
The frameless mirror with beveled edges is a great decor concept. The beveled edges give it a finished and framed look, without adding a frame that may not match your decor scheme. Leaving the mirror frameless means that no mater what color pallet your room decor employs, this mirror will always match it. The reflected light will give the mirror's edges the color of the adjacent wall or decor items. Ingenious!
This mirror is 24 inches by 36 inches, and comes with the hooks bonded to the back of the mirror. This means that there won't be any hardware visible when you hang it. All hardware is included.
The mirror is of a good size and shape to facilitate grooming, and to check your self before leaving the home. For this reason, it would be equally fitting in either your bathroom, dressing room, or entrance hallway. Additionally, the mirror will help to make a small space feel bigger, and a dark room feel brighter.
This room can be used to reflect the top of your stove in the kitchen, doubling your prosperity according to Feng Shui principles. The mirror would also be well placed if it (by way of a window) reflected a mature and healthy tree growing in your yard. If the tree has round green broad leaves, that is even better. Reflecting that image may increase your prosperity, and your families growth.
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Posted on August 31, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Why not introduce a mysterious exotic touch to your bedroom? Or even to your office room? This feng shui plate, with the set of river rocks and five unique candles depicting the elements of metal, wood, water, fire and planet earth, can turn an ordinary room corner into a small shrine:

You? can really get creative with the arrangement, and be sure of a spectacular exotic result. This set makes a magnificent gift as well, decorative and meaningful. Highly recommended for a spiritual friend's bedroom.
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Posted on August 30, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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When you design a room, first think about how you will stash everything up and out of your way. After you've figured out how much utility space you really need, you can then work on how to make it look attractive. Most people make the mistake of trying to figure out where they'll put their stuff, only after they've decorated and become attached to an inflexible design. The function should dictate the form.
Your inspired decor theme will be visually lost if the room is drowning in clutter and the floors choked with objects. No one wants to bend over a zillion times to move things, so most people just avoid cleaning their floors when there is as well much on them. Shelves, storage cabinets, and hanging baskets help you to keep things off the floor.
Posted on August 29, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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This is a sweet way to make your lighting feel more organic. The 67 inch tall lamp has five colored heads arranged like a bouquet of flowers, or a tree. The whimsical arrangement makes a good focal piece for a rooms decor, and blends well with other garden themed decor. You could even go for a retro themed look with this lamp, while not succumbing to cheesy stereotypes.
Having light thrown in multiple directions can be very useful, as well as beautiful. This would make sense if more than on person in the room needed additional lighting to work by. It is also a pretty piece of art in its own right.Can you see this in your living room, where you entertain guests?
The lamp uses 40 W bulbs.
Can you imagine this lamp at the end of a hallway? attempt to picture it in your dining room, solving the need for a soft lighting scheme with its colorful array. Does your bathroom need some thing special to make it feel more soothing?? How about the kid's room? Could they use the light for reading while they sit on separate bean bags, or at separate desks?
In which ever way you chose to use it, this lamp will improve the look of the room.
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Posted on August 28, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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The combination of textures used in a room's design is just as crucial as the color scheme. The shiny Thai silk and polyester fabric used on these throw pillows should be used with care. It can be a terrific way to inject a touch of silky grandeur into an otherwise dull room and the variety of colors, including Dark Fuchsia, Champagne Gold, Blue, Cranberry Red, Orange Gold, Khaki Green can be played with, either together, or going with one shade that works with your theme.

