DIY & Decor

Category: Home Decorating

  • Kitchen Decor

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    Having thought through your design you must consider the kitchen decor – i.e. the style, the color scheme, the furnishing. You should always opt for a style that goes with the rest of your interior. Many people make the mistake of putting an overtly high-tech kitchen into a cottage or a rustically decorated home. This…

  • Small Kitchen remodeling

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    Small kitchen remodeling I have talked about the basic principles of kitchen design and the factors that determine the final result – just to remind you: budget, space & time. However, when you have a small kitchen, remodeling is mainly space determined, which means you have to be clever with design. Small kitchens are actually…

  • Kitchen remodeling

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    Kitchen remodeling:: tips & ideas When you decide to remodel your kitchen, the three most important elements you should consider are space, time & budget. Only having thought about these should you start thinking about style & d?cor. So don’t get the brochures just yet – first examine these issues. The three elements are correlated…

  • Decorating Kids Rooms

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    Decorating kids rooms I’ve written many times before about the basic rules of successful interior design – but when it comes to decorating a child’s room, it’s another ball-park. This is the place where you can let your creativity go wild and experimental. This is the room for themes, colors and extremes.. However, this doesn’t…

  • Eco-Friendly Home

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    The Eco-Friendly home How to be eco-friendly Most of us now accept that we are facing climate change and global warming.  We can have the cynical approach of not doing anything about it because, whatever we do, China and India will nullify its effect – or we can each do our little bit and hope…

  • Oriental Decoration

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    Oriental decoration Oriental decoration has been fascinating the western world for centuries. Most design movements have been inspired or influenced by them – from the Victorians to Art Deco, from Arts & Crafts to Retro… The current trend of interior design and decoration is to be eclectic – mixing different styles and artefacts from various…

  • Nursery Decoration

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    Nursery Decoration Many parents make a very basic mistake when it comes to decorating a nursery: they create a baby-blue theme for a boy and baby-pink room for a girl. The problem is, babies do not see these colours properly – they see them as grey.. So imagine yourself being put into a boring grey…

  • Decorating Small Spaces

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    Decorating Small Spaces More and more of us are moving to cities and of course there is less and less space for us to inhabit. Apartments and houses get split into small properties – whilst newly built housing provides smaller homes than ever before. This is all happening in an era when we are constantly…

  • Decorating Teen Bedroom

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    Decorating Ideas for Teen Bedrooms So your children have become teenagers. They want their own space, their own style, their own identity. Their room needs to be redecorated.. Teenagers, more than ever before, are pressured by their pear group – they want the same things they friends have or what they see on TV or…

  • Decorating with Color -3

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    Part 3: Colors & the practicalities As you’ve read in the previous articles, decorating with color is not just about going to a store and choosing your desired color from a swatch. Colors affect us mentally, physically and psychologically. The same color can make some people relaxed others restless. Furthermore, different tones of the same color…