Wednesday, 4 April 2012

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Tips to Decorate Your Home with Chandeliers and Fireplace Screens

Designing and decorating your home means choosing comfortable furniture, smart lighting options and delightful accessories. The secret to decorating your home is to select stylish yet practical furniture and décor accessories for your home. The lighting fixtures that you pick for your home also have an impact on the overall décor and feel of your home. You can make your living room, dining room or even the bedroom more comfortable by choosing the right lighting fixtures such as chandeliers, wall sconces and pendant lights.



Chandeliers make a style statement in any room and enhance the décor with its beauty. Chandeliers can be ornate and elaborate or they can be simple and minimalistic. Make sure to choose a design that complements the décor of your home. They can be made from wood, metal, crystal or glass. Crystal chandeliers are quite striking with their sparkling glass and crystal pieces made of cut-glass. The light reflecting through this clear faceted glass creates striking patterns of light and shadow. Metal chandeliers are quite beautiful as well. They can be crafted from wrought iron, brass or brushed nickel. You can also find antler chandeliers that go wonderfully well with rustic country style decorating. A shell chandelier is a great option for beach themes, is lightweight, and much easier to install.



If you have a fireplace in your home, consider accessorizing it with fireplace screens. They are both, ornamental and functional. Fireplace screens prevent fire hazards by preventing flying embers damaging your floors or rugs. They are available in different styles and crafted from various materials like wrought iron, brass, or even stained glass to enhance your home décor.



If you choose a metal screen for your home, be cautious while handling it as it can get hot to touch when the fireplace is lit. Stained glass fireplace screens look gorgeous especially with a lit fire behind them. A stained glass screen would complement a traditional home décor as would a delicately-carved wrought iron screen. You can often get fireplace screens with accessories like a poker, a shovel, and fireplace tongs.



Decorate your home with comfortable yet attractive furniture and accessories to create an elegant and inviting space.



Author Profile: Murphy Davidohill is a certified interior designer and runs his own interior decoration consultancy. Murphy especially loves decorating a home in wooden furniture and believes that nothing gives a home as warm and cozy a touch as all-wood furniture and decor.


Murphy loves reading up on new design ideas, and has a special interest in space saving techniques. Here he writes about
chandeliers
and
fireplace screens
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