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How to Decorate With Lampe Berger Scent Lamps

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Lampe Berger lamps are actually old-style alcohol lamps that were used for killing bacteria and improving the air in hospitals. They were invented by a pharmacist named Maurice Berger in 1898. Nowadays they come in all kinds of different fragrances and also interesting style.

The lamps come with a venting cap, snuffing camp and a funnel you chose the aroma of oil that you would like to fill your home and the result is a gorgeous smelling abode. The fragrance oils in themselves are decorating tools. The fragrances themselves are divided into themes that embrace many fragrances. For instance Dreams of Exploration is a line that contains scents that smell like different places. For instance Chic Paris is a mix of citrus fruits, peach, musk sand rose garden; evocative of the gardens and boutique smells from a street in France. In fact the next blog will be all about how to decorate with Lampe Berger aromas as a smell can totally change the character of a room.

The glass alcohol lamps come in a variety of different styles that suit different interior design themes. The Ice Lamp collection has two parts. There are the little clear or frosted glass spheres and there are solid white ceramic vessels as well. Some of them like The Clear Swirls. look like little perfume bottles with side swirls. Another style called the Pearl Bingo is just a round white ball that would look just right on the set of Stanley Kubrick movie. For a classic sixties look choose the white Milk jar which is white ceramic with a little swirled jeweled top. For a look that suits the lady who wears Lanvin or collects old perfume bottles the Louis XII is appropriate; this model is engraved with a floral pattern and has a shiny gold venting cap that makes it look like it belongs in the French court or in the powder room of a fancy room in the south of France.

Lampe Berger also makes a series of lamps that come in chocolate, amber glass known as the Spice Collection. These look more like after shave bottles with shiny silver tops. The Athena model, which is ridged and egg shaped looks like it is from an art deco era. The Amber Corollossima looks is that “ballerina skirt style bottle” that is so reminiscent of the fifties. These bottles look good on a male dresser or in a dark stone bathroom. The Spice line of lamps also comes with Bingo ball style of lampe that is made out shiny gold metal; it suites retro eighties décor that has lots of red and brown.

How to Decorate Your Room in the Cherry Blossom Girl Style

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The Cherry Blossom Girl style is a look that comes from a young Parisian blogger. Her simple, quirky clothing and room décor looks have become very hip and are influencing everyone from Lady Gaga to Anne Hathaway.

To make your bedroom look like hers you must first paint it all a light baby pink. This is a very girly look. Stencils in a whimsical Victorian or Art Deco style can then be added. Hand painted pink and gold pictures of goldfish embellish furniture and walls every now and then. This gives the look a bit of a shabby chic effect.

A collection of Teddy bears and Japanese cartoon character doors lined up with shells, bamboo fronds and a collection of old cassette tapes give this room an elegant look. Another nice touch is a collection of Lolita style heart shaped glasses pinned to the wall for an extra decorative effect.

The bamboo fronds can be placed in a tall ornate crystal vase. The bigger the bamboo stalks and the more curled and distorted they are, the better.

Stuff can be stored in hat boxes of all shapes and sizes as long as they are pink, silver or white in color. Cookie tins in pink, silver and white are also an option. Black antique lacquered Japanese jeweler boxes and hand held mirrors are also an option.

Above the bed must be the teenage effect of your favorite fashionable images ripped out of magazines and then mounted on pieces of textured watercolor paper. The main feature should be beautiful young women in repose wearing Victorian or Japanese clothing. The photos should have that pink, white and black theme to them. Pictures of novelties from the Victorian era also belong on this type of display of images.

On the bed white or dove grey line along with linens with tiny violet or rose floral best get across this shabby but very romantic and sexy look for a bedroom.

Lighting is very important if this look is going to succeed. One touch that is part of the overall enchantment of the style is round paper Chinese linters in pink and white lining the walls. The lamp shades themselves should be pink or white satin and the lamp stands should be knobs of crystal. An antique white Victorian chandelier is the crowning touch. A ceramic frame which you can also hang your necklaces and chains is also absolutely perfect for this look.