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Melissa Galt - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Melissa Galt is a renowned interior designer, educator, and speaker of the last fifteen years. She has created the online and live trainings for Six Figure Professionals dedicated to the outrageous success of interior designers, decorators, stagers, professional organizers, redesigners, and many other home interior specialists. Melissa provides proven systems for simple and effective implementation and guaranteed business improvement and triumph.
She began her career in hospitality purchasing with a business degree from Cornell ... [More]
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- Social Networking - How to Invite Connections and Friends on Linkedin and Facebook
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] I have to confess this is my all time pet peeve! I am so tired of getting impersonal invites to friend connect on Facebook or the generic invite on LinkedIN "I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn."
- Networking Knowhow - Be Interested, Not Interesting
[Business:Networking] Like many professionals, I don't love networking. After all, too often, it is one letter away from not working! But I have learned how to make it easy and effective over the years.
- Social Media Policies - Know the Rules to Win at Social Media
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] With the advent of social media has come the introduction of FTC rules and regulations on the right ways to handle it for your company. The rules are simple and allow a good deal of creativity in interpretation. But, they are rules and when broken can result in stiff penalties and heavy fines, the first meted out so far was for $300K. Here's what you need to know.
- Social Networking - How to Be Safe and Secure Online
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] I've realized lately that what is stopping or at least slowing down many women particularly, from climbing on the social networks and jumping aboard the social media bandwagon is fear of remaining secure. It is wise to note that anything you say online is permanent and forever out there in the universe. Essentially when you wouldn't share it from a bullhorn in Times Square, don't share it there.
- Marketing With a Cause - Buzz With the Bees
[Business:Marketing] One of the keys to effective marketing today is a great hook and at Fall Market in Highpoint, there were some great ones! The first I saw was featured by Ellen Gefen of thehome.com when she shared what custom upholstery manufacturer C.R. Laine has done to support the honey bees. In case you've no clue what I'm talking about, let me share a short snippet from their recent press release.
- Social Networking Know How - The Trust Me Strategy
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] This is one of the most effective strategies to build a successful social media presence and can be easily translated into offline success as well. The Trust Me Strategy is all about increasing your credibility by providing value content in a consistent and persistent manner. Remember that social media is the BRAN in your marketing plan!
- Social Networking Know How - Celebrity Strategy
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] There are 5 key strategies for maximizing your social media benefits. This week I'll detail THE CELEBRITY STRATEGY. In coming weeks, I'll discuss the Trust Me Strategy, the You Know Me Strategy, the Community Strategy, and the Reputation Builder Strategy.
- Success Strategies - Perfect Prospect Tool For Passive Revenue
[Self-Improvement:Success] Over 81% of people want to write a book! Now there are a variety of reasons for this among them they have romanced the idea of a "writer's life." More importantly they have something to share with the rest of the world. But the real benefit in writing a book is that it gives you credibility, visibility, and leverages your experience and expertise.
- Success Strategies - 5 Sure Ways to Your Prosperity Mindset
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] Regularly sharing Strategy Sessions with Creativepreneurs I have found that the single greatest challenge to your success is your mindset. Success is as much a choice as it is anything else. You can work hard, you can put in long hours, you can be tremendously talented, but if you don't have the right mindset you won't get far. There are 5 simple and sure ways to create and maintain Your Prosperity Mindset:
- Marketing Strategies - Leverage the Power of 5 For Maximum Exposure
[Business:Marketing] I've got to commend Holly Blalock the Creative Director at C.R. Laine again. She has done an awesome job of leveraging her company's exposure with marketing partners. This something every small business owner and retailer must do to beat the competition by maintaining and growing your exposure while minimizing marketing cost.
- Social Networking Know How - Social Media is Open Source
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] It seems that few business owners and creativepreneurs who climb aboard the social networks realize one of the most incredible benefits. The networks are open source. What I mean is that before social networking came a long unless you were in a networking group like Powercore, BNI, or Ali Lassen's Leads and you met weekly and saw the network face to face, your colleagues and your competitors networks were closed to you.
