Sunday, October 21, 2018
5 Creative Household Pillowcase Hacks
Sunday, September 16, 2018
5 Items for the Home to Ward off Evil Spirits
O.k. not really, but just in case here's a review of items for the home that are said to protect your humble abode from all things evil.
1. Horseshoe Home Décor Accessories
When it comes to protecting your home, the best place to put a horseshoe is on your front door as a door knocker. However, if you're unable to place it on the door, go ahead and place them inside your home. A horseshoe in the home is said to attract good fortune, and in doing so, evil gets knocked on it's butt. Some people believe it's better luck to hang the horseshoe with the ends pointing up so that all the good energy has a place to pool inside the horseshoe.
2. Use Cinnamon Scents in Home
Did you know that Cinnamon is associated with prosperity. Besides baking, you can incorporate cinnamon in your home using cinnamon oil or cinnamon sticks. During the holiday season include cinnamon scented pine cones in a center piece, or decorate using cinnamon sticks in wreaths. Place cinnamon Crystal Allies Materials: 1lb Bulk Rough Black Tourmaline Crystals from Brazil - Large Raw Natural Stones Reiki Crystal sticks in all your wreaths. If you don't want to see the sticks, simply tuck them in so they're not visible.
3. Feature a Rosemary Wreath
For those who enjoy the history of witches, witches believed that hanging rosemary on your front door would ward off burglars and intruders. It was also used as a way to rid a room of illness during the time of the plague. If nothing else at all, between the rosemary and cinnamon in your wreaths, your home will smell lovely.
4. Display Gemstones Throughout Your Home
The topic of gemstones is a rather in-depth one. Feature in a centerpiece or in a lovely decorative bowl the following gemstones to ward off bad energy: Tourmaline, Agate, Emerald, Labradorite, Black Onyx, Peridot and Emerald. If you need to pick one, choose Tourmaline as it's said to be the most effective for dark energy.
5. Smudge Your Home With Sage
I know a few people who do this in their home. It's derived from the Native American belief that the smoke from sage will cleanse a space and clear negative stagnant energy. Spread the sage clockwise around your home and while doing so, visualize positive intentions as you clear every room. Reiki Practitioners are known to clear the energy in their home or office with Sage after a session with a client. It clears the energy for the next client so their treatment can begin anew from a cleansed room.
Sunday, September 2, 2018
How to Position Twin Beds to Create Separate Areas in a Room
The standard room layout for twin beds, is to place them side by side with a nightstand in-between.
However, there are creative ways to define areas in a shared room.
Below are three typical bedroom shapes you'll find in most homes: Rectangular, Square and L-Shaped.
Furnishings for a room with twin beds tend to be two beds, two nightstands, two desks, one or two dressers and or storage trunks and accessories.
Tip: If the room has a decent sized walk-in closet, put the dressers inside of it. You can place dressers under a section of clothes, and use the area above the dresser to hang smaller items.
1. Suggested Layout for Twin Beds in an L-Shaped Bedroom:
An L-Shaped room is the easiest floor plan to distinguish separate sleeping areas.
This floor plan makes the twin beds appear almost hidden to each other. Both areas have a nightstand, a desk and in this design a shared dresser. Again, if possible, put the dresser in the closet.
Floor Plan Layout by Funkthishouse |
2. Suggested Layout for Twin Beds in a Rectangular Shaped Bedroom:
With a rectangular shaped room the tendency is to assume the beds have to be positioned side-by-side. That's absolutely not the case.
If the room is narrow, and doesn't allow for a lot of furniture, then use twin sized beds with drawers built in the bottom. That way you've eliminated the need for a dresser. Or again, if there's a walk-in closet, put the dresser in the closet.
When space is very tight, choose beds with built-in drawers. Here are a few examples:
Remember, if you decide to get beds with drawers, a nightstand positioned incorrectly can block the opening of those drawers. Twin beds with storage can also come in a large number of designs including some with storage in the headboard. If the headboard doesn't offer built-in lights, add creative strip lighting.
Floor Plan Layout by Funkthishouse.com |
3. Suggested Layout for Twin Beds in a Square Shaped Room:
This layout will depend upon where the doors and windows are positioned in the room. However, you can still create defined areas by thinking outside the box.
In a square room, our design instinct is to place twin beds side-by-side. But don't let that thinking stop you from setting up defined areas. Even square rooms can have separate areas for twin beds.
In the floor plan below you'll notice the room was split in half. The position of the main door allowed for that. Essentially one half of the room is allocated to one twin bed area and the other half for the second bed.
