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How to Decorate With Wooden Venetian Blinds

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Wooden Venetian Blinds look best in the windows of houses that are also made of wood. They are also well suited to brick and stone homes. Stone homes look particularly quaint and European with stone shutters. They can also spruce up the look of a home that has aluminum siding, adding some class to its look as well as some value. The darker the color of wood on a venetian blind the richer and more expensive the effect usually is.

Wooden blinds add charm where the plastic or metal slatted kind can’t. There is simply an old fashioned charm to them that cannot be rivaled by the green or cream colored institutional type blinds. However those fifties type blinds do suit some office decors that are based on retro furniture and fabric designs from the middle of the last century.

Wooden venetian blinds are also the ideal compliment to decors that have a rustic, antique or prairie theme to them. They also suit some areas of a home that is Victorian, such as a closed porch, especially if they are painted a dark color.

Cottages are also very well suited for wooden venetian blinds. They help keep out the heat in the middle of the summer and they also smell nice if they do heat up in the sun. Another benefit is that they can be completely closed at night to prevent your family from being spied on by curious bears. Wooden venetian blinds are a nice choice for a vacation home because they go with everything and are easy to care for.

There are also some Asian style decors that also suit wooden venetian blinds especially if the blinds are very spare and square in shape. Vertical wooden blinds also suit Asian styles of décor. Dark red woods, and woods that are painted black or bright cherry red are good choices for a home that has a spare Chinese or Japanese flair.

Country wood blinds also make the ideal décor for a farmhouse or a country house especially if it is decorated in the traditional old-fashioned country or rustic design schemes, which can include elements such as floral or checkered fabrics, stuffed couches and tables and wooden coffee tables. It is a good idea to match the color of the wood in the venetian blinds to another design element in your home such as the floor or the furniture. Therefore if your floor is pine, try to buy wooden venetian blinds that are made of blinds as well.

Tattoo Ideas for Furniture and Decor

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Are you looking for tattoo ideas? Tattooing is almost as old as mankind so there is no shortage of ideas. Ed Hardy, the famous tattooist now has his designs on everything.

Here is a brief resource of tattoo ideas that might help you decide what kind of mark you would like to leave on your furniture.

Animals –Pictures of animals were engraved on the flesh as it was believed that the person that bore the animal’s picture would also adopt that animal’s strengths. Birds, butterflies, bugs and insects are also popular tattoo ideas.

Biker – Biker tattoos are motorcycle fetish tattoos and many of them feature sex and death type motifs along with machine parts such as flaming exhaust pipes or complicated engines.

Biomechanical – Biomechanical tattoo ideas are the ones that look like the space monster in the movie “Alien” and feature a blend of technology with human or animal organs.

Cartoons – Tattoo ideas based on animated characters or scenes are more popular then ever thanks to the popularity of Japanese anime.

Celtic Designs – Celtic tattoos have a strong style that is defined by solid blocks of color. They are black or blue and are based on the Celtic cross or the Celtic Knot.

Celestial Motifs – If you are into astrology then consider getting a tattoo based on the sun, moon or the stars

Prison Tattoos – Prison tattoos are very unique. Classics such as the dagger through he heart that says mom or the skull that is decorated with roses are very much in vogue.
Eastern Symbols – Given the popularity of Yoga, Feng Shui and other Asian traditions eastern symbols such as the OM or I CHING symbol have become more popular than ever.

Egyptian – The Egyptian black cat Bast or the Egyptian symbol called the Ankh are ancient yet timeless tattoo ideas.

Fairies, Pixie and Nymphs – If you are pagan or into magic these airy creatures of the forest make beautiful little designer tattoos.

Fantasy – Characters from fantasy animations or video games also make great tattoo ideas. So do characters from children’s storybooks like Babar or The Grinch.

Flowers – A tattooed flower is one of the oldest and most classic of tattoo ideas. Perhaps the most popular flower tattoo is a rose.

Mermaids – Mermaids are in a class of tattoo ideas all by themselves. They were a favorite of sailors who believed that the mermaid could save them from drowning.

Pin Up Girls- Some of the nicest tattoos ever drawn were based on famous pin up girls such as Mitzi Gaynor or Marilyn Monroe

Symbols of Faith – Religious symbols, particularly Christian ones such as a cross or Christ on the cross have always been worn on the flesh as symbols of one’s devotion to religion.

As you can see there is now shortage in life of tattoo ideas!