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Decorating Den Interiors: Creating your own valentine retreatChambersburg Public OpinionGet away: Your master bedroom should function as your personal in-home retreat. The first step in getting there is making the most of your space with an appropriate layout and furnishings. February brings us the romance of Valentine's Day. |
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Choice of hues fundamental to design styleCalgary HeraldWhen it comes to home Decorating 101, there's nothing more fundamental than the choice of the interior colour scheme, says interior designer Sarita Sidhu. When Sidhu was planning the interior palette for the Montgomery show home, she first took into ... |
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Tech eases decor woesDaily AztecTumblr can also be used during this stage of the decorating process as it is home to countless blogs dedicated to decorating endeavors. All users need to do is search within an interior design tag or any other specific decor-related term. |
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The little store with a big heartNorth Liberty LeaderBy 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 ... |
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Drawn to water, couple finds dream home on pier in BaltimoreBaltimore SunThe home they purchased had been one of the models for the community of 88 homes, 56 on two piers. It's five stories high, with each floor accessible by an interior elevator, as well as by oak staircases lined with family photos. |
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The makeover magicianTimes LIVEWhile I was studying graphic design, I found an interior design job through my college. What do you love most about being an interior designer? The process of seeing a space or a room transform. This can happen when you enlarge a window in a dark area, ... |
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DESIGN DILEMMAS: Building the kitchen triangleWicked LocalE-mail your questions to interiors07@aim.com or call Interiors at 508-746-2166. 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 ... |
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Interior Decorating Featured Article
Creating Unique Details With Wallpaper Borders (Decorating With Wallpaper)
02/08/12
by: Jaima Brown
(ARA) - True decorating distinction lies in details -- little finishing touches and unusual twists that make a room entirely unique. To put your personal mark of creativity in your home, do what many professional interior designers do: Head for the border.
Wallpaper borders are among the most versatile of decorating tools. Furthermore, they are affordable and easy to install. Nearly any wall takes on a more finished look with the addition of a border. But to achieve real distinction, think beyond merely adding a border along the top of the wall. For new ideas, look up and look down.
Consider, for example, placing a decorative border on the ceiling itself, connecting that often-ignored overhead expanse to the walls. Decorators often refer to the ceiling as "the fifth wall," another palette on which to apply their art. By surrounding a room, at the ceiling, with a continuous, unobstructed border, you create a "tray" effect that visually holds the room together.
Nowhere is this technique more useful than in the kitchen. Kitchens typically contain permanent appliances and cabinets that separate wall space. By installing this elegant leopard print border above the crown molding, the overall space has been unified while also giving the room greater depth and height.
The border also provides a visual transition between the kitchen and the living room beyond it. Both the leopard border and the banana leaf wallpaper are from the Winnetka collection from S. A. Maxwell Co. Like all Maxwell collections, Winnetka is arranged in groups according to color. This assures easy coordination among patterns within the same room and from one room to another. All design groups in collections by S.A. Maxwell contain several borders in different widths.
Double-bordering more than doubles your creativity. By combining two borders from the Winnetka collection, we created a truly custom border in the living room. The four-inch leopard border, placed along the outside perimeter of the ceiling, is the "anchor." Banana leaves on the die-cut border repeat the theme of the wallpaper pattern, while their sculptured, outlined edges reach into the room.
Die-cut borders provide sculptured-edge detailing that was once only achieved by tedious hand-trimming around a pattern. To install a double custom border, combine the two patterns on a table, positioning them exactly the way you want them to overlap and join. Measure their combined width. Beginning at the point where the ceiling meets the wall, make a light pencil mark on the ceiling to show how far your custom double border will extend onto the ceiling. Install the straight border first, then overlap it with the sculptured design. This idea works equally well along the bottom of walls, at chair rail height, or wherever else you want to surprise the eye with something special.
Double borders don't have to be joined together to give a room a lift. In a guest room, we ran two different, sculptured ivy patterns parallel to each other, 20 inches apart. Both are from S.A. Maxwell's Wicker Park collection. The large basket and ivy border runs just beneath the crown molding at the ceiling, and the diminutive die-cut ivy border "underlines" it 20 inches below. Even more layering is possible. You might add a vertical stripe wallpaper between the two borders and even place the coordinating ivy trail wallpaper from the same collection under all these layers.
Now you're on a roll. So why not use your border leftovers to decorate a hat box or a group of shoe boxes and make the inside of your guest room closet as appealing -- and unique -- as the room you've created?
For more border ideas, locate a retailer near you that carries coordinated wallpaper and border collections from S.A. Maxwell Co. by calling (847) 932-3700 or visiting www.samaxwell.com.
About The Author
Courtesy ARA Content, www.ARAcontent.com; e-mail: info@ARAcontent.com
EDITOR'S NOTE: Jaima Brown is director of design for S.A. Maxwell Co., a leading producer of wallpaper, borders and coordinating fabric.
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