Rugs to Brighten Up Your Floor

One of the biggest decisions you could possibly make about your home’s décor is to choose a rug that’s the right color. By looking to someone like modernrugs.co.uk, you’ll find that they come in many different colors, but knowing which one is right for your home is tough.

Following trends can be difficult, but choosing something that’s only briefly trendy isn’t right. At the moment, cool gold and green, silvers, mauves and greys are out of fashion, while earthy shades like light blue, khaki, suede and warm green are currently in. While beige is seen as dull, it’s a color which works because of its utilitarian qualities.

There are a number of things to consider when choosing a rug color. The massive choice confronting consumers is enough to make your head spin, but you’ll want to choose one that fits in with your home. Here are some useful tips:

• If the rug is going to be walked on regularly, spills, dirt and stains could happen regularly. While lighter carpets can be treated to resist stains, darker rugs tend to cope better.
• Rugs can be used to either lighten up or tone down a room. For darker rooms, red is ideal, while lighter colors such as sky blue could be just the thing for lighter rooms.
• If the rug’s color matches your personality, that could be useful. If you’re a casual, relaxed sort of person, then warm colors might work, while those who like detail will go for blue, black, gray and white tones.
• You could have a rug which fits in with your existing décor or have it as a room’s focal point. You won’t want it to clash with all the other furniture, as it could ruin your whole interior.
• If you’re confused, then choose beige. It’s safe, goes with just about every design and the best beige rugs are durable and can cope with just about any daily wear.
Whether or not you have a color in mind, by going to Modern Rugs, you could find the inspiration you’re looking for, with rugs of all shades in stock.

Amazing ceramic tile murals

My kitchen countertops are covered in boring beige linoleum, and the same linoleum is on the walls between the countertops, sink, and stove, and the bottoms of the cupboards. BORING. I’ve seen painted ceramic tiles at Home Depot, and I’ve seen them in kitchens where a few are randomly placed along with plain tile, but I’ve never seen anything like this!

Jerusalem Pottery sells beautiful designs hand painted on ceramic tile, hand glazed and fired at a high temperature. Each tile measures 6 inches. I was amazed that the designer draws the design on paper first, then transfers it to the tiles by outlining the design first with black paint then filling in the color before hand glazing and hand firing the tiles in a kiln. These beautiful Ceramic tile murals will last a lifetime!

In addition to making a unique kitchen accent, ceramic tile murals can be used on bathroom walls, fireplace mantels, the fronts of fireplaces, the tops of tables, behind fountains set into walls, and to decorate the entrance to your home. I checked the shipping page and it looks like the site can ship to anywhere in the world, so if you are looking for a truly unique piece of art for your home, check out the beautiful tile murals at Jerusalem Pottery.

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Info on Planters and Outdoor Decor

While driving past our neighbor’s house the other evening, I noticed they had several very large window boxes sitting on the curb in front of their house, where people in our neighborhood leave things that are free for the taking. After we pulled into our driveaway, I asked my husband to walk down there and check them out. We have a brick ledge that runs the length of our house in the front, and there’s nothing on it, and that ledge is just begging to have window box planters on it.

So he walked down, and sure enough, it was three huge planter boxes, painted white, that looked barely used. My husband is still working on figuring out how to attach them to the brick ledge, but now that I’ve looked at them more, I’ve got this idea for all kinds of different outdoor planters that we could use on our patio too. I found a website called Planterixchange, pronounced “Planter Exchange”, and they sell beautiful flower pots, terrariums for starting seeds indoors, outdoor fountains, and more.

The site is really easy to search by type, color, material, and price. We have this back patio that is pretty much just a big square slab of concrete, and in the three years we’ve lived here I haven’t done anything with it at all. But now I’m looking at Planterixchange and envisioning pots of beautiful flowers and greens placed at the corners of the patio. It might even make me want to take my laptop outside and work out there surrounded by pretty flowers! Too bad Planterixchange doesn’t sell green thumbs :)

Is your child the next CompanyKids catalog model?

CompanyKids is the source for the most amazing kids’ bedding and room decor, in patterns and colors that will make any kid’s room truly special. I browse the site pretending I can buy anything I want and filling my kids’ rooms with coordinated bedding, rugs, accessories, and storage. Right now I am coveting the Bridgeport storage collection. It’s the children’s division of The Company Store, which sells bedding, bath, and home decor.

They also publish a catalog, and right now CompanyKids is looking for their next star of the print and online Spring 2009 catalog. Think your kid has that star model quality? Send in a photo showing them at their cutest, and they could be the featured winner! For official rules and to enter, visit the contest page at www.companykids.com/contest (copy and paste that into your browser).

Think your kid’s a star? Then just send in the cutest, most adorable picture and your little munchkin may be featured in the print and online Spring 2009 CompanyKids Catalog! For official rules and to enter please visit: www.companykids.com/contest (**Note, the contest does not officially start until May 22, 2008; therefore the site will not be updated until then. Contest ends June 20, 2008.)

The child(ren) in photos submitted must be at least 3 years of age but must not have had his or her 7th birthday as of July 30, 2008. The contest ends June 20, 2008. And there are PRIZES!

* 2 Grand Prize Winners will receive a trip to New York for the photo shoot, as well as a $500 Company Kids gift card
* 10 First Prize Winners will receive a $100 Company Kids gift card

Wouldn’t it be amazing to see your precious pumpkin in the pages of a catalog? Enter by June 20th!

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