Archive for September, 2011

No matter what room you want to decorate, at Valley Lighting & Home Decor we have ideas you can use in any room of your home! Get ready to start redecorating your home with some of our great home decor ideas!

•  An antique bedside table or chest of drawers will decorate your foyer, while providing a useful spot of keys, mail and other accessories we tend to let lay around counters. Decorate the top of the table with knick-knacks, and use a medium sized decorative bowl or plate as a catchall for keys and other items. 
• Mirrors can add a decorative touch to almost any room. Give your bathroom a new look by replacing your typical bathroom mirror with a smaller, decorative bathroom mirror. 
• Another way to decorate your home’s foyer is by placing a large vase filled with silk flowers in a corner. 
• Set a small bench or chair on each of the fireplace ends. Not only is this a decorative touch, but just imagine sitting on the comfortable small wooden bench while you warm your hands! 
• Give your kitchen an old-fashioned country look by storing your pots and pans on a hanging pot rack. 
• Brightly colored throws and throw pillows can liven a neutral colored couch. 
• Coffee tables can collect everything from remote controls to yesterday’s newspaper. Use a drawer divider to keep everything in one neat looking place.

Next time you’re itching for home decorating ideas browse a local flea market, or visit a house or yard sale. You can usually find a list of local yard and house sales in the newspaper. These are great places to find antiques and other items people are looking to sell. Most of the time, you can find some great home decorating accents, at half the price they cost in the store!

Pantone, a company that deals with colors for industries such as fashion, industrial and home design, recently announced that the 2011 Pantone color of the year is Honeysuckle. This lively color is a combination of the colors pink and yellow. Honeysuckle is energetic, cheerful, bubbly and works well in every part of your life, including home decor.

• Bring a room alive by painting one wall honeysuckle and the other walls a matching color such as white.
• Light up a room with a honeysuckle colored semi flushed Crystorama light from Valley Lighting & Home Decor.
• Accent kitchen cabinets with a design painted the color honeysuckle.
• You can even purchase honeysuckle colored drawer knobs for your kitchen or bathroom cupboards.
• Buy the child you love a honeysuckle tinted Bearington bear!
• Brighten up the inside of a gloomy closet by painting the walls and ceiling a glowing honeysuckle.
• Are you a wine lover? Store your wine in an adorable shoe shaped wine holder, in a light honeysuckle shade.

You can decorate anything in your home using this exciting shade of pink! How would you use the color honeysuckle in your home?

Throughout the years, lighting has seen many trends in style and design. There was the rise of the ornate chandeliers, the sweeping movement of clean lines with modernism, and the rustic, cottage home styles of more recent years. Nostalgia began the inclusion of candle reminiscent lights, and the push for eco-friendly lighting has made green lighting and LED’s rise in popularity.

• Silver or gold details
• Natural shapes, colors and materials
• Changing color and LED lights
• Decorative lighting designs
• Simple, but elegant pendant lighting fixtures
• Hand-blown glass lights
• Textures and materials inspired by nature
• Environmentally friendly designs and workings
• White, black, matte and flat finishes
• Distressed looks
• Contemporary or modern wall sconces

As you?re looking for light fixtures with some of these characteristics keep in mind that you won?t find a fixture which combines all of these popular trends. You also wouldn?t want a lighting fixture that combines each and every trend. It would look cluttered and messy instead of chic and elegant. Pendants and chandeliers will remain among the chic lights and popular fixtures this season. What are some of your favorite lighting trends, designs, and fixtures?

The fall season brings about many changes. The warm weather of summer is slowly being replaced by cool days, and people are beginning to line their closets with sweaters and jeans. There is one more change the fall season should bring, and that is the change in your home?s decor. It?s time to start decorating your home for the fall season, and here are some fantastic fall decorating tips from Valley Lighting & Home Decor.

• A display of fall flowers, such as a mix of orange and red mums, will brighten any room. A decorative wall mirror can make a small room appear bigger.
• Fill a tall vase with branches from a tree with colorful fall leaves. We suggest using branches from a maple tree.
• Give a floor lamp a new look by simply changing its shade.
• When you?re putting together your dining room table?s centerpiece, keep in mind that fall is the time to use gourds as decorative pieces. Scatter a few small gourds around a candelabra.
• Layering throws on couches and chairs can provide a room with a comfortable warm feeling.
• Fill a small or medium sized basket with some scented pine cones.
• Set a small basket of apples on your kitchen or island counter.
• Wreaths aren?t just for Christmas! Hang a wreath adorned with fall leaves on your front door to welcome guests.

What are some of your fall decorating ideas? You can find more fantastic fall home lighting and decor options at ValleyLighting-CT.com.