Minoan potters designed pottery for food gathering and storage. A practical need became one of artistic expression with the potter looking to nature to influence the designs that transformed the pottery, creating art from what was once only a tool.
As time progressed, Minoan's created vases in forms that were used for specialized purposes. For example, the Amphora vase is a swollen vase with a wide mouth and two opposing handles. It was used to transport and store oil, wine and other liquids. Painted with grass and flowers, and marine scenes, the Minoan's set precedent for future designs.
During the Protogeometrical Period, Greek vases were decorated with simplistic designs that consisted mainly of circular patterns. The Geometric style followed with new motifs, building upon the latter with wavy lines and triangles. In the middle of the 11th Century, the first images of human figures were seen painted on the Greek vase, and by the end of the period, mythological figures became prominent images on much of the pottery of the era.
The Orientalizing Period came after trade-links with Syria and the Aegan World. The popularity of human depictions slowed during this time, and the artisan used the Greek vases for depicting lions, griffins and sphinx with lotuses as accents.
Through the Corinthian invention known as the black-figure process, artists used iron-rich clay that turned reddish-orange after firing. They then sketched their design in outline, and filled it with clay. The Greek vases would be kiln fired at a temperature of around 800 degress Celsius. The pottery would turn a reddish-orange color. Next, the temperature was raised to 950 degrees Celsius, and the vase would turn black. Finally, the kiln vents were opened to let in oxygen, and the pottery would turn back to the reddish-orange color, but the paint layer remained black.
The Corinthian used these vases to depict animal friezes. It was the Athenian painters who developed a narrative method, depicting mythological scenes of battle, gods and heroes.
Following the black-figure method, the red-figure method was introduced in Athens. At its core, the process is exactly the opposite of the black-figure method. Scenes were applied to the Greek vases, but to unfired pieces after they were dried. The Athenians drew outlines on the pottery or vase with a blunt scrapper. It was erased during the kiln process, but after the contours remained and were filled with a glossy clay slip.
The Greek methods for creating pottery resulted in Greek vases whose designs endure even today and left the world with a path to the past told in the distinct and varying images etched and painted on their sides.
Looking for a Greek Vase to decorate your home? Check out the these distinct Greek Vases from Your Museum Store. Rob Mabry is a former military journalist living in San Antonio. He writes about travel, technology, film and the video game industry. Rob operates http://www.yourmuseumstore.com along with his wife Sherry.
A Mediterranean Look For New Home Decor
If you are thinking of changing the style of your lounge in your home, then why not use a Mediterranean look. Mediterranean homes give a warm and inviting feel to them. Here are a few ideas that will help to give your living room some style.
Invest in some unique plants. Some plants can give a healthy environment to a room, such as, the Bamboo Palm tree. This is a tall tree that is toxic free. Toxic free plants will absorb large amounts of particles from the air and will leave a room fresh and clean. Flowery plants will enhance a room with color giving it a happier and brighter environment. Fill some of your green plants into terracotta pots and spread them around, filling the empty spaces in the room. Place a large flowery plant on a floral area rug, preferably a round rug. Place a bamboo palm plant on an area rug, as this will look great.
Some people have terracotta or wood floors and use area rugs, instead of having carpet. A large patterned rug in the middle of a lounge with a coffee table on it gives a cosy effect to any room. Also, use smaller area rugs to enhance the empty spaces. Use terracotta pots and pottery vases to decorate the room and use area rugs with them. Place one on a small circular are rug to give a Mediterranean feel to the room. If you bought pottery pots from either Cyprus or Greece, then use them to enhance the room with your area rug.
Decorate the room with wrought iron, candelabras and white statue ornaments. Spread them around the room. Candle sticks on a window seal is a good idea with an area rug beneath it.
Complement the room with colorful cushions and throws. Bright colors like mauve and red are best. Why not have a side chair made from cane or even a wrought iron chair and fill it with a cushion or two for show. Place the chair on an area rug.
