The Christmas season has arrived. Now is the moment to pull out the seasonal decorations and get in the Christmas mood. Because of so many options and Christmas decorations becoming much less expensive, there is no good reason why you are not able to have the Christmas wonderland of your dreams.
A brand new craze that has come about in recent times with Christmas decorations would be to accentuate your tree, or at times even your entire residence, in a theme. This theme can be anything from a coordinating color scheme, a theme based on a specific Christmas item, or even a well-liked animated or tv character. Does it appear difficult? Not necessarily, just make use of the following ideas as motivation.
Contemporary: It is easy to decorate your holiday tree in a contemporary theme. Most contemporary designs in interior decorating involve sleek lines and standard color schemes. Use this identical idea in embellishing your Christmas tree in a contemporary theme. Select clear or white lights from top to bottom, a basic tree topper of glass or silver, and a classy black and white color scheme. Since it may be hard to locate black ornaments, opt instead for black silk flower stems. This provides you the essential color and takes you one more step away from the standard seasonal tree.
Color Coordinated: In case you are not looking to decorate the entire room, or if your room has a color scheme that won't flow with conventional red and green, it is possible to color synchronize your Christmas tree with your present decor. Decorations are available nowadays in a range of styles and colors. Pick colors that blend with your current decor and make a couple silk Christmas flower arrangements in the same colors to very easily complete your holiday decorating.
Snowman or Santa: This may seem like a conventional holiday style, but it's a brand new twist. Instead of having a blend of holiday ornaments, pick one figure such as a snowman or Santa. Buy different ornaments of this character for your tree from discount stores and a few figurines of it as well. Simply following through with this one character throughout the room will make your Christmas decorating look as though you hired a professional for a very limited expense.
Disney or Cartoon Theme: This is one of the simplest and least pricey themes to do yourself and it is additionally the one that attracts the most compliments. For this theme, use multi colored lights a great deal all over the Christmas tree and room especially if you are lucky enough to have a fireplace with a mantel. Go to the party supplies section of any store and purchase low-cost party favors of your selected character. With just some thread or clear string, you can convert these items into ornaments with ease. Don't overlook the possibilities of printed gift bags, fill with tinsel and place on the tree as well. For a tree topper, purchase one stuffed character or doll from the toy department and secure to the tree with floral wire. Quick, distinctive, and certainly a conversation starter.
Twinkle and Splendor: This is my particular favorite. I keep thinking that I will carry out this when my daughter grows out of the Disney theme. Cover the Christmas tree with many clear or white lights, there is no such thing as too many! Buy inexpensive clear ornaments in snowflake and ball shapes and place on the tree. For a bit of added opulence, include peacock feathers as well. I purchase mine from a neighborhood flea market, but many craft supply stores stock them as well. For a tree topper, spend a little extra money on glass or crystal. When a tree in this theme is lighted, the clear glass and plastic sparkle and no one can help but notice the beautiful colors of a peacock feather.
Need more ideas for Christmas Decorations? Stop by NanasAtticStore.com for more great Christmas decorating ideas. Look for Dana Michelle Burnett's new decorating book Home Decorating for the Real World to be available soon, filled with more great ideas for decorating your home throughout the seasons.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Home Decorating News
Well, it's been a busy few months! I've finished the decorating book and am working on the final edits. You can get a sneak peak at the first chapter at the Home Decorating for the Real World site.
Also, just in time for the change in weather, NanasAtticStore.com has new Christmas inventory available! This year there is a wide selection of Christmas decorations, sure to turn your home into a winter wonderland. And don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get all of the latest sales and inventory updates.
Also, just in time for the change in weather, NanasAtticStore.com has new Christmas inventory available! This year there is a wide selection of Christmas decorations, sure to turn your home into a winter wonderland. And don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get all of the latest sales and inventory updates.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Halloween Décor Ideas-Easy Tips for a Spooky Home
Haunted houses, black cats, ghosts and goblins everywhere! Halloween is a fun time of year for children and adults alike. Do you need some tips for decorating your home for all hallows eve? Try these fun and easy and inexpensive Halloween décor ideas.