Be careful not to overdo the silk touch, and mix it well with other fabrics. Consider echoing the shiny fabric with a similar window treatment, and do not go overboard with colors, and this can be a wonderful and affordable way to get some oomph into your room.
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Posted on August 27, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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There's a good reason that this mirror is a best seller. It combines all of the practical features you wish other mirrors had. The double sided feature allows you to see your self at normal size, or flip the mirror and magnify the part of your face you need to see in fine detail.? Since you can mount it on the wall at which ever height you prefer, you'll never have to stoop or stand on tip toes to get a glimpse of yourself.
The double jointed design with 360 degree movement around two axes allows you to position the mirror anywhere you want in space relative to your head. This means you can get a good look at the back, top, sides, (or even the view looking up from under ) of your head, if you mount this mirror not far a regular wall mirror. You won't have to hold it, so your hands will be free for other duties. The chrome is easy to clean and resistant to rust. This mirror is a most popular bathroom accessory, due to it allows for grooming that's harder to accomplish with a regular mirror.
This mirror has been time tested, and is sturdy. No wonder it gets such consistantly good reviews.
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Posted on August 26, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Amazing what a difference dressing up your room can make. It doesn't have to be a huge makeover either and doesn't have to be an expensive table cloth. Take a bare room and just throw a runner like this one over the table and voila - you've made a change the atmosphere. What's more, with these relatively cheap runners give you an excellent tool for controlling and playing with color themes.

Practical as well, made of polyester and machine washable, keeping a bunch of these runners in different colors may be a good way to have easy and quick decorative makeover from day to day. Either for a special party, or just a change of seasons, or even of your mood! They can make a great gift as well, for a home warming party, or when visiting a friend.
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Posted on August 25, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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These vibrant colorful pieces of candy look good enough to eat!

So much so, that I would not recommend using them in a home inhabited or frequently visited by young kids. Elsewhere though, these are perfect for filling up a nice glass jar or a pretty bowl with, and putting up for display. This is original handmade Murano glass, and each 2″ long piece of candy is different and unique, making it a wonderful gift set for any collector.
This lot of Murano glass candy is a great find! This lot includes 24 candies. Each candy is handmade from high quality color glass in a variety of colors and designs. This lot is an assorted lot that includes many colors and designs of these wonderful Murano glass candies. Approximate Dimensions: 2″ L x 1″ W.
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Posted on August 24, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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These sleek black poly-resin men, by New York designer Chris Collicott, can add decorative detail to any modern-styled room. Available in both pushing and leaning positions, you can play with these to create unique settings on your book shelves.

They say no room design is whole without a touch of black, so even if your color palette doesn't rely on black, you can safely add this ebony color touch. Perfect for your study, office room or even living room, they make a wonderful set for a manly gift as well.
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Posted on August 23, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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over here's my favorite bath mat. It won't slip due to it has 12 rubber feet for a safe grip on the floor. It's rounded to keep you from banging into sharp corners. The shape is pretty and enables such harmonious decor designs.? The slots allow for drainage and evaporation, which will keep your feet out of the puddles, and then keep your floor from harboring germs and fungi like a regular bathmat would.
It's made from strong durable bamboo wood, which is resistant to water, splitting, and mold. Bamboo is a renewable resource. It is quick growing and farmed, so you can feel good about supporting sustainable wood production. It is also gorgeous, and makes your bathroom feel like a finish spa or a Japanese traditional bath home. This will look great with the other accessories shown in previous posts and with those under.
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To complete that Finnish Spa look, add the Mayfair 9401NI Natural Reflections Toilet Seat with Nickle Hinges, made of Dark Bamboo and available in lighter shades.

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and the natural bamboo bathroom decor toilet brush and holder by Umbra

