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May 7

Cheap Tricks spring decorating

Posted on Friday, May 7, 2010 in Decoration, Decoration Styles, Interior Design

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Sponge-painted walls or a key piece of furniture. The blues, greens, pinks and yellows in pastel shades refresh a room and the softness of the sponge gives it an “impressionistic.”

Paint the pots of indoor plants cheap to give the room designer touches. Sponge-painted clay pots, or use a template or simple pattern to give interest.

If we have a wooden staircase, use it as a great plant stand to bring the plants inside. You can paint or leave a rustic and worn, depending on the style of the room.

Make a window in the kitchen garden by installing a shelf across the economic inner frame. Just a small wooden plank nailed to the frame on each side and a simple board resting on them. Fill it with pots to create our own garden of herbs.

Store bottles and fill them with water transparent colored or brightly colored stones to give a striking touch to the window.

Never underestimate the impact it can have on a room a small container of fresh flowers, even just a glass full of daisies road.

A couple of packets of seeds can make a house has cut bouquets all summer. The sunflowers, cosmos and cini are very easy to grow and look great in floral arrangements.

Apr 25

How to decorate a house cheaply

Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 in Decoration, Home Improvement, Tips and Ideas

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Painting: The painting is the cheapest investment we can make and one that offered a more striking.

Do it ourselves: The most expensive budgets is hiring people to do things we could do ourselves. We must look thus saving carrying out some relatively simple projects yourself: painting, tiling, installing a new floor, sewing curtains, pillows or anything else that we think we can try.

Asking for help from family and friends: Invite a group of friends and family to eat and ask them to help us remove the paint or paint the walls, installing furniture … The more the merrier!

Going to thrift stores and Internet auction: Thrift stores, rummage beneficial markets, online auction sites such eBay, flea markets … bargains can be found in all types of sites selling furniture and decorative items second hand.

Search for goods with defects: You can find great deals on slightly damaged products. You could even ask in stores if they have any.

Expect offers and promotions: Ask if they will lower short-term items. Heads of department store and are often the best source for the inside information and sometimes may even offer the discounted price before it enters into force.

Combining loose items: Buy complete sets of furniture usually costs more to make our own creative and eclectic mix. Mix, opting for a sofa and chairs upholstered in complementary fabrics, accompanied by a bed with two bedside tables and decorated with various other miscellaneous items, unified by color, shape, material and hue.

Sewing Fabrics: If we have a sewing machine, we can quickly and easily transform a linen-patterned curtains, pillows and duvet covers, tablecloths, including covers for the sofa.

Add accessories unexpected: A bowl of crunchy green apples with a touch of bright color to almost any surface, a glass bowl and a stack of hardcover classics adds height, dimension and character to an informal table.

Recycle: To examine the items and furniture we already have and think about how we could camouflage, reuse or re-imagining.

Mar 15

Feng Shui in Decoration

Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 in Tips and Ideas

feng shui in decoration 287x300 Feng Shui in DecorationFeng Shui is pronounced fung Suai and is the art of placement, or art of fluidity. Its literal translation is wind and water and is an ancient Chinese method of designing cities, houses and interiors. Feng Shui aims to maximize the movement of chi – The strength and energy universal life present throughout our environment.

According to feng shui philosophy, The Just as fresh air and the water feeding our bodies, does the chi which feeds fresh and clean our homes and lives. When the chi through our space is blocked, weak or ill channeled, can harm our health, creativity, relationships, the money or work. Feng shui aims to achieve the chi cross our space with grace, like a gentle breeze or a cool stream.

When chi is blocked becomes stale and stagnant, like a pond overgrown with algae and dead leaves. Perhaps we feel tired, exhausted, depressed, unable to concentrate, with difficulties in moving forward in our lives. When chi flows too strength, becomes a hurricane or flooding, causing instability, potential crises and an environment where we have to do a great effort to move forward.

According to art design, bad feng shui can also impair the workplace. A chi blocked or accelerated can create a miscommunication between management and employees of a company, conflicts between teams, difficulty in attracting customers, the loss of credibility and income, the commercial failure of a business and a lack of ideas and new initiatives.