- Interior Design Business Builders - 3 Massive Mistakes Sure to Kill Your Business
[Business:Marketing] Three major mistakes that are costing you untold success...they are simple to fix, but do require focus and effort. It is about establishing new success habits to replace old ineffective patterns of behavior.
- Marketing Strategies For Success - 3 Surefire Shortcuts to Build Trust and Sales
[Business:Sales] The best way to make a sale is to build trust with your prospect. The fastest way to build trust is to prove the value in the product or service you are selling. There are three shortcuts that make building easy, simple, and fast.
- Success Strategies - It Takes a Village to Be a Success! Find Yours
[Business:Management] All too often we spend our time in business development, taking teleclasses, attending seminars, reading the latest special report and we forget it isn't in what we know, but in what we act on that our success is truly made. You can have all the talent, all the expertise, and all the best tools but when you don't use them, when you don't market them, when you don't share them, they are pretty worthless.
- Success Strategies - How to Avoid Burnout (Whether From Success Or Failure!)
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] Do you ever find yourself working non-stop for either success or even for failure. Now when I say failure, I don't mean you are intentionally working to fail, but you find yourself caught in a spiral of activity that isn't producing the desired results yet you are unable to stop, reassess, refocus, and redirect your energies.
- Social Media Success Strategies - Are YOU Learning From Experts Or Everyone?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] We are living in the information age, the age where ideas are more popular than products, where programs replace product, where teleseminars and webinars trump books. Everyone it seems has hung out a shingle touting their expert status whether it is in how to make money, social media, teleseminar techniques, millionaire mindsets, living longer, losing weight or any other specialty of the day. The challenge is in making sure that you are genuinely getting your information from proven talents and real experts.
- How Color Sells - Got a Sweet Tooth? Steer Clear of Pink!
[Business:Marketing] No longer just for little girls, pink has grown up! In fact now it is used to connote professional women with PINK the magazine, and for breast cancer awareness. Men can confidently sport pink shirts without fear of being considered girlie. And yet pink is still indelibly feminine particularly the softer hues, the dusty pales, the blush tones.
- Social Media TIPS - What the Twitter Big Boys Know and You Must TOO!
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] I had the opportunity recently to attend an Atlanta TWEETUP. That is where those of us accustomed to communicating by Twitter only get a wonderful opportunity to meet face to face. We swap news, business strategies, and socialize! It is a lot of fun and always entertaining to see who actually resembles their online avatar!
- Success Strategies - What Goldilocks Learned and You Can TOO!
[Business:Marketing] In life and business we all need to know an experimenter if we aren't one ourselves. These are the folks that push the limits, break rules, challenge barriers. These individuals don't see a wall as a wall but instead look at ways to scale it, go around it, go through it, or dig under it. Inventors are most often great experimenters but it isn't limited to inventors. Anyone with a renegade streak is a great experimenter and that means entrepreneurs. Goldilocks was one!
- Success Strategies - ACT Instead of React, Stop the Flames of Failure BEFORE They Start
[Business:Marketing] You can't run a successful business without systems. Find training, mentoring, or a mastermind that will give you the systems you need to move your business forward.
- How Color Sells - Want to Boost Sales? Add Red!
[Business:Sales] The right shade or tint of a color can express an entire mood; it can make us warm or cold. Color when used with knowledge and savvy can produce real results. Take a look around you on an average day and tune into the colorful messages you are presented, from fast good to fine dining, luxury automobiles to budget transportation, the latest gadgetry to an old fashioned good book, color is everywhere.
- Color - Want to Spur Creativity? Just Add Purple!
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] Color isn't just what comes out of a paint can or box of crayons, it is all around us. Color is in advertising, fashion, retail, food, furniture, nature and, well, everything! Mastering the psychology, the placement and even the tint can mean a major boost in your marketing and your branding.
- Having Trouble Making a Decision? Get Rid of the GREY!
[Business:Advertising] Do you realize the profound impact color has on each of us every day? We are continually bombarded with color references in our daily lives, but also through multimedia advertising, retail, and even our language. Color adds romance to the ordinary, it makes the unappetizing, delicious, and the ugly, beautiful. The lesson is in understanding it's meaning so you can master it's use.