In this design there wasn't room for a dresser, but as mentioned above, there are multiple ways to accommodate storage. Here you'll see a storage trunk at the end of each of the beds. The beds can have drawers, or a dresser can go inside of a large closet.
Floor Plan Layout by Funkthishouse.com |
BONUS TIP: Small Bedrooms and Selling Your Home
During my real estate years frequent comments were about bedroom size. Most people feel that an empty room is larger than a furnished room. It isn't.
An empty room looks small.
People tend to need a visual to gage what will fit into a space. If the room is small, use bed and wall storage to illustrate how efficient the space can be.
Measurements to give you a sense of bed sizes and space:
- Standard king size beds measure 76 inches wide by 80 inches long. (6.33ft by 6.66ft)
- California king size beds measure 72 inches wide by 84 inches long. (6ft by 7ft)
- Standard queen size beds measure 60 inches wide by 80 inches long. (5ft by 6.66ft)
- California queen size beds measure 60 inches wide by 84 inches long. (5ft by 7ft)
- Standard double size beds measure 54 inches wide by 75 inches long. (4ft by 6.25ft)
- Standard twin size beds measure 39 inches wide by 75 inches long (3.29ft by 6.25ft)
- Extra long twin size beds measure 39 inches wide by 80 inches long. (3.29ft by 6.66ft)
Sunday, August 12, 2018
How to Get Your Bed to Look Like a Professional Decorator Made It
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If we're being honest, we tend to keep our Comforter/Duvet Sets for much too long without changing them. When we're stuck with the same bedding, we're stuck with the same drab look.
Beyond the bedding color, pattern and design, there are certain items that can give your bedroom a pick-me-up.
Below are a list of basic items or variations of them that you'll need in order for your bed to look like a high priced decorator assembled it.
Duvets Versus Comforters - Which One is Better?
With a Duvet, you buy the fluffy insert separately and it's the quality fluffiness that gives your bed it's professional look. The benefit of buying an insert separately is that you can choose one that's long lasting and of higher quality: The higher the quality the longer it will stay fluffy.
Since it's an insert, you can change the actual duvet cover, and thus the look of your room, anytime you want.
Next you'll want duvet clips to secure the Insert to the Cover so it's free of lumps, bumps and wrinkles.
Comforters are all-in-ones, in that the comforter and insert are one piece thus eliminating the need to buy an insert or duvet clips. Also, they usually come with pillowcases, a comforter, a bed skirt and sometimes bed sheets.
However, the downside to a comforter is that if the quality is lower (and many times they can be), it will lose it's fluffiness and start to look flat on the bed (like a bed sheet does).
Here's an 8 Piece COMFORTER Set (Not a Duvet Set) Rochelle Pinched Pleat Gray Comforter Set Queen
A flat comforter will take away from that professional look you're going for, unless of course you're aiming for a simple almost Japanese look to your room.
Pillows Finish the Bed's Look:
Have you noticed that a bed with a duvet or comforter looks decoratively unfinished with only two pillows on the bed? Especially on a king size bed.
To give a bed that professional decorator look, you'll want to have at least four standard or king size pillows, and then finish the pillow-look with a few decorator pillows.
Bolsters also work. They're a long oval pillow you can use against the bed frame or the wall for the other pillows to lean against.
They do exactly what their name says, 'they bolster' the pillows in front so you have a fuller look of pillows on the bed. If you don't have a bed frame, they're also a way to get pillows off the wall. However, even if I have a bolster, and I do, I still use 4 pillows.
Make sure the pillows are fluffy as well. Flat, over-used pillows will make the bed look drab. So if your pillows aren't fluffy and you can't go out and buy more, put two old pillows, or even three old pillows inside one pillowcase. I've done this several times and it works well.
I've overstuffed the pillowcases at the back, and put two new fluffy pillows at the front. That way I only had to buy two new pillows instead of four, saving a bit of cash while still maintaining that fluffy full look.
Either they can exactly match the duvet or they can be complimentary in pattern and color to the duvet.
Bed Sheets - They Don't Have to Match the Duvet or Comforter
This is misunderstood by many bed makers.
If you already own bedsheets that are complimentary to the duvet/comforter set you purchased, then use them!
That way you can focus on buying the most important elements to making your bed look professional: A high quality duvet insert, duvet clips and at least four pillows, decorator cushions and a bed skirt if you don't already have one.
Use an existing bed skirt if you have one that's complimentary! Again, it doesn't have to match exactly.
