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The New Southwest Home: Innovative Ideas for Every Room
Suzanne Pickett Martinson (Hardcover) Northland 2005-05-25
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My boyfriend and I just purchased a new townhouse and are looking for neat but inexpensive ideas to decorate. Anybody know where we can find some do-it-yourself ideas that will look good but not cheap-looking?
For each room, pick something that the rest of the room will revolve around.
For instance, if you have a green couch, then pick everything else in that room to go with the couch - not necessarily matching it, but going with it. That way the room will look more pulled together and professionally finished.
Don't mistake clutter and a lot of junk laying around for a classy look. Make your rooms warm and inviting, but not early junk yard.
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Does it look warm and inviting? Or cold and museum-like?
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Click the above website to see pictures of home interior. My husband and I are traditionalists, but we don't mind a little color. Ultimately, we would like to create a homey atmosphere.
Any and all ideas welcome! Thanks, everyone!
Beautiful trim work..Looks like whoever painted loved color..
In your Kitchen I think staying with a dusty blue green would be beautiful..or even a very sagey green..and try those sueded paints..they are going to look soft and muted in there..and you could definitely use some richness with the white trim and light maple cabinets..
In your Dining room try something a little different maybe a barn red or burgundy..or this finish called venetian plaster..it looks so rich and even though it can be tedious it has a look of soft stone when done..(look it up on the web..)
in you other rooms i would tone it down with softer golds or greens..or even taupe looks very good with white..
they are on the right track with the colors they just went a little to bright with the tones ..with white you need to balance it out..
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We plan to start building a house in the next few months and need ideas. I like the meditrainian look with earth tones, wood floors. I can' seem to find good sites on the latest look that includes lots of pictures so you know what the room looks like. Does sombody out there know any sites or even good magazines for ideas as well as box stores that have good deals on fixtures flooring and so on? This is my first time building a home.
Try going to TLC on the Discovery Channel website. They have good ideas from the designers from Trading Spaces, Moving Up, and While you Were Out. Otherwise HGTV too!!
I like to decorate the outside of my house every year for Halloween and I'm looking for some new ideas. Our house has a lot of windows and a large front yard.
As many pumpkins, hay bales & corn shocks as you can possibly get there, first thing, for total overall atmosphere. (not to mention, you can leave those up till Thanksgiving) Since you have a lot of windows, get some black gauzy fabric & shred the ends of it, hang that up as your curtains. Soap your windows, put spiders in them. Drape Spiderweb everywhere! Any of the lights they sell in the stores, especially if you can find the Halloween icicle lights (orange or a mixture of orange, purple & green) are great on the front of the house. Get a fog machine for Halloween night - your trick-or-treaters will love that. A cd of spooky music & sounds is wonderful too. If you can spend a little - get a skeleton or two to throw around the place - hang one in the front yard from a tree or the porch. Get separate spotlights in orange or green to creat eerie atmosphere. Just get into it & have fun -stores will soon have their Halloween goodies out, so start strolling the aisles & get ideas. Decide on a theme, even. Have a great time & enjoy!! p.s. - the book I listed below might give you even more ideas; I haven't read it yet but I have read other things by this author.
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Ghosts, goblins & gourds haunt Metro Detroit homes
"You could easily spend $100 (for something) ... but it's just more fun to make it," says Boden, a union floor installer whose house overflows with Halloween paraphernalia after years of over-the-top decorating. "I find the parts and scraps at job sites -- you just use your imagination. I have so much stuff I have to mix and match and make it different every year."
Boden and his wife, Diane, were among Homestyle readers across Metro Detroit who responded to our call, eagerly submitting dozens of photos to show off their Halloween handiwork.
They're among recession-battered Halloween fans nationally whose spending on Halloween celebrations is expected to reach $4.75 billion this year. Though a hefty sum, it's down from about $5.77 billion in 2008, according to the National Retail Federation's Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey.
"The economy has caught up to Halloween this year," says Tracy Mullin, federation CEO and president. "Since retailers know that Americans will be looking to celebrate on a budget, there's no doubt we will see creative costume and decorating ideas in every price point imaginable."
CANADABOOM EDMONTON ยป Ideas on Home Decorating
If you’re keen on renovating or redecorating your home, you’ll need some great home decorating ideas. These aren’t all that hard to obtain and if you’re an artistic person with an eye for what looks good, then you shouldn’t have any problem getting great home decorating ideas for yourself. However, most people are probably more like me and don’t have a clue where to start and what to change in order to make their homes a brighter place to live.
The first time I started a home decorating project, I had no idea at all and didn’t know what to tackle first. Should I strip the wallpaper first or take out the carpet? Should I fit that new plastic door or should I buy a sander to clean off all those wooden bits around the room. The list, as you might have guessed, is endless and I could keep on but in the interests of time, I’ll leave the rest up to your imagination.
Home decorating ideas are all well and good, but if you’re looking to do major renovation work, then you should almost definitely call in professional renovators – people who can handle the job properly for you. If you’re taking this route, then make sure that the renovators you go with are willing to stick to the home decorating ideas that you give them, and won’t go off on a tangent of their own.
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Depending on were your home is and style of your home I think would dictate their worth. Personaly I would rip them out if I were buying a new home.Ottawa Citizen - Oct 17, 2009
I am obsessed with Home and Garden TV and any other source that inspires decorating ideas for our new Ottawa home. Magazines, newspaper sections, websitesThe Detroit News - Oct 16, 2009
Ghosts, goblins & gourds haunt Metro Detroit homes"Since retailers know that Americans will be looking to celebrate on a budget, there's no doubt we will see creative costume and decorating ideas in every and more »Iowa City Press Citizen - Oct 16, 2009
The decorating styles will provide something for everybody -- modern, traditional and ideas that people can take home and do themselves, Finlayson said. and more »Seattle Times - Oct 10, 2009
Flynn generally loves decorating with bold hues, but his new dog's white hairs would be very visible on, say, a deep purple sofa. In his new home, and more »Newsday - Oct 08, 2009
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There will be about 50000 square feet of exhibits, including new products and ideas for construction, remodeling and decorating. Visitors can learn about and more »