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How to Live in your Home

"Attitude and Atmosphere"

Creating an attitude in your home is the same as showing your emotions. Happy homes are full of color, art, and memorabilia. Atmosphere is like attitude. If decorating with candles and warm colors you are feeling romantic or calm. Sadness can be empty rooms which don't come to life when you enter. Making your home reflect your personality requires your special touch, even if it's a family photo or something from your past.

Bringing the outdoor, indoors, if you are in an area surrounded with water can be shown
with shell displays and water fountains. Hues of blue and green create the feel of the ocean. "Coastal Homes"magazines are a great reference. When surrounded by land or mountains, rock displays and warm rustic decor is charming. The look of country decor is very popular. Stores like, "Plow & Hearth" are great for ideas on country living. Magazines are a great way to see what is being done with decor. "Better Homes and Garden" or "Country Living" are good references and not expensive. Arts and crafts magazines are super for adding that lived in and unique characteristic to your home.

What ever you are creating, you can, most likely, get it from everyday magazines or books on home decorating. Don't be shy, try something new and unique.