Best Christmas decorating ideas for fireplace mantel 2015

How to decorate the fireplace in Christmas or new year, the best Christmas decorations 2015 for fireplaces and mantel, top tips to Christmas fireplace decorating ideas 2015, best Christmas decorating ideas for fireplace 2015, Christmas fireplace mantel decor 2015

New Year's Eve everyone is waiting for miracles and the arrival of Santa Claus. Chimes announcing the coming of a new year, ideal to meet near an open fire under the cozy crackling firewood. Children (and adults that really there to hide) love gifts that are necessarily accompany the New Year and Christmas holidays. If the home has a fireplace , the question of where to put the Christmas gifts no longer relevant. From the west came to us a beautiful tradition to put gifts in socks and stockings, which are decorated with fireplaces. This is understandable - Santa Claus comes into the house through the chimney, quickly hiding gifts in socks and flies reindeer greet other children.

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To create a fairy tale need an appropriate entourage. The significance of the Christmas tree has not been canceled, but the fireplace decorated with the help of fir branches, candles, garlands, Christmas socks quite worthy competitor forest beauty.

Christmas fireplace 2015- it's Christmas decorations 2015 gnomes, snowmen, tinsel, garlands ... Much of this can be done independently, and the children will be happy to help adults in the pre-decorating the house. Garlands can be done by the rows of beads, bells, cones, bows. If desired, the bumps can be painted gold or silver paint from the spray.

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Christmas decorating ideas for fireplace 2015, Christmas fireplace mantel decor 2015

Fireplace need to decorate a special Christmas socks . Independently sew socks absolutely not difficult - just take pieces of cashmere, felt or other suitable material and decorate them snowflakes, reindeer figurines, snowmen and other thematic characters.

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Very nice look at the fireplace Christmas wreaths of green branches of fir trees. Also on the fireplace can put a vase with branches of trees, painted in white color simulating snow.

Near the fireplace can put the Christmas tree, decorated in one color with decorations fireplace.

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Do you like this new ideas for Christmas fireplace decorations 2015 ? I hope you can make beautiful fireplace mantel for new year 2015 or Christmas.

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How to use red color in the interior, color combinations with red

See how to use red color in the interior home and apartment with passionate red tones, the best ideas for color combinations with red and use red in your interior design, red paint, red color combination, red furniture
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Red - mixed color. More precisely, it clearly evokes strong emotions and gives energy. Only this can be both positive and negative energy, and emotions can also be the opposite: love or hate.

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color combinations with red in the bedroom 2015, red curtains and linens

And if you use too much red in the interior , it can adversely affect the psyche. But this color is attractive, giving rise to such. In addition, it combines well with almost any other color. How can use it in the decor, while respecting the sense of proportion?

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Most of us do not dress in red from head to toe. Why, then, do it with your walls? Think about how you would use red in the locker room and project it to the room.

In general, red is used in the design as an accent: it can be anything from lamps or candles to cushions and walls. When the room has red spots, they miraculously draw attention to other things that otherwise we hardly noticed. Task red accents - intrigue, entice, but not "hit on the head with a baton" - an effect that can cause room, fully decorated in red tones.

Way to add red to the interior to a large extent depends on the overall design style .

� Modern design combines neutral elements strokes of bold colors, such as red. For example, we can choose the door bright red. And add in bright red cushions, rug or carpet.

� Art Nouveau apply all shades of red, from basic shades to classic tones with burgundy or brown. For doors, you can choose the color of any shade. Inside is better to implement the color red through a painting or work of art.

� Traditional design tries to avoid major red flowers and applies maroon and dark red shades. Door - a deep, rich red, and inside - oriental rugs with a predominance of dark red.

� Transitional style is characterized by craving for a neutral palette - the perfect backdrop for the bright red fragments. In this case, the door is better to choose the same color as the red color that will be used inside the home or stay at the door more neutral color. Inside the red color is better to use softer, for example, red light or a work of art.

� Country style preference is given to the red color with shades of pink and purple as the color of ripening apples. Here is more appropriate to be used by small red baubles and fabric.

