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Red-themed Office Party
As you know the two basic colours, which represent Valentine’s day, are red and pink. But let’s admit it – if the decoration is all pink, your workplace will look like Barbie’s office, won’t it? And there are many people who are not big fans of pink, so better stick with red. It’s a more passionate colour and it will motivate your colleagues for the party.
You can hang heart garlands around the office to make it look more festive. Here you can find different ideas for Valentines decoration and maybe you’ll like some of them for your office.
Another great suggestion is to blow red balloons and you can even make a contest. Whoever blows the most balloons, receives a prize – 10 cupcakes for example. Everybody will be eager to compete for this sweet surprise.
Don’t forget to prepare food for the others as well, not just for the winner. Cookies, red cupcakes, conversation hearts, chocolates with strawberry filling, red velvet cake and whatever else comes into your mind. Red napkins and plastic plates will also contribute to the Valentine’s atmosphere.
“Remember the School Years” Party
Do you remember how you used to make valentine cards in elementary school? It was fun, wasn’t it? A lot of grown-ups forget what it felt like to be a kid, but some still keep the little child inside them. Bring these children out by organizing a crafts party – make valentines cards, garlands, collages, decorate cupcakes just like you used to do in school.
Anti-love Party
If you and your colleagues are not big fans of Valentine’s day, then you can completely ignore the already mentioned ideas and make a party, that you always wanted to do before, but couldn’t find a proper occasion for. Ask your colleagues what they want to do on the 14th of February and then see what’s the most common suggestion.
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Spring is the season of warm sun, cool breeze, radiant smiles and good mood. Welcome spring in your home by using these great 7 décor ideas.
Colourful Tree
Make yourself a colourful tree, so you can feel the spring spirit at home. Gather a bouquet of branches or look for one big branch with several smaller ones on it. Arrange them in a beautiful vase. Quick tip: if you want the vase to be more stable, you can put small decorative rocks on the bottom.
Afterwards, you can decorate the tree with colourful ribbons or origami paper flowers.
Spring Lamp
The making of a spring lamp is the perfect excuse for renovating the boring old lamp. Choose an appropriate sheet of paper and roll it into a cylinder. You can draw butterflies and flowers on the paper or you can use stickers with spring motives. Another great idea is to perforate the paper with a needle and create different objects with it. In this way when you turn on the light, the shapes will start dancing on the walls.
Spring Walls
It is never too late to decorate the walls in your living room with interesting paintings. Embrace the spring inspiration and arrange a mini exhibition. For this idea, you will need a set of 3 square frames, which you will later arrange horizontally above the sofa.
The pictures or paintings which will be framed are entirely your choice. Some people prefer watercolour paintings of spring flowers. Others would rather see captured memories with the loved ones. Third choose positive and inspiring thoughts of great people.
The other option for spring decoration of the walls is to paint them in lively bright colours. Or just add some accents by using butterfly and flower patterns or stickers. Just have in mind that if you live in a rented property, you should ask your landlord first if you are allowed to do such changes. Otherwise, you might be extra charged for this later on when your landlord hire an inventory services team to inspect the property.
For a Good Appetite
The spring spirit should be spotted on the table as well. Create your own cases for kitchen utensils. You will need 2 rectangular pieces of cloth (in pastel colours if possible), one longer than the other. Sew them together and leave the upper part open or half-sewed, so you will be able to place the utensils inside. To make the cases more interesting, embroider spring flowers on them.
For creating a spring themed table you can also use colourful napkins, dishes and cups. Make a selection of your favourite spring flowers and arrange them in a centrepiece for the table.
Green Accents
The colour green is the trademark of spring. It gives fresh and energizing look of every room, so bravely decorate with it. You can paint one of the walls in green or choose an element of the home décor in green, such as pillows, tablecloths, curtains, armchairs, etc.
Half Curtain
It may sound strange to you but curtains which cover only half of the window are the hit in home decoration for the year of 2013. Floral patterns and retro lace can turn any curtain into a vintage one, which will make your kitchen look cosier. You can even use it for covering a kitchen cabinet.
