Home decorating ideas, tips and inspiration
So you’re bored with your old white painted walls, or perhaps they’re not so fresh-looking anymore, but you don’t want to bother with wallpaper or prefer not to put nails in them to hang art. Or maybe you’re renting, or living in a dorm room, where you’re not allowed to make any permanent changes. Using
People have enjoyed looking at their reflection since the beginning of time. Historians think the first “mirrors” were likely pools of water, and I would have loved to be there when the first person ever saw his or her reflection. I wonder what they were thinking? I know the first time my dog saw herself
People have enjoyed decorating their walls since ancient times. Just look at all the cave paintings, dating tens of thousands of years back, found around the world, and the hieroglyphs in Egyptian pyramids. Although back then, the drawings were not just for decorative purposes – some scientists think cave paintings were ways to tell a
I have always loved chandeliers. To me, they bring up nostalgic images of European castle ballrooms filled with people in gorgeous outfits dancing the night away, extravagant theater lobbies, the Moscow subway, old churches with enormous (and sometimes very unusual) chandeliers hovering above the visitors, or here in the US, grandiose estates owned by the
Wallpaper, invented by the Chinese around 2,000 years ago and popular for centuries all over the world, sadly fell out of favor in the 80s and 90s, but is finally making a big comeback. My earliest memory of wallpaper is these murky brown grasscloth ones my parents had all over our house in the 70s
In the past few years, using vinyl stickers as wall decor has become hugely popular all over the world. And it is a genius idea: they’re inexpensive, you can use them as tiny accent pieces or cover an entire wall (or ceiling); most are so easy to put up a child can do it; they’re
Wall lights have been popular for centuries, and they have certainly come a long way from the wall candle holders of the middle ages. Today you can find pretty much any design you can think of to illuminate your walls (although candles are still a very popular choice). As you know by now (if you
Functional and decorative, wall clocks come in all shapes, materials and sizes these days. Regardless of if you’re looking for a classic pendulum model or an ultra-modern wall sticker kind, there are tons of options available. And many are so fun, inventive and chic that they can double as wall decor. Here are some favorite
I love traveling, and always look for unusual and interesting things to bring home with me. It’s so much fun to display all the mementos on your walls, and they bring back those happy memories every time you look at them. Photos are nice of course, but I also like to complement them with other
There is always new, exciting design coming from Scandinavia, ranging from ultra-modern, super-sparse, understated and totally white interiors to fun, colorful, crazy and wacky furniture and accessories. Some may teeter on the edge of tacky, but most of the time, they are items with style and flair. And so many are timeless – just look
We’d all like to have priceless art by the masters on our walls (I personally adore Rembrandts drawings) but that’s not always possible. Luckily, there are many other ways to add pizzazz to your walls that are both fun and very inexpensive – some are even free. And they also give your home a more
What comes to mind when you think of functional wall décor? A coat rack or medicine cabinet, perhaps? Those items certainly fall under that description, but we have found some that are a little bit more out of ordinary: 1. The Pocket Wall by Maja Ganszyniec This elastic wallpaper by Polish designer Maja Ganszyniec has
So many hotel rooms are so bland and boring that you forget what they looked like the minute you walk out the door (and some are so bad you can’t wait to leave). But thankfully not all of them. Some hotels take their interior design to new heights, and create rooms you love to spend