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Drawn to water, couple finds dream home on pier in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
"We weren't sure whether we wanted urban or suburban," said Linda Olsen, a 48-year-old interior decorator. "We looked at a condo in Towson and properties in Homeland and Roland Park." Both agreed they didn't want condo living but loved the idea of ...



Times LIVE

The makeover magician
Times LIVE
Designing and decorating a home for a cooking fanatic who collects books, art, music, wine, toys and things for the kitchen. We had to sort out and catalogue everything before we began designing. Once we had an idea of the amount and type of storage ...



HGTV Unveils New Staff-Curated Boards on Pinterest.com
MarketWatch (press release)
The personal boards, which feature favorite home design, decor, gardening and lifestyle ideas, are created by same people who provide the fan-favorite content on HGTV and HGTV.com "While HGTV has been on Pinterest since last spring, we are excited to ...

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North Liberty Leader

The little store with a big heart
North Liberty Leader
By Chris Umscheid SHUEYVILLE- She calls it "the little store with a big heart" Gail Boothe, owner of Space Doctors Interiors has packed her tiny shop from front to back with a wide variety of home decor items. Boothe said she has spent her whole life ...



DESIGN DILEMMAS: Building the kitchen triangle
Wicked Local
By Linda Brigida QUESTION: We recently purchased a new home and the kitchen is our top priority. We are planning to tear out most of it and start fresh. The project will begin as soon as spring arrives and I am starting to look at kitchens ideas now.



The March 2012 issue of Homes & Gardens is on sale now!
House To Home
If you haven't already picked up a copy, don't miss this month's brilliant edition of Homes & Gardens. It's packed with stunning houses, decorating ideas, gorgeous furniture and accessories as well as 25 pages of outdoor inspiration, from beautiful ...



The Lodi Home & Garden Show has something for everyone
News10.net
Both competitions bring together local Florists and Interior Designers to show off their best designs and give home owners ideas for decorating their spaces. Show attendees get to vote for show favorite! Besides the vendors and competitions, ...

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Jason Grant, Interior Stylist - Interview
The Vine
Grant's colourful, keen eye for styling vintage, recycled and contemporary elements has seen his work grace the pages of Australian and International interiors magazines Real Living, Inside Out, Elle Decoration UK and Gourmet Traveller to name just a ...



Westfair Online

If you can dream it, she'll design it
Westfair Online
Interior decorator Lani Leuthner can make lemons into lemonade, whether in her own life or transforming drab homes into showcases. Undaunted at losing a job as a field engineer in the poor economy of 2001, the Garrison resident called on her education ...



Stars, styles come out for IX Home & Garden Expo
The Morning Journal
Interior design expert Sally Morse will speak about home decorating Tuesday). More special appearances are by John Gidding, Saturday and Sunday, who's the architect, interior designer and host of HGTV's popular “Curb Appeal: The Block;” P. Allen Smith, ...

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Kitchen and Bathroom Blinds

02/08/12

 by: Garry John

There are some important considerations when treating kitchen and bathroom windows. With the unique conditions that exist in these rooms it is important to choose blinds that suit. This article looks at some of the things to ponder when choosing bathroom and kitchen blinds.

When decorating a bathroom or kitchen, most people make the error of regarding this private sanctuary like any other room in the residence. The reality is that the bathroom has different requirements than any other room in the house. With showers running and baths being drawn, bathrooms are necessarily humid spaces. The damp climate requires consideration when decorating plans are being crafted and created. Similiar conditions can apply to kitchens and there are a great deal of similiarities between kitchen blinds (http://www.window-blinds.org.uk/kitchen.html) and those found in the bathroom.

When work is being done on a bathroom, due consideration must be made for obtaining water repellant and water resistant materials. This holds true for everything that is a part of a bathroom remodeling job, including bathroom blinds that are selected for the space.

As mentioned, one of the main decorating factors that must be considered in planning for a bathroom rehab is the generally damp nature of the space. In most instances, it is advisable to avoid using heavy fabrics in window treatments intended for a bathroom. In little time, substantial fabric pieces can fall victim to serious mildew and end up virtually rotting off the rods. Consequently, a bright designer normally would elect to utilize smart looking blinds when undertaking a bathroom deco job.

Three major choices exist for a person interested in sprucing up a bathroom with attractive looking blinds. First of all, aluminum blinds (http://www.window-blinds.org.uk/aluminium.html) are ideal for bathroom settings. Obviously, these types of blinds will not be effected particularly by any lingering dampness in the bathroom space.

Additionally, aluminum bathroom blinds (http://www.window-blinds.org.uk/bathroom.htm) come in a wide choice of designs that blend beautifully with any overall design concept. Indeed, it is hard to imagine that a person styling a bathroom will not be able to find precisely the precise colour of blinds for the space.

Another choice for bathrooms are faux wooden blinds. With the manner in which such blinds are being crafted and created today, an observer can only tell that the blinds are not the real things upon very close inspection.

Finally, in some instances, wooden blinds (http://www.window-blinds.org.uk/wooden.html) are appropriate for a bathroom. However, it is imperative that the wood actually used in such blinds be well treated with appropriate water sealants to make certain that they are not harmed or damaged by the humid tendencies of the bathroom space.

It is the case that most families spend the greatest amount of time hovering all about the kitchen. While people may spend a good deal of time in the living, great or family rooms plopped in front of the telly, the reality is that most of activity in the vast majority of households take place in the kitchen. Just like you need special bathroom blinds for the bathroom, the kitchen needs its own specialist versions.

The kitchen is a dichotomy for most decorators. The kitchen is all at once a productive space in the household but it is also an important point of family life and should be decorated to reflect the same. The kitchen is a practical, functioning space that needs to not only allow for work but must also be charming and pleasant in its overall dcor.

Window treatments are an important aspect of the inclusive decorating scheme for the kitchen. Most kitchens in recent years are architecturally designed to take the greatest advantage of sunlight. Thus, window space has tended to be maximized in both construction and remodeling blue prints for the past decade when it comes to the kitchen space.

Flouncing draperies are not the best alternative for a kitchen. As mentioned, in a space that is designed and designated both for work and looks, hanging drapes can be impractical at least and a hazard in the worst case scenario.

Blinds are the ideal treatments for a kitchen and in this day and age there are a wide number of blinds to choose from when it comes to making decisions for a kitchen.

Venetian blinds (http://www.window-blinds.org.uk/venetian.html) and similar slated variaties are gaining in popularity in the kitchen and this is largely due to the fact that slated blinds are ideal in settings that are high in traffic and in which a good deal of work is undertaken.

More often than not treated wooden blinds and aluminum blinds are being used kitchens.

In the end, there are many varieties of blinds to choose from when it comes to decorating the kitchen. And, these blinds that are available on the market perfectly blend the practical and attractive sides of the working kitchen environment in the 21st century.

About The Author

Garry John is a regular contributor to home improvement sites such as window blinds (http://www.window-blinds.eu.com).


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