Spring Garden Décor
During spring the air is sweet with so many fragrant flowers, which you can successfully grow in your garden. When you arrange the flower pots, you can decorate your garden with ladybug pebbles. For the purpose, you will need several flat pebbles, black and red paint and a brush. Use them to draw the ladybugs and don’t forget to put eyes and a mouth as well. When they are finished, spread them around the flower pots or inside them.
Another great idea is to cut out paper butterflies. Ask your kids to colour them in bright colours and then glue the butterflies to sticks or straws and insert them in the flower pots.
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If you don’t want to spend a lot of money for expensive restaurants, you can surprise your soul mate with dinner at home. Cook his or her favourite meal and don’t forget the dessert – chocolate, sugar hearts, cupcakes, cookies. To enhance the romantic atmosphere for the special evening, you can choose from our decoration suggestions:
Vase with “Love” Flowers
Flowers have the ability to capture the attention of people, no matter where you place them. You can benefit from their magic in order to create romantic atmosphere. Red roses are classic, but if you want to avoid clichés, you can select one of the other options: violet tulips, white lilies, purple hyacinths or a bouquet made of your spouse’s favourite flowers. Whichever type you choose, the room will definitely acquire a new look.
Scents for the Home
To achieve the perfect romantic atmosphere, you’ll need to choose a special scent for your home. It’s not necessary that everything on the 14th of February smells like roses, vanilla or something sweet. Choose a scent, which suits both you and your significant one. Some people prefer citrus scents, others are enchanted by the scent of sandal wood and ylang-ylang (which are also aphrodisiacs), third enjoy the smell of the mountains – pine, eucalyptus and herbs.
Vintage Ornaments on the Table
The vintage style can also bring a dose of romance in your home. Tablecloth, napkins or china with floral motives in combination with beautifully arranged table are enough to show your partner that you care about him/her and you try to make his/her evening special.
Travel … at home
Not everyone has the opportunity to visit a romantic destination for Valentine’s Day. But this fact shouldn’t bother you, because you can travel at home. Recreate the atmosphere, typical for Paris and Venice, by using appropriate music, French or Italian cuisine and a themed movie, which will mentally send you to the desired location.
Decorate with “Love”
Your home hides a lot of places, which can host the word “love”. The easiest way is to stamp it on a pillow or blanket with red fabric paint.
You can also create a DIY heart bouquet, which will be a simple and neat decoration for any room. You need red paper or felt, from which to cut out the hearts. Then glue them to wooden sticks and put them in a small vase. Cute, isn’t it?
Another good idea is to choose a favourite sentence, write it with a beautiful font, then print it and put it in a frame. In this way the power of love will be perpetuated in your home for years.
If you take a look around the local furniture and home décor stores, you will definitely find an item, designed specially for Valentine’s Day, such as a book stopper, which spells “Love”.
Happy Valentine’s Day to all! Love and adore each other!
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Who says that Christmas is the only time during winter when you can decorate your home? Instead of being grumpy and nostalgic about the passed holidays, you can set a nice, winter mood in your home. Wonder how do to this? Just take a look at this easy ideas for winter decoration.
Typical Winter Materials
“Furnish” your home with materials, which are typical for the season. What I have in mind is suede, wool, leather or velvet – they are doing a great job for this purpose. Of course, yarn is never out of fashion, so don’t forget to include it in your home decor project. Wood is often related to winter and it brings warmth in your house. Therefore try to implement some kind of wooden element in the winter decoration.
Old Metal Lanterns
Such lanterns look beautiful and stylish, especially when you place them on the window sill, so even the people passing by will notice your good taste. The old metal lanterns will also be helpful in creating a romantic atmosphere when you are in such a mood.
To make them look more winter, you can fill them up silver, white or blue ball ornaments. Another idea is to put candles inside the old lanterns. They will be so inspiring, that even if you are not a photographer, you will want to take a few photos of them.
Silver Elements
Surely, you can rely on different silver decorative ornaments, which will assist you in creating the perfect winter atmosphere at home. These silver elements can be candles, fruit trays, painted pinecones, photo frames, tablecloths, napkins, etc. Put your imagination to work.
