Home decoration

Home is where the heart is. You all love to come back to a well arranged sweet home after an exhausting and monotonous day in office. It is a place to unwind yourself and spend sometime with yourself and family. We all wish for a beautiful lovely home which we can flaunt to neighbors and friends. Who does not like to take compliments for decorating his/her home so nicely?

 Today home decoration has become a trend for people. They spend excessively on home decorations to and compete with each others to make their homes more attractive than others. However, it a myth that spending extravagantly on home decorations would make your house lovely in fact you could also become a proud homeowner without spending heavily. Below are some tips of home decoration without affecting your pocket

 Shop for your home items during sales in stores. You could get some beautiful home decoration items at pocket friendly rates. Do not throw colorful materials of your house in trash bin, you could rather recycle them for home decorations your printed bedsheets can turn into pillow covers by applying ribbons, laces, beads. To make kitchen and bathroom rugs you can braid together pieces of cloth from used curtains or sheets. To tie your curtains buy inexpensive ribbons of various colors. To make your kitchen area look nice hang together small pots, mugs, wind chimes or bells from a branch.

 Curtains also play a major role in adding panache to your home. For a well decorated home curtains of right color and background are very essential. They brighten up your place and add life to the rooms . You can also go for embroidery curtains which look very exclusive on your wall and give a traditional look to your place. But a wrong choice in curtains could make your house really ugly.

 Selection of furniture is also an important step in home decoration. Furniture covers a large area of your house and attracts lot of eye balls. A poor quality furniture would make your house look dull and dingy. Thus, selection of right kind of furniture is very mandatory if you want to give a unique style to your home and to receive compliments.

 Do you like mirrors in your home? If yes, then mirrors can give an amazing touch to every corner of your house. Mirrors are bright hence they give a vibrant look to the dullest corners of your place such as study room, attic and even your balcony. You can get mirror work done on your wall, wardrobe, bathroom etc. by a carpenter which is also not very expensive. Bright colors are known to give a rich look to your rooms. You can mix and match various rich vibrant colors for a unique look but also it should be very striking and dark. Your wall color should also compliment the curtains and other accessories on the wall.

 One of the best ways for home decoration is to buy home decorating magazines. They provide you abundance of fresh ideas in home decoration and offer suggestions and tips. These magazines have pictures of home and rooms which may inspire you to give different look and design to your house. Most of these magazines also give an option to its customers to buy home items which are displayed in the magazine directly. You could also see their advertisement on Internet.

Handmade Rugs - Elements Of Home Decoration

Rugs have become an integral part of home decor almost everywhere in the world. They are more like finishing touch to the home decoration. They can not only be stylish and fashionable but also, they can be functional. However, handmade rugs are mainly for decorating the house. They are artistic creations which can be used anywhere in the house for the purpose of decoration. They can be placed in dinning room, bedroom or living room. They can also be used for decorating sunrooms and dorms. Every single piece of handmade rug is different and unique. They are unique generally because of their material, design, age and origin. There can be handmade rugs which are really antique. Antique rugs are costlier than current hand made rugs. This is because, the antique handmade rugs are rare and the material used to make those rugs are truly authentic. The materials used, the design woven and the impeccable craftsmanship together make these rugs antique and costly. There are several rugs where the design itself has a lot to say. In general the antique handmade rugs have some story to tell through their designs.

 Among any handmade rugs, the Persian handmade rugs are known to be the priciest and the best. There is no conflict in thoughts that the Persian rugs are "the best" in the market. The history of Persian rugs date back to the times of the great Persian empire which was a conglomerate of different types of culture and art form. The Persian rugs are the outcome of such vivid cultural diversity. The craftsmen converted these rugs into their canvas where the wove the story they wanted to convey. It is because of this reason, each and every piece of Persian rug was different from the other. These rugs were used by the Persian kings in their palaces for decoration. These rugs were not available for common people and hence, they have been considered to be unique since those ancient times. None of the rugs woven during those times were remade but they were only handed over from one generation to the other until the modern times which made these rugs exquisite and expensive. The ones where are handcrafted in today's world are far different from the those woven during the ancient times and the difference can be easily seen in texture, weight, craftsmanship, color and other aspects.

 Persian rugs have to doubt made an impression and they have turned out as top class rugs. However, several other variations can be seen. The Indian rugs which are handwoven in Jaipur and Kashmir are also exquisite and expensive and still some antique work can be found which have been handed over from one generation to the other. Afghan rugs or Pakistani rugs have also made impression all over the world. If you are looking for handmade rugs, be sure that you will have to pay a lot because of their artistry and impeccable craftsmanship which will simply mesmerize you by their amazing beauty.