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Bookshelf: The Nautical Home
I've blogged recently about Beach Style Decor and Beach Style Textures and Home Accessories so I thought it might be fun to see what new books have been published this summer to add to the nautical decor inspirations! The Nautical Home That's the perfect title, although the subtitle might be even better: Coastline-Inspired Ideas to Decorate with Seaside Spirit. The...
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The Fleur-de-Lis in Home Decor
Many of the French antiques and antique-inspired home accessories that pass through our hands at EuroLuxHome.com feature the fleur-de-lis motif. The fleur-de-lis is one of the most enduring symbols in furniture and home decor and it has appeared in art, architecture, and heraldic designs for many centuries. Here's some background on the fleur-de-lis and some ideas on how to incorporate...
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Beach Style Decor & Home Accessories
Following on from my last post about Beautiful Beach Style Decor, let's take a look at the materials, textures and home decor accents that help create a happy and summery beach style in your home all year round. I don't think I've ever met anyone who doesn't like this look... it's just so comfortable but crisp and clean. It's truly...
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Beautiful Beach Style Decor
Whether you live near the ocean or are enjoying summer in the city, beach style decor is always a refreshing and comfortable look. I've been thinking about the elements of beach style that make this relaxed and cheerful look work. Here are some tips for year-round summer beach style. Let's start with blue and white... of course! These classic nautical...
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Organize your Jewelry in Vintage Style!
My last posts were about decorative ways to display a collection and ways to display a ceramics collection. I've saved the sparkliest till last! Today I'm sharing some fabulous ideas to organize and display your jewelry collection in vintage style. This idea from the Better Homes & Gardens blog is charming. It's also easy to do. The framed jewelry display...
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Ways to Display Your Ceramics Collection
My last post was about decorative ways to display a collection. That included vintage teapots, cameras, and model trains, amongst other collectibles. The Welsh Dresser style hutch that I showed in that post is a classic way to display china and ceramics - our antique buffets are great for this too! But today I'm sharing some other ways to display...
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Decorative Ways to Display a Collection
I love seeing how creative people are about displaying their collections of antiques, vintage pieces, or other collectibles. If you're looking for inspiration to display your own collections, take a look at these decorative ways to display! Let's start with a couple of traditional display options... Victorian Kitchen by South East Photographers Jonathan Gooch A classic Welsh Dresser or hutch...
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Best of May 2015: Castles, Gold, and Chandeliers!
We've had a lively month here at the EuroLuxHome.com antiques and home decor blog. In fact we've explored the stuff of legends: Castles and gold for starters, and then there was the Tea Party Chandelier that magically turned into a Coffee Cup Chandelier! (Who agrees that tea and coffee are the stuff of legends anyway? How else are we meant...
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Home Trends: Gold Decor Creates a Glow
A while ago I wrote a post about the current home decor trend for mixed metals but today I'm going to shine the spotlight on pure gold! A Decorilla report on the best designer trends at Maison & Objet in Paris said that gold is this year's metal of choice. As the "it" metal color, gold crops up in all...
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Bookshelf: Paris Gardens and Inspirations
If you're looking for some garden inspiration, these beautiful books on secret gardens and entertaining in the garden might encourage some new ideas to bloom! Even if you don't have green thumbs, there's nothing to stop you sighing over the alluring photos in these recently published garden books. Garden Inspirations With ideas from flower arranging to table settings to using...
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