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  • Elegant Christmas decoration

    Timeless Elegance Timeless Elegance is the classy Christmas decoration theme. It can be classic or contemporary, glamorous or understated, timeless or fashionable. The most important feature of this theme is to accomplish harmony, balance and visual connection between space and decor. It’s very much a designer look that needs careful styling and detailing. If you’re…

  • Starry nights

    Starry nights:: Christmas Decoration Theme Christmas is a time of reflection. The Starry nights theme is inspired by the mystery of the sky, the stars, the universe and beyond. It reflects on time and space; past and present; mystery and reality; the unknown and the known..  Suitability The starry night theme can work both on…

  • Winter wonderland

    Winter wonderland :: Christmas decorating theme The winter wonderland theme is inspired by nature – the bare forest, the icy lake, the snowy mountains and the frosty weather. Although it’s quite similar to the white Christmas decorating theme, they are different in their essence as this theme not only derives from nature and the season…

  • White Christmas decor details

    White Christmas decorating theme: the details In the previous article you’ve read about the white Christmas decorating theme, so now you know what the look is about and how to achieve is. This article will give you some decorating ideas for the Christmas tree, the table, lighting and outside.. Christmas Tree decoration Given the monochrome color scheme,…

  • White Christmas

    Dreaming of a white Christmas? If global warming really is anything to go by, a white Christmas will soon be just a dream and a memory…   Anyway, whether or not there will be whiteness outside this year, you can recreate the feel inside. Choose the white Christmas decorating theme if you want to achieve…

  • Traditional Christmas Decoration

    When we think of a Traditional Christmas we tend to return to our childhood memories and family gatherings over the festivities. We remember nostalgically the smell of the Christmas tree, the warmth of the fire, the lavish eating, the rich decoration, the excitement of opening the presents, the noise around the Christmas table    ..…

  • Christmas Decorating

    Christmas Home Decorating: ideas for themes Although the festivities are still some weeks away, it is time to start thinking about decorating your home for Christmas. The most important element to consider is the decor theme, based on which you will be decorating the Christmas tree, the dining table, the windows etc. Choosing the right Christmas…

  • DIY Project Diary

    Week 31 Well, not much was done during the last week. We had a guest and we couldn’t really do DIY. So I decided to go shopping instead. I bought the material for the feature light in the sitting room – which we actually made this week. It wasn’t easy to find the right material,…

  • DIY Home Remodeling

    DIY Project Diary – Week 30 My arms are killing me. I spent the last 7 days painting, painting and painting… I covered the walls with a textured paint that is supposed to be used to achieve a Mediterranean rustic look. Instead of painting this with a strong colour, I decided to paint it with…

  • DIY Project

    DIY Refurbishment diary – Week 29 Well, the parquet tiles weren’t easy at all. It was relatively easy to lay them – but because they came as untreated I decided to stain and varnish them. The first stain was too red. The second was OK, sort of dark brown – but when I varnished it,…