This comes with a removable plastic cup insert for easy cleaning.
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Posted on August 22, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Look how cute these dinosaur curtains and valance are! They are colorful without being overbaring. You can easily match them with your room decor. They keep the room feeling light, airy, and whimsical.
The valance measures 44inches by 16 inches, and coordinates with the matching curtains and bed set. Olive kids makes lots of matching accessories.
The fabric is 100 % cotton, and boasts 180 thread count.
Since original dinosaurs never go out of style, your child will enjoy these for years. Paleontologists may also enjoy this valance. The dinosaurs are true to form, not Barney knock offs. Is some one in your family doing research on dinosaurs? Surprise them with this thoughtful gift!
You do not have to be an academic to enjoy these. Baby's will appreciate the parade of colorful creatures, and their rainbow of footprints.
The valance maybe used on its own as a fun accent piece. It can be combined with your preexisting curtains if they are of a solid color, or white. The greens, blues, pinks, yellows, and reds will compliment those colors used elsewhere in the room, like the solid colored bed sheets, stuffed animals, and a single wall painted in a light shade of one of those colors.
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Posted on August 21, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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The scroll top five piece tool set is the perfect decor item for a classic looking hearth. The scroll design will compliment any antique decor, and looks great with the Tuscany-design fire place screen, shown in the last post. This tool set isn't only beautiful to look at, it is durable. These tools will last for years and years, keeping your hearth clean, your fire stoked, and your logs positioned just right. Being practical can also be beautiful, as proven by this ornate design.
Broom, shovel, poker, and tongs all hang beautifully like sculpture for an artistic silloete, and leave the floor clear, so it is easy to clean around and beneath the scroll shaped stand. Powder coated steel gives the set fire resistance and strength.
The scroll top design nearly looks like a fountain, and the fluid lines are easy on the eye. This set would also look great not far the CharBroil Firenzy out door fire place. You can mix and match the decor items to create a more formal or a more casual look. You can use the tool set outside with the Firenzy for a more rustic look, or indoors with a decor fire screen for a more formal atmosphere.
Pair the 5 piece tool set with a matching log cradle to complete the look.
This tool set makes a great home warming present.
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Posted on August 20, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Small indoor fountains have become quite popular in the last couple of decades. The age of Aquarius' spiritual rise, turned words like meditation, Feng Shui and Zen into household common terms. It did the very same to indoor fountains and miniature Zen gardens. These fountains do have a relaxing effect, and can create the right atmosphere for meditation.
Now, this specific fountain is quite interesting, when it comes to its decorative value. Made of four steps that appear to be floating one above the other, it manages to incorporate an Asian feel with a definite retro style of design.

attempt this 10 1/2″ high fountain in your living room, or office, as its sleek granite-like dark surface will fit well into a more formal feel. Alternatively, work it into an area dedicated to meditation, covered with soft silks, Indian or Oriental prints, candles and incest, for a more relaxed atmosphere, that can even be incorporated into your bedroom.
Its various uses and overall sleek look and feel, make this a wonderful gift for anyone. They are bound to discover it not only useful and relaxing, but also easy to incorporate into any room decor.
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Posted on August 19, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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over here is a decor item that is perfect for a study, library, workshop, or office. This is the perfect clock for some one who likes to know how things work. The visibility of the gears is an elegant tribute to fine engineering and craftsmanship. The Rosewood stained wood paired with the black columns make a sophisticated design statement. The hour and minute hands are done in serpentine form, and the second hand sweeps around to provide accurate time keeping. The bell sounds on the hour, and the Silvertone Roman numeral chapter ring adds just the right touch to this 10 inch high sculpture. With a clock this well made, of course there is quartz movement. The clock takes one battery (not included).
