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Celebrating 4th of July with family and friends has always been a favorite and enjoyable activity for people of all ages. People just love to give their home a patriotic look, just like their clothes and food. The patriotic theme works as an up lifter of enthusiasm and fun during a July 4th party. So, this big once-in-a-year event deserves the perfect decorations! Make July 4th home decor heart touching that reflect respect and love for the country. Here are some useful tips and ideas for July 4th home decorations -Start it up with Patriotic Dining: Reflect your love on this day with patriotic eatables on dining table. You can use serve-ware with prints of American flag or in red, white and blue color combination. Patriotic table runners and chair covers can be used for table and chair decoration on Fourth of July.July 4th flower arrangement: Patriotic flower arrangements can be made that will really make your home look awesome. Decorate inside home with hanging plastic flowers, put red, white and blue combination of flowers in a flower pot with an American flag! Use Patriotic scented candles as centerpiece and put some red, white and blue flowers in bowls with water for more sparkling and patriotic look.July 4th decor: Other thing you can do is, decorate home with Fourth of July decorative items. Decorative pieces of patriotic figurines with American flag in their hands can be used to decorate corner table or center table. And bring some patriotic accessories in home like patriotic floral topiary and memorable statues.Give the room the essence of Red, White and Blue: For room decor, you can use pillows and throws covers to reflect Independence Day love. Cover your bed with white bed sheet and use pillow covers in red, white and blue color separately or mixture of that.Patriotic Wallpapers and Posters: Patriotic wallpapers and posters can add a finishing touch to July 4th decoration. Many wall art items are available for Fourth of July decoration like patriotic stars and stickers, pull down American flags and banners.Decorating Outdoors: For outdoor decoration, there are several options. A lot of things are available for July 4th outdoor decoration like patriotic figurine, patriotic Uncle Sam figurines, patriotic butterflies, patriotic wreath and patriotic doormats. A flowery wreath on the door will provide a graceful look. Lawn and fence decoration can be done through red, white and blue banners, bird houses, and lights.With these decoration tips, you can give your home the colors of Independence Day and can show patriotism in a sophisticated way. Many online stores like Lillian Vernon and Collections Etc are providing beautiful July 4th decor items at very affordable prices. With help of Lillian Vernon promotional codes and Collections Etc coupon codes, you can save additional money while shopping online.Happy 4th of July!!
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Thanksgiving is a time of year in which families from all across the nation gather together and enjoy the presence of each other and give thanks for the fact that we live in this great country and have the means with which to celebrate in this manner. It is a great time that is representative of the hand of friendship that was extended to us in the past and the season of harvest.Thanksgiving takes place during the autumn season, which makes it an ideal time to decorate in the splendid colors of fall. These colors are not the bright colors that represent spring and summer or the sparking colors that epitomize Christmas but the colors of nature once she has seasoned and matured a bit. The colors are nothing short of spectacular and provide an excellent palate upon which you can decorate your home.The leaves and foliage of fall make excellent arrangements and garlands. If you want to hold onto the look for years to come and incorporate them into your regular fall decorating rather than simply enjoying them for one Thanksgiving holiday there are plenty of excellent and life-like silk leaf garlands that will make excellent additions to your home decorating contributions. The better quality you find in these the more likely they are to stand up to years of service and storage. The same holds true with any imitation items you purchase. Better quality typically indicates a much longer shelf life. Fall fruits and vegetables also make excellent decorations when it comes to giving thanks and home decorating. In fact, the food from the harvest and the friendship of the Indians was the very reason for the first Thanksgiving why on earth shouldn’t it be included in your celebration of thanks? Wreathes in fall colors are another excellent idea for decorating your home for Thanksgiving. It makes all who enter feel welcome and it is appropriate for the season. There is no such thing in this day and age as an all season wreath though there are many that can be adjusted to meet the needs of each season with simple steps. A grapevine wreath is a good start and can easily have seasonal things tied or attached to it in order to experience greater longevity. Pilgrims also make an excellent addition to your Thanksgiving decorations. They were after all the original celebrants of this tradition that has become a holiday for this great nation. You can have your children help select or even make the pilgrims that you will be adding to your decorations as well as a handprint turkey or two. Not all home decorations need to be expensive or elegant. Sometimes the simplest decorations drawn by the hands of a child are the ones that make the most memorable impressions on friends and family alike.Cornucopias are another great centerpiece and decoration for the Thanksgiving holiday. Not everyone has a large enough dinner table to accommodate one of these but they also work well on a buffet, a hall table, and almost any other location your heart can desire and you can manage to fit it in.If all else fails however, the food for Thanksgiving is all the decorations that some at your table will need. Do not forget the meaning of this season a time to give thanks for all the blessings in your life and enjoy the food and the decorations but more importantly enjoy the friends and the family.