You can, also, hang tapestry on the walls. Bright designs are good. This will give a desirable look around the room. Oil paintings on the walls will, also, enhance the room and give it a great feel to a Mediterranean look.
Wicker furniture can give a Mediterranean style look too. Perhaps, a coffee table made of wicker over your large square or circular patterned area rug will do the trick. Also, add a small wicker side table with a circular area rug under it and place a plant onto it.
White, also, gives the room a bright look. Most Mediterranean homes are decorated with white walls, so have the room painted white everywhere. Even white curtains hanging off a wrought iron curtain pole will look desirable. White Nylon hanging over patio doors can be effective too. Also, shutters placed on windows and doors is a very Mediterranean stylish look. An area rug nearby a patio door will look great.
There are many ways to make a room look more Mediterranean. Look at some holiday brochures of villas in Europe. Greece and Cyprus have a more Mediterranean look to their homes with many of the above ideas. Area rugs are the most enhancing feature for a Mediterranean feel and can easily be acquired quite easily. Area rugs are used all the time abroad in most villas, so it is a feature for any Mediterranean style room.
Invest in some unique plants. Some plants can give a healthy environment to a room, such as, the Bamboo Palm tree. This is a tall tree that is toxic free. Toxic free plants will absorb large amounts of particles from the air and will leave a room fresh and clean. Flowery plants will enhance a room with color giving it a happier and brighter environment. Fill some of your green plants into terracotta pots and spread them around, filling the empty spaces in the room. Place a large flowery plant on a floral area rug, preferably a round rug. Place a bamboo palm plant on an area rug, as this will look great.
Some people have terracotta or wood floors and use area rugs, instead of having carpet. A large patterned rug in the middle of a lounge with a coffee table on it gives a cosy effect to any room. Also, use smaller area rugs to enhance the empty spaces. Use terracotta pots and pottery vases to decorate the room and use area rugs with them. Place one on a small circular are rug to give a Mediterranean feel to the room. If you bought pottery pots from either Cyprus or Greece, then use them to enhance the room with your area rug.
Decorate the room with wrought iron, candelabras and white statue ornaments. Spread them around the room. Candle sticks on a window seal is a good idea with an area rug beneath it.
Complement the room with colorful cushions and throws. Bright colors like mauve and red are best. Why not have a side chair made from cane or even a wrought iron chair and fill it with a cushion or two for show. Place the chair on an area rug.
You can, also, hang tapestry on the walls. Bright designs are good. This will give a desirable look around the room. Oil paintings on the walls will, also, enhance the room and give it a great feel to a Mediterranean look.
Wicker furniture can give a Mediterranean style look too. Perhaps, a coffee table made of wicker over your large square or circular patterned area rug will do the trick. Also, add a small wicker side table with a circular area rug under it and place a plant onto it.
White, also, gives the room a bright look. Most Mediterranean homes are decorated with white walls, so have the room painted white everywhere. Even white curtains hanging off a wrought iron curtain pole will look desirable. White Nylon hanging over patio doors can be effective too. Also, shutters placed on windows and doors is a very Mediterranean stylish look. An area rug nearby a patio door will look great.
There are many ways to make a room look more Mediterranean. Look at some holiday brochures of villas in Europe. Greece and Cyprus have a more Mediterranean look to their homes with many of the above ideas. Area rugs are the most enhancing feature for a Mediterranean feel and can easily be acquired quite easily. Area rugs are used all the time abroad in most villas, so it is a feature for any Mediterranean style room.
Interior Design has never been this easy with these rugs. Be sure to take a look at this wool rugs for the latest information.
Maintaining Christmas Lights All Year Round
As the Christmas period draw near, we get thrilled and keyed up to beautify our home both indoors and outdoors with lights, Christmas wreaths, evergreens, candles, and Christmas trees. We get pleasure from the lights that garnish our home all through the holidays. At the last part of the festival season though, most people fear the chore of taking to pieces all of the ornaments and keeping them away until the following year. Why not keep your Christmas lights all year round?
