Home Decoration Resources

Using Lighting for Home Decoration
NBC offers practical home lighting tips and ideas on this website. Sections include lighting for home security, lighting for function and fashion, refreshing your home with proper lighting, bathroom lighting, choosing a light bulb, working with lighting dimmers in the dining room, installing outdoor lighting, and a gallery of options to help you use lighting to decorate and enhance the mood of your home.

Decorating Tips and Ideas from Lowes Home Improvement Center
Lowes Home Improvement Centers always have lots of helpful tips and ideas on home decorating. Articles change from time to time, but right now you can learn how to build a window seat and paint an interior room. Every article is helpful and filled with step-by-step detail and instructions. Additional home decorating articles include an exhaustive kitchen cabinet buying guideline, a paint project checklist, and a link to a book for women entitled Dare to Repair. From the Dare to Repair link there are two complete and helpful articles, one on plumbing and the other on how to repair a hot water heater. While this site may not be heavy on home decorating, per se, the valuable tips and helpful advice on home restoration will be useful for almost any home decorating project.

Jazz Up Your Decor With a Flower Vase Fountain
Did you know that you could take your favorite flower vase and incorporate it into a decorative water fountain? You sure can, and it will take less than 15 minutes! Check out this site to find out all the details about where to place the pump, why you will need to use an unopened soda or juice can as a building material, and why you only need five items to make a unique tabletop fountain that will give you many hours of enjoyment. You may want to check out the links to instructions for building an outdoor rock or bamboo fountain.

Stenciling Your Way to Home Decorating
This is the official site of The Stencil Artisand League, Inc., an international non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the art of stenciling and related decorative painting. Membership provides opportunities for artistic and professional growth through: Education, certification, public awareness and networking. Stenciling can be an important part of home decorating. This site offers dozens of photos of actual stenciling work in homes and business across the country. Get ideas for stencil decorations for your own home or business by reviewing this vast collection of stencil art. If you are not already familiar with this decorating format you may find that there is a great deal more to the art of stenciling than you ever dreamed.

House Beautiful Decor
House Beautiful and iVillage have teamed up to bring you this site filled with links to some of the best sites and articles on home decorating on the Internet. Start with Refresh, Renew. The before and after photos here will start your mind spinning and you may not be able to stop the ideas that come pouring out! Making Spaces Larger will help you make the most out of any space, no matter how small. Some of their ideas seem almost like magic. Next get inspired about painting designs around windows with Window Designs. This fascinating site has even more to offer as you search for your own special decorating voice and style.