From the trendiest bag to the shoe-of-the-moment, many people never leave the house without being successfully accessorized. And, with a full range of home accessories, homeowners can now also express themselves equally as much in their home. Just as the fashion seasons change, the home can get some stylish and often inexpensive updates as well.
Tasteful Textiles
Many pieces of furniture in the home warrant textile accessories. Spice up a couch or bed with accent pillows or a colorful throw, reinvent your dining room table by accessorizing with spunky placemats, or even throw a slipcover on that old, outdated chair.
By adding texture and color through textiles, homeowners will find a unique dynamic that is added to their home. This is a great way to accessorize a home from season to season. For example, the same linen pillows that accentuate a couch in the summer would not be the same pillows displayed in winter.
Just like fashion, textile accessories can follow the color and pattern trends of the season. According to FashionTrendsetter.com, anti-perfect fabrics including pleats, overstitching, wrinkles and ruffles will be the theme through fall and winter 2008.
Chic Floors
Flooring accessories are often an overlooked arena that is known to have little to no options available. But with an expanding selection of floor molding and accessories available and a wide array of rugs, consumers have more options than ever before.
“Most consumers don’t realize that the cheap looking metal vent cover they have can be replaced with a hardwood grill that matches or accentuates their flooring,” said Tom Sullivan, founder and chairman of Lumber Liquidators. “From bamboo to Brazilian Cherry, there have never been more options to complete a home’s look with hardwood stair treads, risers and vent covers.”
Another way to accessorize the floor is to purchase rugs. Rugs come in all shapes and sizes and are not only a functional accessory adding padding and warmth to solid surface floors, but can provide a beautiful aesthetic with either natural fibers or bright colors and patterns.
Embellishing Walls
Another easy way to create character in your home is to add wall décor. Art, mirrors and clocks are all great ways to add more excitement to a blank canvas.
Custom framing options for personal treasures are increasingly becoming a popular trend as homeowners work to personalize their home, according to a home accessories trend article on GreenBeamPro.com. Consumers are taking scrapbook contents and shaping them up to hang on the wall.
Becoming a steadily rising home accessory, mirrors not only provide a beautiful aesthetic, but if positioned correctly can illuminate more light or create the illusion of more space in small rooms. NothingButMirrors.com suggests that consumers place mirrors at an angle from a window if they want more light, but should place them in corners of small rooms to “stretch” the space.
Mood Lighting
One of the easiest ways to create mood in a room is with multiple lighting accessories. Candles, lamps and window treatments are all popular ways to light up or dim down personal spaces.
Depending on the atmosphere that a homeowner wants to achieve, sources of light can be used for ambient lighting, accent lighting, task lighting, aesthetic lighting and natural light.
Accessories are the easiest and often most cost effective way to makeover a room while offering the choice to mix and match. When shopping for accessories for the home, think versatility and let the creative juices flow. Just as accessories can make an outfit, they can also “successorize” a home.
View all the latest Flooring Trim and Accessories at all 145 Nationwide Lumber Liquidators stores and lumberliquidators.com.
http://www.lumberliquidators.com/catalog/section.jsp?categoryId=19
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Introducing Morning Star Bamboo!
Thousands of homes around the globe have been beautified with Morning Star Bamboo Flooring.
At Morning Star, we make high-quality bamboo flooring, crafted from mature bamboo to exacting specifications, finished with a factory-applied seven-coat process and ready to be installed in any home. We care about the environment. Like you, we continually seek to be responsible citizens in the global community and use resources wisely and conservatively. That's part of the reason we create flooring from bamboo instead of hardwood. While bamboo is uniquely beautiful, it's also a fast-growing plant that's actually tougher than many woods when allowed to mature. And while a tree can take 70 years or more to replace, our bamboo stalks regrow every four to six years. By harvesting only four-to-six-year-old "old-growth" bamboo, we create flooring with increased hardness, so it will better withstand the rigors of everyday life in your home. Our factory-applied seven-coat finish includes two layers of tough, scratch-resistant aluminum oxide. And for your peace of mind, all Morning Star Bamboo Flooring products come with a 30-year warranty – that's twice as long as the warranties offered by many other bamboo flooring manufacturers. Incidentally, this catalog is printed on paper made with 100% post-consumer recycled fiber (see the Environmental Impact Statement on our back cover).
