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The Economy of Silver Plating: From Old Sheffield Silver Plate to Electroplating

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Silver plate is a highly desired and extremely affordable collectible that can enhance your home’s dining room or kitchen’s décor. Silver plate has historically been used as a more economical version of real silver in dining accoutrements such as cutlery, tankards, pitchers, caddies, tea and coffee services and candlesticks. If it was crafted in the more […]

Comfortable Decor Schemes Dominate This Year’s Styles

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

 The economy has literally made it less a saying and more a reality that home is actually where the heart is. Our homes have become less of a showplace that we pass through as we rush to work or out for the evening and more the heart of living, entertaining and the heart of whom […]

Interior Design Trends 2009 -2010 - Amish Built Designs Keep In Step With Fashion

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

                                                                     

Interior décor trends follow the fashion world even more now than ever in history.  As clothing displays more beading, feather trim, this year’s hot decorative ruffles, and many other embellishments it is appearing in furniture and home decorating items, too. Light fixtures, accent furniture such as tables, upholstery and many accessories are displaying the latest fashion […]

Minding Your Own Beeswax - How To Craft Beeswax Candles

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

  Candlelight dancing on the surface of your expertly finished solid wood dining room table does something magnificent to the soul. Not only does the candlelight add reflective animation to the room’s décor but it is provides ambience and even scent. Candles have been an important part of the home since ancient times and today […]

Furniture Designs, Trends and Purchases and Our Personal History

Friday, July 31st, 2009

 Just like our personal appearance the decor of our homes, especially the interior, reflects who we are. If we were honest with ourselves we would admit that upon entrance into a new person’s residence, we subconsciously draw a conclusion of the person who lives there. We deduce their financial status, their taste, even their hygiene […]