Entry: The entry to your home is the first impression visitors get of your home. Too often we forget how much impact this can have when decorating for the seasons.
• Halloween Display. Make the most of it by creating a simple display of Halloween figurines set on a small table covered with a black or orange tablecloth. The 4 to six inch figurines are inexpensive enough to even use outside if you have room enough for a small table by your door. Inside, you can go with this same concept, even adding spooky lights and garlands available at dollar and discount stores.
• Animated Items. Animated Halloween figures can add instant festivity to a boring entry table. These figures can move, have sound, and some are even motion activated. A great way to make your entrance one to remember! With increasing popularity, these items are now appearing in dollar and discount stores.
Living Room/Family Room: To dress up the rooms where your family spends the most time, use most of your Halloween décor ideas in these rooms.
• Figurine Display. Use your mantle, a wall shelf, of even your coffee table to display an assortment of inexpensive Halloween figurines. Mantles are normally overlooked until Christmas, but fireplaces are a great staging area for many seasonal displays.
• Halloween Curtain Tie-Backs. To add a spooky touch to your room, add a garland of skeleton heads as tie-backs to your curtains. These garlands are available at most dollar stores and one garland can be cut in half to use on a pair of curtains, you can use another garland across the top for a little added Halloween fun.
• Candy Bowls. Halloween is all about candy. Display candy corn and other themed candy in bowls for a decorative and tasty touch.
Dining Room: turn any October meal into a Halloween party with fun and expected seasonal touches.
• Spider Napkin Rings. Turn any napkin ring into a Halloween hit by using hot glue to attach the spiders from cheap Halloween rings to a napkin ring. These are very inexpensive and normally sold in bags at discount and dollar stores. A very small investment for a unique decorative touch.
• Placemats and Tablecloths. Go ahead and invest in either an orange or black tablecloth or placemats. This simple change adds instant Halloween charm to any table.
• Spooky Centerpiece. Add a touch of the unexpected with a large glass bowl filled with tiny skulls. These can be purchased either in a bag or attached to a garland that can be coiled inside the bowl.
Outside: Only the Christmas season surpasses Halloween when it comes to outside decorations. Be the talk of the neighborhood with decorations that go beyond the predictable jack-o-lanterns.
• Tombstones. Turn your front yard into a graveyard with tombstones made from inexpensive foam board and a little paint. Thinner than the ones you can purchase in stores, you can personalize these for your family (pretty morbid), your favorite horror film characters, or with funny inscriptions.
• Animated Items. Add a little of the unexpected with animated Halloween items near your front door. These characters can move or speak, but remember that smaller children are often frightened by these. Since gaining popularity in recent years, these items are fairly inexpensive and available online and in most stores during the Halloween season.
• Window Dressings. Turn your windows into Halloween hallmarks with simple black poster board and a little creativity. Cut out designs of witches, ghosts, and other Halloween figures (pumpkin carving kits have excellent templates) from a full sheet of poster board. Tape the sheet over the inside of your windows, when you turn your lights on inside, they illuminate the cut out to show your spooky creations to passersby.
These ideas will get you started on your Halloween decorating, get creative and see what spooky surprises you can create.
• Halloween Display. Make the most of it by creating a simple display of Halloween figurines set on a small table covered with a black or orange tablecloth. The 4 to six inch figurines are inexpensive enough to even use outside if you have room enough for a small table by your door. Inside, you can go with this same concept, even adding spooky lights and garlands available at dollar and discount stores.
• Animated Items. Animated Halloween figures can add instant festivity to a boring entry table. These figures can move, have sound, and some are even motion activated. A great way to make your entrance one to remember! With increasing popularity, these items are now appearing in dollar and discount stores.
Living Room/Family Room: To dress up the rooms where your family spends the most time, use most of your Halloween décor ideas in these rooms.
• Figurine Display. Use your mantle, a wall shelf, of even your coffee table to display an assortment of inexpensive Halloween figurines. Mantles are normally overlooked until Christmas, but fireplaces are a great staging area for many seasonal displays.
