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Nautical Home Décor on a Budget

03 Sep

Decorating with bright sea colors is popular in any geography. Clear blues and bright whites trimmed with a little red for a lighthouse is a décor that is cheerful and clean-looking. And nautical home décor is perhaps the easiest style to create on a budget.

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Nautical home décor is simply a matter of bringing outdoor things inside. Free items like seashells, sand, or driftwood evoke the sea very effectively. Your vacation is the best time to gather up some items for your home. Sea treasures look good displayed in an oversized clear vase, stacked on bookshelves or hung on the wall. All you need is a little basic hardware to turn your found items into a decoration or adornment.

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Life for sailors is brutal; working on a windswept boat, getting knocked around by storms, and being beaten by waves. Boats and seagoing equipment do not look too pristine after they have worked the ocean for years. And luckily for the decorator, this distressed, sea-worn look is inexpensive to use in nautical home decor.

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History Of Interior Design Traced To Pre-Roman Times

24 Aug

It was over 2000 years ago that paintings and mosaics adorned the walls in Roman structures to bring color and life to the interiors of the buildings. Some may argue that the history of interior design may date back to cave drawings, but interior designs on public buildings and the homes of leading citizens often demonstrated the values of the citizens of the local area.

Between the 1700s and 1800s there was a decline in decorating, as marble inlay and cloth drapings were reduce due to a decline in financial resources as well as political and cultural declines. The history of interior design did not see another significant change until about 1800 when the so-called art deco movement identified many household items are part of interior design. Lamps, furniture and other items were included in decorating plans as well as did fabrics and fixtures.

It was not until the 1950s and early 1960s that citizens began to have the financial resources to concern their households with items beyond the basic needs, allowing for furniture and other furnishings to reflect a certain decorating flair. It was also about this time that some people studied the history of interior design and began offering their knowledge to help others with their home decorating.

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Home Improvement- Remodeling on the Tube

18 Jul

It wasn’t all that many years ago that localized PBS stations were the sole broadcaster of home improvement remodeling television programs. For several seasons, a relatively small, but loyal audience would tune in to their local affiliate to watch Bob Villa instruct them in how to perform cost effective surgery on their domiciles. Now, in today’s expanded cable universe, a multitude of home improvement remodeling programming is available beyond PBS and to an even larger audience on a worldwide stage.

It’s time to take a brief overview of the top home improvement programs. PBS PBS still remains a home to a ton of these shows. “This Old House” still has a loyal following on PBS and its audience is larger than ever before due to the program’s perpetual growing popularity. It still follows its venerable formula of teaching people about home improvement remodeling, but it does so without former host Bob Villa who departed the program some years back. The popularity of “This Old House” has allowed PBS to saturate its airwaves with spin-offs designed to meet audience demand.

In addition to the spin-offs, PBS is home to a stand alone series called “Hometime” which is independent of “This Old House” and its spin-offs; although structurally, it is similar. Home Improvement 101 The popularity of these programs allowed the concept to expand beyond public broadcasting and into the realm of commercial syndication. Traditionally, the aforementioned PBS shows were produced for an older demographic.

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