Winter in the Bathroom
When decorating your home for the current season, don’t forget the bathroom. You can do this by hanging a shower curtain decorated with typical winter ornaments, such as snowflakes or snowmen. If you are not able to find such a curtain, you can arrange in a basket several towels with sewn winter emblems on them.
Paper Snowflakes
This idea is well-known and can be used even after Christmas and New Year’s Eve. It’s very easy and cheap version for winter decoration. It’s not obligatory to make the snowflakes white. You can choose paper in different colours and create your own snowflake patterns. Once you cut them out, you can hang then on curtains, stick them to windows or let them hang from the chandelier.
More Ideas
In addition to your winter decoration, you can use wood carvings, winter wreath or a vase with alder branches.
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Here are 15 great ideas for an unusual Christmas tree decoration:
You can find more ideas for alternative Christmas trees here.
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If you love Christmas as much as I do, then you know that there are only 8 days left until this beautiful holiday. So if you are not ready with the Christmas shopping or decorating, you better hurry up and bring the holiday mood to your home and office.
Stop worrying about your tasks at work, the office cleaning, the deadlines and dedicate one hour for creating festive atmosphere at your workplace. It isn’t actually that difficult and if you combine your efforts with those of your colleagues, then in no time you will have beautiful Christmas decoration. If you wonder which will be the best style for your office, check the list below:
Traditional Decoration
Instead of thinking of innovative ways to decorate your office, why don’t you trust on the traditional decoration? Place a Christmas tree in an area where it can be seen by as many employees as possible. Decorate it with traditional ornaments, coloured in red and green. If you don’t want to spend a lot of money for decorating, you and your colleagues can bring some Christmas toys from home – 2 or 3 per person and soon you will have enough for the whole office.
You can also place garlands or wrapping paper around your desk, computer monitor or photo frames. A small smiling Santa figure looking at you, will also make your working day better.
Stylish Decoration
If you are sick of the classic red and green, you can always find a substitute colour or combination of colours, which suits your office and taste more. Silver and blue can add very sophisticated touch to your workplace and make it look classy. For example, you can create a curtain from tulle or silk, hang several Christmas balls in blue and add some snowflakes for the final touch. Now all you need is a glass of champagne.
Winter Wonderland
Another great idea is to make your office look like the North Pole or Santa’s workshop. Gather all your colleagues, give them several paper sheets and a pair of scissors and let the cutting begin. Make snowflakes of all shapes and sizes, then glue them to the walls, desks and doors. You can also use fake snow to decorate the windows. For additional winter touch, you can cover several empty boxes with white sheet and you will have snowdrift, on which you can put deer figures, elves or gifts.
Don’t lose more time reading, because your office is waiting for its Christmas decoration. And don’t worry about how you are going to remove the fake snow. Let the London commercial cleaning companies worry about it.
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Autumn has arrived with lower temperatures, but with warm and beautiful hues. When you look outside and see all the shades of brown, red and yellow, you simply feel nature around you. So why not bring this warm feeling inside your home? There are some very good home décor items inspired by the colours of autumn.
It is not obligatory to buy new pieces of furniture just to match one season. You can do the trick by using simple and cheap things for decorating your home. The living room should have a cosy feel, therefore use denser fabrics, soft mood lighting and darker colours.
You can also dress up your pieces of furniture with wool or cashmere draperies. Arrange several apples, scented candles and cinnamon sticks on the coffee table. In this way you guarantee a lovely, sweet smell in your home.
If you have a painting with autumn scenery, now is the time to find the right place for it. Combine it with a bowl full of dried leaves and soon your guests will start complimenting you for the good decorating style.
Do you have a fireplace? If yes, it can also look stylish with a wrought iron candlestick on it, along with a bowl full of seasonal fruits.
With the arriving of autumn begins the season of holidays and Halloween is one of them. Even if you don’t believe in ghosts, you can still benefit from the not so expensive Halloween decoration. Pumpkins add a great vibe to any home with their beautiful orange colour. If you don’t have time to carve them, just arrange few of them in different sizes, together with seasonal flowers.
Pillows are also one easy way to add the colours and beauty of autumn in your property. There is a huge variety of pillows on the market, so anyone with low budget can find several ones, which will match the home style. Light or dark brown, red or orange – it’s up to you. To keep the beautiful autumn look of your home longer, it’s good to perform upholstery cleaning in London regularly.