- How Color Sells - Chocolate is Sexy and Dependable!
[Business:Marketing] Did you know that you may not have purchased that new blender, that latest book, that stylish pillow, or even that tub of ice cream if it weren't for the color of the packaging and contents? It's true we are far more influenced that we even like to admit by color.
- How Color Sells - Green Grows Your Wealth!
[Business:Marketing] Top marketers spend a great deal of time determining the best hue for their product and its packaging. They know what the rest of us must learn, that the color of a product and its wrap can literally make or break sales.
- How Color Sells - Are You True Blue?
[Business:Marketing] Color is used for marketing products from bottled water to TV dinners, books to toys, electronic gadgets to appliances and everything in between. What is essential is learning the subtle impact color can have and how you can use it to best advantage. It is all about the shade vs. the tint, the dark vs. the light and the cultural as well as historical significances. Get colorful and find success.
- How Color Sells - Orange Will Make You Laugh on the Cheap!
[Business:Marketing] Color is about more than interior design and fashion; it is used for marketing products from diapers to diet soda, from office supplies to electronics, from bargain buys to luxury investments, color sells. It's true people are said to laugh more in the presence of orange than any other color. I'm not sure why we aren't all howling in Home Depot but then guessing they are using it as it represents affordability and they are the KING of affordable home improvement!
- Business Building Blocks - Which of These 3 Mistakes Are YOU Making to Prevent Success?
[Self-Improvement:Success] Now certainly there are many more than just three mistakes that business owners make preventing their own success. These are simply three of the most obvious and most popular. They are also three of the most lethal. Take a look and see if you are afflicted with any of these and if so dive into the solutions provided.
- Marketing Success Strategies - 3 Proven Ways to Turn PR Into Prospects, Projects and Profits!
[Business:PR] Getting published offline or featured online isn't as tough as you think; what can be the challenge is knowing what to do with that PR once you get it! PR by itself isn't inherently useful, it is critical to have a plan for distributing your feature or article in a meaningful way both online and offline. Very rarely will your phone start ringing off the hook with a single feature, instead it is a valuable opportunity for you to let your prospects and clients know that you've been showcased.
- Social Network Success - How to Get Active With Groups on Facebook!
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] So you've climbed online, built your profile, now what? Get active!
- Social Network Success - From Cyberspace to Real Results
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] I know many professionals puzzled by the advent of social media want to know if it can yield real results, it can and it does. Right now I have the honor and privilege of a first class trip to China in April to kick off the Guangzhou Design Week that comes up later this year. They are doing a ten page feature spread in a Chinese Design publication with my work and background.
- Marketing Strategies For Success - 2 Marketing Blunders You Can't Afford to Make!
[Business:Marketing] In today's challenging marketplace there are already so many problems that you really can't afford to make any on your own! This is a time to sit up, pay attention, and work on your business. And yet so many business owners are doing the opposite; they have put blinders on and appear to be feeling their way through this in the dark.
- Social Network Success - Virtual Water Cooler Means Real Connections
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] Often when you work in isolation, seeing only clients and connecting by events with colleagues, you can risk feeling out of touch and disconnected. Social media can be a wonderful solution to that providing a virtual water cooler for connections.
- Business Building Blocks - Do You Have a Dream?
[Self-Improvement:Success] What is your answer to the question, "What is your dream?" If you are saying, "Well, realistically..." STOP right there! A dream by its very definition isn't realistic, it is something hoped for, ambitious about, often perceived as something difficult to attain, and it may be impractical.
- Business Building Blocks - The Difference Between Success and Failure is Asking
[Business] Too often the difference between and success and failure is simply in the asking. It is all about asking both in business and in life.
- Marketing Success Strategies - Leveraging Your Brand, the Key to Survival
[Business:Marketing] Stop operating in a vacuum and realize that you are part of a team of vendors, suppliers, and service specialists who deliver a product to the consumer. The key is to create your own team rather than allow the consumer to shop for each resource.
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Home - Part I
[Home-and-Family] Home is truly our external heart and as such it needs a lot of care and attention in its decorating and development. A house is merely a dwelling; it becomes a home when you use your heart to express your environment in a comfortable and inviting manner. Here are some easy ways to celebrate your home with friends and family.
