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Dezine Tip of the Day - American Colonial Style

January 6, 2008 – 12:52 pm

Dezine Tip of the Day - American Colonial Style
American Colonial Style is a popular simple decoration style with distinguishable features of rustic furniture, simple timber panelling, no clutter, plain unadorned walls and natural earthy colours.
Find out more about American Colonial Style

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Dezine Tip of the Day - Renovating Planning Tip

January 2, 2008 – 3:28 pm

Dezine Tip of the Day - Renovating Planning Tip
Are the needs of your children and pets currently catered for?
Home life can be easier if everyone has their own designated space. Play areas can be assigned to the children so your whole house doesn’t become the playground and obstacle course.
As for the pets - a catdoor […]

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Dezine Tip of the Day - Curing Clutterbugs

December 25, 2007 – 6:17 pm

Dezine Tip of the Day - Curing Clutterbugs
Curing the clutterbug!
What is a Clutterbug?
A clutterbug is a compulsive collector (or hoarder) who can’t bear to put worthless things in the bin (garbage)or throw anything away that is broken. They feel secure with all their possessions around them, and this means a dusty cluttered home interior. At […]

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Lighting Dezine Tip of the Day - Lighting Considerations

December 22, 2007 – 3:05 pm

Lighting Considerations
Think about the light in a room before you start planning, visit a few rooms and physically look at the space and see if the lighting works, sit down and try and read, look at the walls, are the paintings highlighted, does the room have movement and focus.
Light in the room requires contrast and/or […]

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Dezine Tip of the Day - Interiordezine.com

December 20, 2007 – 8:18 pm

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Color Dezine Tip of the Day - Using Accent Colors

December 20, 2007 – 7:15 pm

Color Dezine Tip of the Day - Using Accent Colors
Accent colors are a great way to liven up a room. Often people are too scared to add colors, patterns or textures to a room, but by using them as accents you can gradually layer them around the room until you get the right amount of […]

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Dezine Tip of the Day - Door Hardware

December 17, 2007 – 5:37 pm

Dezine Tip of the Day - Door Hardware
A practical item in interior design, but one often left to chance an allowing the building contractor to specify is door hardware. We are so busy thinking about how the interior will look that we forget that we need to be able to get in and out of […]

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Dezine Tip of the Day - Fabric Color Fastness

December 16, 2007 – 10:43 pm

Dezine Tip of the Day - Fabric Color Fastness
To find a completely color fast fabric, you would be looking for a very long time. Some fabrics change uniformly, so their color just pales and is only noticeable to you, while others will darken or become streaky, some just fade where they are exposed to the […]

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Color Dezine Tip of the Day - Wall Color Changing Look and Feel of a Room

December 12, 2007 – 9:38 pm

Dezine Tip of the Day
If you want to spruce up a room, and only have a small budget, then painting walls can completely change the look and feel of a room. Using the existing soft furnishings and decorative elements in a room and the wonderful tools of technology, we have shown just how different a […]

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Color Dezine Tip of the Day - Dividing Areas of a Wall

December 6, 2007 – 5:35 pm

Color Dezine Tip of the Day
For selecting colors when you are dividing areas of a wall, use the darkest color to the bottom, this will help ground the scheme and not leave it floating. It is also more pleasing on the eye. This works well if you are using a chair rail, paint the darker […]

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