Home Decoration

Handmade floral embroidered throw pillows Beautiful and simply to make floral embroidered throw pillows.

Hedgehog flower arrangement Looking for a very cute, unusual and interesting flower arrangement? Check out this super cute hedgehog flower arrangement. For this flower arrangement you will need :   large leaves (Aspidistra or Monstera)  Santini  hypericum,  pitosporum,  vaksflauer,  stalks of roses,  piaflor,  three beads (or buttons)  two decorative berries on tenterhooks  pan (or a plate or dish)  Scotch  floral knife and secateurs.  1. For our hedgehog flower arrangement first soak piaflor in water, then cut out the body of a hedgehog. Note: it's easier to make piaflor bricks rough shape by using a knife, but sand the corners by hands.  Our hedgehog is hero, and we used 2 bricks of piaflor. 2. Place hedgehog piaflor body on a pallet or aspidistra leaves Monstera (they mimic the green grass on which there is our hedgehog). Fasten three pieces of piaf...

Granite kitchen counters Granite kitchen counters take any kitchen from drab to fab, but with a price tag of $50 to $100 per square foot installed, they're a pricey upgrade. Get your granite kitchen counters and stay within budget with these pointers. ■ Take your measurements. Granite is sold by the square foot, so a counter that is 2 feet deep and 9 feet long will require 18 square feet, plus the amount needed for edging or a backsplash. To make price comparisons easy, map out the surfaces you want to cover in your kitchen and determine the square footage before you start shopping. ■ Go straight to the source. Bypass kitchen stores and home centers. Instead, shop directly at a granite yard to snag a better price per square foot. Just keep in mind that hiring a fabricator to install the granite can significantly raise the overall price. For a clear comparison, look for a granite yard that offers fabricat...

French vintage style decorating ideas Check out our decorating ideas on how to create simple French vintage style. Find the furniture Mix and match classic furniture with distressed and painted pieces and varnished fruitwood and oak antiques to create simple French vintage style. Choose cabriole-legged tables, chairs with deep-button upholstered details and armoires with exquisite handles for a timeless decorating look. Get some decorating ideas from scouring country sale rooms for old French furniture to restore and update with ticking cushions, loose covers or a lick of paint. Choose the fabrics The essence of French vintage style is typified by an elegant mix of treasured . Choose different scales of toile de Jouy ticking, traditional Provencal prints and formal embroidery to create a timeless charm. Use fabrics to inject a burst of vibrant color. Create areas of detail with layers of intens...

Dining room decorating ideas Typically, dining rooms are decorated in rich, deep colors - red, for instance, is said to stimulate the appetite - but this does tend to make them only suitable for night-time use. Some dining room decorating ideas turned tradition on its head: in keeping with the rest of this airy open-plan apartment, elegant dining room is fresh and light. Make dining room to link easily with the adjoining rooms when you are thinking of dining room decorating ideas. By taking this approach in decorating style, it means the space is more compatible to enjoy at any time of day. At night, along with subtle lighting and lots of candles, the mirrors add sparkle: glamour and light. PERFECT SETTING Use in the dining room decorating style a mix of decanters, twisted glass, gunmetal porcelain plates and bone-handled cutlery sit beautifully with the green opaline grapefruit dishes which here are used as soup bowls. Consider using a room for dual pur...

Hardwood floor tips and tricks   Hardwood gives a rich and sophisticated warmth to your home. The quality and long lengths of Superior Flooring hardwood gives each room a distinctive and stunning look. The quality of your hardwood floor is the key for longevity and maintaining its beauty. Superior Flooring's investment in higher grades of lumber means fewer knots, blemishes and discolourations. The finishing process is a water based colouring system for better wood penetration that involves a hot air/infrared drying and a nine coat finish which creates a durable and aesthetically appealing finish with low maintenance.  Long lengths of hardwood are extremely popular and in demand now. Superior Flooring prides itself for providing the longest boards in the industry. Longer boards mean less joints or places where your wood connects which means a nicer, smoother looking floor with a more uniform, custom look and feel.  Colour and texture along with the grai...

A LESSON IN COLOR SCHEMES Nico Springman, Director of Interior Decoration Classes at Inchbald School of Design explains the color theory he lectures to design students "Interior designers and decorators have strong reactions to color schemes. They will have spent time mixing up combinations and using their knowledge of color theory before they start putting together a color scheme. They will have understood this theory and then interpret it in a way that gives the effect they are after. They must consider the quality of light that is available in the room, as the eye finds it difficult to read colors properly in inadequate light. Therefore, the direction the room faces and the amount of daylight it receives and the source of artificial light are all important. Understanding that one artificial source of light burns at a lower or higher temperature than another one is also important. Candlelight burns at a lower temperature than most electric lamps; the lig...

Country kitchen decor WHETHER SUBTLE OR VIBRANT, A LITTLE PATTERN WILL BRING INDIVIDUALITY AND COLOR TO YOUR COUNTRY KITCHEN DECOR There’s been an explosion of surface pattern in fabric and wallpaper collections over the past 12 months and there's now a fresh move towards using decorative schemes on more permanent fixtures in the country kitchen decor. Designers of furniture, sinks, flooring and appliances are all being a little more adventurous. The country kitchen is often the soul of our homes.Patterned surfaces transmit a good feeling, so why shouldn't we also find them in our kitchen? Here are few country kitchen decorating tips and ideas. CASE STUDY: HAND-PAINTED FINISH FOR COUNTRY KITCHEN Jennifer Goulding and her husband Andrew were so delighted with the renovations to their Lake Windermere holiday home in Cumbria that they've made it their permanent residence. The country kitchen, with views across the lake, was inspired by the work of local V...

Handmade Easter bunny Stuff it with wool to make a toy, or fill with dried lavender to scent a room - a great way of recycling old jumpers. YOU WILL NEED To make your own Easter cloth fabric bunny: paper bunny pattern - unduh from internet paper, pen, pins and sewing scissors old wool blanket or jumper tailors’ chalk or water-soluble fabric pen sewing machine and cotton thread wooden spoon sheep’s wool or dried lavender and millet needle, embroidery needle and thread ribbon for a bow orange felt and green ribbon for carrot coloured felt or wool fabric for clothes How to Make Easter Bunny Cloth Rag Doll 1 Cut out the template and draw around it with chalk onto the wrong side of the wool - this is your sewing line. Leaving an extra 2cm around the edge, cut out the shape Draw around this onto the wrong side of more wool to make the back of the bunny. 2 Place your two wool pieces right sides together and pin. Start at the right shoulder and machine-sew aro...