The cold months next to the holidays can be rather of a disappointment after visiting with loved ones, enjoying yummy foods and hot drinks, and having the striking colors of Christmas lights and ornaments surrounding us over the celebration. The winter months of January, February and March can be pretty tedious as far as the weather is concerned, so why not convey warmth and glow to your home both indoors and outdoors with the minuscule lights you bought for December?
A fireside mantel for all time looks beautifully festooned with white tiny lights or white LED Christmas lights, regardless of what the period. These lights could be utilized to bedeck for holidays right through the year basically by altering out the themed ornaments around the lights. For the period in between, for an impartial theme, plainly use photos of family, potteries, vases, or mirrors, together with the tiny LED light series.
Next to the holidays, make use of white tiny LED light series all the way through your home to draw out warmth and a pleasing glow to each and every room.
• Bedrooms look stunning with mirrors lined with white tiny lights
• The dining room cabinet or hutch is delicately lightened up with battery operated tiny lights or tiny LED light series
• Shed light on tops of your kitchen cabinets and emphasize your much loved collection of collector items such as, unique dishes, well-made pottery, or wrought iron bits by means of tiny LED light series
• Bathrooms are a perfect place to revive. Our tiny light series are ideal for outlining your mirror and forming an ambiance of relaxation.
• Synthetic trees, topiaries, and old antique trunks are the ideal canvases for using lights of your selection in any space, foyer, or passage of the house.
• Never overlook the basement or game room. Use the much larger C6, C7, or even C9 light series to line-up the ceiling of the completed basement or, game room, or home theatre.
• Use C7 and C9 bulbs and cords outdoors on shrubs, trees, front porches, pathways, and gardens for year round lighting.
Use tiny light series in all color to commemorate holidays all the way through the year. Stress red lights for Valentine's Day, use variations of yellow, pink, purple, and green lights for Easter season, and green for St. Patrick's Day. Our multi-color lights are just the thing for birthdays, anniversaries, cookouts, family and class reunions, or Mardi Gras parties.
Instead of getting worried about the end of the Christmas season, make the conversion into the wintry weather months much easily and less labor intensive by means of your light series all year round. These are just a small number of ways to bring light to the areas of your home for a year round twinkle.
For more information on Christmas lights, visit our website at merrychristmas24.com. Learn more about the many uses of Christmas lights by clicking on this link merrychristmas24.com - Christmas-lights.
The cold months next to the holidays can be rather of a disappointment after visiting with loved ones, enjoying yummy foods and hot drinks, and having the striking colors of Christmas lights and ornaments surrounding us over the celebration. The winter months of January, February and March can be pretty tedious as far as the weather is concerned, so why not convey warmth and glow to your home both indoors and outdoors with the minuscule lights you bought for December?
A fireside mantel for all time looks beautifully festooned with white tiny lights or white LED Christmas lights, regardless of what the period. These lights could be utilized to bedeck for holidays right through the year basically by altering out the themed ornaments around the lights. For the period in between, for an impartial theme, plainly use photos of family, potteries, vases, or mirrors, together with the tiny LED light series.
Next to the holidays, make use of white tiny LED light series all the way through your home to draw out warmth and a pleasing glow to each and every room.
• Bedrooms look stunning with mirrors lined with white tiny lights
• The dining room cabinet or hutch is delicately lightened up with battery operated tiny lights or tiny LED light series
• Shed light on tops of your kitchen cabinets and emphasize your much loved collection of collector items such as, unique dishes, well-made pottery, or wrought iron bits by means of tiny LED light series
• Bathrooms are a perfect place to revive. Our tiny light series are ideal for outlining your mirror and forming an ambiance of relaxation.
• Synthetic trees, topiaries, and old antique trunks are the ideal canvases for using lights of your selection in any space, foyer, or passage of the house.
