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How To Turn A Child's Room Into A NASCAR Pit

If you have a little NASCAR fan in your home, a great surprise for him or her is to redecorate his or her room in NASCAR items. There is a variety of NASCAR bedding products available for kids of all ages.

If the child you are decorating for is a younger child you can even find toddler size bedding for the sport. Although it may be easier to get at least twin size bedding so your child will not outgrow the room to quickly.

Licensed Nascar bedding coordinates are available in many different styles. If you have a certain driver in mind, chances are there is a bedding set with their name and number on it. You can then match sheets sets, pillows, valances and window coverings and wallpaper border.

If you were thinking about NASCAR in general, you can find that also. The racecars on the bedding make great coordinating room scenes for small children, while the logo bedding is appropriate for older children.

In a small child's room you can get more creative with decorating. Once you have all the NASCAR bedding coordinates you can use some washable paint to paint a racetrack all around the room on the walls. Of course a racetrack wouldn't be complete without cars, so make some car cutouts from sturdy craft foam. These will not harm the walls and the kids can race cars all around the room. If you put some Velcro tabs on the back and a few dots on the track, when the kids are finished driving the cars around the room they can find a spot of Velcro on the track and stick the cars up for later use.

For an older child or teenager there is a great selection of NASCAR Bedding that will show off their favorite sport yet will still look grown up. With the matching NASCAR accessories and coordinates they can have a room where their favorite sport lives on. Wall borders are easy to hang, most using only water and a sponge, yet look as though they were made for the room.

If you have a bathroom in need of a quick makeover you can also get shower curtains, towels, and other bathroom accessories. Painting the bathroom a neutral color then the NASCAR licensed coordinates will add a bit of flair to a previously boring room.

So whether you are an old or new NASCAR fan, you can bring new life to your bedroom or bathroom by adding some NASCAR licensed accessories and coordinates. The prices are no pricier than a traditional bedding set. So go ahead and indulge your child or your self by being the next NASCAR driver if only in your dreams!

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Wallpaper Borders - Borders of Ingenuity

It was a rainy lazy Sunday morning. Everyone in my household was still asleep. As a mater of fact I was still rubbing the sleepiness from my eyes. Lying on my back just gazing around my bedroom walls, there was a horrible feeling that crept inside of me. My bedroom walls just stared back at me with a naked dull expression. Suddenly something stirred inside of me. In fact I new what had to be accomplished. If not at this very second, but soon. Staring around me, now with my eyes wide open, I had a plan. Scrambling through my desk drawer I spotted the book that would get my bedroom walls out of their doldrums.

This fabulous book is an entire catalog of wallpaper borders. With a little creativity and the help of this book, my walls should be ready to hum with delight. There is an abundance of patterns, materials, sizes and designs to fill my decorating needs.

First of all from the table of contents it informed me that there are three types of wallpaper borders. Pre-pasted so all you need to do is moisten and apply. There are also self adhesive wallpaper borders, which are the simplest, just peel and stick. Finally there are wallpaper borders that need you to apply the adhesive to the back. The last one sounded like I would need help from a professional and the choices of paper seemed more expensive. So I settled my search on the first two.

I knew from doing other projects that it is best to choose colors and patterns that would compliment and co-ordinate with the decor of the bedroom. I was undecided if the border should be applied along the top of the molding going around the entire room or if it should be placed mid way on the wall. Both ways would create a totally different and unique effect.

Visually wallpaper borders allow you to work with bold colors and any pattern that would be to massive for the entire wall. Looking through the catalog, I was debating between bright colorful prints that would certainly brighten up the room or a bold dramatic print that would tender a sophisticated style. This finishing touch would accentuate my decor and virtually make the room come alive with its brilliance.

Finally after many hours one of the prints jumped out at me. This had to be the one that would allow the vision that I imagined to appear. So the next step was to order it and get my walls ready for the change. These narrow strips could easily be applied over my painted walls. The walls had to be cleaned and smoothed before their transformation.

After my rolls of wallpaper borders arrived another idea came to me. Gathering my family together I announced that this would be a project that would be fun for all of us. My family all agreed and we started dividing up what we needed for hanging.