If you have a family member or friend who is a budding scientist or engineer, this makes a perfect gift. It is also very helpful in teaching dyslexic kids to learn to read analog clocks. If they are able to see the inner workings of the clock in three dimensions, it is much easier for them to grasp the concepts, and make visual sense of the clock's face, and hand movements.
According to Feng Shui, the black columns make this a good decor item for an entrance way, the visible gears and clear encasement make it right for the knowledge zone of your home or office, and the rose wood makes it a good choice for the family zone.
This is a good housewarming gift, graduation or congratulatory gift, coming of age gift, and birthday present.
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Posted on August 18, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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HABA has done it once more. This German company has made a beautiful soft, colorful, decor item that's sure to become the focal point for your nursery or child's room decor.? The Butterflies' wings are quilted applique, and free to actually flap when your toddler grabs them. The beautiful sky blue back ground is quilted with flower patterns, and the different sized and colored butterflies become a symphony of cheerful beauty. What could be more fun to snuggle into and sit on, than this soft and whimsical bean bag?
Parents will appreciate furniture like this, due to there is nothing hard or pointy to step on, run your shins into, or worry about your baby banging her/his head on. All furniture should feel this good, and be so easy to live with! When you want to clean under it, it is easy to lift and move. The bean bag is very light, as it is stuffed with polystyrene balls. In order to protect the environment, you can order the empty outer cover, and replace the inner sack with a stuffing that does no harm, like buck wheat hulls. The outer cover is removable and washable.
This bean bag looks great together with the mobile and other HABA decor items.
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Posted on August 17, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Look how cute this lamp is! What could be better for your nursery or kid's room? The elephant and frog are a fun base, complimented by the animals like the giraffe on the lamp shade. The perfect touch, however, is the monkey swinging from the pull chain that turns the light on and off. Not only is it easy to grab, its so cute and funny, that it becomes as much a part of the decor as the lighting itself.
The base is sturdy and stable, and the greens are reminiscent of jungle foliage. There is a 6 piece crib set that matches this lamp in a color pallet of greens decorated with the very same jungle characters. Not to be confused with the 6 piece crib set in planet earth tones featured in the previous post, you can view the greener set when you click on the lamp for more details. The matching crib set is shown under items frequently bought together, at the bottom. Also, check out the crib mobile with the very same characters, by NoJo.
The soothing greens add a serenity to your nursery, as if you had added several ferns and tropical trees, like potted banana trees, to the room decor.
A bit of green as a trim around the window, or as a stencil up where the walls meet the ceiling will tie the decor theme together nicely.
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Posted on August 16, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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In the dining rooms and banquet halls of exclusive Southeast Asian resorts, you'll find hand-spun glass. The beauty of the craftsmanship makes it valuable as an elegant decor piece. Natural Home glassware utilizes 100% recycled glass incorporated in this very same hand-spun technique, for an eco friendly product fit to serve royaly .? In a small artisan workshop, each hand-made piece is drafted? from100% post-consumer glass to produce a highly functional work of art, demonstrating the? talent of the craftsman.? Less waste ending up in landfills is the goal of using recycled glass, and timeless beauty is the goal of the craftsman. Put together, you gain a center piece that will bring you pride every time you see this translucent sculpture displayed. The lovely play of light and color will present any drink you serve in style. The quality of the hand spun accented finish will delight your guests.
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Your table will be an artful exhibit of graceful form when you complete the set with the Natural Home recycled glass hand spun accented bowls and serving platters, both available in different sizes.