• Halloween Curtain Tie-Backs. To add a spooky touch to your room, add a garland of skeleton heads as tie-backs to your curtains. These garlands are available at most dollar stores and one garland can be cut in half to use on a pair of curtains, you can use another garland across the top for a little added Halloween fun.
• Candy Bowls. Halloween is all about candy. Display candy corn and other themed candy in bowls for a decorative and tasty touch.
Dining Room: turn any October meal into a Halloween party with fun and expected seasonal touches.
• Spider Napkin Rings. Turn any napkin ring into a Halloween hit by using hot glue to attach the spiders from cheap Halloween rings to a napkin ring. These are very inexpensive and normally sold in bags at discount and dollar stores. A very small investment for a unique decorative touch.
• Placemats and Tablecloths. Go ahead and invest in either an orange or black tablecloth or placemats. This simple change adds instant Halloween charm to any table.
• Spooky Centerpiece. Add a touch of the unexpected with a large glass bowl filled with tiny skulls. These can be purchased either in a bag or attached to a garland that can be coiled inside the bowl.
Outside: Only the Christmas season surpasses Halloween when it comes to outside decorations. Be the talk of the neighborhood with decorations that go beyond the predictable jack-o-lanterns.
• Tombstones. Turn your front yard into a graveyard with tombstones made from inexpensive foam board and a little paint. Thinner than the ones you can purchase in stores, you can personalize these for your family (pretty morbid), your favorite horror film characters, or with funny inscriptions.
• Animated Items. Add a little of the unexpected with animated Halloween items near your front door. These characters can move or speak, but remember that smaller children are often frightened by these. Since gaining popularity in recent years, these items are fairly inexpensive and available online and in most stores during the Halloween season.
• Window Dressings. Turn your windows into Halloween hallmarks with simple black poster board and a little creativity. Cut out designs of witches, ghosts, and other Halloween figures (pumpkin carving kits have excellent templates) from a full sheet of poster board. Tape the sheet over the inside of your windows, when you turn your lights on inside, they illuminate the cut out to show your spooky creations to passersby.
These ideas will get you started on your Halloween decorating, get creative and see what spooky surprises you can create.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Fall Table Decorations: A New Style for 2010 with Maple Leaf Tableware
Fall table decorations get a face lift for this year with fun maple leaf dinnerware. Now is your opportunity to get away from the predictable table setting with these fashionable and fun plates that that give the fall table a whole new look.
The autumn season is approaching and with it comes the assurance of autumn festivities. Kick your season off right by following one of the latest dinnerware trends of the season with maple leaf themed dinnerware. This unique new trend will change your harvest table into a work of art without the usual themed dishes that lacks color and personality.
This season, autumn decorating styles have moved more to traditional designs with more concentration on colors and textures. When using colorful maple leaf dishes, you can dump the usual fall table decorations such as containers of flowers, vivid tablecloths, and so forth. This style makes setting an autumn table fast and very easy.
To get the most out of this trend, experiment with the sizes and colors. One example would be to use the earthy brown plates with mugs of a contrasting color and bowls of still another color. If you have a favorite autumn tablecloth, you can still use this style and design, but go instead for matching the tableware pieces in a color that contrasts to your table linen. The concept is to make your fall table decorations vibrant and eye catching.
These fall table decorations are showing up outside the dining room also, they might appear in the family room as festive containers for pinecones or autumn goodies. The understated design and style makes it simple and easy to move these pieces from room to room and function to function.
Now that you know about the hottest trend in fall table decorations, where will you put it to use?
The autumn season is approaching and with it comes the assurance of autumn festivities. Kick your season off right by following one of the latest dinnerware trends of the season with maple leaf themed dinnerware. This unique new trend will change your harvest table into a work of art without the usual themed dishes that lacks color and personality.
This season, autumn decorating styles have moved more to traditional designs with more concentration on colors and textures. When using colorful maple leaf dishes, you can dump the usual fall table decorations such as containers of flowers, vivid tablecloths, and so forth. This style makes setting an autumn table fast and very easy.
