Read Carol’s InfoBarrel article for ideas about decorating the bathroomDecorating the bathroom can create fresh newness and add a beautiful touch. The simplest things to do to add some newness are changing towels, window treatments, and shower curtains. Be creative with paint and creating new décor out of old furnishings. You can easily coordinate while staying on a budget.
A door hidden within the furnishings creates a beautiful decor as well as a secret passage way. Ever dream of having a covert passage to a hidden room where no one can find you? By melding the ugly door in the center of the room into the decor one can have access to another room or closet that has been creatively hidden away.
Challenges abound when you have a small space or small rooms, and where to place your office furniture? It is important to think outside of the box sometimes and get creative with unique decor and furnishings in order to create a comfortable place to live and work in.
Read my @coldwellbanker article for great home office #decor tips @CBtweet #SeizeTheDayBy decorating
Most think of ugly panels topping a home but solar power can now be seamlessly blended with an abodes appearance in a decorative touch removing the industrialized appearance aspect from affecting one’s choice to go solar.
Read my #solar decorating article on @Medium for great ideas #MotivationMonday #decor
With the chill in the air comes the excitement of decorating the abode to welcome guests for holiday cheer. Picture postcards and classic holiday movies showcase snow covered streets and Victorian houses dressed in their holiday finest.
Read Carol’s Coldwell Banker article to learn how to decorate optimizing spaceNYC home decorating can often be challenging when you are paying top dollar and every square foot counts as needed living space. But, with creativity and sleight of hand, like magic, you can have room to relax and a place to store away necessities.
Often having a home in the Big Apple means trading elements of suburban living, such as a cozy fireplace, for the excitement of the city of lights. With these fireplace alternatives, those living in the city can enjoy some decor radiance.
The season of fall is here in full bloom of mums waiting to add lovely color to the Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays of the season. Beautiful mums look lovely sitting in their pots on porches and door steps as well as inside as centerpieces on tables. They will add the wonderful colors of fall adorning the fireplace hearth as well. These flowers are also perfect to use in a fun project crafting lovely pumpkin decor ready to dress up the decor in celebration of the jovial fall holidays.
Floral Pumpkin DIY Decor
For this Halloween have fun incorporating seasonal flowers into holiday décor by creating a floral pumpkin. Floral pumpkins are a stylish and spooky way to dress up the abode for Halloween. Make this into a fun family activity. When guests see your creations they will be dying to know how you made them.
Simply follow an easy tutorial in order to create your own beautiful floral pumpkin decor. With just some few easily acquired materials one can craft a create pumpkin designed from fresh mums to adorn the abode in celebration of the fall season and holiday entertainment.
Materials:
Small, medium or large floral Oasis brand spheres (can be purchased at your local craft store)
Clippers or scissors
Tub of cool water
Brown paper bag
Sewing pins
1 bunch Burgundy Mums, opened
1 bunch of Rust Mums, opened
1 bunch of Yellow Mums, opened
Steps
Take the Oasis spheres specifically made for floral designing and soak the green floral spheres in cool water for 15 to 20 minutes.
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The lovely mums should be open, no closed buds, to make the most beautiful statement. Snip off the blooms leaving half an inch of stem.
Pumpkins can be formed using one color or blending the colorful mums. Plunge the stem into the sphere and work your way around the ball until it the sphere is completely covered.
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Once the floral sphere is finished it is time to create a Pumpkin stem. Take a bit of a common brown paper bag and twist into a tight cylinder working one end quite tightly. Simply pin the “stem” to the top so that the pins are hidden beneath flowers.
Now it is time to display the lovely creations for everyone to ooh and aah. Place your “pumpkins” on a dish or decorative platter. The flower pumpkins should stay looking fresh for three to four days.
Take pleasure in the fun creating and enjoying the seasonal beauty and amusement. Have the family join in crafting the beautiful floral decor or make it an evening of pleasurable crafting with friends adding some wine and cheese. Dress up tables, chests and hearths with the homemade floral embellished mum pumpkins.
Enjoy the fun of decorating for the Fall holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving. Take a sip of some apple cider and never be afraid to dance!
Decorating the bathroom can create fresh newness and add a beautiful touch. The simplest things to do to add some newness are changing towels, window treatments, and shower curtains. Be creative with paint and creating new décor out of old furnishings. You can easily coordinate while staying on a budget.
