Decorating the Living Room

This is a lovely piece. The hue of the wood is classically elegant without being pretentious. Its airy design leaves the room feeling more spacious and uncluttered.

It fits well in hall ways and small spaces where a bigger table would protrude so as to disturb the flow of Chi (Feng Shui) or cause you to bang your legs (Shin OW!)

This is also a good piece for keeping the peace, as couples are more likely to agree on it when choosing furniture. This table is aesthetically pleasing to all, and is therefore a great gift idea.

Tie together design elements by including several of these tables on a split level or in an over-sized room. Create design symmetry by putting them on both sides of a feature such as a large ceiling to floor window, french doors, or raised bed.

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What a wonderful addition to your home this set can be. This is an ongoing invitation for friends to come over for a game of cards, poker, a board game, or just for a nice dinner. It's perfect for a group of four and comes in a most elegant style, in solid oak with cherry wood finish with extra-comfortable chairs, this one can easily become your living area's central point.

While it can be used by the entire family, this set is designed with adults in mind. The size and the luxury and the classic American style can be easily matched into any contemporary decor style.

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This beautiful display cabinet could look very elegantly well-placed on a hallway wall. Its rich black lacquer trim and the mirrored back wall allow for a marvelously deep view of curios and colorful or antique dimensional objects in a clean and fascinating relief. Slim, 1.5″ wide, 15″ high and 11.75″ wide, it forms an attractive catch-all for perfectly sized objects one might want to show off. Imagine having this delicate piece in your hall. You can put all of those ornamental miniatures on display and enjoy both their front and their back as it's reflected in the mirrored back.

It's a terrific gift idea for anyone but maybe particularly for Aunt Molly with all those cute antique toy soldiers she inherited from her Dad. It also would make a gorgeous display piece for your own hallway or bedroom.

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This ravishing crystal cross is truly an angelic home decor item that can add elegance and a sense of spirituality into any Christian home. Graceful, meaningful and easy-to-ship, It makes for a wonderful gift too.

This decorative religious item, measuring 8 by 4-3/4 by 2-1/2 inches, is made of fine crystal of flawless clear color. Full of wedge shaped features, it truly does create a marvelous effect of light and sparkle. It's stable and solid too, standing on its own three-tiered pedestal (made of the same fine crystal).

This isn't a mass produced item either. Each piece is hand made by Irish artisans from the town of Waterford, Ireland, making it a great gift for St. Patrick's Day celebration, or for any special occasion, baby Christening, weddings etc.

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Classy clean geometric lines and elegant dark walnut finish make this bookcase an exquisite addition to almost any home decor style. Whether your style is formal or eclectic, this simple and yet stately bookcase can fit right in.

It's not just about good looks either. This is an extremely functional item of furniture that features four strong shelves with slats across the back of the frame to prevent books from falling behind the bookcase. Need more? it actually can be folded for easy storage, in case you're making changes around the house and wish to put it out of sight for a while, but then again, why would you even want that?

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Storage options don't have to be bulky or in-your-face. Take this beautiful rolled-arm storage bench for example:

Its storage abilities are very discreet. It offers quite a lot of room under that thick foam padding, but if you don't know it, you won't even notice.

Your guests will focus on the sheer elegance of the stylish rolled-up arms and the unique vintage look.The delicate-looking cherry finished legs that are made of solid hardwood and provide great support, and the luxurious seating with its beautiful finish in gold damask.

This bench looks inviting and sophisticated and will easily mesh in country themed rooms, as well as more formal room designs.

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One secret to the longevity of different items of furniture lies in the wily thinking of the owner. When a sofa ages or gets damaged, often times from the abuse of playing children and just as often owing to age itself, it is common to toss the item away. However, in this day and age of better value shopping and hopes of extended lives for broken or slightly damaged things, a secret to keeping a sofa or chair somewhat fresh is in this product here.

A top quality vinyl board, able to fold for extra durability or simply to get out of the way for partial repairs only, this item is perfect as a reconditioning surprise for the sagging springs of a chair, sofa or love seat. Inserting one of these beneath the cushions immediately resurrects the feel and sensation of the furniture when it was brand new. These are great for all kinds of other, similar things as well, including stiffening the bed for back relief by placement under the mattress.

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This Mission style magazine rack is composed of solid rubberwood. It is extremely well put together and durable and makes a great addition to any home for its functionality as a magazine and newspaper container. It's perfect for anybody who appreciates no-frills, straight lined, attractive furniture. Nicely-finished and clean-lined, this small magazine rack goes with many furniture styles, to say nothing of the fitting like a glove with furnishings featuring blond woods such as this.

Simple and sturdy, this magazine rack fulfills function and form in a great way and handles a very substantial amount of items easily.

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It's amazing how prominent the Rose is in human culture. Not just Western culture either. It is one of the earliest flowers to have been domesticated, and is mentioned in the folklore of ancient Egypt, Rome and even Native North American culture. No wonder it's a popular theme for many decorative items, and for various collections.

