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Something Big In the World of Chess
2007-11-09 20:07:00
Every year when I was a kid, and still when I get the chance, I used to go up to a festival called the Renaissance Faire. Its basically a big outdoor carnival where everyone dresses up in armor and clothes from the middle ages, walks around with swords and crossbows and maces, and basically acts ...
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Basement Game Rooms
2007-11-09 20:00:00
For the most part, your basement is just extra space looking for a purpose. Why can’t that purpose be a little fun? Get some use out of that space by turning it into a game room where you can relax with family and friends and enjoy a little interactive entertainment. Even in an unfinished basement ...
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Basement Fireplaces
2007-11-09 19:29:00
What better way to turn your basement from a dingy dungeon into a cuddly escape than by adding a fireplace to the space? A fireplace adds both physical and emotional warmth to a space, making it feel more inviting. The flicker of flames is soothing, its gently glowing ambient light casting a soothing lull over ...
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Unique Elegance with My-Chess-Set.com
2007-11-07 18:16:00
A picture really does speak a thousand words. Now I’m not as much into collectible chess sets as some of the other guys here, like Jim who is constantly coming up with new chess designs. Its almost annoying, he’s like a little kid running in every 5 minutes to tell me about his latest ...
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Basement Wine Cellars
2007-11-06 17:07:00
Is there any more stylish and impressive a way to get some use out of your basement, than turning it into a wine cellar? Imagine the look of envy on your guests faces as you announce that you will be right back, and that you just have to take a jaunt down to your wine ...
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The Meaning of the Color Green
2007-10-19 22:40:00
If you look past cities of chrome steel and concrete, into the real world, the original world, you will see the color green everywhere. It is the predominant color in the natural living world. Set against the brown and grey bedrock that is the mineral earth, green is the vibrant contrasting color of life. Green is ...
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The Passion of Red in Interior Design
2007-10-19 22:35:00
Red is a powerful color. From the fury of red ? orange flames to the depth of crimson blood, this color automatically stirs us to action. It excites us, invigorating our metabolism and stirring the warrior spirit deep within our subconscious mind. Color determines the way a room will feel, and to some extent, the way ...
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The Meaning of the Color Red
2007-10-19 22:24:00
Understanding the color red and what it means in society, art, culture, and media, is a complex undertaking. You have to understand that the meaning of the color red comes from a variety of sources. On the one hand you have natural physical properties, such as the color of fire, or blood, which are common ...
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Is Your Home Too Beautiful to Live In?
2007-10-19 22:21:00
Sometimes it is easy to get obsessed with interior decorating. You are molding your environment, and shaping your world into a vision which whispers of the beauty of your soul. It is a personal expression which is articulated in the very air of your home. However it is important to remember, that your home was made ...
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Bidri Indian Candle Holders
2007-10-17 20:06:00
Suryaprakash Gowda and Vikram Sardesai  have created a line of exquisite candle holders using an art known as Bidri Bidri is an ancient art in which silver is inlaid into dark metal to create exquisite disgn effects. The actual chemica makeup of the work is alloy of 94% zinc and 6% copper. The work derives its name ...
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Luxury Chess - Unique Sets
2007-10-17 17:40:00
I discovered luxurychess.com while doing research for an article on chess and its place in home décor. What I like most about this site, is that it allows you to purchase the chess pieces and the boards separately, or together in sets, allowing you to mix and match. This gives you the ability to customize ...
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Rustic Decor and Kendall VonFeldt
2007-10-16 19:51:00
Kendall VonFeldt is an artist living in Colorado, and she loves all things rustic. Her creations incude candle holders, picture frames, and wine racks crafted from a variety of rustic hardwood materials such as recovered barn wood, and old pine. Apparently her store, http://www.hometreasurecove.com has experienced an increased ionterest in Rustic decor. Our own store PebbleZ.com has experienced ...
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Candles Add Ambiance to RPG?s
2007-10-15 22:50:00
Whether you are playing online in a massive multiplayer world, or are just having a quiet game of D&D with your friends, the ambiance you create in your room can help to enhance the fantasy you are trying to create.   An RPG is basically an interactive story. Using symbols, maps, and pictures a world is created ...
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Hope Lights Lives Illuminates Greenwich
2007-10-14 17:17:00
The Greenwich Post distributed an article online recently speaking about ‘Hope Lights Lives ’, a fundraiser which is designed to support the Center for Hope and The Den for Grieving Kids, Family Centers? programs. On Sunday, Dec. 16, at 5 p.m, residents of Greenwich and surrounding communities are being asked to light luminary candles as a show ...
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Nerd Decor - Joystick Candle Holders
2007-10-11 03:00:00
Joystick candle holders? This is something that I wouldn’t even want in my crazy decor house. Its not that its too crazy, its just that its so…nerdish. I may be a nerd, but I don;t have to decorate like one. I think it is supposed to be modelled on the old Atari Joystick. They were designed by ...