One of the for sure signs that the holidays are coming soon is the appearance of candy canes. Only one type of candy cane was in existence not too long ago. Everyone was familiar with the standard red and white striped peppermint treat.
Of course, candy canes were also used for decorations, mainly on the season’s Christmas tree, to be eaten after presents were opened Christmas morning. Now candy canes have many decorative uses away from the Christmas tree. They’re much more than just snacks now. We have listed a few of the finest ideas using candy canes for decorating.
1. A wreath made of candy canes will look great. A candy cane wreath for the front door of your home or office makes a refreshing change from the ordinary, wreath. The smallest candy canes are the best, since you can bunch and hook them together to get a circle going! Candy canes are also a great addition to a multi material wreath.
2. Use your candy canes to build a centerpiece. Desks and tables look much better with a few brightly colored candy canes around. Find a beautiful decorative jar and put a few candy canes in it for a centerpiece. Make sure to keep a few extras around, as they tend to disappear!
3. Add some decoration to your candy canes to create other adorable things. For example, make a reindeer simply by adding felt, glue, and googly eyes.
4. Use candy canes to make tree garland. You can do more with your candy cane tree decorations than just hang them from the bough of a Christmas tree. Take ribbons and several candy canes, and you can turn them into a festive garland for your holiday tree.
5. A gingerbread “Santa’s sleigh” won’t be complete without candy canes. They’ll make excellent rails for a miniature sleigh.
6. Use larger candy canes as aisle markers. Candy canes come in many sizes as well as flavors. Use some of the largest ones and decorate the sides of a hallway, a path outside, or and entranceway.
7. Add candy canes into the plan when you construct a gingerbread village. Candy canes can make great fences, lamp posts, and roadsides for your gingerbread village.
8. Greet your guests with a “Welcome Bowl”. Be sure to have a welcoming bowl full of small delicious candy canes made available to anyone coming into your home or office. People love the taste and you establish the friendly giving spirit of the season.
This list is by no means complete, and doesn’t go into the ways you can use candy cane patterns or artificial candy canes. There is a large place in any holdiay decorating plan for these treats.
Body:Most of our holiday decorating is usually centered around the main living areas of our home. Usually the living room and family rooms are the first areas to be decorated, and the many other rooms of the house often times go forgotten. Today, however, many homeowners are decorating other rooms of their home, in addition to the living room. Here are a few ideas to help you get started decorating some other rooms of your home:
Kitchen:While most people don’t have a lot of wall space in their kitchens due to cabinets and windows, there are certain things that can add a festive touch to this area of the house. If you have an open area above your cabinets, this might be a perfect spot for that Victorian sleigh and Santa Claus that you want to put out, but don’t want the children to play with. A beautiful holiday plate or bowl on a clear plastic plate stand would really dress up the back corner of the counter top, along with a coordinating holiday cookie jar. Trading out your normal kitchen towels and rugs for ones that coordinate with the rest of your holiday decorations as well as your table linens gives a unified look.
Four Season Porch or Sun Room:A sun room or porch is the perfect place for a lighted tree at night because all the windows make it very visible to the surrounding area. This is also the perfect place to get a little whimsical with your decorations, too. The children will love a bright tree and funky decorations. Perhaps you would prefer a country or historical décor in this room. Popcorn and cranberries strung on a green tree are a sensory pleasure. Whichever you choose, be sure to add all the small touches you like, this is an area where adding more clutter just makes the end result look better.
Bathrooms:Like the kitchen, trade your everyday towels and rugs for holiday linens. If you have room on your bathroom countertop or vanity, add a small, decorated topiary-type tree. Some Christmas hand soaps are a nice touch. Since most of these rooms are small, a wreath is always a nice way to add a bit of the holidays without taking up too much space.
Bedrooms:Bedrooms are great places to add some holiday cheer that will be enjoyed by each member of the family individually. A small artificial tree is always a welcome pleasure to a child who is old enough to understand safety. Letting the child pick the ornaments or make paper ornaments to decorate the tree will make it that much more special. A stuffed Santa Claus and holiday bedding or throw can top off the child’s room. For adults, a small lighted tree, wreath and candles can make a peaceful place to get away from the holiday rush.
One thing that remains a staple in holiday decorating is the Christmas tree and wreaths that can be used just about anywhere in the home. As you expand your decorations throughout the house, your need for holiday storage will also grow. This requires a concerted effort on your part to be organized and efficient in storing your holiday decorations. When decorating an entire house, one of the most efficient ways to store your decorations is by room. With appropriate labeling, the trees, wreaths, and ornaments can be distributed to the appropriate location and then opened up. This same procedure can be reversed when it is time to un-decorate the house.