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Career - Part II
[Business:Careers-Employment] More than a third of our lives are spent in pursuit of our livelihood. Too often this is not a celebration but instead an obligation and a decision by default. Unfortunately without the willingness to take risks and sometimes take a new path, we wind up living our work life by default rather than by our own design. Regardless of where you find yourself in your career there are ways that you can celebrate that commitment and benefit from your unique skills and abilities (even if your genuine talent rests on another path.)
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Family - Part II
[Home-and-Family] I have yet to meet anyone that wishes they spent more time in the office or on their career; instead everyone seems to miss time with their families and friends. It is vital to make a truly conscious effort to celebrate our family in fun and rewarding ways often. Here are some tried and true and even a few new ideas for celebrating with your chosen family.
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Friends - Part II
[Relationships:Friendship] How often do we find that we are losing track of friends without enough time to spend together? It seems easy to say "maybe next month," "when I get that promotion," "when the kids are out of school," or any other myriad of excuses. It is all about committing to connect, and creating opportunities to make that happen. Here are just a few more ways you can celebrate your friends!
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Creative Spirit - Part II
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] We all have a creative spirit whether it manifests itself in a talent for home improvement, sewing, craft projects or perhaps computer programming and writing music. Here are even more opportunities to celebrate your creative spirit!
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Career - Part I
[Business:Career-Advice] More than a third of our lives are spent in pursuit of our livelihood. Too often this is not a celebration but instead an obligation and a decision by default. Unfortunately without the willingness to take risks and sometimes take a new path, we wind up living our work life by default rather than by our own design. Regardless of where you find yourself in your career there are ways that you can celebrate that commitment and benefit from your unique skills and abilities (even if your genuine talent rests on another path.)
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Health and Well Being, Part I
[Health-and-Fitness] So often we get caught up in our daily routines only to forget the most important element in our lives, our health and well being. When we honor ourselves and our bodies we will have a greater opportunity to experience the wellness necessary to keep up with and care for our families, enjoy time with our friends, succeed in our work, make a positive difference to ourselves and others. Here are some great ways to celebrate your health and fitness!
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Friends - Part I
[Relationships:Friendship] How often do we find that we are losing track of friends without enough time to spend together? It seems easy to say "maybe next month," "when I get that promotion," "when the kids are out of school," or any other myriad of excuses. It is all about committing to connect, and creating opportunities to make that happen. Here are just a few ways you can celebrate your friends!
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Family - Part I
[Home-and-Family] I have yet to meet anyone that wishes they spent more time in the office or on their career; instead everyone seems to miss time with their families and friends. It is vital to make a truly conscious effort to celebrate our family in fun and rewarding ways often. Here are some tried and true and even a few new ideas for celebrating with your chosen family.
- Lifestyle Design - Celebrate Your Creative Spirit - Part I
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] We all have a creative spirit whether it manifests itself in a talent for home improvement, sewing, craft projects or perhaps computer programming and writing music. Here are some opportunities to celebrate your creative spirit!
- Interior Design Business Secrets - 5 Tips to Tame the Paper Tiger, Stay Organized, and Make Money
[Self-Improvement:Organizing] Working with design professionals on their businesses, it seems too many are operating off of random piles, post-it notes, and a chaotic office. Organization saves precious time, creates greater confidence in your business, and allows you to always know exactly your success position. There are simple, proven techniques for getting and staying on top of the paper tiger.
- Interior Design Business Secrets - Are You Connected?
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] How often do we focus exclusively on our client in business and forget to talk a bit about ourselves? Don't underestimate the power of finding those points of connection that will set you apart from your competitors.
- Interior Design Business Secrets - Relationship Investing For Real Business Returns
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] Are you creating the relationships that will keep you alive during economic downtimes? Create your own economy!
- Interior Design Business Secrets - Turning on the Faucet For Referrals
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] As I went to my twice weekly Pilates session recently, I realized that I had never referred the studio I go to to any friends or clients. I am one of those "loyal-as-the-day-is-long" types and love to share my favorite resources so this surprised me.
