Interior design articles
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 add personality to a room, they inject your own personal touch making your home...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 style and color accent. Before you go off to buy some new pictures for your walls there are a few things you need to plan and ...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - You may have found the most up-to-date advice with reference to bathrooms.
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Often when you are looking for better information relating to bathrooms, it'll be complex separating value packed information from reckless bathrooms submissions and help so it is imperative to know how to judge the information you are presented with.
Elegant Linens: Bath Linens & Towels
Sells Egyptian cotton hand towels, bath towels, bath mats, and wash clothes to in...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Warm your home with a taste of the tropics
- (ARA) - Tropical decorative motifs, such as palm trees, monkeys, pomegranates, and the pineapple that symbolizes "welcome," endure for many reasons. Not only are they intrinsically graceful in their own right, but they are also evocative of a relaxed, comfortable, leisurely way of life. Their reflection of ease and warmth has made these motifs popular for generations, and they are enjoying another...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Using art prints with a minimalist home decor
- Most decorators traditionally recommend a minimalist d?cor for many spaces, particularly small spaces such as apartments and guest houses. Unfortunately, many people believe that this means that the walls should be kept completely bare for a minimalist d?cor to work. Aren't pictures too flashy for a minimalist d?cor?
Art Prints: Perfect Complement to a Minimalist Decor
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - The ultimate yard sale guide for home decorators
- We all have perfectly good furniture and art pieces that no longer fit with our d?cor and yard sales are a good way to get rid of them while earning enough to buy something new that really fits. And visiting those sales is one of the most inexpensive ways to add new life to your home decorating style. The piece that doesn't fit in someone else's home may be just what you were looking for! - And at...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - The ten most important feng shui design tips
- If you wish to learn how to manage interior design according to feng shui design guidelines, there are some major tips you must know. We wish to help you achieve a balanced and harmonic feng shui design for any environment you wish it to be. Read the next paragraphs and learn the feng shui design most important tips.
1. Feng shui design should always be done having the people who wi...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - The pros and cons of ceiling speakers
- Office buildings, airports and restaurants were the first homes of ceiling speakers. They can be easily recognized by the dense grilles that pour decibels right into your head.
But why would someone want ceiling or in wall speakers, instead of a pair of normal, efficient and highly affordable speaker cabinets. There could be a few reasons:
* Saving some space in the r...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - The oriental vs. contemporary bedroom design theory.
- Dear friends,
If you have read any interior design books/articles, visited
a few websites on the internet, you will find the word theme used
quite often.
What exactly is a theme-based design?
A theme according to me is a collection of various parameters of
design of an interior space. So a theme may include a certain set
colo...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - The home decorator?s guide to wall repairs
- Everybody has had one or two. You know, those little hole or indentations in the walls ? behind a door, or behind a picture. If you live in a home, hang a picture, or have children ? accidents happen! But repairing those accidents is easy. I kid you not ? even yours truly, Little Miss Fumblefingers, has done it! All you need is a little spackle compound, a putty knife, some 150-grit sandpaper, and...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - The benefits of wood blinds -
- In interior design, the blinds found on windows and doors are major decorating elements. Blinds made of wood or those with a wooden look add a feeling of warmth and coziness to the atmosphere in the room. They provide privacy without looking stark. They have an inviting look and add beauty to the rest of the furniture in the room. Interior decorators prefer wood blinds for their warmth, versatilit...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - The art of home decoration
- If you would have your rooms interesting as well as beautiful, make
them say something, give them a spinal column by keeping all
ornamentation subservient to line.
Before you buy anything, try to imagine how you want each room to look
when completed; get the picture well in your mind, as a painter would;
think out the main features, for the details all de...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Study of "interior design" as a reflection of the mind.
- Dear friends, we as humans are a composite of mind, body and
spirit. All these three in proper coordination, create the
world around us. The things, which we want in life, are first
created in our mind, then our mind sends signals to our brain
and the brain sends signals to various parts of our body to
take action and thus "reality" gets created.
T...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Staying in tune with the change of season
- (ARA) ? Now the summer is winding down, leaves will soon start turning color and falling from the trees, signaling the change of season. We'll enjoy brilliant colors for a short time, then there will be no color at all.
?Outside anyway,? says Terri Mattson, an interior designer who works for Fifth Avenue Design in Minneapolis, Minn. This time of year, her company is overrun with pho...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Softening your walls with color wash
- If you like the soft look of watercolors, why not try using a color wash on your walls? In addition to a softer color, color washing can accentuate the texture of your plaster or stucco walls. And it?s so simple that even I, a faux-finish-impaired decorator, can do it
There are two techniques for color wash application: sponge or brush. Each requires a slightly different glaze formu...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Selecting bean bag chairs to suit your home decor
- Noted Italian designers developed the first bean bag chairs in the 1960's. Their creation was called the 'Sacco', and was at the time described as an 'anatomical armchair'. It became the first mass produced bean bag furniture. Just like its counterpart these days, the Sacco was filled with polystyrene beads that make them lightweight and easy to mold to the shape of the body. While enhancements to...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Real vs. artificial christmas trees
- Putting up and decorating your Christmas tree is a holiday tradition which has been in effect for hundreds of years and will probably be in effect until the end of time. Choosing whether you want a real Christmas tree or an artificial Christmas tree is a dilemma which many of us face every year. There are many benefits to both forms of trees but there are many disadvantages as well.
