How to Decorate Your Home Bar

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If your home has a little home bar you want to it too look official – like a place that is reserved for entertaining. You don’t want it to look like a second guess or a place to throw mail, paper and other clutter. Also, if your bar is well put together you will be more inclined to use it.

Bars come in many different styles, shapes and sizes. Some are free-standing, some are pushed against the wall and others are simply walls with holes that ct like room dividers.

No matter what style your home bar is the real key is to give it a theme. That way you can tell it from one room to the next. Popular themes are Old Wild West, Rustic Prairie, German Beer Pub, Sixties Mod, English Pub, Space Age (think Stanly Kubrick 2001), James Bond Sportsbar, Carribean bar.

Make sure that you have nice BarStools that people can comfortably sit at when they visit your bar. A bar rail is also a nice touch. If you purchase your Bar Stools online make sure you pick up a  barstools.com discount code from a site like  DiscountStorm.com to save some money.

 

 

If you are a collector you can use the bar to display anything – like antique cars, dolls, or sports team memorabilia. One of the biggest touches you can give a bar has to do with kitsch. Decorate it with campy antiques for a unique effect.

You might also want to think about the color of your bar. You can use a bar to mix, match with or balance out with other colors in the room. If you really are into decorating you can make the bar the focal point of a room A bar that is red and black and glittering with mirrors is likely to get everyone’s attention immediately.

You can also create all kinds of dramatic effects around your bars. You can add recessed lighting or Christmas lights. You can also add old fashioned Tiffany lights or novelty lights to give it a special glow. You could also consider adding a disco ball, feathered diode centerpieces and clocks with moving images. Lava lamps also add nice lighting and kitschy effects to bars as well. A dimmer switch on your bar prevents it from glittering too brightly when you would rather not draw a lot of attention to it.

If you have an ugly looking bar you can reface it with bamboo sticks to make it look like a Hawaiian bar. Some people have even inset full aquariums in the body of their bar to make it more interesting.

How to Decorate With Flower Pots

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Decorating your flower pots is an easy way to decorate your patio or garden. They are like little blank canvases that are asking to be painted or treated with decoupage. You can also glue things onto flower pots to make them textured.

It is important to seal any clay pots that you buy before you paint them. Sand them down and then paint them with weather-resistant polyurethane to prevent them from absorbing water. This way the colors won’t fade.

The easiest thing to paint on a pot is stripes. Use masking tape to make bands around the waist of the pot for an even attractive effect. You can look up complimentary colors on a color wheel online to see what colors go together.

You can also add a nice design to your pot if you are talented. You can freehand draw flowers, animals or any figures that you like on the pots.

Another great technique you can use is sponging. Simply take a sponge and dab it on the pot to create a colorful effect.

If you are not that great a painting you can always use stencils to paint words or shapes onto your flower pots. You can also use this technique to label what is in your pots such as “chives” or “rosemary.” You can also use stencil to put names and labels on the clay pots as well. Positive affirmations look nice stenciled on pots. You can also make your own stenciled designs out of stiff cardboard stencils and apply them on the side of the pots.

Another way to decorate pots is with decoupage. You can cut out words and images from magazines or images printed out from the internet and use it to create a collage. A good glue to use for this is mod podge.

For a transparent look you can use mod podge and light colored tissue paper. This creates an effect that is similar to stained glass.

You can also add accents such as 3D sparkle paint. Bits of broken mirror also look
good. You can also consider decorating a flower pot with beach glass or found stones.

You can also embellish pots with broken ceramics, shells or buttons. Simply glue them in a nice design on the pot. Yet another techniques is to take yarn or twine and tightly wrap it around a pot to give it an interesting look.