Wednesday, December 29, 2010

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How to create a fairy themed bedroom?

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:48 AM PST

I am a woman now, but I can remember that when I was a little girl and I read fairy-tales I used to dream about having my own very special fairy-themed bedroom. Well, I got over it in time, but now my daughter has the same dream, so I thought about making her wish come true, so I gathered some tips about the steps you need to make when creating a fairy-themed bedroom.

First of all you must think of the kind of fairy you will use as the basic theme and add all the other details according to this first choice. For example if your daughter is simply crazy about Tinkerbell, you will have to design the bedroom by choosing Tinkerbell- linked decorations. You will have to choose the color of the walls and of the furniture or carpet in order to match the theme and to match with one another. Tinkerbell is linked to the forest and has a green dress, so the color of the room will be GREEN with slight variations of shades.

If there are no specifications of fairy, then you can choose a combination of pink and red and white or even light purple for decorating the room. After that the combination of different objects that have fairies painted on them is only a matter of personal taste and luck. I recommend a themed bed that is pink and white, covered with a small white curtain like the wings of a fairy or even having a hanging fairy over it. Another idea might be to purchase a white bed looking like a Cinderella chariot in the shape of a pumpkin or so.

You can find a special clock with fairies on the Internet if you try hard enough and you can also purchase wall stickers with fairies, so you do not have to hire a special designer or painter.

You must not forget about the fairy-themed bedding and lamps. This shouldn’t be so hard to find both in normal stores and on the Internet. Leave some room for the girl’s fantasy, too, and buy her a nice dress, some wings, a magic wand and suggest her to paint her own version of a fairy in a special corner of the room, on white paper or directly on the wall. Help her yourself and have fun!

Fire Kit Lamp by Skitch

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:01 AM PST

I love camping and going into the woods, lighting fires and sleeping in tents. I like nature and everything connected with it and I would love to heat my house with wood fires. But I am afraid this is not possible nowadays in big cities because there are some standards you need to respect. Any way, being a nostalgic I tried to replace the pleasure of a real wood fire by finding something similar, but appropriate for a modern home in a big city. So I found this interesting Fire Kit Lamp by Skitch that I thought was exactly what I was looking for.

It looks like a miniature camp fire with little logs at the bottom and a stylized flame that is actually made of blown glass colored in dark orange. The basis – the little logs – is made of wood and inside there is a small light bulb. So you understand it will work when connected to a power supply. However, it is small, nice and delicate, spreading the light like a real fire and making the atmosphere in your house a bit warmer. You can buy it for about 120 EURO.

Personality Chair Socks

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:37 AM PST

Just when I thought I saw everything that could be invented in this world and I expected a period of drought when speaking about original ideas I read this article about two funny people who has the crazy idea of making chair socks. Yes, you read it just fine – it’s chair socks meaning socks for the chair legs. I know, I laughed my heart out first but then I kind of liked the idea. First of all you will have the most original chairs and I am sure none of your friends has ever met anything like this. So if you are a person with a sense of humour and so are your friends, these socks will actually be a reason for jokes and fun and spending some quality time together.

Then if you are a bit realistic you will see that these socks can have some aesthetic features, too, as you can choose them to match the color of the furniture, carpet or even the color of the walls, thus giving a pleasant atmosphere to the whole room. I should also mention the functional purpose: these socks will protect the wooden floor or tiles if it is made of expensive stone or wood and this way you will avoid unpleasant scratches. They can be bought for about $20 a pair and they are available in more models and colors, most of them like the ones you can see in the pictures. You can find out more about the products designed by the German couple (Chris and Ruby) if you follow my link.


Wallter Retro Starburst

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:20 AM PST

People have different tastes and this usually shows in the way they dress and also in the way they decorate their houses. Some prefer to leave the walls untouched by any decoration and simply painted in white, but some like using some simple and nice decorations that add a bit of style to the whole home design and make the walls look less empty and naked. If you choose a simple but full of taste decoration you will get an amazing effect that will be noticed by all your guests. Let’s take for example this Wallter Retro Starburst. It is a wooden based decoration that looks like a star with lots of rays and you can purchase it for about $142.

These stars have different dimensions, so you can choose a smaller or a bigger one depending on the size of the wall, of your home and even the interior design of the room you want to decorate. They are also easy to paint, so you can change the star color in order to match the furniture, carpet and other details in the room and this way you will have the perfect design.

They are very lightweight, so once you place them on the wall you don’t have to worry that they will fall and cause some damage and you can stick them easily to the wall thanks to the self-adhesive backing. I think this is a very cheap and nice way of decorating your house in a pleasant way.