Can you imagine how the colors of your salads,? soups, and dips will be enhanced by this hand spun glass? Food served from glass tastes better as well. Bon Appetite!

Anything presented on such a platter becomes gourmet and more appetizing.

The square platters are available in both large and small. There is also a rectangular design.

Perfect for serving Japanese sushi and sashimi, French cuisine, desserts zig-zagged with melted Belgian chocolate,? or for making your child's first attempt at cooking look better when the family pretends to eat it amidst much praise and adulation.
You'll love the way light dances on your table and display cabinet when you combine all the pieces in this collection to form a decor set. What could be a more perfect wedding gift for a bridal registry?
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Posted on August 15, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Door mats sometimes get a bad reputation. After all, it's just a mat, right? some thing to wipe your feet over when you get inside, without giving it a second look. Well, it doesn't have to be that way. Door mats are actually a great way to personalize your home decor and show your style from the very first minute. In fact, even before your guests set a foot inside your home.
Door mats come in a variety of designs and colors, but they can also have some thing extra... they can let you introduce a funny caption and set the mood by conveying an actual message in words. Make your guests smile even before they set a foot inside your home with this one, intended specifically for cat owners -

You may need to be a cat lover to appreciate the humor in this... but it does work, making this mat a wonderful addition to your home, or a great gift for cat loving friends. It comes in a nice eye catching color combination of natural beige, purple and green and printed in durable color-fast inks.
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Posted on August 14, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Are you going bankrupt trying to buy a matching dining room set? There's no need! By mixing and adapting disparate designs, we can create a cohesive and attractive dining room decor scheme that you adore. It just requires a bit of thought and a few tools.
Four different chairs can feel like a set if painted the very same color, and stenciled with the very same designs. Use the very same stencil to ring the edge of the table with a border design, and viola! You have a matching set of chairs and table (even if you got each piece at a separate garage sale). This can also be done with rubber stamp art. Painting the furniture all the very same color and then using ink or paint in a contrasting color to stamp the very same design on each piece of furniture will unify the decor theme.
Using the very same fabric to cover or upholster the chairs, and then using that fabric as a border on the table cloth and runners for the china cabinet will create a consistent theme as well. The eye will be drawn to the commonality of the color and texture, rather than the difference in the shape of each chair.
Remember that your dining room is where you eat and converse with friends and family, so dining room decor should not impede easy access, cleaning, or comfort. It is more crucial to have each chair be user friendly, than to have them match perfectly.
Posted on August 13, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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over here's a good way to see the sides of your head and your face simultaneously. The Jerdon Trifold mirror gives you three views of your self at once, with adjustable angle side panels.? The center panel allows you to increase the magnification to 5 times, or shows you a normal reflection on the other side. The stand allows for 11 angles of viewing , and the side flaps stay where you put them so that you can get comfortable and work with both your hands free, and without hunching over. There is a built in? electrical outlet for your curling iron or roller set, electric shaver or tooth brush, or your hair dryer.
But the best part of this amazing mirror, is the lighting. You can change the lighting to display how you will look in daylight vs evening light. This gives you a more realistic picture of what you will look like to other people in a variety of situations. This feature helps you to make better decisions when applying make up, as well as helping you to see fine details you would otherwise miss.
The whole mirror folds up flat for transportation, making it your travel buddy. It comes with a one year warranty as well.
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Posted on August 12, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Do you want better quality in your love life? Romantic room decor is what you need to set the stage for life's finer experiences. It makes no difference whether you are single or coupled, young or old; a bit of romance in your home decor can lift your spirits, put you in the right mood for romance, or simply help you to feel more creative and motivated.
over here are two tips that will help you to get began:
1)? The room's lighting is very crucial. Raspberry colored light makes everyone look good, and can be achieved with the use of organza drapes and paper or cloth lampshades.
2) The use of natural materials like bamboo and organic cotton, create soft textures that enrich the room's sensuality.
A romantic room makes you feel more optimistic about life and improves the way you feel about yourself. When you feel better, you look better, and you communicate in a more attractive way. Romantic designs for your home are a good investment in your relationships.
Posted on August 11, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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This beautiful Bar Cart features the famous quality and craftsmanship of Totally Bamboo brand . Perfect? for wine and cheese presentation when entertaining guests and accommodating parties, the Bar Cart boasts the following features:? The top is done in Parquet End Grain Butcher block style, with a juice channel groove. The wine rack fits up to 18 bottles. The hanging stemware rack allows for mobility with out breakage. 2 stainless steel towel racks and a utility drawer on easy glide sliders for practical frequent use make this cart more than just an eye catching center peice. Extra glasses and bar essentials fit safely into four shelves . Heavy duty locking coasters allow the bar cart to roll across the floor for convenient service.
Made out of gorgeous and eco-friendly bamboo, you can be proud that your bar cart was made from renewable resources. Classically elegant taste combined with responsible shopping ethics; you are a winner with this lovely design choice.
