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Techniques for distressing furniture

Today, furniture difficulty is the most sought after and this need led to the development of indigenous furniture distressing techniques. These techniques are used to artificially aged to look worn furniture. Distressed furniture sport seems to vanish, even if it is brand new. These pieces are made to contribute to a variety of techniques to give them a realistic look. This furniture is very expensive, compared to a similar piece, which is not disturbed. Do not be discouraged if you can not afford a piece of furniture in need. You can make this a piece of existing furniture in the house. Just have some tools, furniture, and the basic idea of how distressed furniture. To do this, you can create a unique antique furnishings and save money. If you are a beginner, avoid costly furniture, new or old. You can try the methods ofCrackle Method This is one of the most popular furniture distressing techniques used to simulate the effect of popping as antique furniture. Here are some guidelines, the pain of moving to get this crackling sound effect.
* First, you need to sand the furniture and wipe with a tack cloth.
* It is now water-based color selection, so as to cover the entire surface and allow to dry for at least a day.
* When it dries, make a mixture of wallpaper paste and gum arabic, and applied a thick layer of this mixture of furniture. This coating has become completely dry before the next step.
* The next step is to apply a coat of white latex (or other light color), plus a mixture of coating thickness.
* As soon as you stop the coating, dust on the furniture with a hair dryer. Fon needs to be in the form of heat. damage or furniture at low cost.
Distressing furniture wax waxing is also one of the many furniture distressing techniques that can be done very easily. All you need is wax, which the pencils or even candles on the left, has a purpose. As with any other method, you need to start grinding the selected piece of furniture that is made of just wood. When the correction is over, the paint on the furniture in the dark paint, preferably in a medium chocolate brown. Since the paint is dry, rub the edges and raised surfaces of furniture polish, because these are areas that have been taken away over time. Now you can paint the entire surface is flat white acrylic paint, which does not adhere to those areas with wax. After the paint has dried, you sweep the white paint on the wood, but be sure to uneven surfaces. Allow to dry. Since the stain dry, remove the furniture wax. Iron waxed areas to keep paper towels on top.

Southern Highlands Reader's Home

Oh to call this home! The serene space actually belongs to my reader Ali, who lives in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales (about 2 hours south of Sydney). Ali is a stay-at-home mom of 3 little ones (in addition to being an aspiring designer!) who is obsessed with the bluey/greeny/grey colors we all can't get enough of. They recently built the home of their dreams in the country, but sadly have to move back to the city for a wider choice of schools for their son with Aspergers Syndrome. Gosh, I wish I lived in Australia right about now because their home is now up for sale. To see the listing and for more photos, just head here!

And with that, I wish you all a fantastic Halloween weekend!!! Be safe!

Modern furniture is the perfect homeowners fashion

Lets face it, the reason for decorating the home, not just in terms of personal aesthetic. And the social component of it. There are many signs of fashionability, and as a house or apartment is decorated and furnished is definitely one of those. modern decor and a great way to show their sense of fashion to fashion for the home and their quality is up to date, and "with it." It shows others that they are aware of contemporary fashion design and fashion in general.
When customers come and look fashionable modern furniture frame, even futuristic reference, they should immediately different from that initiated during their visit to the house of a person with ordinary furniture, sad, or outdated. They feel the presence of high fashion and style, and view the owner as obsessed with these qualities. It instantly creates a "modern" building. Very often, an owner will have to fashion a modern house with modern furniture that intrigue and amuse the guests. But if the house is old or new, the furniture can be the determining factor in how the indoor environment affects people who live and those who visit.
We could start with the smallest group of people - both. Who wants to impress a potential partner will probably want to look fashionable. Therefore they want in their house or apartment with modern furniture, especially modern bedroom furniture. Although this possibility can not come up to the bedroom, it is good to know that if it does, there will be a great modern space for romance to play. Bedrooms modern shows that the owner not only show a few things in the room, but Im willing to go through with their organization in accordance with modern themes, taking it into more intimate areas. Beyond this room, as usual drag areas will benefit from modern furniture as well. In this way, flirting and talking can go into an environment where there is a real sense of intrigue and novelty.
The parties are the epitome situation where people show how they are fashionable. Modern furniture is a must for these occasions. It provides a great environment where guests can mingle and talk about the plot and the high style of the host country. A home decorated in a modern show not only the home owner / host is popular, but he cares about the party to give guests a unique and friendly social event. For business meetings and missions, but not as critical from the point of view of fashion, business meetings link will also be strengthened by the owner shows how the use of modern furniture. Again, it shows that the owner has the taste and style, and it may create a favorable impression to business in a number of ways. Someone with murder, plain, or old furniture will be inclined to act in a conservative or behind time.

