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Ideas for Sprucing Up Your Decor with Ribbon

Normally, when you want to update your home’s look you would paint and change out your pillows, throw blankets, and update your accessories. If you have already taken these steps and still feel your home needs a little something more, you should try adding ribbon to your decorating scheme. Here are some ideas for using ribbon that will make a big impact with little money. Hang ribbon behind decorative plates. Tie together a series of decorative plates by hanging a ribbon on the wall vertically. Make a bow at the top and let a long piece hang down. Arrange your … Continue reading →

Spruce Up Boring Walls with Wallpaper

If you find that your walls are a bit boring and you don’t know what to hang to make them pop, consider wall paper. I am not talking about picking wallpaper an entire wall or room. That could easily leave your room dated. Instead, I am talking about using wallpaper as art. To decorate your walls with wallpaper, go to the local home decorating or home crafts store and purchase a few large frames. The frames should include glass and backing. Next, got to a paint supply store that sells wallpaper, and go through their sale bins. You will be … Continue reading →

More Ways to Save and Benefits of Living on One Income

Yesterday we looked at some ways to save money while living on one income. Here are some more benefits of living on one income and ways to save money. Buy generic products. This might include pharmaceuticals which are often cheaper than the brand names as well as grocery items. Just a word of caution on this: If you or your spouse is watching your weight, sometimes the generic product has a higher calorie or sugar content, so check labels carefully. It’s really a bit of trial and error. We buy a lot of generic products but on some, I definitely … Continue reading →

Being Creative with Curtains

Curtains aren’t just for windows. They never were. Traditionally curtains have been used in doorways for privacy and warmth as well as in bedrooms to screen the bed. Some of these old traditions can be used as modern decor ideas. Curtains are very useful in the doorways of formal rooms. For example, if you have a formal living room and dining room that simply have a door way open to the hall, you can easily hang a curtain in that doorway. You will need to find or make a curtain that is the same on both sides or you can … Continue reading →

Creating Custom Curtains from Store Bought

Everyone wants that custom curtain look, but the cost of custom curtains can be quite prohibitive. But what do you do when your home has windows that don’t fit store bought curtains? Well, you need to do a bit of adustment. Many new homes for example, boast soaring ceilings, but standard curtian sizes have not caught up to the new lenghts. In cases, you can avoid the high cost of customization by adding more length to the curtian. I like to take the curtain panel to the fabric store and peruse the designer fabric for something that coordinates with it. … Continue reading →

Sophistication is All In The SUBTLE Details

When decorating, it is often said that it is “all in the details”. When aiming for a sense of sophistication, it is all in the SUBTLE details. Let’s start with stripes. They work well in any decor theme from casual to contemporary to classic, but when aiming for a sophisticated feel, the best kind of stripes are the ones that are barely there. This can be accomplished by painting the wall your chosen color and then taping off the wall to create your stripes. Instead of adding a second color for the stripe, you can instead add clear glaze, creating … Continue reading →

Inexpensive Home Decorating Ideas

Decorating your home is a very individual thing. When money is tight decorating becomes more of a challenge but far from impossible. Some of the things we have tried in past times were using photographs and pictures from calendars. Framing them in inexpensive frames and grouping them together as a display. Gift wrapping paper can also be used the same way. Select papers that complement each in design and color. Frame them and then arrange in a diamond pattern or some other interesting combination one wall. Stencils are another inexpensive way of brightening up a home and relatively inexpensive and … Continue reading →