Many people look forward to putting up Christmas decorations all year long. They make the house feel festive and happy for the holiday season. Fortunately, there are some new ideas for Christmas window decorations. 1. One idea is to hang snowflakes from the ceiling in front of the windows. If you have window blinds raise [...]
Decorating Rules
November 21st, 2011
Decorating your rental property
With popular daytime TV shows increasingly putting the spotlight on what goes into buying and renovating a property, it can seem like all the answers you need are there. There are other considerations to take into account however, such as sourcing appropriate landlord insurance. The kind offered at Simple Landlords Insurance for example offers comprehensive [...]
November 10th, 2011
How to Conceal Those Unsightly File Cabinets
Big old ugly file cabinets are a no no in the rooms designed by the professionals. Things like this, which are deemed necessary evils, or eyesores, must be reframed. For example, filing can be inserted into a lovely decorative full size chest. Putting in the bars to hang the files from is a cinch, and [...]
September 9th, 2011
Insulating your Home for Winter
With the summer of 2011 rapidly becoming history and the long autumn and winter nights swiftly drawing in, we’ve reached the time of year when you are likely to turn your attentions to keeping your home cosy right through Christmas and beyond. There are many popular means of insulating your home, from cavity wall insulation [...]
July 22nd, 2011
Pull Out the Dyson and the Dust Cloth If You Want Decorating Perfection
Listen up, and listen good all you decorating divas. You can spend a bundle on expensive sofas, impressive dinner tables, stunning headboards, and intimidatingly large flat screen televisions, but if you do not keep those items and the space around them clean, you will have basically failed to achieve that admirably beautiful style you set [...]
June 14th, 2011
Finding the Right Kitchen Style Can Take Time
So, my parents just had their kitchen remodelled and are extremely happy with the results. Since they live over 500 miles away from me, it was great to find out that I could get a looksee at it by viewing the real kitchen project sections of the SN Kitchen Collection site. I admittedly was more [...]
April 14th, 2011
The One Place You Can Ignore All the Decorating Rules
If you have ever wished that there were no decorating rules to follow, and that you could just have fun with pairing pieces of furniture you like whether they matched or not, then you will be super happy if you have space for an outdoor seating area. So, let your alter ego out of the [...]
February 15th, 2011
Make the Colour Chart Work for You
When you start to decorate your home there is one basic thing you should do first and foremost. Learn the colour wheel, and things will go much smoother than if you are putting things together haphazardly. A quick lesson will do you wonders, and the end result will make that entirely apparent. The wheel is [...]
December 5th, 2010
When Holiday Decorations Should Come Down
When the holiday season comes around we all have our own idea of what extent we should alter the decorations in our home. Some like to go all out, both inside and out, others just add a touch of festive colour and cheer here and there. Needless to say, to a certain point, the amount [...]
September 30th, 2010
The One Room Where Few Rules Apply When Decorating
While most of us feel that we are somewhat limited in the amount of creativity that we can infuse in our homes, there is one room where we can let the imagination take over. The room that allows you to be as over the top, if you will, and still be taken seriously is a [...]