Cute Colorful Cottage

How cute is this cottage in Greensboro, North Carolina that was featured in Canadian Home and Country?! The 1939 Cape belongs to photographer Stacey Haines (a fellow turquoise lover) and her husband Steve, who renovated the space for less than $2,300. So many of the lovely items you see come from flea markets, yard sales and thrift stores, and they did all the work themselves. I know you all love that bedroom...it's just enough color that they only painted the one wall. Talk about pure heaven paired with all the white! Read more about this charming space here!

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Get Wamrth and Beauty Living Room Designs with Hardwood Floors

I love a simple and natural living room designs, designing a simple house can be start from choosing the materials of the floors, one of the best choice on floor plan is the hardwood floor. Hardwood floors are popular and it is easy care and cleaning, great style coupled with durability and as always, they’re natural and safe for the environment. They are extremely good and have some great benefits as well as being impressive to look at as well. Hardwood can also improve the warmth and the beauty of the living room. If you take proper care of your hardwood floors, they will last for years and years. A lot of homeowners make the choice of using hardwood floors in their home compared to using traditional carpets or other material’s flooring.

In order to get a natural but modern look of the hardwood floor, you can choose a hardwood with tile style, a hardwood that designed in a special style so the hardwood looks like a tile. Its can reflects the traditionally warm aesthetics and high-performance, making them the favorite choice of homeowners, its also can

enabling a unique antique look once the floor is installed.

Now we need to know about the various hardwood floorings available in the market.

The original form of hardwood flooring is the solid wood where strips, parquets and planks of solid wood are available. But laying them is a tough job and there is no chance that you can do it yourself. It is very hardy and if maintained with just a little bit of care, it can last generations.

But people avoid original hardwood flooring because of its cost and difficulty in laying. So they go for engineered wood. Engineered wood is wood and not wood at the same time. It is layers of wood veneer fused together. Good quality wood and bad quality wood are used in manufacture of this material and hence the lower cost. Other advantages are that you can get many designs and textures and these floorings are especially engineered to withstand different weather conditions, chemicals, temperatures and humidity.

Among the toughest of the engineered hardwood floors are the ones where planks of hardwood are given an acrylic coating. This coating makes them resistance to scratches. So the surface stays intact for a long time. So this flooring is very useful for areas with high footfall. Hardwood flooring is also available in two types – the pre-finished and unfinished types. The pre-finished type of hardwood flooring is easy to lay and you can even do it yourself with proper tools.

Outdoor Furniture Ideas

Outdoor lighting is often overlooked that should not be! If the porch, patio or garden in your yard that does not forget that this gives a certain home. Therefore, taking into account the decor is very essential to have an absolutely beautiful space. Remember that when customers visit the night going to see these outside lighting system before entering your home. Outdoor lighting not only add to the appearance of this area, but also is beneficial in terms of safety and security of your home. All you need do is choose among the many ideas for outdoor lighting and a new area for the outdoors. So here are some ideas for outdoor lighting that you can choose to illuminate the exterior.
Types of lighting before examining the ideas of outdoor lighting, here are some basic types of open fires. Choose a function to create the effect you want can be done if you know the goal of every lighting. The first is lighting up. These are devices that provide uplight. It is usually placed under an object to illuminate it from below. Commonly placed under the rocks and plants. The second type is task lighting, that each of you know. This hangs above a certain level to illuminate a large area. The light falls and is generally focused on security. Used to illuminate the passage, porch, garden or pathway. The second type is the illumination of the area, which help to illuminate a given area to create an elegant effect. As a specific tree is the focal point of the garden, the wall may appear larger after the light falls on it. light zone is the second type of lighting used to illuminate a specific object.
Remember that outdoor lighting ideas varies greatly depending on the occasion. Will you use every night? Or do you prepare the area for vacation or holiday. Invite your friends to a vacation in your home can be optimized with colored lights outdoors, you will also spend some time outdoors fun. Here are some vacation ideas for outdoor lighting. To do this, especially for 3-4 days, consider this. You can basically have elegant outdoor furniture located here. It is preferable to place the furniture in a giant tree or around shrubs. So you've created the most important area where you can work. Get better sense of pendant lights in the round and hang on the tree for basic lighting. Some ceiling fixtures can work well if it is defined to clarify this area. If there are trees around, get some lights on the ground and place them behind the bushes. Light passing through the bushes will look good.

Diamond and Baratta

If anyone knows how to make a strong statement with turquoise, hands down it's Diamond and Baratta. I've shown you the vibrant home from the first image before (how could you forget it?), but I just came across the foyer and had to share it too. That chandelier made my heart stop! The other entrance I found on Absolutely Beautiful Things is from another Florida home designed by these two color geniuses. Granted we might not want to live in either home, but how fun to look at or visit. You just have to hand it to these guys for taking such bold risks!

