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Five Accessories to Brighten Your Home
By Dakota Caudilla
Home accessories come in all shapes, colors and sizes and there's an accessory for every room in your home. Finding creative ways to use pillows, lighting, mirrors, flowers and candles can make all the difference if you are feeling trapped in a dull home. Consider some of the following ideas for a quick makeover.
A pillow's decorative punch
Decorative pillows can add warmth, texture and dramatic accents to your home interior. Choose bright colors and bold patterns to add life to an otherwise boring couch or lounge chair. Add a colorful floral pattern to your stiff classical furniture to add a dash of the earth's warmth. Bold patterns always look dramatic against plain fabrics and surfaces.
For every two patterned pillows, throw in a plain pillow to break the pattern. Too much pattern can become tiring on the eye.
Light's subtle message
Interior lighting can work pure wonders. Whether you want to create atmosphere or attract attention to a piece of artwork or special piece of furniture, the type of lighting effect you choose will make all the difference.
Consider having two lighting options in your home. First, create a lighting design to suit your own practical needs when in the house alone. For example, when you are cleaning or reading you'll need a large bright central ceiling light. But this isn't appropriate when you have friends over. As a second lighting option create 'entertainment lighting' by choosing subtle small lights that you may hang behind or above furniture or on a side table or in the base of an indoor potted plant.
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Mirrors do two things. They create the illusion of extra space and they reflect scenes. The secret to hanging a mirror is to know just that. In a cramped room a strategically placed mirror could offer you the extra space you thought only remodeling would do. Always hand a mirror opposite things you want to see more of: opposite a piece of artwork, or window, or indoor plant.
Fresh flower power
Fresh flowers (or even good artificial ones) in a room can bring inside all the freshness of the outside world and literally transform a room. Match flowers with the colors of you accessories. Or place them on a table in front of a mirror.
The incandescent radiance of candles
Candles, whether lit or unlit, make the great final touch to your home. Use scented candles in the bathroom and votive candles to add that decorative touch to a formal dinner.
Feng Shui Tips For Your Home
By: Thomas T
Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of living in harmony with your environment. When you live in harmony with the space around you, the natural energy that all things are made of flows easily and can help to bring peace and tranquility into your life. Here are some Feng Shui tips to help you determine the important areas of your home.
Each area of your home has its own energy; some spaces are more significant than others simply because of the amount of time spent in the room. One of the most important rooms in your home is your bedroom. This should be a place of restful energy; where you can renew and nurture your mind and body.
The front door to your home is very important as well. This is the gateway between the world outside and your private world. The positioning of the main door of your house can determine the fortune of those who live within.
The hallway in your home is significant, as it is the path of transition to other areas. Halls should be wide and either have a skylight or other means of lighting at all times.
Your kitchen is not the most important area of your house. but it does have some significance. The area in which your kitchen is located can determine how much mishap you may have in your home. In addition, the kitchen should not be very visible upon entering your home.
Ceilings should be flat with little to no sloping. A ceiling that is not flat disrupts the airflow and may add to sleep problems.
Another important Feng Shui tip is that your floors should be level. The material a floor is made of is not as important as being level and the color of the carpet in the room. Something as simple as the color of the carpet can affect the energy of the room.
Among the most important of Feng Shui tips for your home are things that you should avoid. You do not want your home to be located in an area with a high level of noise. This could include being near a freeway, rail tracks, or on a busy city street.
The interior and exterior of your home should also be free of any type of hazardous materials, including toxic mold, as well as disruptive influences, such as electro magnetic fields.
Using some of these Feng Shui tips for your home will almost certainly have a noticeable affect on your life.
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