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Every room in your house has its own identity and tells a little bit about the person you are, so make sure your bathroom tells the right story about you with . A perfect way to start would be to analyse the theme of your house and try to match the bathroom to the rest of your house but at the same time making it stand apart. Sound confusing? Well don’t worry as LoveGlass are here to show you how to do it in a stylish way.

Make sure you firstly consider theme and colour, the two broadest yet important categories when decorating. Try and keep the theme the same as the rest of the house but change the colour for the bathroom. For example, if you have designed your home with a contemporary look then the bathroom must further reflect this look. Go for sleek, stylish fixtures without the frilly and flamboyant accessories that can often be seen lurking around in bathrooms.

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 When people don’t feel at home within their own four walls, trendy accessories, designer furniture and the newest lifestyle trends can’t do much to help. When decorating their homes, people should recognize that only those who consider themselves and their needs are happy when they return home.

“What is good for a person and what isn’t is played out to a large extent in the subconscious,” said Uwe Linke, a life psychologist and author from Munich. Linke said in order to find out why people don’t feel well in their homes, they need to do an honest assessment and the decisive question is: “Which decorative items fit me and which don’t?” People who are insecure feel better, for example, when their need for security is taken into account in the design of their homes.

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If you’re stuck on how to start decorating a bedroom, here are some simple tips to help the design process along. 1) Pile on the pillows, and don’t shy away from mixing patterns. Combine large prints with small ones, florals with geometrics.

2) Hanging a graphic quilt is an easy solution to the “big blank wall” issue. Complementary bed linens pull the decor together. 5 easy ways to decorate a guest bedroom 3) A printed bedspread, with a distinctive botanical design, does a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to décor.

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The idea of feng shui decoration is valuing life and ensuring that all environments are harmonized with objects linked to life, nothing in the death or destruction. Therefore, we should not display weapons or objects such as guns, knives, swords or anything that many people like to have to look at and that is very harmful because it attracts the house destruction and death.

The feng shui tips are an Eastern philosophy that unites a theological concept with different instruments of the decoration and construction. The purpose of this correspondence is to respect the power of an environment and orient it towards a specific purpose: to live in harmony.

Spring cleaning isn't just for shoe closets and windows. Most people's backyards and gardens could use a good decluttering, too. The same basic design principles that lead to striking interiors make for beautiful gardens.

Montreal garden designer Allan Becker says the style and proportion of so-called "hard objects," including ornaments, furniture and containers, need to fit the mood and scale of the garden. Pergolas, fountains and sculptures add architectural dimension to flower beds. They serve as visual exclamation points, or act as buffers. A birdbath, for instance, is a perfect element for filling the empty visual space between flowers and fence.

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When you're ready for a change, you can have a new home without changing your address. How? With paint. Homeowners looking to change up their decor have found that color trends in home design are deeply rooted in both "then" and "now.

The idea of decorating using colors that reflect the new and the old takes shape by showcasing classic, calming neutrals with a few energizing standout colors, such as bright pinks and yellows.

The Colors of "Then"--For those looking to incorporate a more classic feel into their homes, neutrals such as deep gray-brown, muted and warm beiges and asphalt gray-blue are choices that work together to create environments that are calm and organic.

Together, they allow for a merging of modern and rustic styles. Creamy whites, serene sea foam blue-green, pale butter and deep bronze-golds with metallic finishes provide a similar feeling, but can create a more refined and romantic space.

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With so much emphasis nowadays on global climate change, reducing consumption and recycling, interior design can seem a bit daunting when trying to limit carbon footprints yet still achieve an aesthetically pleasing space.

However, with many improvements in the manufacturing of eco-friendly textiles, green design has become the wave of the future. When selecting environmentally friendly products for the home, keep in mind the four R’s of the environmental cycle; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Replenish.

Reduce. When various home textiles are produced, for example bedding, bathroom linens and rugs, many of the processes include dying and bleaching of fabrics which can result in large amounts of energy consumption in addition to.

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Think again if you think stainless steel is meant for only kitchenware, especially when you are in India. Steel has widened its ambit and found its place in area of the home décor products.

Today the high-quality variety of steel forays in to a variety of multi-utility and decorating products. Exquisite home décor items, office and bar accessories and designer furnitures made of stainless steel are giving bone china and porcelain products a run for their money.

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The walls are exquisitely painted, not a spot of blemish and you have perhaps kept them spotless since you first had them painted. Well, congratulations, but it’s time to spruce those walls up with something new and fancy! And no, it’s not about re-painting so don’t fret; you can transform those walls by simply using wall decor stickers!

Just as the name suggests, wall décor stickers are stuck onto the wall and within minutes, the room is completely transformed! Each vinyl sticker contains individually cut out characters. They come in various shapes, sizes and colour to suit your taste.

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Steve Gray and his wife, Deanna, bought a dowdy fixer-upper in Indianapolis 10 years ago. The windows were shot.

The lighting was old and it was a time machine, with décor unchanged from 40 years ago. Oh, and it was beige, beige, beige.

"The walls were the same color as the carpets, which were the same color as the ceiling," Gray says.

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