My husband, because he is a man, decided he would get the tools together. He felt we had everything that was needed around the house. The material was vinyl backed so it would be easy to clean and was also pre-pasted. He brought into the room a razor knife, ruler, sponges and a shallow bin to wet the paper in. It took the better half of the day and evening to complete. There was also enough of the paper so we could put up a border around the windows and bedroom door. This extra touch was stunning and made the windows and doors the focal points of the room. I could not get over the fact that the room looked larger, softer and felt cozier. This certainly was a quick solution for an eye appealing sight.

With a little ingenuity and your imagination you can realize that anything is possible. With a theme in mind you can create a masterpiece for any room you choose.

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Cottage Design Ideas With a Whiff of Europe

Two of the best European cottage designs are the English and the French cottage styles.

English Cottage Design

The basic idea of an English cottage reminisces a rustic dwelling inhabited by local villagers a hundred years ago. Do not try to give it the ambiance of a manor- that is another thing altogether. Instead, think simple and inviting.

-Color Scheme- Since we are playing with an antique look, choose autumn shades. Brown, green, rust and orange work well. You can opt for splashes of washed-out pink or English rose as well. Use these colors for the upholstery, the walls, and the floors.

-Windows and Floors- Think of a quaint roadside café. Use curtains that mimic that style- sheer and lacey. Do not choose curtains that drop below the windowsill. Wooden floors are apt. If you can afford rustic ceiling beams, go for it.

-Furniture- A rustic fireplace is a beautiful piece that defines 'English cottage' perfectly. Get your hands on one if you can. Fill the house with antiques or antique-looking tables and chairs. Don't use highly polished or sleek pieces of furniture. Worn or overstuffed couches or chairs, barrels used as end tables, old tubs, trunks, and cabinets are all good ideas.

-Decor- Look for old lamps, mirrors with intricate frames, ceramic figurines, secondhand books, old musical instruments, hand-crafted rugs and quilts, and anything that inspires a tea party. Old china is an essential. Fill the place with plants and flowers if possible. Carefully chosen little details like these are what give the basic cottage look an English flavor.

French Cottage Design

If the English style proclaims "tea party", the French style screams "Provencal farm". It has a warm country feel, brimming with color and culture.

-Color Palette- Think bold, primary colors like red, green, blue and yellow. Accent these with black to create a perfect balance.

-Walls and Floors- Walls should be stucco or brick. You can improvise in many ways- by using plaster on the walls or applying faux treatment. Supplies can be found in your local hardware store. You can also opt for wallpaper. For the kitchen, find a border with roosters on it. Flooring can be of stone, tile, or wood or a mimicry of these with stencils. Throw in a charming rug.

-Fabrics- Toile, chintz and calico are distinctly French cottage style. Design ideas for toile are to combine white and cream with another bold, primary color of your choice. Calico is a good choice for table linens and draperies. Mix and match patterns.

-Furniture and decor- Faux finishes can be used, as well as natural or light shades. Roosters, flowers, and vines are ideal accents. You can even incorporate your own cottage design ideas by stenciling your own images. Use a lot of farm scenes and animals. Copper and French pottery can be used in the kitchen, even just for display.

If you are on a tight budget, don't fret. Redecorating in either of these styles need not be expensive. As long as you have a stash of cottage design ideas handy, the rest will follow. You can hit a nearby antique store, flea market or garage sale for the pieces, or recycle those old things you've kept away but are no longer using.

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Re-Decorating on a Budget

Do you, like many other people, long to give your home a makeover but feel that you can't afford it? You know, it is in fact possible to redecorate on a very small budget, and achieve a completely new look in your home. All you need is a few creative touches, and some ideas for saving money.

Thrift shops are a great place to look for people who want to save money on their home makeover. Other options for bargains are resale shops, auctions and yard sales. You can find all kinds of useful items here, including furniture, curtains and accessories. Even dollar stores can sometimes be a source of great accessories.

Dollar stores sell items which the major retail stores have discontinued and stock any items they can source. Therefore you can find brand name items which normally would be out of your price range, much cheaper than usual. For example, say you wanted to buy a wallpaper border or brass picture frame, but can't afford home improvement store prices. It could well be worth your while looking in a dollar store.

You might even surprise yourself by finding that there are some useful decorating accessories stored away amongst your own things at home. You can revitalize all kinds of old items, such as dishes, pictures, clothing and ornaments. With a bit of creativity you can create great accessories and art objects out of these.

