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Breakfast bars seem to be all the rage. One of the best ways to build a breakfast bar can be to use older cabinets that have been removed from other areas or were purchased at a yard sale. Building a breakfast bar can be easy, cheap, and fun if you tackle it from a common sense point of view.

A breakfast bar is a very convenient thing to have in your kitchen or dining area. Building a breakfast bar from cabinets is handier still since you have some storage area beneath it. Read the rest of this entry »

The idea behind rustic decorating is to bring the outdoors into your living space. Most people want that, hunting lodge, cabin in the woods, feel when they opt for the rustic decorating theme. Read the rest of this entry »

All of the rage a few years ago, southwest styles for your home. Lately you don’t read a great deal about it, but the truth is that if you really want something warm and inviting, easy care and easy living, southwest style is for you.

Not to mention Southwest decorating has become a bit less common lately so frankly, if you like to be unique, then probably Southwest style is going to be right up your alley so to speak. Read the rest of this entry »

What is Tuscan Decor?
Before you can get a real grip on the style, getting a handle on the atmosphere is a necessity.
Tuscany, home to multiple outdoor styles of living, situated in Italy, is afree and easy lifestyle. Its home to vineyards and some of the best wines that are available in the world. The area is populated with centuries old farm houses and chickens that have the run of the place, laying their eggs on sun warmed ground. Read the rest of this entry »

Stained glass is among the most lovely of home accessories and can easily be accomplished in your own home using just craft and hobby supplies that you find at such stores as Hobby Lobby or Joann Fabrics. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the easist crafts we’ve ever done for the holidays is this no sew banner made of felt sheeting, available from any craft supply or fabric store. Read the rest of this entry »

Stenciling is one of the best ways that you can change the way a room looks, what the theme is or simply add some visual interest to a plain room. Using stencils to decorate is cost efficient, time efficient and doesn’t take much in the way of artistic talent so long as you have the general methods down. Read the rest of this entry »

From wikihow comes this wooden bed frame. Having not built one before I needed some directions to accomplish one for a spare room. Rather than spend the money to purchase one, I found this which told me how to build a bed frame cheaply. I’ve not been able to find a bed frame yet that was built more quickly or more sturdily. Until we do, we’ll use this one gladly.
Bed frames can be remarkably expensive.
Building a bed frame like this isn’t expensive and doesn’t take a lot of time. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve all seen those lovely breakfast bars and likely thought we’d love to have one. The cost of a nice breakfast bar is something we’d rather not deal with however and so we don’t bother with it.

You can build a breakfast bar for your kitchen or dining room for far less than you might imagine if you plan it carefully and use a little ingenuity. Read the rest of this entry »

Early 1800′s saw some very rich wallpapers being made in France and sent to America.
Only the very wealthy could afford them, so it wasn’t long before artists who could make those scenes from the costly papers were on the scene mimicing the paintings and scenes from the wallpapers.
Mural painting on walls was born and it was a very lucrative way to make a living back then.
In reality it still is today. Read the rest of this entry »

Borders have been used in decorating for many reasons, usually to define a pattern on your wall, to delineate the top from the bottom part of the wall, or in some cases to bring out a color that is being used to highlight your room.

Stenciling and freehand painting was very important to the early decorators because often it was the only decorating they could afford.

Wall covering as a design element did not make an appearance in decorators’ palettes until the late 1700’s–and even then its cost limited its use to only the wealthiest households. For this reason, stenciling and freehand painting was often the only real decorating that took place. Read the rest of this entry »