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Home Decor Exchange Newsletter February 2006
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  • Great Resources Found
  • Quick Decorating Tip for Small Spots
  • Cottage Cozy in the City
  • 5 Home Design Basics
  • What's Your Celebrity Home Decorating Style?
  • Making Your Home More Energy Efficient
  • Newest Home & Garden Resources
  • Quick Links
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    Greetings!

    Welcome to the February edition of the HDE Connection!

    Great Resources Found
     

    For those of you interested in decorating tools, we have found 3 great resources on the Better Homes & Garden Website.  These include:  Arrange A Room, Decorating Gallery, and the Painting Center.  Visit BHG.com for more information on these great resources!

     

    Quick Decorating Tip for Small Spots
     

    According to the Sheffield School of Interior Design, for small spots, something Japanese-inspired often works, because you don't want to overwhelm the space with anything too big or bulky. Installing a shelf with a few small Japanese porcelain pieces, one of them a vase with a few curling bare branches, may do just the trick in terms of bringing life to an otherwise dull corner.  

    Cottage Cozy in the City
     

    Do you live in an urban apartment or condo but long for a cozy cottage in the country? You can easily create a nurturing and chic “urban cottage” feel for yourself even in the heart of the city with a few simple cottage style decorating strategies.

    5 Home Design Basics
     

    Adding color to the interior of your home is one of the most effective ways to update and add style to your house. Forget going out and spending thousands of dollars on all new furniture, just add a fresh coat of paint to your wall and you’ll be amazed at the difference it makes. "Paint color, sheen, pattern and texture can be combined to create a number of interesting and individual looks for the home" says Debbie Zimmer, the paint color and decorating expert for the Rohm and Haas Paint Quality Institute. "Color is often the first consideration when redecorating but to successfully create today's contemporary looks it's helpful to have some understanding of basic design principles and the role of paint within a space."

    What's Your Celebrity Home Decorating Style?

    Take this fun quiz to find out!

     

    Making Your Home More Energy Efficient

    Insulate Your Water Heater:  If you always have plenty of hot water, you may be able to get by with lowering your water heater's thermostat setting. Just don't lower it below 120° F. Electric heaters benefit most from this approach to saving energy. Timers are also available which allow you to make the water heater conform to your water usage schedule. They prevent the water heater from trying to maintain hot water during periods when it is never used.  

    Newest Home & Garden Resources

    Bella Designs and Decor 
    The new generation in ultra-realistic silk orchid arrangements uniquely designed to replicate nature. Recognized for our unique style and exceptional quality silk orchids, permanent botanicals, vases, planters and interior accents.

    FaucetShowRoom.com - Bathroom, Kitchen, Shower Faucets 
    Bathroom, kitchen, and shower faucets, quantity discounts and ebay store.

    Forget-Me-Not-Pots 
    Hand-painted terra cotta pots to give your plants an amazing makeover.

    Home Decorations from the Tropics 
    Handcrafted home decoration with tropical colors. Art-ickles sells unique baby bedding sets, 100% handmade. Whimsical wall art in metal, paper mache sculptures and wood craft handpainted by the best artisans in the Caribbean.

    Modern Home Decor Wall Art 
    We are the manufacturer and wholesaler of Home Decor Wall Art - Classical Framed Art and Contemporary Canvas Art, and looking for Distributor / Reseller / Representative.

    Shabby Elegant Designs - Unique shabby chic style crystal chandeliers and lighting 
    Here at Shabby Elegant Designs, you'll find unique, shabby chic style crystal chandeliers and lighting that are as original as they are breathtaking - each one truly a work of art. Their quality and uniqueness are unparalleled; you won't find anything like them in lighting stores. They are painstakingly created one at a time, and can be custom made to your specifications.


    The House of Tatouage 
    Your source for creating beautiful handcrafted murals in minutes for pennies on the dollar.

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