10 Great Holiday Decorating Ideas
1.First things first. Set a plan or a theme for your Christmas decorating. It doesn’t cost a thing to have a good plan, and when you are working with budget ideas, this is what pulls your ideas together, and makes everything you do look purposeful,...
Dorm Room Decorating
College Prep: Decorating a Dorm Room The average college student will spend $3,184 per year to furnish their dorm room. That adds up to much more than a couple of posters from the campus bookstore. Making the transition from high school student to...
Fall - A New Season - A New Decorating Scheme
What exactly is fall? Being my favorite season, I decided to look it up and see how Mr. Webster defines it. Flipping to “fall” I found “autumn”, ok turning to that here is what it says, “autumn, the season that comes between summer and winter”....
How To Prepare for Your Next Decorating Project
In order for your home to be comfortable, it needs to reflect
your family's tastes and the way different rooms are used. Your
personal style is the combination of these tastes and uses.
Take time to assess your wants and needs. Decorating a...
Magazine Ads A New Decorating Idea
Without realizing it, I stumbled across a trend in decorating that I had no idea existed. It seems that many people are using vintage magazine ads as home decorations.
For example, if you have a home bar, you may be interested in framing some...
Posters Can Be Used For Decorating
When I think of decorating a room with posters, I think of the 70’s with black light, velvet and the famous Farrah Fawcett poster.
Times have changed and decorating with posters have also changed. Poster has now become a theme based decorating style. Not just poster of the latest hottie from a magazine. Here are some poster theme ideas.
Movie theme.
Movie posters have been around for forever. For the movie buff, movie poster can be based on era, director, actors, or even genre. An example would be Steven Spielberg. You could start out with ET and finish up with War of the worlds.
Sports
Mohamed Ali tribute of poster is a great example. There are so many sport posters to pick from. Poster themes could include boxing greats, baseball or even chronicle the life of Lance Armstrong.
Americana
There are some fabulous Americana posters available for a patriotic look. There are poster of the
Declaration of Independence, George Washington crossing the Delaware and the Flag.
Cars
Car posters have been around as long as cars. You could have the history of the Corvette in a very decorative manner with the entire posters available now. You don’t have to have the large looking posters and turn your room into a garage.
Vintage Advertisements
These have probably have came the farthest regarding decorative posters. You can find some of the best vintage advertisement art in posters. Some examples are the Martini & Rossi Art Print, Sourse Brault and the Café Martin. These are some of the classics that can make a room look classic with being gaudy.
Remember, there are some great examples of what you can do with posters that can turn a dull room into a spectacular vision without spending wads of cash.