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How to Decorate Your Home in new Stylish Trends

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If you want to decorate your home in new stylish trends there are only a few little touches you need to make. Trends are what they are – fashion statements that do eventually go away.

Classic Cornish ware is in vogue. These are blue and white storage jars that look like large cookie jars b us you can put anything anthem. There is also a service in the U.K. called tggreen that will personalize what goes on these jars with words like cookies, crayons or whatever you like.

If you are going to redo your floors and can’t afford expensive slate tiles then look no further than the Camaro vinyl flooring collection. This company makes vinyl that looks like wood, stone, slate and marble.

Coat stands have had a face lift as well. A company called Peg makes them in fluorescent plastic. The hooks are not hooks but disks that stick out from the center of the trunk of the tree. These are gentler on your clothing when you hang it on a hook.

To show how ecologically correct you are buy a rug made in eco-friendly rubber bands. They come in all kinds of different rainbow colors. Best of all these rugs, which are very gay and happy looking are slip-proof and water-proof. RugSale.com is a great site to purchase a new rug from. They have a huge selection. You can find a RugSale promo code from Promo-Codes.com to get a discount and save some money.

Retro toys of any kind are also quite fashionable nowadays as well. Think of those little dogs that would react to iPods or old style robots.

When it comes throws for your couches or chairs then start thinking spots. Throws that have big spots on them are the best.

One of the coolest chairs to own is the Conran 111 Navy chair. These are plastic chairs that come in primary colors. Each is made from 111 recycled plastic coke bottles. The new chair comes in six colours with a scratch-resistant finish. The original chair was made in aluminum.

Another hot recycled item are the Studiomold lamps. These are lamps with a base made out of crushed and twisted coke bottles and then coated with black rubber to create a base for lamps.

To show your guests you are fashion conscious buy the new day calendar by Persephone Books that features reproductions of famous end papers. End papers are the pages of vintage books that have patterns. Each end paper is noted with the name of the famous novel that was the end papers first starring appearance to the public.

How to Decorate a Room With French Finery for Christmas

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There are a lot of festive trends for 2011 that are worth noting if you want your home to look festive and contemporary but one of the most popular this year is going to be the “decorating in French Finery” trend. This is a very formal and opulent look that is a bit retro but also very classic.

Technically it is a shabby chic look. Most things are painted white but walls should be a pea green or a very light yellow. Second hand crystal chandeliers are part of the look as are tall mirrors with window pains. Lace, white chenille and curtains with tiny fringes or prints are also part of the look.

Objects are also showcased on tall Greek columns, that are also painted white and interspersed through the room. Faded chintz chairs and tall painted cabinets help this look come for life. Candles, in white metal lantern cases, also complete this vintage look as do gilded framed portraits of deceased members of the family and pillar candles surrounded by boughs of greenery.

It is also very traditional with this look to place plaster or ceramic busts about the place. To make these busts look more in tune with the holidays try wrapping green and red velvet Christmas ribbons around the subject’s necks.

Rooms done up in French Finery very often feature a Fainting Couch. This is as chaise lounge with a floral print that has a side table that is also covered in the same floral print. A crocheted throw and a few Christmas cushions in green and red complete the look. Usually a framed mirror is hung over the fainting couch and augmented with a big Christmas leaf.

The best Christmas tree for this look is the spiniest and most skeletal spruce you can find that is then gently flocked with fake white now. Decorate it with many yards of thick sheer gold ribbon that are intertwined with very tiny white Christmas lights. You can h harmonize the entire effect with a natural cedar garland that has been spray painted gold. This tree does not have the usual ornaments on it. The idea is that the tree looks wrapped in gold ribbon.

This type of room should have its own formal wrapping dining table. This can be a table that is rate and old and shabby chic in style but painted all in white with touches of gold.