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| The sheer variety of decorations available for home | | | | overall decor - these little touches enhance the |
| and garden can confuse many hopeful decorators. | | | | authenticity of the period look like nothing else. |
| However, the best way to decorate is to browse the | | | | Green. A "green" theme doesn't mean you have |
| market, and settle on a theme for decoration before | | | | to have green walls, green sofa sets and green bed |
| purchasing items to implement the plan. Always stay | | | | linen. Today, a green theme for your home decor |
| flexible in your plans, so that you can accommodate | | | | means that you choose sustainable materials for your |
| new decorations that you had not thought of, and can | | | | home decor, and stick to colours which naturally occur |
| substitute one thing for another. | | | | in nature. For example, a light blue ceiling with |
| Here are some themes that you can have in mind | | | | adjustable yellow lights, light-coloured cotton curtains |
| while choosing accessories for your home and garden: | | | | and light or dark brown wicker furniture lends a |
| Minimalistic. Minimalism is the in-thing in 21st century | | | | refreshing earthiness to a room. The best materials for |
| decor, especially due to the space crunch. Minimalistic | | | | a green home are metals and recycled wood. You |
| decoration relies on lots of metal and glass, as these | | | | can also consider buying used furniture, as it is much |
| reflect light and make spaces look larger than they are. | | | | cheaper than new stuff and will mean reusing |
| You will want to go for slim lines and translucence as | | | | something that would otherwise be wasted. Adding |
| much as possible, making your fully-furnished, | | | | green plants in terracotta or simple earth planters can |
| accessorised home look as if it only has the barest | | | | enhance the green look. There are many |
| minimum of furniture. Tall, straight and thin steel home | | | | easy-to-maintain plants that grow beautifully on |
| accessories such as wastepaper baskets, letter | | | | window-sills, which can also be harvested to yield |
| openers, hanging jars and cutlery holders are both | | | | herbs for your cooking or even cosmetics. So if you |
| easy on the eye and durable. | | | | want to "go green" in your new home, you have lots |
| Victorian. Still highly popular in the UK, the Victorian | | | | of choices for yourself. |
| mode of decoration is heavy on wood, iron and ornate | | | | From the walls to furniture to floor and garden, every |
| carvings. A king-size wooden bed with an ornately | | | | part of your home needs to be taken into account |
| carved headboard can be supplemented with an iron | | | | while you decorate. You do not need to use an |
| wall sconce, holding your reading light. Sconces | | | | accessory on each part, but keep them in mind while |
| originally made for candles can also be adapted for | | | | making your plans. Browse through interior decoration |
| light-bulbs, giving you the 19th century look and the 21st | | | | stores and websites, and sleep over your |
| century convenience. Wrought iron planters and tea | | | | investigations to come up with a decor plan that is |
| light holders also offer a stately look. Look for | | | | both utilitarian and beautiful. |