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Protecting your limestone floor investment
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By Edward Green
There are many types of limestone. These vary a great deal in terms of porosity and hardness, as well as in colour and texture. However limestone, although very hard wearing and durable is porous and therefore prone to staining. Limestone is also not resistant to acid and harsh cleaning products, as well as spillages of acidic soft drinks, fruit juice...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Non slip maintenance of honed interior marble
- By Edward Green IICRC inst http://www.marblemasteruk.com
A honed finish is a satin surface with relatively little light reflection. It is specified for floors, thresholds and other locations where the presence of water might make a polished finish slippery, or where heavy traffic would wear off the polished...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Marble floors and how to maintain them
- For honed marble used as traffic surfaces, care should be taken to prevent accumulations of liquids or other materials that result in safety hazards and staining. Regular daily mopping should be performed. Floor marble is any honed finish that is used as a traffic surface. These surfaces should be mopped and scrubbed in a manner that will not leave a hazardous slippery film.
Again, ...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Living art inspires freedom of expression
- (ARA) - Those who aspire to recreate the feeling when a Spin Art creation was complete can return to the euphoria of their childhood today through living art. This form of art expression gives adults the chance to create visual masterpieces to express their individual sense of style and flair.
During the past few years, interior designers have discovered the color and vibrancy that ...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Lights, camera, action . . . design?!?
- (ARA) - ?Reality? shows have saturated television programming, especially in the area of home and garden design. You can ?trade spaces? with a neighbor, enlist a professional to recreate a high-end designer room on a budget or secretly call in a design team to remake a room as a surprise for a loved one. This makes for compelling television watching . . . especially when the transformed spaces and...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Its easy being green at home
- (ARA) - ?It's not easy being green,? laments Kermit the Frog. However, today it is easy being ?green? at home. Interior designers can help you make your home ?healthier? thanks, in part, to a new generation of home furnishings including fabrics, wallcoverings and flooring materials that are beautiful, non-toxic and ?earth friendly.?
In fact, a green interior is just like any other w...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Interior design simply means personalizing your interior environment!
- Interior Design today is all about customizing your built environment with conceptual planning, aesthetic sense and technical solutions applied to achieve the desired result. It goes beyond just the visual or ambient enhancement of an interior space, it seeks to optimize and harmonize the uses to which the built environment will be put. Between you and me, this jargon simply means dressing up your...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Interior design, getting it done, right
- Interior design is the design of the inside of a building or structure. We could be referring to a home or a business. In any case, for those that need to design a living or working environment, it is important to make sure that you do so while being well within your budget. And, you will need to take and keep exact measurements. Is there a way of getting your interior design project done within y...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - Installing a home theater
- Thinking about system? You're not alone. Home theater is one of the fastest growing areas areas in home entertainment and the advent of DVD recorders means your set-up can now be entirely digital, without an inch of video tape in site.
Installing a home theater is a big decision and requires careful planning. Luckily there are a number of resources around to help you and you needn't...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - How to use wall finishes in a bedroom design project?
- Dear friends, any interior space is composed of some primary
architectural elements such as walls, floor and ceiling.
Depending upon the type of structural framework, the
construction method would change.
We always see experience and perceive any interior space
in elevation. This means that walls are the first things of
any structure that create an...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - How to protect stone floors from staining
- We are working almost daily with stain removal from natural stone surfaces. In fact I would say that in some instances we visit the same house more than 3 times in as many months.
Stains in stone are something that should be left to the professional. Sure, there are many quick fix websites offering advice but let me tell you, if you don't get it right first time it may be that the t...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - How to make roman shades -
- Roman shades are a simple and elegant window treatment to block the sun or prying neighbors. Nicer than plain plastic shades, but less expensive than ornate window shades, Roman shades provide the perfect start to a beginning home decorator.
Roman shades can be purchased from home improvement or department stores, or they can be custom made by in interior designer. The cheapest way ...
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- 2007-04-01 17:30:03 - How to decorate your home on ebay
- If you are on a budget (and who isn't?), a wonderful place for find home decorating accessories is auction sites like eBay. But before you go a'baying, here is some advice based on personal experience (make that major disasters!) to keep in mind:
1. Before you bid on anything, check the shipping cost. This cost varies greatly among vendors. That $2.99 artwork isn't such a great deal...