Country Decorating - What Influences Your Decorating Style?

 by: Karen Cundiff

What features compel us to decide upon a particular decorating style? The process begins with what we want our home to feel like and what we want out of the environment, in which we spend our quality time. Being with our families, enjoying time with friends, sitting in a cozy chair with a great book and favorite drink - these are the things we think of when imagining our time at home. If you ask anyone what words best describe country decorating, they would say warm and cozy. Having family and friends feel welcome and relaxed when visiting is important. Visitors don't want to feel like they can't sit on the sofa or kick off their shoes. The country decorating style, in its simplistic, yet beautiful appearance, achieves this objective.

Country decorating fills your home with charm and personality, while creating a warm and cozy environment for your family and friends. In the fast-paced world we live in, having a home that is reminiscent of a simpler time is a comforting feeling.

Absolutely, homes can be filled with the most expensive furniture and accessories, and still not feel warm, cozy and inviting. There is more to country decorating than expensive items. For instance, crafts, which are prevalent in country decorating, are fairly inexpensive to make or buy. However, they add a personal touch, and their homemade qualities have an appeal that cannot be denied. Accessories and accent pieces is a feature that bring personality to your home. A room without a personal touch feels cold and not welcoming, even if it is beautifully furnished.

The wall color choices for your home are important in establishing a cozy atmosphere. Use rich, warm country colors. Reds, blues, and greens are a few choices that might be considered. Wallpaper in country patterns and themes, wainscoting and beadboard are wonderful wallcovering options that add texture and interest.

There are several variations to country decorating, such as, primitive, folk, Americana, rustic, lodge, and cabin. They all have their own characteristics, but can easily be used in conjunction with each other from one room to another. You can have an Americana decorated bathroom and a lodge style familyroom, for example. It can certainly be difficult to choose just one country decorating style, so rest assured, you can certainly incorporate more than one throughout your home.

Primitive - rough, old, unfinished look

Folk - crafty look, angels, rag dolls, cows, sheep, Amish style

Rustic/Lodge/Cabin - all three terms are used for this wildlife style decorating, bears, moose, deer, hunting, metal, wood, log furniture, outdoor appeal

Americana - patriotic decor, American flag, stars and stripes, red, white, and blue accessories

Enjoy decorating your home. Keep in mind the idea of a peaceful, warm and relaxing setting that you, your family, and friends will always treasure.

About The Author

Karen Cundiff is the owner of http://www.my-country-home.com copyright 2005.

Visit this website for country decorating ideas, resources, and get delicious recipes for entertaining family and friends in your country home. Please feel free to post this article exactly as it is seen here, including the author's name and copyright.


The Four Smartest Ways to Spiral Your Website Traffic

The Four Smartest Ways to Spiral Your Website Traffic


 by: Cari Haus

People are paying pretty significant dollars for website traffic these days.
Pay-per-click charges of $1-10 are not uncommon for top search terms.
Multiply that by the 300 unique visitors per day that my log furniture website gets, and you are talking at least $300 per day, or $9,000 per month?depending on how many days are in the month.

?There Must Be Some Easier Way?

While pay-per-click may be a good business model for your website, there?s nothing like free traffic to lay the foundation.
My log furniture site used to get 100 unique visitors per day before it started fetching in 200, and now 300 on an average basis.
The personal goal here is 1,000 unique daily visitors?but 10,000 would also be welcomed!

Following are some of the best ways we have found to grow website traffic:

#1:
Website Optimization

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Inside Information: How To Profit By Sharing Your Expertise

Inside Information: How To Profit By Sharing Your Expertise


 by: Robert Boduch

Sharing inside information can boost your sales. It can make your business much more profitable too, since valuable information can be supplied at very little cost.

Quality, timely, relevant, and important information helps prospects and customers make intelligent decisions. The right information makes it a whole lot easier to choose with confidence. Providing additional ideas, advice, insights and resources is a great way to distinguish your product ? and your company -- from competitors.

What inside information of value can you provide to help your customers and prospects?

Helpful tips, inside secrets, and other creative ideas help to establish your expertise in the marketplace. When you give away this kind of inside information, you create tremendous value that?s appreciated by customers. These people feel compelled to show their gratitude by continuing...

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The Importance Of Bedroom Design In A Home Decoration Project

The Importance Of Bedroom Design In A Home Decoration Project


 by: Shrinivas Vaidya

Dear friends,

A home is a place where we live, spend most of our lives, with family members and our loved ones.

A bedroom design project includes a careful study of the
surrounding of the entire home. When an architect plans a home, he takes into consideration many parameters for the location of various spaces.

Lets take an example of the bedroom itself.

While deciding the location of the bedroom, an architect might go through the following checklist.

These external factors directly affect...

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It's Not Your Job to Lower Your Fees to Help the Client Afford You

It's Not Your Job to Lower Your Fees to Help the Client Afford You

 by: Kirstin Carey

I constantly receive questions and complaints from my creative professional clients about what to do when a prospect claims, "I can't afford your prices, but I want your services."
My clients are frustrated, because they are usually being told this while standing in a mansion-like home, furnished with top-of-the-line furniture, with a beautifully manicured lawn, and three luxury cars parked in a four-car garage.

How much your client can afford is relative to their values and beliefs of what is important.
It is not your job to lower your price so the client can afford you.
It is your job to help the client see the connections between their values and your services, regardless of how much money they've spent on other items.

In other words, don't lower your price because the client says she can't afford you.

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