- You have your fluffy bedding - either a comforter set or a duvet set with a quality insert and duvet clips
- You've got a bed skirt to hide the box spring
- You've got at least four standard (or King) pillows and a couple of decorative pillows.
However, Making the Bed is Where it Will Get that Final Professional Look:
- Fold down the top part of the duvet so the reverse side is showing by about six to twelve inches. You can even fold it down a couple of feet if you have a lot of pillows and you want some of the bed sheets exposed because of their design and quality. However, the standard fold down of the top portion of the duvet/comforter is about one foot.
- Pull the wrinkles out of the comforter/duvet
- Make sure the comforter/duvet is even all the way around
- Details matter, don't let the bed sheets hang past the duvet cover/comforter on the sides or ends. If they're too long, tuck them in
There you have it! Think fluffy and you'll nail it.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Egyptian Cotton Sheets Really Are THAT Awesome!
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The wrinkles really don't bother me. Of course I googled how to get the wrinkles out, but have no intention of doing any of the suggestions. For my taste, they really don't wrinkle enough to worry about it.
So in summary, all the hype you've heard about 1000 Thread Count Egyptian Sheets, in my opinion, is justified; total comfort!
Friday, June 8, 2018
Best Way to Line Kitchen Cabinets and Drawers - Con-Tact Brand Paper
Cabinet & Drawers I Covered in My Daughters New Home
Con-Tact® Brand Creative Covering Adhesive Shelf Liner in White Marble
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How to Lay Contact Paper
How to Lay Contact Paper in Cabinets
How to Lay Contact Paper in Drawers
How to Lay Contact Paper on Shelves
How to Lay Contact Paper in Deep Cabinets
Benefits of Contact Paper
- Adheres to a just about Any Surface
- Gives a Clean, Non-Toxic Surface to Cabinets & Shelves
- Wipes Clean with a Damp Cloth
- 100% Vinyl
- Easily Removable (so you won't lose your rental deposit)
- Thick Paper Surface that Won't easily Rip or Tear during normal use
- Lasts for Years (even decades, if desired)
- Comes in a Variety of Designs & Colors, including clear
How Much Contact Paper is Needed
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Sunday, May 20, 2018
How to Use Color on the Walls or Ceiling in an Open Concept Room
Notice the Kitchen Ceiling is in the Same Color Family as the Walls Outside of the Kitchen Area
They've provided Continuity by Bringing the Main Room Colors into the Kitchen Design
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Here are Three Tips to Review:
1. Choose Your "Neutral Color" and Use it On All the Rooms that Open to Each Other
A neutral color shouldn't be white, beige, gray, or tan. We think of ' light ' colors when we think about a neutral color. However, your neutral color can also be bold.
The main tip in choosing your base color is to use it on all the rooms that flow together in an open area.
Once you've established your base neutral, you're free to create separations in the space using elements or furnishings in the room.
For example, if a living room opens up to the kitchen, establish your base color for the walls in both rooms, then define the spaces using color in other décor aspects. The couches could be lighter and more neutral with darker walls, while the countertops could be darker if the kitchen cupboards were lighter.
Once you establish a base color for the walls and floors, the rest of the room becomes an effort to match and bind the elements together.
Notice the Wall Color Between the Two Spaces is the Same
Check out the Ceilings - Because of the Dividing White Beam, a Different Ceiling Color Works
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If choosing just one color flowing between your open space rooms is not to your liking, consider choosing colors in the same tones.
For example, choose a darker shade of a particular color for one aspect of the room and a lighter shade of the same color for the other open area.
Remember the ceiling. Rather than going with a standard white ceiling, depending on the design of your room, you could use an even lighter shade of your chosen color for the ceiling.
As an example, in a living room kitchen combined space, you could use a dark grey for the living room walls and two shades down for the kitchen color. For the shared ceiling between the two spaces, bring the grey even lighter, perhaps four shades down from the darkest shade you've selected. With this example, you've stayed in the grey family, yet provided distinctive color differences between the two rooms and tied them together using the ceiling.With a cohesive floor and ceiling flowing through the space, walls in the same tone but different in shade still work nicely without leaving one feeling overwhelmed.
This Design Opens to Several Rooms
They've used Various Shades in the Same Color Temperature to Create Cohesiveness and Separation - Photo Via Pixabay |
One of the difficult things people find about an open-concept space is that the rooms are available to each other.
In other words, a room is open to another yet not visible from every angle, and thus, you're still determining if it's considered a separate space.
