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Decorate your Room With A focal Point

by: Lisa French

A lovely, well decorated room can fail...if it has no focal point. If you are lucky enough to have a fireplace, make the most of it. Even if it is a mock fireplace and does not work, give it importance and character with fire irons and a pile of logs in the grate.

Outlook can often be a good focal point. If you have a beautiful country panorama or one of the rare skyline views of a city, arrange your furniture so that the windows become the center of eye interest. if you have neither fireplace or view, you will have to make your own focal point in the room.

Choose the most suitable and convenient wall, decorate it so that the rest of the room is pulled towards it. For instance, a beautiful tapestry with antique wall lights at each side immediately draws eye attention.

A sofa and a group of chairs arranged beneath it indicate this is the central point. The same applies to one large painting, a group of paintings, a wall of books, a massive shelf arrangement filled with collector's items.

A grand piano also makes a good focal point, so does a mirrored wall, a sofa with end tables and two imposing lamps, and a long, narrow chest arrangement containing books and collectors items.

Arranging Furniture

When grouping furniture make sure you can view the grouping from any part of the room, and get as much pleasure from it as you would a picture on the wall. This is particularly important if you have more than one group arrangement. View it from all angles and opposite sides of the room to check that it looks neither muddled or cluttered.

1. Group chairs and sofa so that traffic goes around and not through the arrangement.

2. Keep chairs resonably close together for easy conservation and to avoid shouting from across the room.

3. If you have lamps away from walls, install floor outlets to prevent tripping over lamp chords.

4. Choose tables that are about the same height as sofa and chairs to avoid spills and upset lamps.

5. Strike a good balance by seperating large pieces of furniture so that the room does not look too heavy at one end.

6. Remember light, slim furniture creates an optical illusion of space, also saves space.

Every room needs a center of gravity to pull it together. A fireplace is the most natural one, but wall treatments, windows and furniture arrangements can be just as eye catching.

About The Author

Lisa French is webmaster and freelance writer for Decorating Country Home. Article use is subject to an active link to http://www.decorating-country-home.com.

Two Secrets for Handling Your New Best Friend

Two Secrets for Handling Your New Best Friend

by: Dr. Gary L. Ailes

Forty-four million United States households have a least one dog.
And we all start out on a good foot with a set of rules for the new member of the family, one being ?the dog is not allowed to get on the furniture.?
Then, a few weeks later, you notice that your new best friend is so comfortable in his new surroundings that he is napping on your favorite club chair.
But before you can pull him off, he is off and running towards the front door barking his head off at the UPS delivery guy.

What happened?

OK, just how do you train dogs not to bark at every person that comes to your door and to stay off the furniture?

Your dog is guarding his turf, so it is your job to teach your pooch the ?Quiet? command.
And it helps to have your pooch spayed or neutered to decrease territorial behavior.

When your dog begins...

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6 Factors That Affect A Bedroom Design Project

6 Factors That Affect A Bedroom Design Project

by: Shrinivas Vaidya

Dear friends,

If you are planning to design and decorate your own bedroom, then you must know that there are many factors that can affect the outcome of your creative exercise.

Let's have a look at some of the possible factors.

1)Furniture: Furniture occupies maximum space in a room. The size and style of the furniture you choose will directly affect the way the space is perceived after the decoration is complete.

Furniture pieces, which are abutting the walls such as dressing tables, wardrobes, cabinets, form the face of the walls which were previously blank in an empty room. Because of this the face of the furniture is a major factor is creating the mood of an space.

2)Interior Color Scheme: Color has a direct effect on human mind. Color can make the room smaller or bigger than it is. For example dark rooms are perceived smaller in volume than...

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Should I Finish My Log Furniture?

by: Mike Messer

The natural look of log furniture is one of the reasons it is becoming a more popular home d?cor not only for the log home market, but other home styles as well. We are frequently asked this question. I want to keep my log furniture looking as natural as possible, should I have it finished? The answer to this is in our opinion is yes. Finishing can change the appearance somewhat depending on the type of wood or finish, but the rewards are well worth it in the long run.

The oils in our hands are easily absorbed by unfinished wood. Of course our hands are never perfectly clean and the dirt is also absorbed right into the wood with the oil leaving soiled areas where your hands frequently touch the furniture. On a bed this is usually either the headboard or the footboard. On dressers, of course the drawer pulls and the edge around the top gets the most handling. If an item is finished, washing is easy....

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Two Secrets for Handling Your New Best Friend

Two Secrets for Handling Your New Best Friend

by: Dr. Gary L. Ailes

What happened?

OK, just how do you train dogs not to bark at every person that comes to your door and to stay off the furniture?

Your dog is guarding his turf, so it is your job to teach your pooch the ?Quiet? command.
And it helps to have your pooch spayed or neutered to decrease territorial behavior.

When your dog begins...

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Why Teak is the Best Wood for Outdoor Furniture

Why Teak is the Best Wood for Outdoor Furniture

by: Sophia Kaif

Outdoor furniture supplement the beauty and elegance of your home garden. Being a natural product, wood is considered to be the best material for constructing garden furniture. Since most timbers are not resistant to adverse weather conditions and insects, utmost care should be taken to stretch their lastingness. Here comes the prominence of teak wood as the ideal wood for making patio furniture. Teak is one of the best, long-lasting and strong materials used for indoor and outdoor furniture. Some of the specialties of teak as the most suitable wood for outdoor furniture, are given below.

1) Teak wood is good-looking, smooth, sturdy and durable.

2) It is resistant to bad weather and insects. A garden bench made of teak is capable of withstanding rain and sunlight for several years even without periodic maintenance.

3) Unlike furniture made of other materials, teak furniture...

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Makeup Bag Secrets of the Celebrities

by: Sher Matsen

Have you ever wondered why celebrities seem to look gorgeous no matter where they are and no matter what the moment? Are they prettier than the rest of us so it?s easy for them? Not at all ? they are just smarter about what their makeup bag holds. Read on for makeup bag secrets of the celebrities.

Celebrities will tell you having their makeup at their fingertips is their number one priority and it...

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Avoiding Bad Credit and Repair

by: Jonathan Cheong

Staying in contact with your payments each month can help you avoid bad credit. If you research the marketplace before coming to a purchasing decision, you are well on your way to avoiding bad credit and repair credit hassles.

You want to consider all applications, including credit cards, student loans, mortgages, and car loans carefully to avoid being overcharged. Making the wise decision ahead of the...

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25 Christmas Stocking Filler Ideas For Your Teenage Girl

by: Emily Goodwin

You may think that Christmas stocking fillers for teenage girls will be expensive but they don?t have to be.

Save the DVD?S and CD?S to go under the Christmas tree and use this list as a starting point for buying smaller treats and necessities for her stocking.

Remember that a lot of the items you would have to buy anyway (or get talked into buying!) so by adding them as small...

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Home Security The Doors To Your Home

by: Roger Overanout

In part 3 of this occasional series on home security we are going to look at the main points of entry to your home the doors.

It makes no sense to have flimsy weak doors on your house, what you really need is something that a House Breaker will bounce off when they try to force it. In the next article in the series I will deal with the locks and hinges fitted to your doors but for now I would like...

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