Sunday, January 2, 2011

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How to decorate your fireplace mantle?

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 08:23 AM PST

Fireplaces used to be very useful , but now they are more decorative than functional. However, many houses still have fireplaces with mantles above them, especially in big houses, as this looks very well. And most of the times you don’t really know how to use these mantles and what to place there in order to look good.Here are a few tips that will help you decorate the mantle in a pleasant way.

First of all when decorating the mantle you should be informed if the fireplace still works or not. Because if it does and you still light fires there it can be a bit dangerous to place something on the mantle, especially something made of wood or paper or some other inflammable materials.

One of the most important rules when placing something above or on the mantle is never to use objects that are larger than it. That is because it looks really bad and does not respect proportions. For example if you hang a painting right above the mantle just make sure it is maximum two thirds of it in width if you want it to be perfect.

Of course the perfect decorations are those that you use for Christmas or Halloween when you can hang red stockings and put pumpkins on or nice wreaths made of evergreen and holly. But you can use them only several weeks a year. For the rest you must use your imagination and rely on your taste.

Some other useful advice is to make “clusters” or groups if the decorations are small in comparison with the mantle, for example three candle holders, three ceramic figurines and it would be even better if you purchased some ornaments that have different sizes and arrange them from the smallest to the biggest or vice versa.

The mantle is also a very good place for small frames with the photos of the loved ones or for vases with flowers. You can use your imagination and for example bring some little dry branches from the garden and spray them with golden or silver and just arrange them in a ceramic pot.

Any way, the most important advice is to choose the mantle decorations so as to match the color of the walls, the surrounding and the whole room, to look like it belongs there and not to be out of the picture. Do not choose very conspicuous ornaments and try the simple ones, as they are usually the best.

Kids room lamps from Murano Due

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 03:39 AM PST

Kids have different activities than adults and they spend most of the day on the floor playing or doing some other things in the lower half of the room. That is why they need a different lighting system because if you use a very powerful ceiling lamp that might be irritating for their young eyes. So it is recommended that they should use appropriate lamps to light the part of the room they need. For example the desk lamps will light the desk when they do their homework, the floor lamps are perfect for the play area and the wall lamps are perfect for casting light on their areas of interest.

The lamps offered by Murano Due have a very nice design and top quality materials. They have a long time tradition in manufacturing glass and they use their famous glass works in making the perfect lamps for the kids room. The shapes are attractive and funny, perfect for kids: a sun, a little ghosts to scare bad spirits away, a folded sheet of paper and so on. The prices are a bit higher than the average lamps that you can buy in the store, but it is totally worth it, as the Murano glass is mouth blown and manufactured piece by piece by the Italian glass specialists.

Modern dining room ideas from Team 7

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 02:50 AM PST

All people are very busy nowadays and they work long hours for getting enough money to have a decent living. So they rarely have lunch or dinner together with all the family members and dining rooms almost lost their main function. However, on those occasion when you all gather around the dining room table you should feel well and the room should be welcoming and pleasant. But many try to combine this with a modern look and I think the guys from Team 7 can offer you all the pieces of the puzzle. They are able to give you the right furniture and also lamps for a modern dining room and they will all match together perfectly.

Most of the furniture is made of natural wood that keeps its natural color, but has some stainless steel legs and other additional parts and they all look so modern and cool. The main features of a modern dining room are simplicity, functionality and space. And you can see all these in the pictures over here. Everything is simple, yet showing good taste and if you add a Modernist painting on the dining room wall you can be sure the effect will be amazing.

“Bones brigade” coffee table by Dan McCabe

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 01:37 AM PST

Dan McCabe is an artist who just loves metal and also loves playing with it until he turns it into real works of art. But sometimes he would rather turn it into useful pieces of furniture that look very well. The “Bones brigade” coffee table is the perfect example of his mastery in steel and bronze. The name is more like a nickname and the artist called the coffee table like that because of its appearance. If you watch the overall design of the table you will notice it looks just like the backbone of a human. Even the inside part resembles the location of the bone marrow and it is represented by a sponge-looking metal network.

Even if it looks more like a sculpture, like a work of art, this stylized coffee table can actually be used as one and you will see it is perfect. It is a bit narrow when compared to the normal coffee tables, but it can successfully work as one. It does not have four legs or three as you would expect, but the support is also unusual and made of metal, looking like a strange arch-bow. More about the author on his web page.

The Scroll Chair by XU Gongwei

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 01:02 AM PST

The meaning of design does not refer only to fancy dresses and unusual architecture or I don’t know what other impressive art form. It’s about bringing an unexpected change in the appearance of a particular thing that will make it special and interesting and will draw your attention. So we can seriously talk about furniture design, as people designing furniture must be really creative if they want to produce original products. Well, XU Gongwei is certainly one of these talented imaginative people.He designed the Scroll chair that you can admire in these pictures.

The Chinese designer was inspired by the ancient support for letters – the paper scroll. So he designed this chair to look like a scroll that rolls either on the inside or on the outside. The chair is made of stainless steel or carbon fiber and the scroll is made of extruded PVC. Of course it is available in a variation of colors you can choose from and you can use them both indoors and outdoors. No wonder it got the big design award for 2010in China.
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