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The Elements of Feng Shui and their Colors

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of arranging your surroundings to attract positive energy to you. Then once you attract the positive energy, or chi, you want to keep it flowing around you so that it will bring with it the elements harmony and prosperity to your home. In Feng Shui there are five elements, and each element has a set of colors connected to it.

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Water Colors

The water element is most often associated with a person’s profession, and its main colors are blue and black. By adding pictures or waterscapes and fish wall sculpture to your wall, you can not only bring in the colors of water to your room’s design, but you can also bring in the element of water. You may also wish to include a small water fountain on a tabletop to introduce the actual element of flowing water. The elements of water do best when situated in the north part of the room.

Fire Colors

Not surprisingly the fire element is synonymous with red, and it relates to reputation and fame. The fire element brings lucky energy as it relates to fame and recognition. Being a very passionate color, red is vibrant and energetic, and it is easy to overpower a space with red if you are not careful. Remember that you can use small amounts of red to great effect, and you can also use paler shades of red as well. Using muted colors still pulls the positive energy into your space while keeping it from being overpowering. The fire element is best put in the southern area of a room or home and you can introduce the actual element of fire by mounting a candle in candle sconces on the wall.

Earth Colors

As an element, the earth is placed in the northeast or southwest areas of a space, and its colors are light yellow and light brown. The earth element denotes nourishment, growth and stability, and it offers protection for your relationships. By using terracotta tile or sparkling crystals, you can bring the earth elements into any space.

Wood Colors

The wood element brings with it health, healing and vitality, and its colors are brown and green, the colors of the forest. The wood element helps you to attract abundance, and it is also associated with prosperity and wealth. Bringing plants into your space is a really good way of including the wood element into your design plan, and it should always be located east and southeast in your room. Adding an organic element can also be accomplished by adding wooden furniture to your room or even by adding furniture with wooden accents.

Metal Colors

Metal should always be placed in the northern area of a home or room, and with it comes clarity. The metal element is represented by colors like gray, white or real metallic finishes, and it denotes things that are creative and precise. Using a metallic wind chime and is a lovely to bring clarity to your home, or decorating with a beautiful wrought iron wall hanging not only creates a focal wall, but it allows creative energy to flow as well.

Feng Shui Colors Work in Any Design

While Feng Shui uses very specific colors in very deliberate ways, you can also use the basic ideas of the colors to build yourself a beautiful room. By keeping your room uncluttered, and arranging your furniture in a welcoming flow, you can incorporate Feng Shui element colors and create harmony in your home.

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Bargain Furniture: Paint your Way to a High End Look

Friday, May 14th, 2010

If you find a bargain piece of furniture that is just the right style, shape and size for a room in your home but the finish looks like it’s seen its better days, fret not. Used furniture is often of better quality than today’s new furniture.  It’s easy to fix a piece of wooden furniture with scratches or peeling paint; as long as the piece is sturdy or easily made so, go ahead and take it home then read on for tips on how to turn it into a perfect accent for any room in your home.

Preparing the Piece for a Fresh Coat of Paint

Unfinished wood is the easiest type of surface to paint, but if the piece has been previously painted or stained it can be prepared for painting.  Your first step is to be sure that the surface is smooth and clean. Working outdoors is ideal, but if that’s not possible you can prep and paint in a workshop or garage that has adequate ventilation.

Sand the piece down so that primer and paint will adhere properly and wipe the dust away with a clean tack cloth. Apply a coat of primer with a foam brush; on larger surfaces, you can use a roller.

If your piece of furniture is laminate or plastic, it can be painted too. Your local hardware or home improvement store carries spray paint that is specifically formulated for these nonporous surfaces. Clean the piece to remove any residue of grime and grease, then apply the spray paint with a slow sweeping motion. If you’re new to spray painting, perfect your technique first on a scrap item and be sure to protect surfaces from overspray.

Tips for Painting your Furniture

Take a look at the room where you plan to display your new bargain treasure and decide if you want your new piece to be an accent or to subtlely blend in with other furnishings. If you want it to blend it, paint it the same color as your walls or pick a common neutral tone in the room. Or let it stand out as an accent by contrasting it with wall color or painting it in the same shade as other accent pieces in the room.