Pizza scissors

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:38 AM PST

If you ask people from all over the world what is their favorite food, more than half of them will say that it is pizza. Even if pizza has Italian origins it is now an international food because it is very tasty, easy to make and also easy to transport, so you can eat it both at home and in the street, too. I like pizza very much , so I was really excited when I found this interesting gadget for sale on the Internet (on the Amazon, to be more precise) for about $14, so not very expensive.

I know that you all use that traditional pizza cutter that looks like a little metal wheel with a handle, but this one also helps you take one slice of pizza at a time and leave the rest untouched. Any way, every person is free to like it or not, but I personally think it is an interesting innovation. So if you are a bit curious about the person who invented it, feel free to visit the web site belonging to Roger Brown.

Heavenly villa in Pattaya

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 01:24 AM PST

There are very few villas or resorts across the globe that are truly heavenly and appeal to all the five senses. One of such villas is located in Pattaya. Known as "Villataya", the villa features a group of seven private villas. Each villa encompasses 205 square feet of area, two to three bedrooms and a private pool. The interiors of the villas are done in soft pastel shades in order to create a warm, stylish and inviting atmosphere. In addition, a lot of greenery in form of plants and trees has been used in the outside as well as the inside of the villa.

Unusual boat sofa by Bongyoel Yang

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 01:15 AM PST

I am sure you all saw on TV or even you experienced yourselves the fact that the climate has changed a lot lately and you can now expect unusual weather changes and meteorologic events even in the regions where they do not normally occur. And they are all the more intense where they do occur. For example there are floods, hurricanes and strong winds, huge tidal waves hitting the shores and so on. So you never know when you need a boat , especially if you live on the ocean shore or on the banks of a big river.

Well, Bongyoel Yang, an artist and furniture designer thought it wouldn’t hurt to be able to use your sofa as a boat in case of emergency. So he combined the two and designed the boat sofa or sofa boat, whatever you want to call it. It is nice, looks really modern and beautiful and, if you remove the cushions, can be easily transformed into a life saving boat. The paddles can be kept inside, too, being fixed in two supports. This unusual sofa is available in black or white, completed by very nice red cushions. The “legs” support the sofa and keep the boat on one side, which offers maximum comfort. Now let’s hope you’ll never need to use it , but it’s comforting to have it around, plus the additional feature of being extremely modern.

Wave-shaped dish dryer

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:13 AM PST

When you go to the seaside or on the ocean shore you certainly admire the restless movement of the water, the waves running again and again and breaking against the rocks or beaches. These waves have a very special shape that is characteristic for them that has a swift curve and then end up with a higher part, that is normally the spot where the wave “breaks”. This is exactly what inspired the designer Matias Conti to  invent the wave-shaped dish dryer.

But this special dish dryer is not only ice looking, but also very useful and functional. That is because the designer thought of a trick for it: you can make the drying space a lot larger by simply attaching one such dish-dryer to another. So each tray has a special spot in the back that allows it to be easily attached to another and this way you will have more space for your dishes. As you can see from the pictures, there is enough space for the dishes, but also for the glasses, cups and even spoons or forks. A successful idea in my opinion.

The Sky Ranch – Stunning Roof top House

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:35 PM PST

The Sky Ranch is a stunning roof top house located in Seattle, Washington and designed by Miller Hull Partnership. In the house, the architect has created a wonderful small oasis on the terrace which is not put to any productive use in most of the cases. In addition, a small casual sitting space through the use of light chairs and tables has also been created in order to allow the residents to enjoy their tea and snacks along with the cool breeze and wind. It is doubtless that the concept adopted by the house is simply amazing.

Atlantis Suspension Light

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 11:45 AM PST

If you have an amazing home that is pretty big and beautiful and you just don’t know what kind of lighting you should choose to fit with it, then your problem is solved. Atlantis Suspension Light will be just the thing for you. It is not for simple homes or for very small ones, as it needs to be seen and admired and you will look at it once you see it. It is pretty big itself and looks fluid because it is made of thousands of thin chains that are combined and linked together as if they were threads in a fabric, in silk.

This lighting system was designed by B. Baylar in 2009 and was then manufactured in Italy by Terzany. It needs a lot of attention to detail and skill to create the right pattern that will bring all the little chains together in a unique model. All these models are hand made and really impressive to look at. The price is also impressive, as it needs to cover all the efforts of manufacturing this beauty. You can buy one for about $17,100.
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