Posts tagged ‘decorate’

January 12th, 2012

Southern Utah Landscaping

One big reason I didn’t want to move to Southern Utah is the landscaping. However, I love the lifestyle of being able to hike so that won out. Since it is a desert there aren’t a lot of green living things around. Instead, people just have gravel in their front yards and decorate with large boulders instead of plants. It just doesn’t seem to give a lot of useable yard space. Plus it looks cold and boring because it’s in everyone else’s yard too. Since sometimes people may only have one or two trees in their yard it makes sense to show it off with the proper landscape lighting installation.

The one thing that stands out is if anyone actually has grass in their yard. Some people are looked down upon for it because of its impact on the environment in the desert. Plus, it never really looks that healthy especially in the hot summer months. When I do see a house with a lawn though it just becomes a huge visual relief.

I love on the System Pavers site that that they have options for an artificial lawn. A lot of the things that used to be a problem with products in years passed are gone. These included water sitting on top of the turf or it discoloring. This is taken care of by the proper installation of this new product. The Systems Pavers site also has instructions for installing artificial grass.

It not only works great if you live in the desert but there’s lots of other applicable situations. You might want to have your weekends to yourself instead of spending it mowing your lawn. You can finally have it all even if you live in the desert.

January 10th, 2012

Will You Decorate It?

I think that Pantone’s new color of the year called Tangerine Tango looks great because I love the color orange. I’m already reading about a lot of bloggers who are saying they won’t decorate with it. It’s not just that it’s orange; it’s such a bold color of orange. It will be difficult to find in a lot of fabric and furniture options because of that. That leaves it as a paint color. I doubt it will catch on the way that a lot of other colors in the years passed have.

February 9th, 2008

Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day?

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I know that some people decorate for every single holiday. However, I’m just lucky that the Christmas decorations have been taken down by now. I love to decorate for holidays but by the time I get all of the decorations up & think about having to take them down again, it isn’t fun anymore. Plus, I think it makes the house feel cluttered. I could always just change my blog template, that’s easy decorating. This year I’m just up to putting a picture of a heart in a blog post about how I’m too tired to decorate. Sometimes, less is more.

October 31st, 2007

Last minute halloween

Ipumpkintower.jpg‘m more than a little late writing a post about Halloween crafts. Martha Stewart probably started her Halloween shows months ago. Then again, no one has ever confused me with Martha. So here are a few ideas for jack o lanterns if you are trying to put something together at the last minute.

The last Halloween event I went to had an assortment of funny noises & glasses & small hats. They had even gotten some foam kits full of teeth & eyes. It was an easy & mess free way to decorate a pumpkin.

Another option is painting a pumpkin with acrylic paint. This saves the hassle of gutting the pumpkin & you can use more color than with traditional carving.

I’ve been seeing a lot of decorative pumpkin carving. These aren’t supposed to look like anything, they are just supposed to be pretty so carve your pumpkin with a series of scrolls, s’, or polka dots.


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October 22nd, 2007

To the trading spaces carpenters

Dear New Trading Spaces Carpenters,

You come from a long & proud tradition of good carpenters like Amy Wynn, Ty, Faber & even Carter. All of these people were very likable personalitys. Some of which have made it very big.

However, the new carpenters are such prima donnas. There’s only one word to describe this new batch. Snippy. It seems like every single project they argue about how it’s impossible. The old carpenters would figure out a way to make the designer’s vision happen. You have to improvise when you only have 48 hours to decorate a room. If you say no to every single project you will have an empty room. Yes you are pretty, but so were Carter & Ty. It takes more than that. Shape up or go home, you will never be famous when you are so negative & annoying.

Sincerely,

A concerned viewer


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