The tropical look provides an island retreat awaiting you as you walk through the front door. Close your eyes and imagine the colors you’d see walking along the shore of an island paradise. Use soothing blues and white to reflect a glorious sky, lush greens, and earthy neutrals like beige, cream and brown to represent a sandy surf. Accent colors include reds, corals and other hues that remind one of tropical flora. Be environmentally conscious and fashionable when purchasing your floor covering. Sisal and jute rugs woven from natural fibers …
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Home Decorating Ideas
Apartment Decorating In today’s economy everybody is spending less, but wanting more. So how can you get your apartment to have that “Designer look” for less? First, DIY or Do it yourself. You can save tons of money with your home decorating projects if you can do it yourself. Visit your local book stores or library and you’ll see hundreds of books on home decorating ideas and do-it-yourself projects. Start collecting design magazines and clip out the pictures of rooms you like. Study your pictures, observe the different architectural features …
Home Decorating – the Transitional Look
There are those that fight straight tradition and eschew the trendiest of the trendy. They prefer to be free of the tethers that define country style. For these unique souls, there is one place to flee for creative sanctuary—the diverse furniture style known as Transitional. The label “transitional” can cause confusion for some. Transitional walks the line between traditional and contemporary furniture, with lines that are less ornate than traditional styles but not as severely basic as contemporary lines. Consequently, transitional furniture is no single extreme, but a harmonic blend …