Decorating Tips that Bring Superheros to your Home

Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, Aqua Man and so many more superheros. Where would we be without them?  We would might forget about the impossible and the unbelievable. We might forget about the strange and uniqueness of these characters. We might forget about their hidden skills and how often enough they save Gotham or the world. Superheros have been a fascination of our culture for a long time. We make movies about them, we where costumes that depict them, we develop code names that reflect them and we display their look at our offices and on our cars. If you love superheros, why not decorate your home to reflect your love of them. Take a look at some of these great ideas on incorporating superheros in your home. Read More


Elvis is in the House

elvis 10We were surprised to hear that it is Elvis Week. For all the Elvis fans out there, we have some looks that might inspire your home decorating. That’s right, we said home decorating with your favorite celebrity. Whether you like young or older Elvis, there is decor just for you. If Graceland is your theme or his movies stand out the most for you, display your passion on your walls. Whether you are fan of Blue Hawaii or Jailhouse Rock, Love Me Tender or GI Blues, there is sure to be a specific theme that inspires you.

With the amount of different decor options, featuring the man on your on your walls is easy to do. Maybe a collection of books speaking to his life reside on your tables. If you are a fan and have old albums, frame them and hang them on your walls. Try using other items that might inspire you to showcase this man. He accomplished a lot in his short life and become an icon.

 

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Upcycling Projects, Fun Projects You Can Turn into Treasures

Upcycling projects is often an overlooked option or project for home decorating ideas. Reusing items to create great pieces of home decor can go a long way to creating a unique home. And you can actually save money on your home decorating budget.

The first step in upcycling is look around your home to review what you do not want to use in its true form any longer. Once you set these items aside, you then get creative to create some new decorating ideas. Using unusual items to create something new requires dipping into your creative juices.

Creativity

No creative juices you say, no worries. Research fun projects or bring in your creative friends to help you thing outside the box. Brainstorming ideas can happen over a nice bottle of wine. Try putting all the “I do not want anymore” items on a table. Then find extra items around your home and add them to the table. Now see if you can make something new and fun.

Upcycling is all about looking at something with a new perspective. This infographic can also help give you some ideas of some upcycling projects for unique home decor.  Read More


Brighten your Home and Summer with Floral Prints

watercolor-prints-interior-decorating-ideas-1Summer brings about bright and sunny days, beach weather and bouquets of delight. Sometimes it feels like everything is better in summer with the colorful landscape of flowers. Yards and parks are in full bloom. Why not bring the floral concept indoors to create a lighter, summer feeling. Summer time home decor can also get everyone in the mood to celebrate the weather and enjoy this time of year.

Fresh Flowers

Adding fresh flowers is the most immediate way to introduce the floral concept. Whether you can create a bouquet from your backyard beauties or you take a quick trip to your local florist or grocery store, adding fresh flowers to a room brightens the area. And also brings in the Read More


Achieving the Modern Rustic Home Design

Learning how to bring the tradition of rustic home design to a modern look is actually quite easy. It may feel complicated, but if you view some of these tips, you will see how easy it is. Adding a modern rustic design to your home incorporates five different elements. These elements are tone, furniture, design elements, accents and industrial components.

Elements to Create Design

Each of these elements is explained in the following infographic by letsgetcuckoo. Mixing stone and concrete with wood and metals is one way to use these elements to craft the modern rustic design. Using reclaimed wood with older appliances or sleek modern stainless steel appliances will also give you this modern rustic design.

A modern rustic home design takes the rustic or old components to design and incorporates the sleekness of modern design. The result, a blend of old and new and rich and smooth and sleek and tough.  Even layout of a room can vary the design elements. Look up and down when determining how to create your modern rustic look. Exposing duct work in the ceiling can be the very modern style that creates this new modern rustic design look.

 

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