When applying the paint, always work in the same direction as the wood grain and use a foam brush or roller to avoid stroke marks and achieve a smooth finish.

Choosing dark shades, such as chocolate or espresso, will bring out and carved details in the wood and give it an elegant look. Faux finishing techniques let you give your bargain furniture or wrought iron decor special treatment. Metallic paints let you add a little sheen to nooks and crannies on wall candle sconces with ornate scrolling or recessed fluting. Sponge painting, distressing and crackling techniques can be used to give your furniture a well-loved antique appeal, or try decoupage to add a Victorian or themed element to the piece. Another advantage of using faux finishes or decoupage is that they will disguise any flaws in the furniture.

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Getting the Most for Every Decorating Dollar you Spend

Friday, May 14th, 2010

There are many ways to improve or change the decor of your home. Some changes are expensive, such as a total kitchen remodel or buying new furniture. Some are mid-priced, such as changing window treatments or buying new wall art for a living room, and some changes, such as decorating a new wreath for the front door, are virtually free. But regardless of how large a decorating budget you have, there are several ways to stretch every decorating dollar to make it go further.

Add Drama with Paint

Paint adds instant drama for just a few dollars. Wall color makes the greatest impact in a room, letting you take it from boring to spectacular. Warm shades like red, yellow and orange add a cozy feeling to a room while cool greens and blues make a space feel expansive and fresh. Neutral colors on the wall have a calming effect and let your furnishings take center stage. Metallic paints let you add shimmering highlights to a room.

Changing the decor with paint isn’t limited to your wall space. Painting the wood trim and moldings in a room can be as transformative as painting the walls. You can also paint your furniture or accessories to tie them together with a common thread of color. Even plastic and laminate furnishings can be painted with specially formulated paint, giving any room a totally new look.

Sew Easy

Even if you are not a master tailor, you can transform a room with fabric. Window treatments, throw pillows, and table runners are among the easiest items to create with fabric; simply sew a straight line with a sewing machine. You can even decorate with fabric without sewing a stitch; fusible tape and fabric glue let you add trims, tassels and decorative details that give a bargain curtain panel or table cloth designer appeal. Search online for no-sew projects that will help you transform any space.

Thrift Store and Flea Market Savvy

Flea markets, thrift stores, resale shops and antique stores are great sources for gently used accessories, wall art decor and furniture. Make a point of hitting your favorite shops on a regular basis to find just the right pieces for your home.  If you’re a regular customer and the owner knows your style and what you’re looking for, he or she is usually happy to take your phone number and call you to let you know about items that might appeal to you.

Look at used furniture with a fresh eye. Often, a coat of paint, new hardware or the new fabric on the seat of chair will make a generic piece look custom made for your decor.  You’ll find unique accessories as well, that are a refreshing change of pace from the mass produced items found at chain stores. From canvas art, wrought iron grilles and screens, ceramic and porcelain figurines, lamps, rugs, fish metal art, and kitchen accessories, you can create a unique look that complements your personal style.

Speaking of Personal Style…

Nothing makes a room or home more special than your particular creative twists and imaginative style. Turn a round table into a pair of curved wall shelves. Paint a 1940’s buffet in a sleek glossy black enamel and use it in the dining room for storage and display. Take your own digital photos, print them out and use the same matting and framing for a series of five, seven or nine prints. Then arrange them on a wall to turn them into a work of art.

Take a look a decorator magazines, tune into home décor TV shows and explore home décor websites for professional ideas that you can tailor to your own style.

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Decorating Tricks that Make a Pink Tub & Tile Disappear

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Pink tubs and bathroom tiles were all the rage back in the 1950s and 60s and if the predominance of pink in your bathroom is not what your heart desires, you don’t necessarily have to rip out the fixtures and replace them. Work some design magic with decorative slights of hand employed by professionals to make a pink tub and tile seem to fade into the background.

Neutralize It

Certain colors will neutralize pink: If your pink tiles and tub have warm undertone, use a shade of brown. If the undertones are cool, choose a light gray. Neutral tones will tone down the pink making it less overwhelming and predominant, bringing a calming effect to your too-pink bathroom.

