Home decor ideas

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October 07, 2007

Square Pillar Candles

Square pillar candles have become a very popular candle shape for decorating a home or as a table centerpiece. A staggered grouping of various heights with square pillar candles will give you the desired look you want to achieve to give a lasting impression for you and your guests.

Select from 30 designer colors - order yours now

These square candles are available in an array of 33 various designer colors. This is a very affordable way to add color to any arrangement, for any occasion including weddings. We do recommend you use a proper candle holder that is designed just for this shape.

You will really like this shape for decorating, it's not really a unique candle, but you don't see very many people using a square pillar candle in their homes. I like that because it tends to draw peoples attention to your decorating skills.

October 04, 2007

Halloween Candles

Spooky Fun with candles

Ok its almost time for halloween and what better way to have a little fun in your home than to add a few decorative halloween candles. These four candle accents are our most popular halloween decorations that our customers are having fun with. Normally we don't advocate decorating your home for these types of celebrations, but these halloween decorations have changed our minds. The reason is you can save these halloween candles and use them for a couple of years and just replace the candles and keep the scenes for years to come.

Haunted Village Tealight Holders

Haunted Mansion Tealight Holders Order now before halloween This is a very cool halloween candle decoration.

With silhouetted spiders and flickering glass windows of orange, green, and purple, these twisted mansions cast an eerie glow. Made of sturdy iron and designed with doors that actually open, our haunted houses create a delightfully spooky tableau. Large and medium mansions hold four tealights; small holds three.
Large Silhouette Halloween Scene

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Dramatically lit from behind, this freestanding metal piece will be the center of attention for many Halloweens to come. This large silhouette, a captivating mantel piece or tabletop display, portrays a haunting tableau of twisted branches, hovering bats, eerie cat and fierce-looking witch, all illuminated by nine ghostly tealights.

Color Changing Ghost and Scary Tree


Order these ghost candles for halloween here

Create a mysterious glow with changing colors, these ghoulish wax candles set the stage for a hauntingly good time. Illuminated by an interior LED, these ghosts and humorous tombstones generate a light show of constantly shifting colors and automatically turn off when the flame is extinguished. Set includes: 1 each Large and Small Color Changing Ghosts, 1 Scary Tree Tealight Holder and 1 Bag of 50 Aluminum Cup Tealights.

Glow-In-The-Dark Skeleton

Price details of the Glow-In-The-Dark Skeleton Stake here

No haunted yard is complete without a looming skeleton, hands thwrown in the air to startle the unsuspecting. Outlined with glow-in-the-dark paint, our metal Skeleton Stake is backlit by a votive or tealight for even more luminosity. You'll raise plenty of spirits with our metal Skeleton Lantern, a classic addition to fright-night decor both indoors and out. Place one or two in a front windowsill, line multiples along a pathway or hang them from one of our adjustable metal stakes to set a spooky mood.

September 14, 2007

Bathroom decorating ideas

There are four main bathroom accessories that you can install yourself that will change the way this very important room in your home will look. They are small bathroom vanities, decorative sinks and faucets (shower faucets are easy to install but require a little more work), wall mirrors and new counter tops.

If you are thinking about remodeling or renovating this room we have added a couple of easy ideas that can be done in a few hours. Changing a shower stall or adding a new tub or toilet is a much bigger job and should only be considered when you want to renovate the bathroom. For our purposes we are only looking at accessories that are easy to do.

Concentrate more on the sink area, bathroom sink faucets are it is much easier to change than shower taps. Danze, kohler, porcher and toto brands have the most modern styles for you to choose from.

If you would like to know more about these or would like to view the entire collection or compare prices go here to bathroom decor ideas.You can install these easily enough yourself. Modern faucets will give a whole new look to the sink area and even make an older counter top look better.

Double sinks with a matching mirror seem to be the trend in new homes. Just make sure, before you order that you measure the wall area width and height to see if the one you like will fit. Having
bathroom vanity lights above a mirror is just not enough or do they provide the best light to see yourself in.

Side mirror lights or wall sconces are the favored accessory for this. If you are planning to renovate this room first go to this page to find out more aboutplanning a bathroom renovation and which fixtures to pick first.

March 18, 2007

Bathroom decor ideas

One is the one bathroom decor item that you use the most and has the greatest decorative effect on your bathroom?

That would be your bathroom faucet!

Bathroom sink faucets can easily change a dull sink and counter top to something out of the ordinary. Faucets are easy to install and not that expensive. Their are basically only a few styles but are produced from at least thirty different manufactures. Moen, delta and american standard are just a couple of the more well known bathroom faucet producers.

The styles that you need to view are wall mounted faucets, single hole bathroom faucets and basin faucets (which are the new trend in bathrooms this year)

To view any of these models go to our main page about bathroom sink faucets and compare styles that would look best in your bathroom.

If you want to change the look of your sink this is the way to go, unless you want to buy a new sink and vanity unit which would be much more expensive.

March 09, 2007

Bedding for day beds

Daybeds seem to be a hard find when it comes to shopping for sheet sets and blankets. Not too many department stores carry a very large selection for you to choose from.

This company carries a large selection of bedding for daybeds including Euro Shams, fitted sheets and duvet sets. BEDDINGSETS.COM is the place to start looking.

When buying be sure to choose a material that is machine washable. If you dont you will need to buy a couple of sets because you will need something while your comforter is out at the dry cleaners.