- Ty Pennington, designer and television host
Find out more at:
www.MorningStarBamboo.com
At Morning Star, we make high-quality bamboo flooring, crafted from mature bamboo to exacting specifications, finished with a factory-applied seven-coat process and ready to be installed in any home. We care about the environment. Like you, we continually seek to be responsible citizens in the global community and use resources wisely and conservatively. That's part of the reason we create flooring from bamboo instead of hardwood. While bamboo is uniquely beautiful, it's also a fast-growing plant that's actually tougher than many woods when allowed to mature. And while a tree can take 70 years or more to replace, our bamboo stalks regrow every four to six years. By harvesting only four-to-six-year-old "old-growth" bamboo, we create flooring with increased hardness, so it will better withstand the rigors of everyday life in your home. Our factory-applied seven-coat finish includes two layers of tough, scratch-resistant aluminum oxide. And for your peace of mind, all Morning Star Bamboo Flooring products come with a 30-year warranty – that's twice as long as the warranties offered by many other bamboo flooring manufacturers. Incidentally, this catalog is printed on paper made with 100% post-consumer recycled fiber (see the Environmental Impact Statement on our back cover).
Morning Star Bamboo Flooring is one of the home improvement industry's best kept secrets, but I'm trying to change that. In my work as a designer and television host, I have the chance to see some pretty eye-opening things, and to work with some really cool people, products and companies. Whenever I have a chance to choose or recommend bamboo flooring, I choose Morning Star. That's because the people at Morning Star Bamboo Flooring care about what they're doing, and it shows in the awesome, beautiful products they make. Morning Star uses mature bamboo that's been growing for at least four years, so it's had more time to harden. Their flooring is naturally beautiful even without any staining, and they finish all their flooring with a seven-coat process to make it tough as nails. So let me ask you, are you ready to put down an amazing new bamboo floor in your home? You can't do any better than choosing Morning Star."
"Whenever I have a chance to recommend bamboo flooring, I choose Morning Star."- Ty Pennington, designer and television host
Find out more at:
www.MorningStarBamboo.com
Thursday, October 9, 2008
We're offering dollars - - This Weekend Only!
Everything ends Monday October 13, 2008
ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE
Both candidates are offering "change." (We're offering dollars)
Our Plan:
Unbelievably low prices on hardwood and laminate flooring. Guaranteed.
We buy direct from the mill and keep our costs down by avoiding high-rent areas. If you don't mind driving a little out of the way, you'll get an unheard of deal on a gorgeous new flooring (with a full warranty).
20% off trim and molding.
A new floor without matching trim is like a birthday cake without frosting. Buy the floor and we'll give you 20% off the trim.
Enter promo code "MT10" during online checkout or visit your local store.
10% off installation.
We can help you do it yourself, but if you need it done, we'll also help pay for it.
Nothing down, no payments, and no interest for six months.
We know cash is tight for your family, so you won't have to pay until April 2009.
Total Satisfaction Guarantee.
We sell full warranty, major brand flooring with a low price guarantee.
Does your candidate offer a guarantee? Didn't think so.
"I'm Tom Sullivan, and I approve this message" - Tom Sullivan, Chairman/Founder
Lumber Liquidators - Hardwood Flooring For Less. Guaranteed.
www.lumberliquidators.com
ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE
Both candidates are offering "change." (We're offering dollars)
Our Plan:
Unbelievably low prices on hardwood and laminate flooring. Guaranteed.
We buy direct from the mill and keep our costs down by avoiding high-rent areas. If you don't mind driving a little out of the way, you'll get an unheard of deal on a gorgeous new flooring (with a full warranty).
20% off trim and molding.
A new floor without matching trim is like a birthday cake without frosting. Buy the floor and we'll give you 20% off the trim.
Enter promo code "MT10" during online checkout or visit your local store.
10% off installation.
We can help you do it yourself, but if you need it done, we'll also help pay for it.
Nothing down, no payments, and no interest for six months.
We know cash is tight for your family, so you won't have to pay until April 2009.
Total Satisfaction Guarantee.
We sell full warranty, major brand flooring with a low price guarantee.
Does your candidate offer a guarantee? Didn't think so.
"I'm Tom Sullivan, and I approve this message" - Tom Sullivan, Chairman/Founder
Lumber Liquidators - Hardwood Flooring For Less. Guaranteed.
www.lumberliquidators.com
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