Thanks for all your great suggestions yesterday about my upcoming trip to New York! You guys are so awesome! :)

A Japanese garden is not your ordinary garden

Japanese gardening is very different from Western-style garden. Most would say that a Japanese garden is much softer than the soul and inspires meditation. Japanese gardening is a cultural form of gardening that aims to produce a scene that mimics nature as much as possible. The use of trees, shrubs, rocks, sand, artificial hills, ponds, running water and the garden is an art form. Zen and Shinto traditions are both a big part of Japanese gardening and, therefore, the gardens have a contemplative and representative of the spirit.
The basic methods of the landscape is a reduced scale, symbolization, and borrowed views. scale is the art of the real scene of nature, mountains, rivers, trees, and is played on a smaller scale. Symbolism associated with the generalization and abstraction. An example of this would suggest using white sand of the sea. Borrowed views to artists who are using something like the sea or the forest in the background, but ended up becoming an important part of the scene. There are two types of Japanese gardens. Tsukiyama garden is a hill garden and mainly consists of rolling hills and lakes. Hiraniwa, which is the exact opposite Tsukiyama garden is flat, without hills or ponds. The basic elements used in the Japanese garden are stones, gravel, water, moss, rocks, fences and hedges. Rocks used for centerpieces, and that the presence of spirituality to the garden. According to Shinto tradition, the stone reflects the nature spirits.

John Willey...and Your Help!

"Life's too short for an all-beige room." I couldn't agree more with John Willey of Willey Design LLC who designed this amazing Hamptons home featured in this month's issue of East Coast Home + Design and photographed by David Jacquot. I love the personality of the entire space...it's sophisticated, but fun-loving and comfy too. You really can't go wrong with Mother Nature's beachy color palette, sunshine and all!

If you guys were reading along a year ago, you may remember last November Chris and I actually took a trip out east to the Hamptons and NYC. You guys gave us so many fantastic ideas of what to see and where to go, we had such a blast. Well we've decided to return again this year, but for 10 days. So in a few short weeks that's where I'll be! You don't even know how excited I am. I just have to ask you guys again, since I have a lot of new readers now, do you have any recommendations?? Where to stay, eat, play, etc? We're hoping to spend 5 days on Long Island around the Hamptons (with a car), and 5 in Manhattan (with good shoes). Plenty of time to see and do a whole lot! Thanks in advance you guys, I can't wait to hear what you have to say! Oh and if you want to email me any advice too, please feel free! :) THANK YOU!

Take control of clutter in your home

How much time do you spend looking for things around your house? Im not talking about once you go deep into your basement in search of the tent, you nephew wants to borrow next weekend. I talk about you. Your stuff. Let be honest here, ok? If I told you to leave the house now, would you be able to retrieve your keys and wallet in the process? Or do you want to look after them? How is it in the morning at home before work and school? Is there a shoe lost, lost homework pages in search of ... where did you say? ... I was not the last thing you did! ... Hurry, we need to get started! ... I do not know where he is!
If this sounds like your house, then you may have a problem of confusion. The disorder is what kind of things found around your home. This trick is how to do things. Youre probably familiar with the adage "A place for everything and everything in its place." I think when we were kids, our parents and repeated the phrase, focused in the second half: of things! As with adults, however, the flowers the size of ours does not have a definite place appropriate to ask our business. When we do not know where to put something, we end up anywhere. We lair of the road or leave it until we decide. We put things on a temporary basis and a plan to reach them later. But later it can not happen until a bill is due, and then we are desperately searching through the rooms looking for a particular piece of paper. This is a fun way to be.
Get rid of clutter is an issue decisions. First you have to embrace the idea that you want to get under control. Then you have to make a choice, one by one, all the waste at home. The options are: 1) to throw away 2) Give away (or sell) 3) Hold, but only if you are willing to find a permanent home in the house. By placing these same decisions, sometimes not so easy. If you have any difficulties, please do not belittle yourself. On the contrary, invite a friend for support - and maybe to do with stuff, or maybe just a cup of coffee and keep you laughing (or crying). subject to adequate housing is a container or on a shelf. There is nothing to be stored directly on the floor. You may need to install new shelves and invest more in containers. Its ok. The tank can be made of plastic shoe box, but it could also be a box of thin wood.

Bring the Seaside Inside

If there's one thing we can all agree on (since we love turquoise and all) it's that we all appreciate homes with a coastal vibe, like this stunner designed by Massucco Warner Miller. Whether you're steps away from the beach, or landlocked smack dab in the middle of flyover land like me, bringing just a little seaside inside is always a good thing! The colors here are glorious...all the browns, blues and greens, so natural and fresh. I especially love the collection of blue vessels in the last picture! You must see see more of the lovely home here!

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