With these few simple tips you will easily escape the autumn depression and start enjoying this colourful season.
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In this article we will present to you some amazing outdoor summer decorative items.
The sparrow doormat is a hand stenciled doormat made from coconut husk fiber. The coconut husk fiber makes the doormat extremely durable to the weather conditions and the sparrow patterned fabric of the mat makes it a beautiful front door decorative item.
If you wish to add a welcoming touch to your front door with a natural feature then you must hang a succulent wreath. This natural and colorful eco-friendly item will be an amazing addition to your household. Keep in mind that most succulent wreaths are hand made.
The outdoor rolling table is a handy outdoor furniture. The wheels of the table will allow you to easily move it from one location to another. The white color of the table and its style will add elegance and style to the overall ambience of your garden.
The reed hurricanes are rattan and wood hurricanes which have removable glass inserts in which you can place various items such as flowers, candles and etc. These features are an interesting way to illuminate or decorate the outdoor area of your property. To decorate your garden chairs you can place some cushions which have floral themed fabrics. The cushions will match the front door sparrow doormat. Even more the cushions will augment the comfort of your chairs which will make the time spend in the garden even more pleasant.
On the garden table you can place a seasonal tablecloth. When you invite friends for a BBQ make sure to serve the meal in ceramic plates. Ceramic plates are chic, stylish and are the most appropriate silverware for a summer garden dinner.
Various summer themed ceramic dishes can be found in the local stores. To maintain the appearances of your decorative items make sure to clean them regularly. If you don’t have the time to clean hire cleaners based in Wimbledon Park. To find to coordinates of such firms read the cleaners Wimbledon Park section in the yellow pages.
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Christmas is coming soon and the season of holidays, presents and decoration of Christmas trees. But do you know what is the secret to decorate the most beautiful Christmas tree ever? It’s not in the putting many items on it, but in decorating it in layers. If need instructions and hints how best to do it, read the text below.
It’s one of the most wonderful traditions to decorate a Christmas tree with different lights, garlands and ornaments. In difference to the early years when people were decorating their trees only with garlands made of pop corns and home-made ornaments, these days decoration includes everything. However, if you are not sure how you want to look like your Christmas tree, here are some special ideas for a great look.
First of all, you need to start with hanging the lights on your Christmas tree. There are various types of lights in their forms and their wire strands such as traditional incandescent lights, led lights, globe lights and bubble lights, so you may choose those which match best on your tree. Start hanging from the base of the tree to the top and don’t miss to wrap around every major branch of the tree.
To be sure which lights to choose, cleaners from Brompton explain them in common. The first ones are the most popular type with different sizes and colours. The Led lights are more expensive, but are safe for use because don’t produce heat. The globe lights are in a shape of balls and produce light that covers larger area on the tree. And the last ones are made as retro lights and look like lava lamps.
It’s best to experiment different styles of putting, mixing and using lights on your Christmas tree to find the perfect look for you!
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Your relatives will be impressed if your home looks accommodating and of course, amazed by the decorations you have made from scratch. Decorating may start from the front door. Follow the advise of carpet cleaning London companies and first sweep the doorstep and put a doormat. One with a “Welcome” title on, will make your guests feel at home. Then a nice wreath on the door, with some golden acorns and dry flowers will leave a good impression. Fix it well.
Change all colours, even in the kitchen, you can go for something as simple as buying new mugs and plates with autumn elements on. Put yellow or orange towels in the bathroom, and add some aroma. Essential oils smelling of cinnamon and orange are associated with the winter holidays and the other occasions that bring positive emotions to your mind.
No way to do without carpet cleaning. If you have removed all carpets, as they are useless in summer, you should put them back in. They are warm and add comfort to the room. Put them outside to air, hang them on the terrace overnight. Then move them inside, and start vacuum cleaning. If you notice stains, try to either cover them or take them to the dry cleaning. You can say thanks to the professionals able to remove known and unknown stains. But no need to resort to using such services if you are carefully preventing spillages.
For a Thanksgiving to remember, you can prepare something as little and simple as a greeting card for each of your guests and say you are thankful for one reason or another.
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