Echo the Wall Color in the Accessories

You can expand this neutralizing effect even more by repeating this neutral wall color in accessories such as your towels, shower curtain and rugs. Choose the same shade or one that is just a tone or two deeper to make the neutral color more dominant than the pink.

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Balance with an Accent

Other bold colors will counteract the pink, moving from the foreground into the background. Bold rich hues like turquoise, aubergine, and emerald green will draw the eye away from all the pink in the room. Use these colors in your metal wall decorations, soap dispenser and toothbrush holder. These bold colors can also be used in lieu of neutral towels or let them appear in a pattern against the neutral backdrop of your towels, window treatments and rugs.

Redesign your Shade of Pink

Pink, like any color, looks different depending on the colors used beside it. For example, if your tub is baby pink, choosing a rust color for the wall will mute the pink to a shade of salmon. Tape up paint sample cards then narrow your choice down to two or three small jars of sample paint and paint a block of each color beside your pink tile or tub. This will help you decide which color will work best. The lighting in the room affects the level of pink as well; experiment with different types of lighting to diffuse the pink to a shade that is better suited to your taste.

Make Use a Color Wheel

The adjacent colors of red, yellow and orange are most like pink and mixing these tones into your bathroom color scheme will make the pink look like part of the joyful mix. Use yellow as your base color on the walls, window treatments, and towels and bring in the other colors in a blousy floral mix, modern polka dots or bold cabana stripes. Then use a shower curtain or rug to pull all the colors together.

Cover Up with the Shower Curtain and Rug

An easy way to disguise the pink is to simply hide it! Use a large area rug to cover up pink floor tiles and use a shower curtain dropped in front of the tub to hide its pink identity. Your best bet for this option is to choose a rug and shower curtain in a color that is darker than pink.

Divert Attention

Divert the eye away from all the pink by creating a dramatic focal point from an online metal decor store: A large ornate wall mirror flanked with crystal wall sconces, a bold window treatment or a striking wall art are options to consider.

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Bedroom Storage for a 9 Year Old Girl

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Organizing a child’s bedroom can be difficult at best and impossible at worst.  The hardest years to organize are the in between years or the “tweens”, and a 9 year old girl is standing right on this doorstep. They have not quite left their childhood toys behind, but they are ready to embrace hobbies, music and posters, they are faced with quite an organizational challenge in their bedrooms.

Think Upright
If your daughter has only one piece of extra furniture in her room, make it a bookcase.  Of course you can keep books on it, but you can also keep little treasures, CDs and photos.  If you get a tall bookshelf, then your child can use the lower shelves every day and use the higher shelves for display and storage.  This way you are making the most of the vertical space in her room, which gets things organized just that much faster.

Mini Office
If she does not already have them your daughter will need a filing cabinet and desk in the next couple of years.  Just a smaller two-drawer filing cabinet has the same footprint as a night stand, and it is a good way for her to get in the habit of keeping her papers organized as she grows up.

Neat Closets
Closets can be chaotic, and they can often be a point of contention especially with young girls.  To keep her closet neat, make sure that your daughter can reach everything in her closet.  So either design the closet at her level, or put a step stool in her closet.  By having shelves and hangers that she can easily reach, your daughter will be able to keep her own stuff organized.  You also want to help her build the habit of going through her closet a couple of times a year to get rid of things that she is no longer using.  This is a great habit for anyone to have.

Special Toys
Toys can be tough, because she probably still has favorites that she is really a little too old to play with, but she may still be a little too young to get rid of them.  So edit her toy collection frequently, and that way you never have to pry away too many things at one time.

Monsters Under the Bed
To keep clutter from collecting under her bed, fill the space with under bed storage bins.  These bins have two wheels on the back edge to make pulling it in and out from under her bed very easy.  Another good option is to buy a bed that has under bed drawers for storage.  Either way, you can use this space wisely, or it will turn into a clutter trap.