Not only does it cost less to create your own art but it is very rewarding! A collage for example is very easy to do and lots of fun. Get a cork board, such as you would pin messages onto, and a paint-by-numbers picture of poster which fits inside the board's frame. Using a color to match your chosen décor, paint the board's edges. Then glue the poster, using a glue suited to cork and paper, inside the frame. Staple round the edges too for extra strength. Now sort those old dishes and glass ornaments according to color, putting each color in a different pillow case, and then smash them to pieces with a hammer. Glue these onto the picture according to the color guide. If you have to fill some edges in, white pottery is a good idea for this. When all the space is filled in, you have a great art work, costing less than $10! There are lots of other things you can do like this, just by putting some thought and time into it.

Old clothes will come in handy as well. Choose ones which are your favorite prints or colors and cut these into different shapes. Get two of the same shape, say two squares, and sew them together leaving an opening, fill with PolyFill and then sew the opening up. Now you have a unique throw pillow! Ten pillows like this can be made for what one would cost you in the store. Make lots and add color and depth to your room.

Now that you have saved all that money by making your own accessories and art, you can splash out and buy one quality item. The best investment is a rug, because they will last for years. A rug can fit any decor, come in all kinds of colors, sizes and shapes, and will make a great focal point for your room. Not only that, but a rug protects your hardwood floor and can be cleaned more easily than carpet. So you keep saving money and time well into the future! Since you are redecorating on a budget, however, look out for rugs which are discounted or on clearance.

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Christmas Gift Ideas for Your Favorite Football Fan

With the Christmas season quickly approaching, the time has come to start agonizing over what gifts to give. Who hasn't spent hours at the mall or the toy store, staring at shelves and shelves of action figures, Barbie dolls and video games, and wondered how to choose the perfect child's gift, be it a son, daughter, niece, nephew or grandchild?

It's easy to buy into the idea that we must get the most technologically advanced gifts in order to win a child's love, but that's not necessarily the case. You want to pick something that they'll enjoy, that shows you know what they like, not that you're just assuming they're like "every other boy/girl their age." If the child you're shopping for happens to be a football fanatic, then something like NFL or college football bedding would be the perfect gift.

This isn't like getting them a toy they'll enjoy for five minutes and then toss, or an expensive video game system that they'll play with only a few months till a new one comes out. NFL and college football bedding is something that they'll see every day and that they'll be able to enjoy for years to come. When everybody else is giving them toys, your gift will stand out from the pack.

Choosing what to get

Bedding is a gift idea that not many people will consider, but as long as you pick the right team, NFL or college football bedding can be a unique gift that's perfect for a budding football fan. Bedding, comforters especially, is functional, lasts a long time, and has a lot of visual impact in a room. If you're giving a gift to a niece or nephew, or other child that you don't live with, check with their parents first to make sure a bedding gift would work in their room.

If they've already got NFL or college football bedding, it's easy to find matching accents to help them display their team spirit. A valance or drapes for the windows in their room is one such idea, or perhaps a pillow or blanket that would not only decorate their bed, but also provide them with warmth and a soft place to sit when they go to football games. You could also get a team logo rug for their floor, although you'll have to get measurements from parents to make sure you don't get one that's too big.

College football wallpaper or borders is another idea, though a dicey one if you're not buying for your own kids. You'd certainly have to get parental permission before you gave it, and you'd also need to offer a few hours (or even a weekend) of your own time to help them put it up. No parent wants to get stuck with extra work because of your present.

Think outside the box this holiday season

Don't be yet another relative who gets a Christmas gift they think kids will like, instead of finding out what they definitely like. Give them something that they're passionate about, and you'll not only be giving a cool gift, but a cool gift that's full of sentimental value because you're the relative who got them the awesome Dallas Cowboys comforter instead of the Encyclopedia Britannica CDs.

Come Christmas, NFL or college football bedding and accessories could put a smile on the face of your favorite football fan.

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Ceramic Wall Tile - Can You Feel Your Heart Beat?

When I think of ceramic wall tile I think of how beautiful a room can truly be. Whether you are wall tiling a kitchen, dining room, hallway or bathroom, this tile will bring out the magnificent luster that is natures own.

This manifestation of clay and fire is something that can only be describes as a gift from God that has been passed down through the ages. This craft of creating art from what we have an abundance of, that being the ground we stand on, has only improved with time.