• Never overlook the basement or game room. Use the much larger C6, C7, or even C9 light series to line-up the ceiling of the completed basement or, game room, or home theatre.
• Use C7 and C9 bulbs and cords outdoors on shrubs, trees, front porches, pathways, and gardens for year round lighting.
Use tiny light series in all color to commemorate holidays all the way through the year. Stress red lights for Valentine's Day, use variations of yellow, pink, purple, and green lights for Easter season, and green for St. Patrick's Day. Our multi-color lights are just the thing for birthdays, anniversaries, cookouts, family and class reunions, or Mardi Gras parties.
Instead of getting worried about the end of the Christmas season, make the conversion into the wintry weather months much easily and less labor intensive by means of your light series all year round. These are just a small number of ways to bring light to the areas of your home for a year round twinkle.
For more information on Christmas lights, visit our website at merrychristmas24.com. Learn more about the many uses of Christmas lights by clicking on this link merrychristmas24.com - Christmas-lights.
Easy Home Decorating Tips To Use Today!
Are you looking for home decorating tips to help you feel more focused on your latest decorating project? Here are a few ideas to get you "back on track."
First of all, where are all of your home d้cor accessories? Are they scattered among several closets and drawers around the house? Consider setting up an "accessories closet" which will hold all of the items you are not currently using. This might include such objects as candles, candleholders, vases, bowls, floral arrangements, and trays. The "accessories closet" should also hold practical, everyday necessities such as scissors, tape and floral-arranging materials as well as a tool-box containing common household tools.
Imagine how easy it will be to change the home decor in a room when the seasons change. Just look in the "accessories closet" for a touch of fall decor to replace that summery flower arrangement. Now that makes home decorating fast and easy!
Another home decorating tip is to add height to accessories on a table which makes them more attractive to the eye. Try using a small stack of books mixed in with other home decor to add interest to the display. You might also set a small novelty item on top of the books.
Twigs in pottery vases make quite a statement and are very easy to assemble. These "bare branches" might be bamboo, willow twigs, cattails or unique, rustic branches purchased in a floral or craft shop. A large vase and branch arrangement looks great sitting on the floor and can be an attractive "filler" for a bare corner.
Keep in mind the home decorating rule of arranging home d้cor in odd numbers. Three small baskets on a table, five small framed prints on a wall, and seven tall, slim candleholders over the fireplace—you get the idea! Arrangements of three, five, or seven are more attractive and pleasing to the eye than groupings of two, four, or six objects.
Enjoy seeing your decorating projects take on a new life by mixing ingenuity and imagination to make home decorating easy and fun.
First of all, where are all of your home d้cor accessories? Are they scattered among several closets and drawers around the house? Consider setting up an "accessories closet" which will hold all of the items you are not currently using. This might include such objects as candles, candleholders, vases, bowls, floral arrangements, and trays. The "accessories closet" should also hold practical, everyday necessities such as scissors, tape and floral-arranging materials as well as a tool-box containing common household tools.
Imagine how easy it will be to change the home decor in a room when the seasons change. Just look in the "accessories closet" for a touch of fall decor to replace that summery flower arrangement. Now that makes home decorating fast and easy!
Another home decorating tip is to add height to accessories on a table which makes them more attractive to the eye. Try using a small stack of books mixed in with other home decor to add interest to the display. You might also set a small novelty item on top of the books.
Twigs in pottery vases make quite a statement and are very easy to assemble. These "bare branches" might be bamboo, willow twigs, cattails or unique, rustic branches purchased in a floral or craft shop. A large vase and branch arrangement looks great sitting on the floor and can be an attractive "filler" for a bare corner.
Keep in mind the home decorating rule of arranging home d้cor in odd numbers. Three small baskets on a table, five small framed prints on a wall, and seven tall, slim candleholders over the fireplace—you get the idea! Arrangements of three, five, or seven are more attractive and pleasing to the eye than groupings of two, four, or six objects.