The solution to this is 'Sightlines". Stand in a room, determine what other rooms can be seen when you're in it, and repeat this for all rooms. If there's an open connection to another room, you must be cognizant of color flow.
If you're standing in a room and the only way you can see another room is through a door, that doesn't count as 'open to the other space.' It doesn't mean you should go hog-wild with color differentials; it merely means you're not obligated to consider the flow as carefully as you would with adjoining rooms.
The bottom line is don't be afraid of color. Take your time to determine how your rooms connect, then decide what system works best for your open-concept spaces, such as one color connecting all walls or shades in the same family.
Sunday, May 6, 2018
8 Creative Flower Planter Ideas for Inside or Outside
Have a lot of broken down cars? Or just one?
There it is, a car planter, with the body as Art
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A Large Cup of Flowers |
Sunday, April 22, 2018
3 Easy Ways to Cover Wall Imperfections Without Painting
In fact, if the walls have apparent marks or flaws to cover, then a durable wallpaper, like Grass Cloth, should be considered.
You can get any pattern, scenery, or design in vinyl or paper, creating virtually any artistic look you want.
Getting started is the hardest part. Look around your room and decide what design would look best on your wall: geometric, bricks, or wood ... and then find the look you want in easy-to-install faux art.
Put up the drapery rod and add the artistic scenery drapes to cover your wall, floor-to-ceiling, and wall-to-wall, and you've solved your problem! Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Three Unique Kids Bedroom Decor Ideas - Unconventional, Practical and Fun
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Today there are an endless supply of wall decals to choose from. Decorating unconventionally is much easier these days than it was twenty or so years ago.
Zip Up Bedding |
Zip-Up bedding is perfect for kids who don't like to make their beds.
If you're tired of going into a room with a messy bed, then get the kids zip-up bedding. They're easier on mom or dad, as the kids can easily do their own beds.
Zip bedding is also an option for kids who may fall out of bed or who tend to kick the covers off at night.
Hard to make beds like Bunks or Lofts are an ideal choice for zip up bedding. The top sheet and fitted sheet are joined together making them easy to go on and off as one piece. You never have to worry about tucking sheets in, especially hard-to-get-at sides.
Since zip-up bedding comes in many designs and colors you can use them as the main bedding by just adding some decorative pillows, or put a comforter set over top. You could also fold a lovely comforter at the end of the bed making the designs in the zip-up sheets the main decorative print for the room.
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Five Easter Home Decor Ideas
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Let's review five Easter home décor ideas that are both traditional and unconventional.
1. Be Unconventional and Decorate a Dollhouse for Easter
Heads-up Grandparents, this is for you! Mom and Dad too of course. It's a great idea for parents (Grand and all) who don't have time to decorate the 'real' house for Easter.
Get a dollhouse and decorate it, it gives the kids something to play with and something to decorate.
Place the dollhouse in a central location, perhaps on a table in the foyer, and decorate it with Easter related characters, eggs, fun dollhouse lights, or have the kids make items for it. Get Easter cut-out books for the kids to decorate with, or just make décor items from scratch.
2. Decorate the Table for Easter
Our dining room table or kitchen table sits ready to be used as the focal point for the special occasions yet we tend to avoid using it.
The problem with using a table to decorate is ensuring it's still usable for eating. But hey, no problem, just keep it simple.
Cover your table(s) with an Easter themed tablecloth or Easter placemats and feature a lovely Easter centerpiece.
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3. Place Easter Bouquets or Easter Ornaments in the Main Rooms - Add an Easter Wreath
The easiest way to add a touch of Easter, is to include a bouquet or ornament in the room. You don't have to go with a standard flower bouquet (although that's always lovely) ... try an Easter egg tree or a lighted Easter display ornament.
Add an Easter wreath to the front door or add several inside the house. Place one or two in the foyer and of course find a place for one in the living or dining rooms. Again be sure to scroll down and view some examples.
4. Easter Wall Art - Add Fun Creative Pieces to the Wall for Spring
The nice thing about Easter wall art is that it works for both spring and summer. Get a piece or two and put it up in the foyer, living room or dining room for both seasons. You'll have Easter covered and the fun continues through all the warm weather.
5. Easter Pillows and Throw Blankets
The standard décor pieces for a seasonal change are pillows and blankets. They're easy to display and easy to put away. If you have pillow covers, you can just cover your existing pillows. That's a particularly popular way to change out pillows, as pillow liners are easy to store.
Changing your throws and pillows to pastels or soft tones also helps to lighten up a room giving it that fresh, airy appeal.
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Happy Easter :)
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