Usually you can find this information on the furniture hangtag or on the manufacturer's label. Here is a reference list of those cleaning codes:

WS: This fabric may be cleaned with water-based cleaning agents and foams, as well as with mild, water-free dry cleaning solvents.
W: Use water-based cleaning agents or foams only.
S: Use only mild, water-free dry cleaning solvents.
X: Do not use foam or liquid agents on this fabric. Vacuum or brush lightly to remove soil.

January 11, 2007

Bathroom decor ideas

The bathroom is probably the room in your home that you always want to redecorate. I know it is in my home, it seems either my wife or one of my teenagers are always looking for a bathroom decor ideas that they can do themselves. Plumbing was always and issue so I taught them how to install simple things like faucets and shower taps. They are now tackling bigger jobs like the bathroom counter, which is a very easy do-it-yourself job.

If you need to go back click here gor more about bathroom decor

The four bathroom decor ideas that they have done themselves are listed below. They are the main bathroom accessories that make the biggest difference in the way your bathroom will look. Installing bathroom flooring is a different issue that requires a bit more skill, so I left that one out. If you would like to know more go here to read about bathroom flooring or here to planning a bathroom renovation.for information. Curtain ideas is on curtains for the bathroom.

Small bathroom vanities

Traditional or contemporary vanities for the bathroom

It's good to have a general idea of the what features you want for a vanity before you tear out the old one. Double sinks with a matching mirror seem to be the trend in new homes. Just make sure, before you order that you measure the wall area width and height to see if the one you like will fit. An easy way to do this would be measure your old bathroom counter and cupboards and then look for one roughly the same size.

Faucets for the sink or shower

View all bathroom sink faucets

Concentrate more on the sink area it is much easier to change that the shower accessories. Danze, kohler, porcher and toto brands have the most unique and modern styles for you to choose from. You can install these easily enough yourself. Modern faucets will give a whole new look to the sink area and even make an older counter top look better.

Bathroom wall mirrors

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These really brighten up this room and make your look other accents reflect both your good taste and style. This is why it is so important to choose the right one to match the rest of your accessories. The better designers and manufactures are Hillsdale, Murray Feiss and Quoizel they have the most interesting styles and designs for your bathroom.

Bathroom counter accessory

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towel racks, soap dispensers, decorative trash cans for bathrooms, hair dryer holders and other neat accessories for the powder room.

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December 14, 2006

Choosing a washing machine

Lets start by saying that if you choose an expensive washer over one thats around 500 dollars thinking that because its more effiecient, you will probably never get your money back in the long run. They are by far better in performance and quiter, which is normally why you buy the more costly machines.

Front loading machines are quieter and easier on your clothes than top loading washing mackines but are harder to load. This is something to be concerned with if you have a bad back. One detail that you won't be able to check if you buy online is the vibration of the spin cycle of the front loading machines, they can cause the floor to vibrate. The best thing to do is find a friend that has one and ask them, keep in mind what type of flooring they have underneath.

If your laundry room is near a family room or down the hallway near a bedroom, the noise level will be a priority when you buy. The upper end machines will be quieter than a cheap model, Maytag and Whirlpool washing machines are a good choice for sound levels.

The controls you want are also a very important feature. Temperature controls for the hot and cold water need to be automatic so that it controls the temperature of the incoming feed.

If you buy a new front loading machine and this would include the new models of top loaders, you will also have to change your detergent becuase they need a higher quality soap.

When you buy a new machine and use it for the first time you may feel disappointed in that it seemed to take longer to wash your clothes. Well guess what it did! The newer machines especially the end of 2006 and the 2007 models are better at cleaning and are gentler in the process so it does take a few minutes longer in each cycle.

December 07, 2006

Why a hand towel

Why do you need to have a hand towel in the bathroom instead of just a great big bath towel. Well let me tell you why I wish I had one in my bathroom yesterday.

It was the morning time - not the best of times - but hey I have 4 teenage daughters. I was in the bathroom shaving or at least trying to shave. I kept getting kicked out as everyone migrated towards this room to fix hair or put on makeup. Anyway back to my life, my cell phone rang so I answered it because the call displayed came up and it was a buddy of mine. He didn't want anything so we chatted for a minute and hung up. I placed my cell phone on the edge of the counter and finished up shaving, not giving it another thought.

Just at that time my wife walks by the bathroom and politely reminds me to clean up after myself and make sure the sink and counter are clean like she had it. Ok i'll be honest it was exacvtly polite (we've been married for 26 years)what she really said was "don't leave a mess like you always do" - "do you think you can handle that after all this time" Well I was going to show her.

Not seeing a small towel nearby I picked the large bath towel off the floor where I was going to fold it nicely, (later) I then proceeded to show my wife I cared, I wiped out the sink with it and then started wiping off all the drips on the counter. Just about then I took a large fast swipe along the counter top and didn't notice my cell phone sitting close to the edge because the towel was kind of too big to use.

Needless to say the cell phone went flying off the bathroom counter into the toilet with one big splash. Yes it was turned on and yes I had to reach down to my elbow to fish it out. After rasising it from the deep, I noticed that it was fryed and I spent the rest of the morning looking for a new cell phone to buy.

Who do I blame: well my wife of course because if we had proper bathroom hand towels I could have used one of them instead of a great big bath towel. My stroy is that I would have seen it if the towel wa smaller. And just in case you are wondering what I did with the towel after I dryed my arm off from being in the toilet. I hung it up in my wifes bathroom (Just kidding) but I did think of it.

I have to go now because my wife bev will be coming into her office in a minute to work and I am not really allowed to post thing in her blog unless I ask. So much for 24 or maybe its 27 years of very happy years of marriage, honey