Stay tuned for some exciting news on Monday via FB! Celebrating Home is going to make an announcement and my friends are going to be some of the first to hear it!
We just bought a new house! I can’t wait to decorate it! When we went by there yesterday, we saw 2 deer in the back yard….the boys got in the row boat and played in the pond. Today we had a blue heron on the pond and my daughter actually fed the deer by hand! God has been so good to us!
Clean Canvas
Filed Under (Decorating) by Darlene on 21-08-2010
Tagged Under : Decorating, dream book, style
Looking forward to moving into a new home……Clean canvas for the decorator in me! It is so exciting to visualize the area and then create the dream! That is why we should have our dream books that we have talked about before…..Putting a dream book together will help you with your decorating style and decorating tastes. Keep dreaming and let me help you make your house your home!
New Color Trend
Filed Under (Decorating) by Darlene on 18-08-2010
Tagged Under : color, Color;Decorating;Trend
I had a wonderful meeting last night! I just love getting together with my upline and sharing new ideas…..did you know the latest color trend is purple! I had a wonderful guest and she booked a party! She is going to be a well taken care of Hostess!
I had a wonderful time at Celebrating Home National Rally! I was surprised with recognition as #2 in the nation for Team Sales…received a beautiful necklace and walked across stage! Good thing I brought a fancy dress to wear! Now it is time to go back to work! Everytime I go to work I end up at a party! I love it!
Dreaming of a perfectly decorated Living Room
Filed Under (Decorating, Floral designs, Personalization, Wall Decor) by Darlene on 21-01-2009
Tagged Under : color, colors, decorate, Decorating, dream book, living room, style
As I sit in my unfinished living room, my mind cannot help but dream. I dream of color and texture. I dream of furniture and pictures. I dream of floral arrangements and I dream of a floor plan.
All this runs through my creative crevices of my decorative brain. I try to visualize what the living room will look like before I even start. Sometimes I will write things down in my dream or idea book. This way I can take stock on what I have repeated in my mind’s eye.
You do not want to go to the expense of decorating, if you do not know what you like. My suggestion is a planning book, sometimes called a dream book or an idea book.
Fill a notebook with sheet protectors and then start looking. In the dream book, you can fill the pages with pictures of things you like from magazines or even pictures you have taken on your own camara. Take notes when you see something that catches your eye and put those notes in your dream book as well. Soon the pages will be full.
After awhile you will begin to see a pattern. A pattern of colors or textures or even themes. This process will help you to understand or visualize your own personal style of decorating.
Once you have understood your own personal style, you will be able to plan your decorating project.
More on that one later, but for now……start dreaming!
Using White in decorating
Filed Under (Decorating) by Darlene on 10-01-2009
Tagged Under : beach, casual, color, color. cottage, contemorary, country, decorate, Decorating, style
It is snowing outside and it reminds me of how beautiful it can be used in decorating. White can be romantic in a classic setting, casual in a country setting and comfortable in a cottage setting.
You can mix almost any color with white. White and blue remind me of an English Cottage or a Beach Cottage. White and brown remind me of a Contemporary Flat in the City. White and green remind me of all the styles: casual, beach, cottage or contemporary.
Many decorating colors may come and go, but white never goes out of style.
What goes into a Floral Arrangement?
Filed Under (Floral designs) by Darlene on 05-01-2009
Tagged Under : decorate, floral arrangment, Floral designs
A floral arrangement can be very simple or very complex. Let the area being decorated and enhanced be the deciding factor.
Small areas generally will have a smaller floral, while large areas are more becoming to the larger more elaborate arrangement.
A nice size floral arrangment can be accomplished with as little as four items. A planter and 3 bushes. It is that simple. Choose a planter that will complement your decor. Choose 3 floral bushes that enhance each others beauty. These can be flower bushes, greenery, and/or any combination of the two. I like three eye level arranging. A taller floral, middle floral and lower greenery. You can anchor these bushes in styrofoam or just put in the pot (depending on the size of the pot and weight of the bushes).
You can have a beautiful floral in no time!
Decorating on a Budget
Filed Under (Ambiance, Aroma, Decorating) by Darlene on 05-01-2009
Tagged Under : bedroom, budget, decorate, Decorating, reed diffusers
Over the holidays I decided to decorate my bedroom. I am a decorator by profession, so I decorated everybody else’s room instead of my own. I decided it was my turn.
I already had the wallpaper (BOGOF @ $1.00 per roll, yeah me!) and the border (BOGOF @ $.50 per roll, yeah me!) I bought a comforter with matching curtains at a garage sale ($5.00, yeah me!). I bought 2 antique lamps (priced at $80 a piece, I paid $35. for both, Yeah me!) I already had items that I loved, but didn’t hang them because the wallpaper wasn’t done.
Anyway, my daughter and I went to work. She was learning how to wallpaper and we were spending quality time together. We finished the job, rearranged the furniture and hung pictures. The bedroom is absolutely beautiful! I now have a sitting area that I can have my devotions and alone time. I received a reed diffuser for Christmas and I am amazed at how it infuses the room with scent. The end result is priceless! I can head down the hallway and know that my room is beautiful just by the inviting aroma!
All I have left is to make my tree for behind my bed. I already have the items needed: bushes, pvc pipe, spray paint, can, plaster of paris and basket. I can’t wait!
Color can change the mood of any room.
Filed Under (Decorating, Personalization) by Darlene on 02-01-2009
Tagged Under : color, decorate
Many decorators use color to set the mood or tone of the room being decorated. We have all heard of the color wheel and how you can use this tool to choose the color scheme of your choice.
Many rooms can come alive with colors of the outdoors or become a calm serene place of relaxation with the colors of the sea.
Whatever color you chose, let the colors express your personality or let them express the attitude that you want to convey.