Wallpapers are back

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Wallpapers have always been an essential part of interior design, although they had their ups and downs, they returned to our homes once again. An interesting web page I stumbled across today is Komar.de They offer over 100 outstanding wallpaper samples which come in a great variety of colors, patterns and themes. With wide range of appealing designs and beautiful home photo wallpapers and wall stickers, I'm sure they are able to fulfill everyone's needs. Go ahead and turn your home into a beach, meadow, oasis... Create a new world, a world of your own.

Modern wallpapers

Modern wallpapers

Modern wallpapers

Modern wallpapers

Modern wallpapers

Modern wallpapers

Modern wallpapers

Modern wallpapers

Modern wallpapers

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The fragrance of love

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Romance is in the air again with Valentine's day approaching. Are you ready? This simple project is for those who want to give a special gift to a special person. Valentine's day soaps are fun and easy to make.

                                                           
  Materials and supplies:
 


* Melt & Pour Soap Base (clear and white)
* Red soap colorant
* Scented oil
* Heart shaped cookie cutter
* Flat plastic dish
* Round plastic dish
* Glass containers for cooking or microwave

Melt the soap base in microwave or in the steam bath (making sure the soap does not come in contact with water). Add a few drops of red color and fragrance you want (I have chosen raspberry fruity smell), to get a pink hue. Pour some into a plastic container with a flat bottom. The layer should be approximately 5 mm thick. Let it cool. Add more red color in the rest of the soap base and pour over the first pink layer.


After about 15 minutes, while the soap is not completely hardened, remove it from the flat tray. Cut small heart using your cookie cutter, put them on the bottom of the small plastic containers and pour melted white soap. Let it cool well. Soap is ready for use after 24 hours of drying.


Wrap it in cellophane, add bows and sweet message for Valentine's Day.

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Shake it, baby!

Monday, January 18, 2010


What a wonderful weekend!I went out friday night with an old friend of mine. We haven't seen each other for ages. On Saturday my boyfriend and I went to see Avatar in 3-D. It is truly an amazing film on many different levels. The effects were incredible. It was hard to tell the difference between computer animation and real life but my favorite part was the story itself. If you haven't seen the film yet, you definitely should. And then monday came...why so fast?
Anyway, there is another thing that impressed me today and it is called RosalisaVilla. This design won me at first sight! An unusual combination of gipsy style, strong colors and crazy details immediately awoke in me desire for redecorating my own apartment. Although pastel colors are my favorite, I have to admit that I started to think seriously about using more livelier and brighter colors from now one.

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Reading time - Free printable bookmarks

Saturday, January 16, 2010


Books take great importance in my life but I have to admit I didn't read that much recently. That's why one of my New Year's decisions was to visit my local library more often and read more this year. And I don't now about you, but I'm always in a need of a good bookmark. So I decided to play a little bit with photoshop today and the result is below...I designed some girly chic bookmarks that you can print and then glue on some nice card-stock paper. (For original size, just click on the image and then save it)
Hope you like it...Kisses

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How about orange?

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Orange is energy, enthusiasm, 'get-it-done' attitude, and balance. It typically symbolizes Hinduism, Buddhism, happiness, energy, balance, heat, fire, enthusiasm, flamboyance, playfulness, gaudiness, autumn, desire, Sagittarius and September. Orange has less intensity or aggression than red and is calmed by the cheerfulness of yellow.
I enjoy orange most...In a changing leaf, In a flower, In an orange, In a fire, In a sunrise, In a sunset, In a sweet apricot, In hot summer.... Ok, you have it all figgured out by now, right? I really like orange!

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Light up your house - really cool wall painting ideas...

Thursday, January 7, 2010

wall painting ideas

 
















Up until only a few years ago people would usually paint children's rooms, but this trend has crossed the border and entered directly into our living rooms, halls, bedrooms...
Walls are the largest area that you have so you can easily use them as an additional space for decoration.
It is not necessary to paint the entire wall, it is enough to refresh only part of the wall with certain detail and the entire space will become completely fresh and new.


wall painting ideasWith different wall illustrations and playful motifs you can separate or highlight some areas in the house.
Selecting the appropriate color and pattern you can provide the individuality and fashionable appearance with very little effort. The advantage is that you aren't limited with the color, size or pattern, and the result of the transformation could be really astonishing. There are few examples in the gallery, I like them very, very much. Check them out!

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The Closet of Your Dreams

Large closet, a place for storing your clothes, shoes and accessories is definitely girl's favorite place in the apartment. If you have space, find the ideal corner and with a bit of good organization turn it into a place of your dreams.
closet designscloset designscloset designscloset designsThe main heroine of the Sex and the City movie, Carrie, wanted a large closet instead of engagement ring. Spoil yourself and do the same, but do not wait for Big, bring your dreams into the reality by yourself.
Do you also have a spare bedroom that rarely gets used? If you have an empty room in your apartment or just one free corner afford yourself a large closet.

Think about everything you want to store in your wardrobe: drawers for small things like underwear and socks, hangers for shirts and smaller ones that will keep in perfect order belts, scarves and ties and special part for shoes are just some of the ideas that will elicit a smile to your face every morning.

Closet in the kid's room
The best solution is a cabinet that will 'grow' with the children.
Arrange the drawers, shelves and hangers in a way that you can change their purpose and allow the child to reach only things he needs. Put a drawer at the bottom of the cabinet - your child will appreciate a place for storing his or her toys.
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Now that you’ve got all the hardware, it’s time to organize. First, separate your items by type: tops with tops, pants with pants, and so on. Arrange by level of coverage and within each group, arrange up from lightest to darkest color.

Finally, sit back and admire your work. Maybe take a little time to test drive your new space and play dress up. You’ve earned it.
closet designsA functional closet will save you time because you'll be able to find things much faster and every evening you'll go to sleep knowing everything is where it should be, neat and tidy.
closet designs

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