To get the most out of this trend, experiment with the sizes and colors. One example would be to use the earthy brown plates with mugs of a contrasting color and bowls of still another color. If you have a favorite autumn tablecloth, you can still use this style and design, but go instead for matching the tableware pieces in a color that contrasts to your table linen. The concept is to make your fall table decorations vibrant and eye catching.
These fall table decorations are showing up outside the dining room also, they might appear in the family room as festive containers for pinecones or autumn goodies. The understated design and style makes it simple and easy to move these pieces from room to room and function to function.
Now that you know about the hottest trend in fall table decorations, where will you put it to use?
Autumn Candles: 3 Ways to Utilize This New Idea for the 2010 Fall Season
Working with autumn candles will make you think about fall decorating in a whole new light. These simple decorative accents bring the scent and look of the harvest season to your household without the expense of traditional fall decorations. Learn new tactics to use autumn candles and add a fresh look to your autumn decorating plans.
Decorating for the fall season can get costly swiftly and considering the state of the economy, many of us are fighting to uncover ways to cut corners. This does not mean that you have to ditch decorating your home this autumn season; it only means that you have to be a tad bit more imaginative and autumn themed candles and accessories are the perfect answer.
Fun Harvest Mantle Display: A quick and simple style for the 2010 fall season is to remove all your decorative accessories from your mantle and place a simple leaf garland over the top and place candles in deep fall tones within the garland. For safety, take into consideration using battery operated candles that still give that flickering light only without the risk of a real burning candle.
Flirty Autumn Bedroom: Candles set a romantic mood. To provide a touch of harvest ambiance, use candles in fun seasonal inspired holders. You not only get the romantic mood, but a reminder of frosty nights to come that will make you want to snuggle up close.
Fantastic Autumn Table Accents: Why use a boring flower arrangement when you can use a beautiful exhibit of autumn candles in the center of the table? Candles of various sizes on a glass candle plate are both understated and elegant. Light those for when your family gathers at the table and it will transform any meal into a fall celebration.
When decorating for the fall season, in many cases it is the ordinary decorative accents that make the most impact. Now that you have a few ideas, how are you going to use autumn candles in your seasonal decorating plans?
Decorating for the fall season can get costly swiftly and considering the state of the economy, many of us are fighting to uncover ways to cut corners. This does not mean that you have to ditch decorating your home this autumn season; it only means that you have to be a tad bit more imaginative and autumn themed candles and accessories are the perfect answer.
Fun Harvest Mantle Display: A quick and simple style for the 2010 fall season is to remove all your decorative accessories from your mantle and place a simple leaf garland over the top and place candles in deep fall tones within the garland. For safety, take into consideration using battery operated candles that still give that flickering light only without the risk of a real burning candle.
Flirty Autumn Bedroom: Candles set a romantic mood. To provide a touch of harvest ambiance, use candles in fun seasonal inspired holders. You not only get the romantic mood, but a reminder of frosty nights to come that will make you want to snuggle up close.
Fantastic Autumn Table Accents: Why use a boring flower arrangement when you can use a beautiful exhibit of autumn candles in the center of the table? Candles of various sizes on a glass candle plate are both understated and elegant. Light those for when your family gathers at the table and it will transform any meal into a fall celebration.
When decorating for the fall season, in many cases it is the ordinary decorative accents that make the most impact. Now that you have a few ideas, how are you going to use autumn candles in your seasonal decorating plans?
Friday, August 20, 2010
Fall Wreaths for 2010: Delightful New Fads for This Fall Season
The 2010 fall season is will be here before you know it and the fall wreaths for this season offer new trends and styles that make decorating for autumn quick and easy. Explore the new design of fall wreaths for the 2010 autumn season.
Dried Fall Wreaths: This fall, the arrangements are concentrating more on traditional elements. The best selling designs feature dried floral materials in contrasting hues. This makes the arrangement an instant focal point, perfect for front doors as the color contrast draws your eye even from the street or sidewalk. For those that hate artificial flowers, preserved wreaths are a way to cut the cost ın contrast to live arrangements and can last for many years with special care.