Red - a hot color, which in the case of "less is more", but even a small amount of red in the interior will charge your room and the house with positive energy.

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Cozy Interior bathroom with fireplace designs

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Fireplace is a symbol of luxury, wealth and nobility. Any premises where there is a fireplace with live fire, gets a special, intimate atmosphere.

Today, i provide several types and designs of fireplace 2015 for the bathroom, also you can learn the best ideas to make cozy bathroom with fireplace and see how to put fireplace in the bathroom in different style and where you can install it, with many types of fireplace 2015 ( electric fireplace, gas fireplace, wall fireplace in modern style ).

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Fireplace in the bathroom - it is an original solution of two problems: the aesthetic and economic. Bathroom in need of additional heating, as after the adoption of water treatments to be in a cold room is not only comfortable, but also dangerous to health. And what could be more romantic than a surveillance tapes flame of warm, relaxing bath? Soft crackling wood, the sound of water, gentle foam - is a dream that, if desired, can become a reality.

Classic fireplace - perfect for private homes. This allows you to save on heating, as in private lands, there is usually no problem with firewood. Fireplace installed on the floor, well it warms up. Warm air rises up and warm up the room. Glass doors protect the floor from sparks and heat.

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Wall fireplaces as well cope with the task, and the design choices they have more. With the help of the decorating material to any fireplace can give a luxurious look. Enough to impose his or decorative natural stone, such as granite or marble. Wall-mounted space it does not take useful space.

Fireplace in the bathroom can be decorative. It is no less beautiful, and thanks to an electric fireplace also gives warmth. Gas and electric fireplaces differ in small parameters, a wide range of appearance and because of this it is easy to fit into any environment.

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Those Canadian Bloggers


The finalists in each category for the Made in Blog (MiB)  Best Canadian Blog awards  as determined by reader voting have been announced.  

This is the first year I participated in the  awards process ( Home Design category).   Thanks to everyone who voted  for this blog because you helped Designing Home make it to the top ten.  A panel of judges will now decide the winners in each category.  Stay tuned for that big announcement. 

One of the advantages of my participation was an introduction to other Canadian blogs that I didn't know. Perhaps there's a blog or two in the list that you might like  to check out or follow.   Click  here see the  top ten  list for home design.

 You might also like to check in on  A Pop of Pretty, another St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador  blog that's also in the top ten for home design.


Kerri  of A Pop of Pretty is currently participating in a Canadian Blogger Christmas Home Tour.  There are loads of close up photos of all her decorating efforts for this year's French Inspired Christmas Theme.  As she says in her blog description she loves all things pretty and there's no doubt that comes through in her space.

 If you'd like to see what other Canadian home owners are doing to get their homes ready for the festive season you can begin with Kerri and then link up to other open houses in blogland right across the country.  The link list is at the bottom of her post. 
As I followed the links myself,  I found another local blog Adventures of the Uncommon Common Law  from St. John's.  I thoroughly enjoyed  seeing Becki's take on a modern Scandinavian  inspired Christmas. And why wouldn't I?  Her space has lots of neutrals, textures, clean lines, and white- a graphic delight.

 After visiting the homes of all these young energetic bloggers here's me- the grandmother blogger-   ill prepared right now for the festive season.

 I have no home tour to offer, but  I will have a Christmas post or two when I get the hang of my fancy new camera.   My decorating efforts,  as you may know from past posts at Christmas, are  a bit understated and usually consist of recycling and rearranging what I currently have.  I've begun to pull things out, and I'm happy to report my husband made me a lovely trough box (from recycled wood, yet to be painted) for an arrangement.



 I'm feeling nostalgic this year and thought my granddaughters would enjoy seeing my collection of wooden Santas I've painted over the years. Until more exciting things happen here,  I'll leave you to enjoy the links above. Have fun.

Am I the only one who needs to get moving on Christmas?

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Choosing a drapery colour

Ah, the dreaded question.  What colour draperies should I have?

Part of being a decorator is making informed decisions about design.  Keeping current with trends  through reading and viewing is a must, but trend knowledge is not enough.  You have to understand what affect your choices will have on a space.

