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Friday
May112012

How to Add an Elegant Touch to Your Dining Room


Jessica Ackerman - If your home is like many, the dining room probably serves a myriad of useful functions. During the holidays and on special occasions, the dining room is frequently the center of attention when it comes to dinners and family get-togethers. However, during the rest of the time the dining room table might be used as a place for children to do their homework, or for you to engage in craft or sewing activities. Although you might tend to use your dining room for casual activities, perhaps you'd really like to transform it into a more elegant space. Here are some easy and quick ways you can add a touch of elegance to your dining room, while still maintaining it's useful and multi-functional qualities.

Take Advantage of Wall Space

If you commonly use your dining room for entertaining or for family activities, you probably won't want to take up too much floor space with your decorating accessories. Busy dining room spaces are the perfect place to utilize beautiful wall decor. In the dining room, a beautifully framed mirror or perhaps a lovely and yet functional wall-mounted wine rack could be the perfect choice. Decorative wall shelves, framed prints or paintings, and wall tapestries can also add a beautiful and elegant look to the room. Contemporary metal wall sculptures can also be used to add a modern, elegant touch to your dining room space.

Pick Accessories that Work with Your Decor

When choosing your dining room decorating accessories, it's important to pay attention to the room's overall style. For example, while abstract metal wall sculptures can be the perfect choice for a contemporary-styled dining room, a beautifully framed print or painting could be a much better choice for a more traditionally styled room. By keeping the room's overall look in sync with your decorating accessories, the end result will be a more coordinated appearance.

Make Small, Yet Effective Style Changes

Sometimes it's the little things that can really add a touch of elegance to a dining room. For example, a beautiful tapestry tablecloth can transform an everyday table into the center of attention. In addition to looking beautiful, a tablecloth can also help to protect your dining room table's surface from the wear and tear of daily activities.

Instead of hiding your good china in a cabinet, display it on a shelf in the dining room. By doing so, you'll free up cabinet space in addition to adding a beautifully elegant look to the room. This can be an especially good technique to use in the case of large pieces that are beautiful and yet difficult to store, such as serving platters.

A beautiful floral arrangement can also help transform a plain dining room into something a bit more elegant. However, if your family uses the dining room table on a daily basis for other activities, the center of the table might not be the best location for a bouquet of flowers. Instead, try displaying a vase of flowers on a shelf, or perhaps on a buffet or side table. 

 

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Jessica Ackerman is Senior Staff Writer and Design Specialist for Wall Decor and Home Accents

 

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Monday
Apr162012

Do-It-Yourself Video - How to Trim a Door with Molding 

Irwin Weiner ASID - My kitchen doors and windows needed trimming two weeks ago in order to give a finished look to my newly-remodeled kitchen. The trim went up and no time at all, and not being a carpenter or handyman, I was a bit mystified. This video from The Family Handyman shows you the step-by-step process. If you have trim and a couple of key tools (see the photos above and below), it's about a ten-minute process. Go figure! 

For more information, click on this link for Perfect Trim on Doors, Windows and Base Moldings. And click on this Design2Share link for How to Fix a New Door with a Gap in the Top.

 

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Thursday
Apr122012

Do-It-Yourself Video - Garage Storage Solutions

Irwin Weiner ASID - I've instigated a complete overhaul and painting of my garage this spring, and this video from The Family Handyman (they're our special focus this week on Design2Share) has inspired me to add some shelving storage solutions to take care of all my garage clutter. If your garage looks like the photo below - or worse - it's time to take charge and create needed storage solutions.

The shelving solutions in this video are from EZ Stud Rack (click on the link for more information). Also click on this link for how-to information on building even more Garage Storage Systems

 

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Wednesday
Apr112012

Do-It-Yourself Video - Repairing Bare Spots on Your Lawn

Irwin Weiner ASID - Has winter weather left your lawn in rough shape? Everyone has those burnout or dead-grass bare spots to fix, and I found a great video from The Family Handyman (they're our special focus this week on Design2Share) to help us all stop singing the Bad Lawn Blues. 

Click on these links to learn about Lawn Care: How to Repair a Lawn and how to Build a Rain Garden in Your Yard (wonderful for saving your lawn and home from water damage and preventing harmful runoff). 

 

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