- Decorating Quick Tips - Mirrors
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Learn the art of decorating with mirrors, quick tips and priceless shortcuts that take the guesswork out of making the most of your reflection or the room you are working on. Know the guidelines from an expert and you'll find that it reflects beautifully on you.
- Decorating Quick Tips - Carpet and Rugs
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Learn the ins and outs of selecting carpet, runners, and rugs from a design expert. When you know what to look for in the style, the color, and the size, you are sure to get the best value for your design need. Rugs are artwork for the floor, and carpet is a significant investment in any home. Know the shortcuts and secrets for great design results.
- Decorating Quick Tips - Accessories and Accents
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Tips for decorating every room in your home with style. Create the home of your dreams by following these design tips!
- Home Office - Designing For the Senses
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] When designing your home office for ultimate productivity and success it's important that you consider each of your five senses. By approaching your project in a comprehensive manner you will layer the effectiveness and ensure a positive reaction by all those who interact in the space. Each of us learns in a different manner, some of us are visuals, others auditory and others kinesthetic, by designing for the senses, you truly design universally.
- Design Tips For Better Living
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Be selective in the treasures you keep. Clutter creates chaos and takes up valuable living space. Fewer of your favorite elements is often more comfortable.
- Interior Design Business Secrets - Create Your Own Economy
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] Don't let the daily news, stock market--the economy--dictate your success in interior design. This is the ideal time to take advantage of opportunities around you and create your own economy!
- Interior Design Business Secrets - When Less Really is More
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] Is your interior design business taking up too much time, money, and space? Follow these tips to enjoy a lighter, freer life, and take a well-deserved vacation!
- Interior Design Business Secrets - 5 Tips to Getting It Done Now!
[Business:Small-Business] Don't let procrastination get the best of you in your interior design business. Beat procrastination and get more done every day the easy way!
- Shortcuts to Better Living, Right Now
[Home-and-Family] So you want to key to better living, it’s simple. All you need is more time to do things you really want to do. The question is how to get that? Read on and you’ll learn the secrets and shortcuts right now.
- Living Rich in a Readymade World
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] These days decorating doesn’t have to be about custom, it can be about where to find it now and how to make it work for you. There is such a wealth of ready made elements both at retailers, online, and in mail order catalogues. You can do it yourself, or get the knowledge and expertise of a professional decorator, transforming your house into a home, without ever leaving your chair... Read on for the real scoop on living rich in a readymade world.
- Quick Tips for Successful Entertaining
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Here are some great tips for successful entertaining - everything from your guest list, menu, decorations, and hosting. Melissa gives you great ideas to make your next gathering fun and memorable for you and your guests!
- Don't Wait for a Mate, Feather Your Nest Now!
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Hey, you’ve been working hard at your career for a number of years, but you haven’t taken the time to really make yourself a home. Why not? Don’t wait for a better half, a mate, or a spouse, do it for yourself now. Don’t wait till you buy a house - an apartment, condo, even a tent qualifies as a home space worthy of decorating. You’ll enjoy entertaining in style rather than always complaining that your place isn’t done or ready. If you live there, it counts. You deserve it!
- Designing Your Signature Life
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Designing your signature life is not just about your home interiors but instead it is about the whole ball of wax . . . . the whole kit and caboodle. It is about truly designing your LIFE! That means interiors both at home and the office, career choices, entertaining and homemaking, relationships, travel and adventure, personal image and style, books, movies and media you enjoy and what you really want from it all.
- Spring Is Here - Give Your Interiors a Lift (and Lend a Helping Hand)
[Home-Improvement] So you've got Spring Break coming up and the Easter Holidays around the corner too. This is a great time to give your interiors a lift. Certainly you probable already planned some Spring cleaning, but really make it count and clean out. This is a perfect chance to get rid of clutter and give to those needing more
- Romantic Interiors for Valentine's Day!
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] With Valentine’s day just around the corner, thoughts turn to romance. To set the right mood throughout the year, here are some simple decorating tips and a handful of extra special touches to dress your house. So whether you are planning a Valentine’s Day bash or some intimate time for two, check out these romantic ideas.