I posted this picture on Designing Home Facebook Page as an example of a style board I create for clients.  I am not one for vivid colour, but I didn't have to live with the colour, a young lady who loves rich colours did.   Should I have argued with her and said you shouldn't have bright draperies. NO!  I have to balance my client's likes with the principles and elements of design.

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Vibrant  draperies 

Let's look at what this colour choice  did for this room.

 You can't ignore this window treatment, it's not only the vibrant colour, it's the placement and amount of it. That means a lot of colour jumping forward in the space. The draperies also serve to  frame the artwork and the sofa. The more muted sofa is anchored and held captive, and you need an equally vibrant art work to compete with the windows. When you look at this space blue is primary and everything else is secondary.

The overall effect is focused and the room appears smaller than it actually is.  That's a great tip if you have a large space that you want to appear smaller/cosier.  Go for darker/brighter  window treatments that draw the eye.

 I see this as a lively, energetic scheme that is equally matched to a sparkling, vivacious young lady.


On to number two example....

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I removed the vibrant draperies and choose something more in line with my personal taste.  I like my spaces to be expansive, and tone -on tone- window treatments  (keeping the colour of the drapes and the walls very similar) is  one way to achieve that look/feel especially in a smaller space.  

Now the sofa and artwork stand out as they didn't before.  Your eye connects the light colour in the chairs with the draperies and you visually wander the space. 

On to example number three....  


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Same window treatments, but I'm tweeking a few other things. Without the blue pillows on the chairs,  and the blue vase on the table, the space is even even more opened up.  The overall effect is fresh and inviting,  reminiscent of a summer garden - always a look I gravitate to.  The wooden tables help that feel too. 

So there is no right answer to the question "What colour draperies  should I have?"  It all depends on how you want your room to look/feel. 

If you wan to find out more about current trends in window treatments check out this post and several others in my side bar. 

What's your preference when buying  window treatments ?  Are you a neutral or a colour lover?





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Mediterranean Palace in Florida, American Colonial style

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The main feature of the so-called Mediterranean-style architecture - the open nature and the environment. Achieve such openness can only in those countries where the climate allows you to design the intermediate spaces that are both part of the interior and part of the environment. Today we will see how the Mediterranean style has been transformed in the United States. Before us - a mansion in Florida, the design of which is clearly distinguishable classical motifs, the features of colonial and Mediterranean styles. 

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On the plane of the building is a crescent, the convex part of the deployed to the Gulf. Building, dubbed "Fort Lauderdale" is just a few meters from the coast, on an artificial peninsula bulk rectangular shape. From the water front to the front adjacent pool. Rounded turrets, stylized columns, rotunda, plane, bay windows, stingrays tiled roofs - all these fanciful "colonial" elements sometimes seem excessive, but in general make a pleasant variety in the architectural appearance of the building, especially when compared with neighboring buildings. 

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An important premise of the first floor - the main foyer with circular hall and grand staircase with two symmetrical rounded slopes. The walls of the foyer decorated with family photos, so that guests at home, come here for the first time, can get closer to the hosts. The main materials selected architects for the construction, steel, brick wall, ceramic tile, wall tiles, glass, stone and natural wood (oak, walnut, pine, bamboo). 

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The total area of ??the palace is relatively small - about 1,600 square meters. m. On the first floor are planned public and guest rooms (kitchen, dining room, small dining room, home library, family room, home theater, wine cellar) and the bedrooms, bathrooms and dressing rooms, and office are located upstairs. Total 31 rooms in the house. The main room of the first floor - a grand double-height living room with hanging on the walls with hunting trophies and items from the collection of weapons. In multi-function room can easily be distinguished fireplace, billiard room, sitting room area, bar area. Upper tier runs a gallery with massive wooden pillars, which connects the two wings of the house and communicates with two internal balconies. 

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Surrounding area plays an important role in the perception of the space of the mansion. These are the intermediate spaces, which were discussed at the beginning. Water complex includes a pool length of 31 m, a bar with him, " Mediterranean " veranda, an artificial waterfall and its own dock. 

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