These artisans who have passed down through the years their craft only to have future generations develop, with their own creative minds, an ever evolving and improving form of art known as ceramic wall tile.

In the beginning there was a limited selection available to those of royalty and power. Down through the centuries this ceramic tile became more available to the masses and was attainable to all who had but a little to spend or barter for.

Today, more than ever, ceramic wall tile has become the standard for covering walls with an extremely powerful presence. When you enter a room that has been finished in ceramic wall tile, you know, that whoever had the creative mind to add the artful touch of ceramic tile to the walls knew the heart pounding emotional effect it would have on anyone who entered the room. This feeling is truly magnificent.

Do you have any idea of just how many styles, shapes, colors and finishes are available to you in ceramic wall tiles alone? With that in mind, you can create an effect all your own just by combining different styles shapes and colors to make a wall tile masterpiece that is original and truly all your own.

Just take a moment and imagine what would happen if you combined the major surface of your walls with Bone Speckle with a border running near the top and near the bottom of each wall with Topis Barcelona trim size (3' x 3') tile. Add to that some miscellaneously placed Topis Barcelona (6' x 6') tiles and you would end up with a ceramic wall tile masterpiece that would make you heart pound.

Here's another idea. This time imagine the major surface of your walls done in Riviera Sapphire ceramic tile. This beautiful deep majestic blue would be perfect with a top and bottom border of Linea Colonial Sevilla ceramic tile. About three or three and one half feet up the wall and going around the entire room would be two rows of Braganza Portuguese ceramic tiles.

I put these combinations of ceramic wall tiles together while I was writing this information. It didn't take long for me to create surrounding walls that would bring a feeling of warmth rushing through my body that no other wall decor is capable of producing. This is truly an interactive form of art that you have no limits on what you can create.

Ceramic wall tile is now available in so many art forms that you have unlimited opportunity to create walls that are uniquely all your own. If you are looking for wall decor that does more than just look great, then this wall decor will also make you feel great. Now is your opportunity to perform magic on a room. Go for it!

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Planning a Winnie the Pooh Themed Baby Nursery

There are many themes you can choose from when planning a baby's nursery. Probably one of the most popular and beloved themes for a baby's room is Winnie the Pooh. A Winnie the Pooh nursery theme is a great choice for many reasons. First, it works great for a boy or a girl. If you don't know your baby's gender or if you are planning to have more children, a Winnie the Pooh baby nursery is the perfect fit. Another reason a Winnie the Pooh room is a good option is that due to the popularity of it, you will have no trouble looking a wide selection of Pooh baby bedding and other Pooh themed nursery items such as art work, rugs, hampers, and lamps. You will even have your choice of regular Pooh or Classic Pooh.

Here are some ideas for decorating a Winnie the Pooh themed baby nursery:

Find a Pooh baby bedding set that you like and buy all the coordinating items that you would like to use. Items that you can usually find to match you nursery bedding include window valances, a hamper, table lamp, and crib mobile.

Decide how you would like to prepare the walls in your Pooh nursery. You could simply paint them white or a color that compliments your Pooh bedding. Another option is to use a Winnie the Pooh wallpaper and/or a wall paper border on the walls. Stenciling Pooh and his friends on the wall is another cute option. For something really dramatic, you could hire an artist to paint a mural of the 100 acre woods on one wall of the nursery. This is an expensive option, so if you have a tight budget for planning you baby's room, you will want to consider other options such as purchasing Winnie the Pooh wall stickers to accent the walls.

Finish up the room by adding the little touches that make it cozy. A nice Winnie the Pooh rug will warm up the floor. Décor for the wall can include Winnie the Pooh art work or wall hangings. The baby quilt from the Pooh bedding set could be hung on the wall as a wall hanging since it is too bulky to use for a newborn baby. You may want to add some Winnie the Pooh touches to the nursery furniture as well. Pooh knobs could be added to the dresser and Pooh could be added to the ends of the crib by stenciling, painting, or applying decals of Pooh to it.

When planning your Winnie the Pooh nursery, keep an eye out for items you can use. Pooh merchandise is available all over the place so you may find things you can use in your room in the most unexpected places. Also don't feel that you have to use only Pooh décor in the room. Non-Pooh items may also fit nicely and compliment your rooms décor. Just use your imagination to be creative and you will be able to create a wonderful room for your new baby.