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Posted on August 10, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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There is a remedy for rooms that make you claustrophobic. The antidote for cramped or windowless spaces is to paint a continuous landscape mural on every wall and the ceiling, to trick the eye into believing you are outside with lots of room to run in every direction. Perspective drawing of your favorite landscape is all you need to turn your room into a relaxing, beautiful environment.
Covering your wall with a beautiful detailed mural can be the key to any fantasy room. If you can bring it alive in your art, or if you can hire the right person to do that, you have the opportunity to bring your fantasy to life.
A wall mural is a way to bring the outdoors inside, using artistic inspiration. It does not have to be perfectly realistic, either. Letting the imagination run wild can be the key to some very interesting artistic creations which can inspire you and those who share the room with you.
A room mural is perfect for kids, adults and elders. Teenagers and convalescents will find room murals to be especially helpful when they lack the mobility they crave. The mural gives them the feeling of being outside, roaming freely.? Adventure landscapes spark kids's imaginations.? Office workers can become more inventive and industrious when they are treated to inspiring views.
When choosing furniture for a room with picture painted walls, be sure to pick items that will enhance rather than cover or clash with the painted scenes. For instance: If your room is painted to look like a desert, then large embroidered pillows and low laying ottomans would give the d?cor the feel of a Bedouin tent. If your room is painted to look like rolling hills covered in vineyards, then using furniture you'd find in a winery garden would fit the scene.
Posted on August 09, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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This 16inch by 20 inch framable print of a photograph by Carol M. Highsmith gives you a breathtaking vista. Putting this on the wall creates the feeling of endless space in any room.The huge sky and receding focal point are the cure for any claustrophobia inducing cramped space. The colors are beautiful and easy to match with your room's decor. Perfect for south western decor, county decor, or Native design themes. This picture is classic Americana.
The infinite view point , ascending hues of the sky, and natural beauty inspire awe and reverence, perfect for meditation rooms and favorite places to pray. This vast landscape also helps us to put our problems into perspective within the grand scheme of things. This would be a helpful image to keep in your office, on the wall across from your desk. You may come up with better ideas while gazing into this scene of contrasts and timeless fortitude. You may also be inspired to protect wild open spaces from over-development and environmental destruction.
Geologists will like the examples of planet earth's geomorphological processes clearly visible and easy to point to when explaining theory to students. Artists will like the play of shadow and light. Everyone will like the way they feel when looking at this picture.
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Posted on August 08, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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This adorable eye-catching little fairy is the Potato Peeler Fairy, one of many different fairies all incredibly cute and cuddly. Made of resin with a high impact durability, the detailed artwork of each piece is really pretty amazing. Constructed and designed to raise the imagination and to intrigue the pleasanter sides of our personalities these lovely little creatures most definitely bring a smile to one's face. And this, after all, is the magic a kitchen fairy truly brings.
Imagine a window sill with a few of these darlings, with just a few to be encountered elsewhere and you get the idea of why collecting these cute little guys isn't only fun but possibly of value. A licensed Enesco Collectible, designed by G.G. Santiago, the Potato Peeler Fairy is one adorable item in an absolutely huge collectible base of Fairies. 4″ tall, it comes in a gift box with original paperwork, to make matters even more interesting, and it rates as one of the biggest Enesco sellers ever. Have some fun while investing at the very same time in Fairy love. Thousands agree it is a hugely beautiful notion.
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Posted on August 07, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Your bed can become a volcano if you do a bit of creative decor.
Start with a bed that has a head board but no foot board. Paint the whole bed black. Upholster the head board with bright red satin in the shape of lava flowing down and out ward to spread over the base from a single spot on the top surface of the headboard. This will make a nice back rest when stuffed. The river of glowing hot lava is continued with the bedding.
Cover the bed in matching red satin sheets, pillow cases, comforter cover, and bead spread to look like the continuation of the lava flow coming from the volcano's vent, and add a few black throw pillows to look like chunks of cooled hardened lava that broke off. The bed skirt could be either red or black, depending on how old you want the lower lava flow to look. A red satin skirt over a black frame would give the impression of layered stratigraphy and help to create the lava falls spilling onto the floor.
A red curvy area rug at the side or foot of the bed would continue that lava theme, making it appear to pool. Surround the rug with black bean bag chairs to look like cooled hardened lava rock formations.
For added effect, paint the wall over the top of the head board to look like a rising plume of smoke and ash.
If your volcano is underwater, add lots of bubbles to the painting of rising ash plumes. If you are really ambitious, you can attach a shelf to the back of the headboard and sit a bubble machine on it, hidden under the top surface, just behind the place you've made to look like the vent point. The bubble machine should always be operated with an adult present.
The lava bed is one of the easier theme beds to design and create.
Posted on August 06, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Minimalist Asian, specifically Japanese, style has become very popular. If you're looking to introduce a zen feeling, while creating a practical division between spaces, this three-panel wood screen makes a great solution.

