Summer Every Season
Summer Every SeasonBy Ahhh, the sumptuous days of summer. Clear skies, green lawns, barbeques and trips to the beach. Who wouldn't want to capture that feeling year-round? Believe it or not, it is easy to bring the style of summer into your own home. Follow these simple, inexpensive tips, and be on your way to enjoying a summer home in your own home... any time of the year! Color is KeyPaint is a simple tool that can be used to create a summery atmosphere in any room of your home.
Brighten up a living room with lime green walls, a dining room with canary yellow, or a playroom with creamsicle orange. Lighten up dark wood coffee tables, side tables or bookshelves with salmon pink or eggshell blue. Even painting the inside of a dark bookshelf a bright, summery color can freshen up a room considerably. Store or cover darker colored items, such as maroon pillows and brown couches, replacing them or covering them with lighter, brighter covers. Floral patterns are nice and summery, as is a beach motif.
Hang white or see-through curtains over dark drapes to quickly achieve a summery feel. White is the perennial summery non-color. Repainting walls, bookshelves, coffee tables, and even framed mirrors a cool, crisp white will transform any room. With all that white, don't be surprised if you and your family feel like you've been instantly transported to Miami Beach! Fabric of LifeStore or cover wintry wares like velvet drapes and pillows, wool throws, and dark leather couches, ottomans and chairs. Don't worry, you can always rotate them back out again when you are ready to return from your summer retreat! Add summery fabrics, like linen table cloths, cotton flower-print curtains, and gauzy bed skirts.
Cover couches and armchairs with bright or floral patterned slipcovers... nothing says summer like light, bright fabrics. Feel Like FlowersFresh Flowers will give your house a fresh summer look and scent. Keep water in vases clean by changing it often, and throw out flowers as soon as they begin to wilt, replacing them with a different bright selection. Floral patterns also spell summer.
Flowers look great embedded in the embroidery of a throw blanket, covering the upholstery of a couch or armchair, or gracing the surface of a decorative plate, bowl or hanging print. Decorative floral accessories can be set atop bookshelves, entertainment centers, desks and dining room tables to "summer-ize" a room. Flowers, greenery or a small fountain can also be placed inside an unused fireplace for a more summery feel. Odds and End TablesChoose a theme that represents summer to you, then decorate a room around that theme. Beach and seaside items, flowers, fruits and birds are just a few themes that lend a summery feeling to any room.
Choose furniture for its summery feel, and dot these items around the house. Add a couple of wicker chairs, a wrought iron and glass coffee table, a white bookshelf or desk, or even a new floral couch (or an old couch with a new floral slipcover!), and transform any room in your house. However you decide to add a touch of summer to your home, do so with happiness and joy... the energy of summer! Then, make yourself a lemonade, cuddle into your couch or loveseat, and bask in the warmth of your bright, summery home. Please find the original article and more information about this subject at http://www.homeandliving.com/DesignAdvice.aspx?Category=SummerSeasonsIf you would like to publish this article on your own site, please feel free to do so.
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A Yale graduate, BatSheva Vaknin writes plays, screenplays and short stories. She has just completed her first novel.Unique Leather Apparel To Be Introduced at Local Trunk Show
(ContentDesk) February 25, 2004--Gilded Lily Leathers is proud to introduce its new line of leather apparel and accessories at its premiere trunk show on Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13 at E.Couturi?re's showroom at 201 South Third Street in Geneva. On Friday evening, invited customers and guests can sip martinis and enjoy hors d'oeuvres as they view unique leather sportswear and accessories from Geneva's own Gilded Lily Leathers. They might select fabric pieces from E.Couturi?re custom apparel selection to coordinate a complete wardrobe, an ensemble, or may simply choose an accent piece that can serve as the focal point of her wardrobe for years to come.Throughout the day on Saturday, the public is welcome to enjoy this unique line which is exclusive to E.Couturi?re. In addition to informal modeling of the leather wear, there will be a range of styles and sizes on hand for customers to try on to ensure a perfect fit. Admission is free.Gilded Lily's 2004 collection of leather...