- Room by Room Makeovers: Inviting Foyer Fixes
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] When was the last time you actually entered your house at the front door?? Has it been awhile . . . maybe you need to take another look and see if it really is inviting. Take a look here for great tips and tricks to make any foyer a place of welcome.
- Room by Room Makeovers: Kitchens for Cooking and Entertaining
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Kitchens today are the family rooms of yesterday. Many have keeping rooms with fireplaces, and cozy nooks for reading, television viewing, and sharing a cup of coffee. Make the most of the heart of your home with some of the tips and suggestions here.
- Room by Room Makeovers: Great Rooms for Great Living
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Gone are the days of formal living rooms and parlors, now we all live literally in the great room! It is often integrally tied to the kitchen, and sits at the center of the house. It is the hub for all activity and entertaining both family and friends. Whether it is TV watching, game playing, homework doing, project making, wrestling with the kids, curling up with your S.O. for a movie or just kicking back, feet up and cold one in hand, the great room is where it all happens. So let's look at some easy ways to make it really GREAT!
- Room by Room Makeovers: Beautiful Bathroom Solutions
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] The bathroom, often, the room we spend a great deal of time in, but one that seems to get short shift when it comes to updating and aesthetics. There are a host of quick and cost effective solutions that you can employ to refresh and renew your baths. Many won't take more than an hour or so and yet the impact is timeless. So take stock of what you have, and look for areas to improve!
- Home Offices for Success and Achievement
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] With telecommuting becoming more popular, and work hours always longer, even one to two days a week at home now requires the establishment of a productive niche, if not a room for career success. Whether you have an extra room to devote, a basement you can remodel and outfit, or you are remodeling an unused closet for that office space, there are some important considerations you'll want to make. When you truly have a dedicated home office niche, well designed for productivity you will earn more, get more done in less time, and look forward to it.
- Make Your House Feel More Like Home
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] So, you’ve just moved in or maybe been settled for a while, and your house still doesn’t feel like home. It’s missing character and individuality that only the infusion of personality can bring. Your home is not your own until it tells your story. Furnishings without accessories, artwork, and accent pieces are like a cake without icing. And it is up to you to determine the flavor and decorations desired and appropriate.
- Arts and Crafts Style Decorating
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] The terms Arts and Crafts and Mission Style are often used synonymously today. They refer to a style of home design and furnishings emphasizing natural materials, especially wood, and showcasing a pronounced geometry in the design. Their tremendous revival in popularity stems largely from their association with hand-crafted elements (though many knock offs are manufactured by machine), a rarity in this technologically advanced age. The pieces offer an heirloom quality and a patina that deepens with age. Arts and Crafts furnishings and interiors are also typically very durable and classic with a timeless appeal. They suit today’s desire to simplify and get back to basics.
- Fresh Ideas Herald Fall Decorating
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Looking for a room with a view when there is none?! Can’t afford to move, or renovate?! Check out the latest in truly affordable decorating trends - wall mural graphics. These wall size scenics can truly transform a space, quickly and easily. Whether you want to create the illusion of a garden vista, and soothing seascape, or even an island paradise, your options are wide open with the wide range of views available.
- Celebrating Halloween - Tips and Tricks for a Fun and not so Scary Event!
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Halloween isn’t just for kids anymore. In fact it seems that more and more adults - young and old - and especially singles, are celebrating this holiday. It’s a great opportunity to meet new friends and a possible date while disguised! So for a truly awesome, no not gruesome, Halloween get-together, follow the tips and tricks here.
- Architectural Accents and Art: a Retreat from the World
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Contemporary classicism is the hallmark of this cozy retreat from the rigors of a busy career and bountiful life. The room reflects a deep personal statement in its artwork. This is a room that exudes comfort and beckons with relaxation.
- A Fresh Look for Fall
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Football, back to school, the changing of the leaves, these signal the advent of fall and a great time to spruce up the home front for the upcoming holidays. Here, from the floor up, we offer creative, cost effective ways to and enliven your home. Check out how rugs, throws, pillows, accents and accessories can provide a quick, easy, and best of all, inviting, makeover.
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