Showing posts with label home decoration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home decoration. Show all posts

Friday, April 2, 2010

Festive Ideas for an Easter Breakfast

For a spring look: cress, narcissi, bread plait, fresh orange juice in tall glasses, baked Easter bunnies and green-coloured eggs.

A wreath of narcissi, hay and twigs.

Easter garden bunnies to keep the Easter spirit everywhere.

A tray full of Easter products for a quality Easter breakfast delivery service.

Easter Sunday is packed with activities. There's the early morning church service, a mid-morning Easter egg hunt, late-day family gatherings and visits in between.
The day off can be started right with one of the above-mentioned breakfast ideas to suit both style and Easter elegance.

Cool Ideas for Easter Home Decor

Easter is a major festival of Christians. It is observed to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Since this festival has a lot of significance, it undoubtedly calls for some special celebration. Now when the talk is about Easter celebration, the first thing that strikes our mind is decoration. Easter decoration is a very comprehensive term that encompasses activities to embellish the entire house.

Here are some ideas regarding decorations for Easter that will truly adorn your sweet home and make it look more beautiful:

* Prepare invitations for the party. Give a personal touch to the invitation card. Do not forget to write a personalized message on it.
* Place a banner saying," the bunny loves you" on the main entrance. It will look really cute.
* Easter bunnies add on to the look of the bedroom. So place lots of colourful stuffed bunnies in different corners.
* Easter table decoration is incomplete without a beautifully decorated Easter basket. Stock it with some jellybeans and chocolate bunny rabbits and place it in the centre of the table.
* Shop for Easter-coloured bed sheets and table covers maintaining the Easter theme. You can buy things in prints of bunnies, Easter eggs, hot cross buns or else some beautiful motif lilies.
In the drawing room, place a flower vase and fill it up with fresh lilies. Tulips can be a great alternative.
* Paint Easter eggs, using different Easter colour tissues and place them in a bowl.
* Use your creative imagination and add on some beautification effects to the food. Cook some nice yummy dishes for your guests like chocolate bunny cookies.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Romantic Deco: Four-poster Beds

A four-poster bed is a large bed with posts at the four corners to support a frame for curtains, used especially in former times. They are thought of as very special and romantic, and are often put in honeymoon suites in hotels.
Apart from four-poster beds, a gorgeous honeymoon suite also offers champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries and breakfast in bed. Breathtaking honeymoon suites also feature beautiful views and impeccable service.
Four-poster beds are also common features in romantic bedrooms for teenage girls.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Tips For Romantic Bedroom Decoration

Romantic Bedroom Decoration is usually related with honeymoon, newly marriage couple or young couple. But every couple in the world deserve to have a Romantic Bedroom Decoration in their house if they are really love each other. You bedroom as the most private room for you and your mate should have a special decoration. You do not have to hire some good designer to do this, just try it yourself to make some necessary changes on your bedroom. Let's get started:

Romantic Bedroom Paint And Wallpaper

Try to pick some soft colour which can give you and your mate an intimacy impression. People usually think of pink if they want to have a Romantic Bedroom Decoration. You can choose pink but you can also choose another colour which you think can give a romantic atmosphere such as soft yellow, soft blue or white. You can also try to combine some of these colours to make your bedroom look more romantic if you like to.

Bedroom Curtain and Gordyn

Try to put some romantic curtain or Gordyn for your bedroom to give it a more romantic impression. Do not overcrowd your bedroom with curtains. You must pick the right colour for the curtain and gordyn so it will match with your wall paint. You can also choose a delicate flower pattern for your bedroom curtain or gordyn.

Bed Sheet And Bed Cover

The next step is changing your Bed Sheet or Bed Cover. Just choose the best suitable colour and pattern that match the Bedroom Wall Paint and Bedroom Curtain.

Bedroom Candles And Lighting

Romantic Bedroom Decoration also can be created by adding some candles in your bedroom or use some obscure lighting. Adding candles in the bedroom will absolutely create a very romantic impression inside your bedroom. Just try to put the candles around and do not forget to put them wisely because candles can also be dangerous if are not careful with them.

Flower And Accessories

The presence of flowers in the bedroom will make more intensify the romantic situation. You can also add some other romantic accessories inside your bedroom but you have to remember not to put too many accessories which make your bedroom feel crowded.

Music And Aromatherapy

Slow music and nice aromatherapy oil smell will surely make your bedroom more romantic and cozy.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Home Decoration: The Georgian Style

George I (1660-1727)was the king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 until his death. He was born in Germany, and spent most of his time there, and never learned to speak English. This made him unpopular, and his lack of interest in government led to Britain having its Prime Minister.

The Georgian style

The period we know as the Georgian style (named after the English king George I) has had a significant influence on almost all other furnishing styles.
It was actually a combination of a number of other styles, such as rococo (lots of scrolls, flowers, ribbons - a particular favourite of the French). Rich young Englishmen did the 'Grand Tour' where they travelled in Italy visiting all the ancient and culturally fashionable towns. This in turn influenced English architecture (they especially admired the work of Palladio), which then went on to influence the fashions in North America.
The people of the time were just like us - they wanted to keep warm, and have as much light as possible in their rooms. Warmth was provided by fires, so they concentrated on making attractive fireplaces. Light came from windows, and so they built their houses with large windows. Mirrors reflect light, so they included mirrors in their decoration.
Another reason why Georgian style has lasted and had so much influence was the beauty of its furniture. Furniture designers such as Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite have had a lasting effect on furniture ideas and designs.
Georgian interiors put great emphasis on wall decoration. The wall panels were made of wood which was left in its natural state and stained, or painted. They were very keen on paintings, and the generous size of the wall panels allowed them to hang quite large paintings without them looking out of place. Floors were usually wood planks which were waxed, and often covered by area or oriental rugs. If the owners wanted to show their grandeur, they would have the floor of a hall or large room laid with marble or stone.
As regards fabrics, the key to the Georgian style is co-ordination. They made sure that everything blended together and that nothing was out of place. They used many of the popular fabrics of the time, such as damask, chintz, silk and velvet.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

British Designers: Laura Ashley

Wallpaper by Laura Ashley

The Ashley Look

Portobello by Laura Ashley

Laura Ashley (1925-85) was a Welsh designer of flowery dress materials, wallpaper and clothes who started the company called Laura Ashley in the 1960s. Laura Ashley is a shop that sells women's clothes, as well as things for decorating the home, such as curtains, wallpaper, and material for covering chairs. Laura Ashley materials are usually made of cotton and have delicate patterns with small flowers , and are often similar to clothes worn by people who lived in the countryside in the past. It became common to speak of a "Laura Ashley look," a term applied to her garments, fabrics, and interior designs and even to the appearance of the young, expressionless, fresh-faced women who modelled her clothes. In 1985, on her 60th birthday, while she was visiting her children in the UK, Laura fell down the stairs and was taken to hospital in Coventry, West Midlands; she died 10 days later. She is buried in the churchyard of St John the Baptist, in Carno, Powys, Wales.