The big decision’s been made to sell your home. Now you’re concerned with the impression your home will have on prospective buyers, if your home will even sell, how long it will take for the sale to happen and whether or not your purchase price will be met. In order to compete with the competition and have your home look better than all those other homes, it is essential that your home appeal to the greatest number of potential buyers. Especially with the real estate market’s ups and downs, those first impressions are critical!
It’s time to stage your home.
Home staging focuses on making your home more attractive and appealing in order to show its very best to the largest number of potential buyers. One of the smartest decisions a seller can make, staging one’s home can turn a boring, unattractive property into a warm and inviting residence. Staged homes sell faster, get higher offers, look better in MLS and advertising photos, have an edge over competing properties and often sway a final purchase decision. Silk flower arrangements, plants, trees and wreaths are a beautiful, inexpensive and low maintenance way of adding realism, warmth and color to your home’s interior or make an outside area look more inviting.The Silk Garden offers a wide variety of premium quality, designer silk flowers and arrangements, silk plants, artificial trees and silk wreaths to meet all your staging, home enhancement and interior design requirements. Complement your interior spaces and outdoor environment with silk flowers, plants and trees that are so realistic, you won’t know the difference!Some Placement Ideas for Silk Flowers, Plants, Trees & Wreaths 1. Add plants and potted flowers to patios and decks. 2. Add a flowering vine to a garden trellis. 3. Mix bulb-type flowers in planter boxes with real flowers. 4. Flank a front door with silk trees and/or topiary. 5. Add flowers and potted plants to the front porch or steps. 6. A wreath on the front door says “welcome!” 7. Add beautiful silk flower arrangements to kitchen counters, dining tables, bedside, occasional or living room tables. 8. Group plants on the floor to make a dynamic room display. Use plants with different heights, put some on stands or small tables or group three large plants together in a triangle. 9. Add smaller plants or floral arrangements to shelves or on tables next to lamps. 10. Add hanging ferns or flowers to entertainment centers or bookcases. 11. Place tropical plants and flowers on bathroom counters, near the bathtub or on the rims of a Jacuzzi. 12. Add flower arrangements in colors that complement the existing room colors.
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Often times when selling a home, one gets so caught up in the details of staging that they forget to allow some of the individual character of the home to shine through. The once colorful walls now reflect the same hue from room to room, and yes as much as that creates a blank canvas for potential buyers, the house may lose some of its warmth. After all, this piece of merchandise is also a family home.An effective way to accentuate a home’s individuality and also welcome future owners is to change the decor with the seasons. Especially in today’s market, many listings are taking longer to sell, which can result in a home going through multiple seasonal changes. There is nothing wrong with sprucing up the home for the holidays, however, there is a balance between bouncing inflatable lawn ornaments, and tasteful autumn or Halloween decorations. Here are some ideas for indoor and outdoor decorations that are not only tasteful, but eye catching and will convey the warmth of the season.Outdoor:Nothing says autumn like a colorful wreath hanging from the front door. Let nature be your inspiration as you adorn your canvas with items that reflect the changing of the seasons. Begin with a foam or grapevine wreath and glue silk or preserved leaves in varying fall colors. If you use a foam base, first cover it completely with sheet moss to give your leaves a mossy background. Using a grapevine wreath, glue leaves on the bottom half and add small gourds or pumpkins. Top it off with some twigs with berries and a bright orange bow. Glue nuts of varying types to the front of a wreath form against a leafy background. A dried flower wreath is timeless and elegant. Begin with a background of bay leaf or eucalyptus. Build on it by adding layers of sage, goldenrod, and finally small tufts of mums, asters or daisies.Get small containers of flowers and insert them in hollowed out small pumpkins. They look gorgeous along a wall or lining a walkway.Get a basket, bushel or old wooden wheelbarrow and fill it to overflowing with the bounties of the season. Use gourds, pumpkins, Indian corn, twigs, and accessorize with some gardening gloves and a shovel. Build an autumn container using ornamental grass in the center, ornamental kale, delicate pansies, and some flowing ivy. Alternate pumpkins and containers of mums on your front steps and along the walkway to greet visitors. Indoors:Create vases for the table and mantle using gourds and pumpkins. Find a long neck gourd that stands upright, cut off the end and dig into it with a slender knife. Insert a bunch of bright mums or sunflowers. Take delicate covered jars or other clear containers and display tiny gourds, berry covered branches, or blossoms. Take a selection of gourds and spray them with gold paint. Display on a fancy plate or in a crystal bowl. Scoop out ornamental gourds and use as candy bowls. Create candle holders by taking small ornamental pumpkins and gourds, glue leaves to their base, and drill out a hole to insert a candle. It looks great with both tall candles, or small wide ones that lie flush with the top of the pumpkin. String vines of cranberry among the candle holders once in place on the table.