Unique Leather Apparel To Be Introduced at Local Trunk Show
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School Skirts
Short school skirts are pass?. Following the release of the hit music video featuring pop singer Britney Spears in a micro-mini school skirt, hemlines of school skirts crept up to what many consider to be improper levels. This caused the Scottish Parent Teacher Council to clamp down heavily on retail stores selling miniscule school skirts and subsequently, the sale of school skirts decreased. In 2002, Woolworth's, which sells 10 per cent of the school wear in Scotland, sold 200,000 school skirts and just 4,000 pairs of girls' trousers. But this year, the store has sold 104,000 pairs of trousers and 100,000 skirts.
For those who continue to wear school skirts but prefer a more conservative style, Modest Apparel USA is working on a reticent skirt for school uniforms.
This school skirt is double pleated, and has a back zipper; side inseam pockets, and covers the knee when sitting.
The trend, however, is gradually shifting away from solid-colored cotton...
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Father Of Two-Year Old Girl Proactively Confronting The Spring Break And "Girls Gone Wild" Philosophy With Launch Of New E-book
Stafford, TX (ContentDesk) May 8, 2006 -- With the advent of MTV's Spring Break, Howard Stern and late night TV's "Girls Gone Wild" marketing promotions, more and more people are "tuning in" to this philosophy of body image and "tuning out" values and virtues in life. This e-book has been launched to challenge this idea and to help foster a conditioning of the mind where value is placed in lasting relationships.The Author, Stanley J. Leffew states, "My daughter is just now enjoying her early years of life. As I listen to the voices calling out to young ladies these days, I can't help but wonder what the popular trend will be when she has to decide which voices she will lend an ear to. As she enters young adulthood, I hope this is what she finds.
I hope the popular trend of the day is a video craze called, Girls Gone MILD!" No, that's not a misprint.Stanley goes on to say, "I hope Girls Gone MILD is popular because it depicts women in the following ways:? As more than full-of-brandy...
Father Of Two-Year Old Girl Proactively Confronting The Spring Break And "Girls Gone Wild" Philosophy With Launch Of New E-book
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Jazz Up Your Bedroom With A Bed Skirt
A bed skirt can add a decorative touch to your bedroom and give your bedding that complete look.
While bed skirts can go with many decorating themes, you do need to consider how your bedroom is decorated and think about whether a bed skirt will fit in or not.
Bed skirts are only good if they enhance your d?cor and not detract from it.
Some bedroom decorating themes that might benefit from the addition of a bed skirt include a Victorian theme, romantic bedroom theme, Shabby Chic bedroom theme, French or Paris apartment bedroom theme or any feminine theme.
On the other hand if you have a zen bedroom, a minimalist bedroom or a modern or contemporary bedroom then a bed skirt probably will not look good.
Bed skirts which are mainly designed to hide the box spring of the bed are placed under the mattress and then hang down to the floor.
They also do a great job of hiding "stuff" you might have stored under the bed.
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Fall/Winter Fashion for Teens - 2004-2005
Anything burgandy, which I love seems to be one of the fall colours. Also love dark brown. There is lots of brown in many shades, but still reds, blacks, greys, greens. Much better color selection this fall than last year when where there was almost only black, red and olive greens.The fashion mood is mix-and-match with girly looks such as ruffles, embroidery, fringe, sparkles, creative colors, playful patterns. This is a departure from the hard-core sex appeal from seasons past.Satin is not just for evenings anymore...bring it into the light during the day by pairing a satin camisole with a fitted jacket or wear a satin skirt with a knitted cardigan.
This fabric also looks great with denim. Bottom line, the best way to wear it is to highlight just one piece: a little satin goes a long way.Best example - pink satin cami under a blazer.Ponchos, capes and wraps continue to make news. There are lots of quirky tweeds, funky mohair and slinky jeans, shrunken tweed blazers worn with...
Fall/Winter Fashion for Teens - 2004-2005
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