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Your Decorating Tool Box
2007-10-10 22:30:00
  One of the best ways to make decorating your home easier is to make sure that you have plenty of materials on hand for whenever the inspiration or occasion for a new look arises. This takes a lot of the prep time out of decorating, allowing you to get right into the nitty-gritty design work ...
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Garage Organization
2007-10-10 20:36:00
A garage is generally a space attached to the outside of the house where you can store your car in order to protect it from theft and the weather. Sometimes, if there is room left over, or if you don’t store a car in there, it can be used to store other things, such as bikes, ...
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Rustic Branch Candle Holders
2007-10-10 19:50:00
Windowshoppist.com has a post about these great rustic branch candle holders from West Elm Beign a designer of rustic furnishings myself, I am instantly drawn to these pieces. Like Shoppista says on her blog, “It’s just like getting a real branch from a real tree and sticking a candle in it, except without the ants, shedding ...
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Stylish Halloween Decorating
2007-10-10 18:01:00
Halloween has grown up. Sure we still delight to the sound of children running the streets hollering ?trick or treat? in brightly colored costumes. However these days, adults want in on the fun too. However it isn?t very grown up to dress your home in pumpkin orange with cardboard skeletons. Luckily, it is actually rather ...
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Roadside Memorial Scuffle in Phoenix
2007-10-10 17:43:00
In East Mesa, a community near phoenix Arizona, there is a debate rising as to whether roadside memorials for victoms of traffic accidents should be allowed. The problem is that the glass candle holders which are used in many of these memorials, are being smashed by vagrants, creating a messy and hazardous situation on pedestrian sidewalks. The ...
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Candles at Your Wedding
2007-10-10 09:42:00
Sharon Vas an expert on weddings and wedding accessories has written an interesting article about how candles can be used in a wedding ceremony. The first thing she mentions is that many couples choose to take part in a unity candle ceremony during the wedding. This is a process where the two people each light a candle, ...
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Be-Stitched - By Candle Light
2007-10-10 02:42:00
Kathy Ann of Be-Stitch ed has an interesting take on candles. A quick read of her blog reveals that she is a Wiccan, and she believes that the lighting of certain types of candles, during certain ritual spells, can cause an effect on the outside world. The interesting thing is that apparently, she doesn’t always need the whole candle, ...
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Disney House Mouse Home Decor to Help Housing Market
2007-10-01 20:53:00
With a slumping housing market, KB Home has signed a deal with Disney to feature their Disney Branded home furnishings in several model homes in Florida, according to the Sun Sentinal. The initial project will feature 8 houses near disney world in Florida. This is an interesting way to help sell homes. While the disney products ...
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Spending Time at Red Lights
2007-10-01 14:32:00
Our lives are ticking away. Each second is a moment of infinite potential which is disappearing. And how are we using these moments? We are sitting around, waiting at red lights.   We are constantly in line, waiting on our turn to walk, to eat, to play. We sit around wasting time, watching the clock tick down ...
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The Rhythm of Pattern in Home Decor
2007-09-30 23:52:00
Rosemary Sadez Friedmann of the Naples Daily News says that pattern is more prevalent in a space than you might be aware of. She points out that even in a monochrome room, patterns are formed by the shape of the windows, the walls, the doors, and even the way that the planks, tiles, or threads of your ...
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Fall and Home Decor
2007-09-30 20:34:00
MyrtleBeachOnline.com posted an article recently about the way popular home decorating colors tend to follow the patterns of nature in fall. Well duh! but they did have some insight into why this happens. Basically, as the summer starts to sip into the colder seasons of fall and winter, we begin to feel the urge to hibernate. We don’t ...
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Hotel Home Decor, on therecord
2007-09-30 20:25:00
http://www.therecord.com:80/NASApp/cs/Con tentServer?pagename=record/Layout/Article _Type1&c=Article&cid=119105011539 0&call_pageid=1024322088784&col=1 024322217639 Saw an interesting articles on therecord.com today. They are suggesting that the path to a truly luxurious decor is to take your cues from the last great hotel you stayed in.  Their tips include… - Installing double doors to make entrances grander - Add rich color and plush decadent textures - Create a conversation nook using chairs and a small ...
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Basement Decorating Ideas - Basement Bars
2007-09-27 18:17:00
What better way to make use of the often wasted space in your basement, than to turn it into a luxurious, full service bar? Even if you have one of those rough, unfinished basements, that generally seams good for nothing except storage and clutter, you can integrate a bar in using a “dive decor”, complete with ...
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Basement Decorating - If you seat them they will come
2007-09-27 17:08:00
Generally basements are for storage. Occassionally you have a laundry room down there, or set up some sort of a gym. If you have the money, and the motivation, you get the basement finished, and turn it into a den or bedroom. However the most overlooked method for getting people to actually use your basement, is ...
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Entertainment Center Decor
2007-09-27 02:01:00
Your entertainment center is your chance to turn the chroame and flash of modern electronics, into an elegant or stylish decorative piece. For the most part, your TV doesnt match anything. This means you can choose to live with it, live without it, or integrate it into the overall decorative strategy of the room. The easiest way to ...
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