More Storage
Look for storage space wherever you can find it.  You can use colored milk crates to organize her beanie baby collection, and a French bulletin board beautifully turns her photos into wall art and decor.  Hooks, racks, pegs and bins all help to keep her space organized.  A behind the door organizer on her bedroom and closet door is a great way to use this otherwise idle space, and it can hold anything from shoes to school supplies.

Finish up with fun wall decals and accents to fit her theme: From cartoon-style metal fish wall art and sea turtles to fairies and princesses, there is something for every kind of girl.

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Andersen Windows: The Price of Quality

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

In every line of products there is always one brand that stands head and shoulders above the rest. Andersen Windows is this company in the world of windows. They build their product with a special attention to quality, and they have the experience and expertise to back their product with a comprehensive warranty. Updating windows in your home is not like buying  new decorative wall candle sconces at your local metal wall art store: It is an expensive proposition, and choosing a quality product is important for longevity.

Advanced Technology
Andersen Windows is one of the first companies to incorporate Low-E glass into their windows, which helps protect from UV damage. It also offers increased insulation in their windows, which are framed in natural wood offering durability to the entire window.

This technology works by deflecting ultraviolet light back outside.  With only about 17% of the UV rays getting through the glass, these windows offer far more protection than other windows that let up to 62% of the UV rays into the home. The Low-E glass also works to regulate your home’s temperature. So in the winter it will help your home retain heat, and in the summer it will help your home retain coolness. Andersen Windows are also available in models that are designed to work in extreme climates. They offer even higher levels of UV protection and increased insulation properties. These windows not only look great in your home, but they will help save money on your energy costs as well.

Not only is the glass in the Andersen window protecting your home, but the window frames are extremely durable as well. One of the great things about the Andersen frames is that you will not need to do any maintenance on the frames. A quality frame is very important when it comes to how a window performs, especially in more extreme climates. Andersen frames are constructed of a vinyl that is resistant to all weather conditions; however, when you look at the window from the inside, the frame is constructed from attractive natural wood.

If Andersen windows have any drawback, it is in their hardware. While the window’s overall rating for looks and performance is top notch, Andersen’s hardware does not fit or function as well as other manufacturers’ hardware.

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Andersen’s Renewal Window
Andersen has created a line of replacement windows called the Renewal line. These windows are eco-friendly and are highly energy efficient. These windows are custom fit to a customer’s home, and the frames are constructed from a composite material called Fibrex that offers the advantages of wood and vinyl. This material will not crack when there are wild swings in temperature, and they are virtually maintenance free.

These frames are designed to be unobtrusive, and they maximize the amount of light that the window lets into the room. With a wide selection of colors and finishes available, it is easy to find a replacement window that will fit seamlessly in your home. Along with the Andersen window comes professional installation to make sure that the window is seated correctly and working properly. Ensuring proper installation also allows Andersen to extend its limited warranty.

Andersen Warranty
The warranty that Andersen extends is transferable to each owner of the house. So installing Andersen replacement windows in your home is also a selling feature when it comes time to sell. The warranty guarantees 10 years on the whole window and 20 years on the glass portion of the window. The company also has a huge network of service representatives making it easy to have your windows serviced if the necessity should arise.

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Using a Compass Reading to Design with Feng Shui

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

You need to do more than hang Asian style metal wall candle sconces from the wall art store, if you want to reap the benefits of Feng Shui. If you are not sure how your house is situated with regard to true north, you can take a compass reading to find out. The precise location is critical information if you wish to design your home to receive the optimal benefits of Feng Shui. So the first thing that you will want to do is to get an accurate reading. While there are many detailed instructions on how to get an accurate compass reading, you can simply take a basic reading by just following a few simple steps. Your goal is to find the location of true, magnetic north. This means that if you have a set of blueprints that show a geographic north, they may not necessarily match the true magnetic north reading.

Reading the Compass
To take your magnetic reading you can use a simple magnetic needle or you can use a digital magnetic compass. What is important is that the compass is magnetic. You cannot use a GPS to take this reading, because it will not render a magnetic reading, so again make sure that your compass is magnetic. Since you are taking a magnetic reading you also need to make sure that you are not around anything that will give you a false directional reading like belt buckles, watches or jewelry. Once you have a clear area in which to work stand with your back to your front door and hold your compass at waist level. Then record your first compass reading, take a few steps forward and take another reading. Do this a couple of more times, and then take your readings and average them. Use at least three numbers to calculate your average.