Silk Fall Wreaths: Artificial Flowers have really improved in the past few years from their ugly beginnings. This fall season, artificial flowers add vibrant fall color to fall wreaths. These arrangements can be understated wreaths of autumn colored leaves or the more intricate designs featuring autumn florals. Often these designs are so realistic, it is difficult to tell that they are not made up of fresh florals even when only standing a few inches away. Long lasting and a lot more sturdy than preserved wreaths, silk might be the best alternative if your design will be subjected continuously to the weather.
Autumn Berry Fall Wreaths: The topic of the fall season has always been the harvest and the wreaths for 2010 accentuate that by featuring harvest berries in quite a few designs. This choice is fantastic for those that favor a more subtle and understated arrangement over the types mentioned above. Designed in the amazing colors of autumn, these wreaths feature bunches of striking fall berries that immediately bring to mind food and the harvest feast.
A gorgeous fall wreath adds a feeling of the harvest season to your front door, putting you in the mood for the cooler nights and hot apple cider. Consider your own tastes and needs as you choose your arrangement, bearing in mind both cost and durability.
Now that you are ready to decorate for the harvest season, why not add a fall wreath to your fall decorating plans?
Dried Fall Wreaths: This fall, the arrangements are concentrating more on traditional elements. The best selling designs feature dried floral materials in contrasting hues. This makes the arrangement an instant focal point, perfect for front doors as the color contrast draws your eye even from the street or sidewalk. For those that hate artificial flowers, preserved wreaths are a way to cut the cost ın contrast to live arrangements and can last for many years with special care.
Silk Fall Wreaths: Artificial Flowers have really improved in the past few years from their ugly beginnings. This fall season, artificial flowers add vibrant fall color to fall wreaths. These arrangements can be understated wreaths of autumn colored leaves or the more intricate designs featuring autumn florals. Often these designs are so realistic, it is difficult to tell that they are not made up of fresh florals even when only standing a few inches away. Long lasting and a lot more sturdy than preserved wreaths, silk might be the best alternative if your design will be subjected continuously to the weather.
Autumn Berry Fall Wreaths: The topic of the fall season has always been the harvest and the wreaths for 2010 accentuate that by featuring harvest berries in quite a few designs. This choice is fantastic for those that favor a more subtle and understated arrangement over the types mentioned above. Designed in the amazing colors of autumn, these wreaths feature bunches of striking fall berries that immediately bring to mind food and the harvest feast.
A gorgeous fall wreath adds a feeling of the harvest season to your front door, putting you in the mood for the cooler nights and hot apple cider. Consider your own tastes and needs as you choose your arrangement, bearing in mind both cost and durability.
Now that you are ready to decorate for the harvest season, why not add a fall wreath to your fall decorating plans?
Really Easy Fall Decorations: Exciting Harvest Projects for the Entire Family
Fall is going to be here before you know it and so now is the time to think about your seasonal decorations. Get the family along side each other for some serious fall amusement with these very easy fall decorations! These types of projects are certain to get the entire family taking part with the harvest festivities.
Seasonal Harvest Window Container: Take a step away from conventional window box creations of chrysanthemums or pansies. This fall season, why not have a shot at something totally new? Put a layer of straw or dried grass to the window box, making sure that a little of it gently falls down the front and sides. Collect gourds and pumpkins of numerous shapes, styles, and shades; organize these in your window containers for a fun harvest display. For increased family fun, have the children color happy expressions on the pumpkins! If the kids are older, shiny paint in deep autumn colors will add a lttle bit of bling to the window box and involve them with the project.
Beautiful Harvest Porch: As soon as the summer season passes, our porches can often be left deserted and forgotten about. Turn that bare porch into a platform for your fall decorations! The staircase leading to your porch can be adorned on each side with sizeable pumpkins, decorated by the children as implied above. And then for more color, purchase a metal wreath frame from a craft retailer and deploy the children outside into the garden to gather fall leaves. Using floral craft wire and a glue gun, affix the leaves to the frame. This gives you a one of a kind wreath that the entire family helped make.
