Brighten Up Your Patio With Sun Catchers
Brighten Up Your Patio With Sun Catchers
by: Johann Erickson
Sun catchers add sparkle and beauty to any room in your home. Far beyond the paint-n-bake sun catchers of childhood, sun catchers come in a huge variety of styles that dazzle the eye.
The most common window-hanging style bring charm and flair to any room. Choose a color and pattern that complements your decor. Window-hanging sun catchers can be the focal point of a room, or a finishing detail. Whichever you choose, you'll be...
Brighten Up Your Shelves With Picture Frames
Brighten Up Your Shelves With Picture Frames
by: Johann Erickson
Would you like to add a personal touch to your home or office, but not sure how? Picture frames may be your answer. Picture frames are a fun and simple way to add color, character and style.
Decorating with picture frames is fun and simple. To add a splash of color to a shelf or mantle choose a series of similar frames in coordinating colors, such as three shades of green. To set a theme in the bedroom stick with one basic...
Christmas Decorating: Create A Lifelike Santa In Your Bathroom
If you love to go all out with your Christmas decorating, here is a whimsical, original idea for your bathroom:
Materials needed:
White shower curtain, canvas, or fabric (a new canvas drop cloth works great) Shower curtain liner (to protect curtain from moisture) Projector* Permanent black marker, preferably a thick one Paint pens Paint Fiberfill or cotton balls Santa hat Black felt (about one yard) 2 red hand towels or red fabric
*If you can draw, you may not need the...
Complete your religious decor with wall crosses
Complete your religious decor with wall crosses by Johann EricksonWhen we decorate with popular symbols, we make a statement about who we are and what we believe. Wall crosses are one of the most significant symbols we can use in our interior decorating scheme. With strong meaning and even stronger emotional value, crosses are considered a sacred symbol in many cultures. The basic shape of the wall cross has been around since the beginning of time. Over its life span, the cross has stood for...
Decorate your home with Shabby Chic
Decorate your home with Shabby Chic
by: Johann Erickson
Are you ready to redecorate but have a limited budget? Do you have some great furniture but nothing matches? Do you love antiques but not stiff formal decor? Then think Shabby Chic, a fun decorating style that solves all these dilemmas and more.
Shabby Chic is one of the hottest trends in decorating, and for good reason. It is versatile, easy, and inexpensive. Shabby Chic is based on simplicity -- simple color themes combined with...
Decorating with Table Fountains
Decorating with Table Fountains
by: Johann Erickson
With unlimited possibilities available, table top fountains can add understated beauty or grandeur to any room in your house. Fountains are a worthy investment even for those who hesitate to spend money on aesthetics. Beyond eye-catching appeal, you'll find that fountains have practical health benefits.
Cascading water reduces stress by bringing a sense of tranquility into a room as it engages the sensessight, sound, and even smell....
Liven Up Your Walls With Decorative Plates
Liven Up Your Walls With Decorative Plates
by: Johann Erickson
Decorative plates are often overlooked when decorating a home. Yet, it's the details that really make the elements of a room come togetherand decorative plates are a detail present in most rooms. While there are decorative plates that are solely functional in purpose, most have the potential to add to the ambiance of a room. Think about the following wall plate options:
Cover your decorative plates in wallpaper that matches...
Origins and Uses For Dream Catchers
Origins and Uses For Dream Catchers
by: Johann Erickson
Dream catchers are a part of the tradition and culture of many of the native people of North America. The stories of the dream catchers origin and use are as different as the tribes who used them, but the most common story goes like this:
Long ago Spider Woman (whose name and description varies by tribe) showed her people how to weave a web to catch their dreams. She took a hoop and began weaving from the outside until she reached...
Porcelain Dolls - Not Just For Children Any More
Porcelain Dolls - Not Just For Children Any More
by: Johann Erickson
Doll collecting is the second most popular hobby in the U.S., and its easy to see why. Porcelain Dolls transport us back to our childhood and evoke memories that no other toy can match. We remember our first doll, our favorite doll, the doll we loved to pieces and the beautiful doll we kept on a high shelf. We remember the comfort and love our dolls gave us and the first time we realized we were too old for our dolls....
Spice Up Your Room With Incense Burners
Spice Up Your Room With Incense Burners
by: Johann Erickson
When you think of incense burners, you probably think of the most common ash catcher style, a flat piece of wood with simple drilled holes to hold the incense. These simple incense burners are classic, and a great way to hold your incense, but theres a whole world of beautiful and unusual incense burners to choose from.
Incense burners come in every shape, style, and color imaginable. There are incense burners for stick incense,...
Spurce Up Your Garden With Decorative Birdhouses
Spurce Up Your Garden With Decorative Birdhouses
by: Johann Erickson
Decorative Birdhouses are active garden ornamentation --the presence and movement of birds creates a fluid focal point for your garden. As such, placement is critical for you to earn maximum benefit from your birdhouses. Cavity nesting birds will not be attracted to your garden without the appropriate environment. Each bird has a particular way they want to live and specific needs.
You'll have a better chance of getting...
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