In black and white neutrals, it could also work with other, more eclectically themed rooms, creating a subdued, yet effective barrier for added privacy. It's perfect for clinics or beauty salons, or anywhere where you wish to instantly create a more private space.
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Posted on August 05, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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It's amazing how prominent the Rose is in human culture. Not just Western culture either. It is one of the earliest flowers to have been domesticated, and is mentioned in the folklore of ancient Egypt, Rome and even Native North American culture. No wonder it's a popular theme for many decorative items, and for various collections.
This Godinger silver plated vase, with its delicate crystal rose can be a great addition to any such collection, or just a beautiful decorative item for your living room. over here's a nice touch: add a rose or two in there... any color you like, for the full effect.

This exquisite item can make a fabulous gift as well. What's more romantic than a rose in a rose decorated vase? Or just as an everlasting gift to some one close.
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Posted on August 04, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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over here are some tips that will help you with designing any room in your home -
To change one's perception of a room's size, alter the scale of the objects within it.
One of the oldest tricks used to make a small room feel bigger, is to introduce a few overscaled objects. This tricks the eye into seeing the whole space as bigger than it really is. An example would be to add huge pots, vases or bowls, or a tall floor-to-ceiling door to a small room.
It is crucial to mix objects of different sizes, one large and one small, rather than sticking to medium sized d?cor items. When using objects of different sizes, there requires to be a visual link between them. This continuity is achieved using the very same color and/or texture.
Oversized decor items help to make a big room feel less cavernous; they help the space to feel more intimate. If your room feels as well large, buy the biggest items you can.
Small scale objects will make large rooms feel enormous, but paradoxically, these undersized d?cor items make moderate sized rooms feel smaller.
Large windows and large mirrors make rooms feel bigger. Sliding glass doors and French doors are very much like windows in this regard and can make the room feel much larger than it actually is. Just be sure that the view from these windows and glass doors is beautiful and has depth of field. If you are in a big city, you can use planter boxes, window boxes, and hanging pots to create rows of plants at different heights. This helps the eye to interpret your balcony, patio, or the space between your building and the next one, as having more room to move around in than it really does. Looking through glass doors and windows at this natural beauty will give the room an open feeling, and you'll experience the room as more spacious than it is.
Posted on August 03, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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Excellent! Not only do you get the beauty of bamboo blinds, with their warm tasteful color and texture, and their understated elegance; you also get the beauty of a traditional Chinese brush and ink painting of bamboo on the shade, which turns your closed window into a portal to a lovely forest or garden. Perfect combination!
From the point of view of a Feng shui consultant, this is an impeccable choice. The bamboo material and image will enhance your positive “Chi” (vital energy) and cure “Sha Chi” (negative energy), as bamboo is very auspicious and told have magic properties that aide in healing.
Even if you simply like the way it looks, you'll enjoy the peaceful serene feeling you get with this image.
The first thing your guests will notice is your good taste and your sophistication. Not only are these beautiful, they also help the environment. Bamboo is a quickly renewable resource, not requiring pesticides.
This blind would look lovely in a room with bamboo or rattan furniture, and bamboo wood floors.
The blind is even available in a variety of sizes: 2 ft, 3 ft, 4 ft, 5 ft, or 6 ft wide.
This makes a great home warming gift!
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Posted on August 02, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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This majestic porcelain jar looks expensive, and I guess you could say it is, priced at several hundreds of dollars. Yet, this is actually a total bargain when you consider what you're getting - an original handcrafted one of a kind oriental jar by Thai artist Khun Santiparp, an item so beautiful, it will surely be a centerpiece of any living room decor.

This vase is part of the National Geographic and Novica collection, featuring distinctive artists and artisans from around the universe. This item is made of delicate Thai Benjarong porcelain, which means it has five colors in the design (some Benjarong designs can have up to eight colors). The colors are added by hand, one at a time, creating a magnificent pattern enriched with golden bands. This piece of art is an amazing gift to a dear one, and that dear one can certainly be yourself!
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Posted on August 01, 2009 by Home Design Writer
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