Wonderful Fall Potpourri: Absolutely nothing sets the mood of fall above the rich scents of cinnamon and apple in dense cider-like aromas. Fill your home with that scrumptious aroma while developing long-term memories with your family by creating your own autumn potpourri! Send the kids out into the backyard to harvest the last blossoms of the garden, pinecones, and even thick dried leaves. Coarsely chop these and add them to a glass bowl. Get your preferred liquid potpourri oils in harvest scents and toss it throughout the recovered garden goods. Cover with plastic and let it cure for a few weeks and your family now has its own signature potpourri blend!
Fall Leaf Collage: It is tough to entirely change your décor with the seasons, but you and your family can come up with a one-of-a-kind focal point for your family room. Accompany your children out into the lawn and collect leaves, but this time make sure that the leaves are still pliable. Let them gather a good deal, this project requires lots of leaves. Back inside; press these leaves between the pages of a heavy book for about a week until they are smooth and flat. Buy a large picture frame from a discount store, the bigger the better! Make it possible for the children help you glue the leaves to an inexpensive sheet of poster board that has been cut to fit the frame. I suggest cutting the stems off the leaves, but my daughter prefers to leave them attached, it’s a matter of preference. Once the whole board is embellished, let it to dry, and spray with dried floral preservative. Put your masterpiece in the frame and enjoy your family’s artwork!
These are a few fun fall crafts for you and your family. Why not supplement your creations with some trendy fall decorations? Get the whole family involved this autumn season and establish traditions for years to come!
Seasonal Harvest Window Container: Take a step away from conventional window box creations of chrysanthemums or pansies. This fall season, why not have a shot at something totally new? Put a layer of straw or dried grass to the window box, making sure that a little of it gently falls down the front and sides. Collect gourds and pumpkins of numerous shapes, styles, and shades; organize these in your window containers for a fun harvest display. For increased family fun, have the children color happy expressions on the pumpkins! If the kids are older, shiny paint in deep autumn colors will add a lttle bit of bling to the window box and involve them with the project.
Beautiful Harvest Porch: As soon as the summer season passes, our porches can often be left deserted and forgotten about. Turn that bare porch into a platform for your fall decorations! The staircase leading to your porch can be adorned on each side with sizeable pumpkins, decorated by the children as implied above. And then for more color, purchase a metal wreath frame from a craft retailer and deploy the children outside into the garden to gather fall leaves. Using floral craft wire and a glue gun, affix the leaves to the frame. This gives you a one of a kind wreath that the entire family helped make.
Wonderful Fall Potpourri: Absolutely nothing sets the mood of fall above the rich scents of cinnamon and apple in dense cider-like aromas. Fill your home with that scrumptious aroma while developing long-term memories with your family by creating your own autumn potpourri! Send the kids out into the backyard to harvest the last blossoms of the garden, pinecones, and even thick dried leaves. Coarsely chop these and add them to a glass bowl. Get your preferred liquid potpourri oils in harvest scents and toss it throughout the recovered garden goods. Cover with plastic and let it cure for a few weeks and your family now has its own signature potpourri blend!
Fall Leaf Collage: It is tough to entirely change your décor with the seasons, but you and your family can come up with a one-of-a-kind focal point for your family room. Accompany your children out into the lawn and collect leaves, but this time make sure that the leaves are still pliable. Let them gather a good deal, this project requires lots of leaves. Back inside; press these leaves between the pages of a heavy book for about a week until they are smooth and flat. Buy a large picture frame from a discount store, the bigger the better! Make it possible for the children help you glue the leaves to an inexpensive sheet of poster board that has been cut to fit the frame. I suggest cutting the stems off the leaves, but my daughter prefers to leave them attached, it’s a matter of preference. Once the whole board is embellished, let it to dry, and spray with dried floral preservative. Put your masterpiece in the frame and enjoy your family’s artwork!
These are a few fun fall crafts for you and your family. Why not supplement your creations with some trendy fall decorations? Get the whole family involved this autumn season and establish traditions for years to come!
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