This Godinger silver plated vase, with its delicate crystal rose can be a great addition to any such collection, or just a beautiful decorative item for your living room. Here's a nice touch: add a rose or two in there... any color you like, for the full effect.

This exquisite item can make a fabulous gift too. What's more romantic than a rose in a rose decorated vase? Or just as an everlasting gift to someone close.

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Its name taken from Suzhou, the canal city an hour from Shanghai and home to luscious Chinese Gardens and the Chinese Elite for centuries, this pillow is a marvelously elegant and very special part of a larger bed ensemble, yet can stand by itself as a wonderfully comfortable and charmingly tasteful near work of art. The inspiration for this particular piece was an 18th Century Chinese Silk ceremonial robe. It is 70% silk, 30% cotton with Vermicelli stitching.

18″ by 18″, this gorgeous pillow is feather filled, with 5% Down Fill inserts and is dry cleanable. The quilting itself provides a lush and very tasteful craftsmanship that is rare and quite unique in itself. The smoothness of the silk fabric is cool to the touch and marvelously-colored, using the muted blues which most resemble the sky on a Summer day. The floral motif simply sings elegance as the flowers open on tendrils of gorgeous blue-grey vine stems. This is a breath-takingly beautiful piece of bedroom art. Imported from China, the expectations of elegance and pride are implicit in the product. Josie Natori is famous for combining balance and harmony in her sponsored products and this is not exception.

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This recliner is quite a unique piece. It manages to deliver both a sense of utter comfort and pleasure, as well as a stylish decorative statement, all in enrolled in one. Amazing, really, how the way the base of this item affects an immidiate contemporary statement with its round wooden curves - full circles for the base and semi-circles for the arms.

The modern touch is wonderfully matched with a classic seat, soft and padded with a suede-like micro-woven polyester and cotton blend that has a great feel and texture, while retaining spill resistance.

This design is not just beautiful, it is also ergonomic and easy to operate - the perfect seating for leisure time in your living room, or a great addition to your study, teamed up with the right reading light.

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Why not give your home decor a personal touch by using your own pictures? These can be anything from family photographs, to drawings that your kids made at school. The trick is to bring it all together somehow, and this is where this set can be so useful.

Using the same solid wood black frame on separate pictures unifies them into a unique decorative element in any room. Framed by elegant black, which is said to be the one color that no room can do without, these can really uplift a wall and give it that special touch. Well arranged items, all framed in black can be perfect for a living room or for your study.

This set provides you with three sizes, where you have one large eight by 10 inches frame, along with four five by seven frames, three four by six frames and finally two smaller two and half by three and half frames.

The different sizes provide you with just enough variety to entertain the eye, while the uniform black wood frames bring it all together in style. How to arrange your display? Well, you sure have a lot of options, working with four different sizes here. This kit actually includes suggestions for arranging and displaying, but why not experiment for yourself? Try to balance your arrangement out, yes see if you want to place more focus on certain pictures by breaking the balance with them.

By the way, this set can be great for creating your own personalized gifts. Just buy the whole pack, and use any number of frames to create a special package for a family member. You can never fail when it comes to a picture of a sweet baby so elegantly framed.

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This majestic porcelain jar looks expensive, and I guess you could say it is, priced at several hundreds of dollars. Yet, this is actually a total bargain when you consider what you're getting - an original handcrafted one of a kind oriental jar by Thai artist Khun Santiparp, an item so beautiful, it will surely be a centerpiece of any living room decor.

This vase is part of the National Geographic and Novica collection, featuring distinctive artists and artisans from around the world. This item is made of delicate Thai Benjarong porcelain, which means it has five colors in the design (some Benjarong designs can have up to eight colors). The colors are added by hand, one at a time, creating a magnificent pattern enriched with golden bands. This piece of art is an amazing gift to a dear one, and that dear one can certainly be yourself!

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Here is a beautiful decor piece for your fire place. This natural brown 3 panel fire screen has a beautiful oak leaf motif, that when back lit throws beautiful shadows. The play of light is a very important design element in any room. This screen combines the beauty of translucence, with the form of a functional piece of safety equipment. Children and pets are discouraged from touching the flames, and sparks are less likely to escape and start a fire where you don't want one.

The screen measures 32 inches in height and 50 inches in width. It is made of steel coated in heat resistant powder for durability. The oak branches are forged steel and the oak leaves are stamped steel. The combination forms a lovely design.

The versatility of this type of natural design makes it very easy to match with a variety of decor themes. This screen will look equally at home in an antique decor, contemporary decor, elegant upscale decor, rustic country decor, or a botanical decor theme. With so many options to chose from, you can rest easy knowing that this investment will carry you through many years of use, even if you change your decor theme or move several times.

This screen makes a great house warming gift, while protecting the house it warms.

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This classic Italian style contemporary Loveseat with its clean design is the perfect addition to any living room. Comfortable seating for two, in a wooden frame, bentwood arms and upholstered sides, you simply can't go wrong with this timeless item. No wonder it's so popular, being high on the bestsellers list in 2008.

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Milano Loveseat - Oak/ Olive