Enjoy seeing your decorating projects take on a new life by mixing ingenuity and imagination to make home decorating easy and fun.
Fall Decorating Part Ii - Go Natural!
So you've decided your home needs a decorating boost for fall; one of the simplest and most dramatic ways to accomplish this is to bring the season, indoors. Nature has brought us so many gifts at this time of year, and nothing shouts "fall", like red apples, gourds or bright orange pumpkins.
Here are a few points to keep in mind when using nature in your decor:
Make certain that the plants you choose are fully ripe and dry. Leaves can be dried out by placing in a shallow container and pouring hot sand over top. You could leave them as is, or finish them by dipping them in a clear varnish.
Mature, undamaged gourds and pumpkins should be able to withstand an autumn season of indoor display.
Fall Leaves & Vines: Using artificial strands of leaves, wind them around railings, chandeliers or large bottles.
Gourds & Mini Pumpkins: These colorful fall favorites are full of character with their interesting shapes, colors and patterns. The small ones look great when displayed in a basket or placed on top of a candlestick with a bit of moss. Try filling an urn or clear glass vase with gourds and placing it on top of a buffet or dining room table. Need a doorstop? Simply prop up a large squash or gourd against your door.
Large Pumpkins: You can't go wrong with pumpkins. Why not try digging out the center and use as a vase for a bunch of mums; it makes a dramatic display on the front porch to welcome your guests.
Window Boxes: Remove those dead, summer annuals and line the boxes with moss, adding small gourds and hedge apples.
Reuse & Recycle: Take that old pottery vase, stick in a bundle of twigs or dried flowers and display it someplace new.
Fruits & Veggies: These make beautiful natural accents, whether they are real or fake. Make an arrangement using a clear bowl, vase or stoneware dish; using avocados, apples, pomegranates or artichokes.
Baskets: Trying finding the most natural looking baskets for your displays, such as birch or grapevine. Overflow them with flowers, gourds and hedge apples.
Welcome the season by displaying small accent pieces here and there, or choose a couple of large focal points, such as an entry table or mantle. Let your fall decorating ideas become a tradition; you'll have fun adding to them, year after year.
Here are a few points to keep in mind when using nature in your decor:
Make certain that the plants you choose are fully ripe and dry. Leaves can be dried out by placing in a shallow container and pouring hot sand over top. You could leave them as is, or finish them by dipping them in a clear varnish.
Mature, undamaged gourds and pumpkins should be able to withstand an autumn season of indoor display.
Fall Leaves & Vines: Using artificial strands of leaves, wind them around railings, chandeliers or large bottles.
Gourds & Mini Pumpkins: These colorful fall favorites are full of character with their interesting shapes, colors and patterns. The small ones look great when displayed in a basket or placed on top of a candlestick with a bit of moss. Try filling an urn or clear glass vase with gourds and placing it on top of a buffet or dining room table. Need a doorstop? Simply prop up a large squash or gourd against your door.
Large Pumpkins: You can't go wrong with pumpkins. Why not try digging out the center and use as a vase for a bunch of mums; it makes a dramatic display on the front porch to welcome your guests.
Window Boxes: Remove those dead, summer annuals and line the boxes with moss, adding small gourds and hedge apples.
Reuse & Recycle: Take that old pottery vase, stick in a bundle of twigs or dried flowers and display it someplace new.
Fruits & Veggies: These make beautiful natural accents, whether they are real or fake. Make an arrangement using a clear bowl, vase or stoneware dish; using avocados, apples, pomegranates or artichokes.
Baskets: Trying finding the most natural looking baskets for your displays, such as birch or grapevine. Overflow them with flowers, gourds and hedge apples.
Welcome the season by displaying small accent pieces here and there, or choose a couple of large focal points, such as an entry table or mantle. Let your fall decorating ideas become a tradition; you'll have fun adding to them, year after year.
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