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Understanding the Reading
If you are not adept at reading a compass, you may need to get some guidance from a pro. If you are really not comfortable doing your own compass reading, then you can have someone with experience do the whole process for you. If you are comfortable taking the basic readings, then you can gather the information and pass it off to an expert to perform the calculations. Then once you have the results of the calculations, you will know the orientation of your home, and you are ready to determine where all of the specific Feng Shui areas of your home are located.

Easy Bagua Instructions
The bagua, which is frequently referred to as the “map of Feng Shui”, divides your home into nine separate areas, or guas. These are different areas in your home that correspond with different areas in your life. To use a bagua, stand at your front door and face into your home. Then align your map to match your position. Now you can refer to your bagua and easily determine which part of your home corresponds to various aspects of your life.

The Nine Areas of Living

There are nine life areas denoted on the bagua, and they travel through the front, center and back of your home. Again, standing in front of your house and facing it, if you begin on the right and travel front to back the areas are helpful people and travel, children and creativity and relationships. The center of your home front to back is represented by career, health which is always in the center of the home, and then fame and reputation. Then on the left from front to back you have knowledge, family and prosperity.

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Musical Theme in a Media Room is a Natural

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Media and music go hand in hand, so there are few themes more fitting for a media room than music.  By being just a little creative, you can have fun with your favorite band, your favorite type of music, or even your favorite album.  For example, you could do a whole media room around the Beatles “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” album, or you could decorate around a jazz theme, or you may want to design a room that is inspired by Mozart.  The possibilities are endless when you choose music as a theme for your media room decor.

Singing Walls

To bring your theme idea to life, you may choose to paint a musical score around the room in place of crown molding.  By simply painting five thin, black lines around the top of the wall, you are ready to add your musical notes and recreate the score of your favorite song.  Another choice may be to stencil or freehand lyrics from your favorite songs around the walls instead or add wall decorations with a musical motif.

The Perfect Note in Pillows

As you add accessories you can have a lot of fun.  For example, you may want to add a keyboard designed throw rug to your design, or even a guitar shaped one.  Pillows shaped as musical notes could nestle in the couch.

Focal Point Posters

Music lends itself to colorful graphic design.  An excellent way to create a focal wall in your media room is to get together a collection of your favorite album covers, frame them, and group them together covering an entire wall.  You can do the same thing with CD covers, but you will obviously need more of them to create the same effect.  Well-placed candle sconces for the wall can add some flickering light to make this area even more eye-catching.

Reading Music

This is also a perfect venue to have some of your favorite industry magazines like The Rolling Stone handy for reading.  You may also want to have a collection of musical scores for recreational perusing.  They are interesting, and they add an eclectic touch to the room.

Music as Art

Then do not overlook musical instruments as a great source of artwork.  Many musical instruments are so finely crafted that they should be in and of themselves a piece of art.  Or you may have your old guitar that you want to hang on the wall, or an old horn that you can make into a lamp.  You can pick up instruments that have been cast aside at yard sales and thrift stores, and many of them are no longer in working order and can enjoy a second life as art.

Music’s Graphic Design

As you are decorating this room in a musical theme, make sure that you find a way to display your CD or record collection.  Whether it is in a glass cabinet, on a display rack or hanging on the wall, music is for all to enjoy; so do not hide your CDs behind closed doors.  Regardless of how you choose to incorporate your musical theme into your media room, remember to have some fun with it along the way.

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How Feng Shui Can Help a New Business

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Starting a business is always has some level of risk involved in it, but you can help to mitigate that risk by adding some Feng Shui elements to your new business environment. You can begin impacting your new business even before you have selected your space; so if you are planning to use the tenets of Feng Shui to help your business be successful, you may want to use it from the very beginning.

Basic Pointers
As you are choosing your business location, there are some situations you should totally avoid. Try to find a good, central location that is highly visible for your location, and stay away from dead end alleyways and ‘no thruway’ types of roads. Also take care to stay away from churches or subway entrances. When you are deciding on a name for your business think positive, and stay away from anything that can be construed in a negative manner or in association with death or bad luck.

The Main Entrance
Once you have selected your location make your entrance as large as you reasonably can. You want your entrance to invite your customers inside and welcome positive energy, or chi. Make sure that once inside, your business floor plan flows effortlessly from one space to the next, which will allow the positive energy to flow through your business. It will also allow your customers to have a pleasant shopping experience, which is great for your business.

The Money Corner
One area where you want to pay particular attention is your wealth corner, which is always located in the southeast area of your space. Ideally you want this corner of your business to be at a diagonal from your entryway. Keeping this area free of clutter should be of top importance, and always keep this corner brightly lit and welcoming. This is an excellent place for the cash register, and you may want to accessorize it with other symbols of prosperity. Including a water fountain in this corner, even a small one, will help prosperity flow to your business. If you do include a water fountain in your design, then it is paramount that you properly maintain it to keep the water sparkling clean. Red is the color of prosperity, so include unique wall decor, such as a serene Asian fish wall art done in shades of red.

Reducing Clutter
As mentioned above clutter should be avoided above all. Clutter accumulates almost overnight, so you must be diligent in your quest to keep clutter at an absolute minimum. If there is something that you do not need, do not bother thinking about it, simply dispose of it or find someone who can use it. Clutter blocks the flow of positive energy and brings less positive energy your way. It will not only get in the way of your positive energy, but it will be in your way as well as you are trying to run your business efficiently. Clutter will cut you off at every turn, so get in the habit of keeping your business well organized and clean. Not only will your life be much easier, but your customers will appreciate it as well.

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Creating a Gothic Living Room Theme

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

To include a Gothic theme into your living room, you will need an element of the Middle Ages in your design.  If the architecture of your house has stained glass windows, arched doorways and carved details, then you have the perfect backdrop for the Gothic style.  If you do not have these elements in your architecture, you can certainly incorporate them into your furnishings to help create the Gothic feel for your living room.

Jewel Tones
If you think of medieval times it brings to mind knights, swords, castles, spires, wrought iron, and tapestries.  Bringing these elements into your living room will create the rich, textured feel of the Gothic style.  By sponge painting pale grey and beige tones on your walls, you can create the illusion of a stone wall.  Or you may choose to paint your walls a rich jewel tone to evoke the feeling of a tapestry covered castle wall.
Some patterns that are prevalent in this style of design are the fleur-de-lis, Celtic knot, tree of life and stylized lions or dragons.  Any of these patterns can be added to the walls in wallpaper designs or with a stencil and a little gold paint.

Victorian Inspired furniture
When you go shopping for Gothic style furniture, you will want to look for old, dark wood pieces of furniture  with detailed carvings or wrought iron accents. Fabrics include velvet and rich brocades.  As opulent as the intricately carved and lavishly upholstered furnishings are, this period also enjoyed a simple wooden chair or bench in the same furniture grouping.

A display cabinet may make a nice addition to the corner of your living room, especially if you have a collection of any kind to display.  While Gothic furniture frequently includes imposing carvings or dragon or lion heads, keep large pieces to a minimum; that is unless you really do live in a castle.

Ambient Lighting
Gothic style is also all about the dramatic lighting.  Consider that the original Gothic rooms only had candlelight to work with, so include candleholders made from various metals like pewter, copper and brass.  Display them in clusters for dramatic effect.  Wall sconces add a beautiful architectural element to the walls, and a chandelier hanging from the ceiling completes the drama.

Large, stone fireplaces along with pointed arches and beautiful stained glass windows all scream Gothic style.  You can mimic these elements in your living room by mounting a stained glass panel in the window and by echoing the arch shape in your furniture.

Gothic Accents
To accessorize your Gothic living room, look for metal accessories and wall decor.  Plates, bowls and vases made from rustic metal create a beautiful display.  If you want a literal translation of the theme, consider adding shields, crowns and even a coat of arms to your accessories; choose an elaborate wrought iron wall sconce candle holder to highlight your arrangement.  A gargoyle looking down off of the mantel recognizes the Gothic stone element that is part of this style.

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