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Black and White Decorating Ideas for your Home
The first thing most people think about when making changes to their home, either one or two rooms or the entire space, is the color scheme. Many people choose colors they are fond of or colors which correspond with existing furniture. When looking for ideas for decorating your home, one idea which is often overlooked, is decorating with the two basic colors – black and white.
Black and white, used in decorating, creates drama and pizzazz. It is said that every room can benefit by using a touch of black. Black is a color which anchors and grounds a room. Adding sophistication, black is definitely a color that demands attention. Ideas for decorating a home using black may include accessories such as light fixtures, trim or furniture. Black serves to add definition to focal points of a room. Black is just one color that stands out or makes a statement.
Using black and white when decorating a home, provides a clean, fresh, elegant atmosphere. This combination can be added to any room in a home making it a sophisticated space. Black and white are often used in contemporary home decorating and often used to accent other colors in French Country design. It may be hard to visualize but there are many ideas for decorating a home using only these two basic colors.
The floor is a great place to start in decorating a space. Black and white vinyl tiles laid alternately makes a beautiful checkerboard pattern and looks clean and elegant. Black marble used on the floor, accented by wide white baseboards, another beautiful idea for decorating a home. White ceramic tiles with a black border or simply paint the floor black or white and use stencils of the opposite color for decoration. These are great ideas for decorating a home.
White walls, is there anything more perfect? Painting the walls white or even an off-white, would make a perfect background for accessories such as artwork framed in black. That you can imagine. Elegant black window treatments or black shutter against a clean, crisp white wall would definitely create an aura of sophistication. Perhaps a glass-top table with black iron trim and black chairs, these are terrific ideas for decorating a home using black and white.
A bedroom decorated using black and white would be lovely. An iron bed-frame in black or white, covered with a striped black and white comforter. For the pillow shames, you could use either all black or all white and could add throw cushions in the opposite color. A nice leather black or white chair in the corner would be certainly accent the room. Then the white walls with an elegant piece of artwork, framed in black hanging on it, this would surely add to the contemporary feel. Black furniture against the crisp white walls would look neat and tidy. Jazz up the room with accessories such as pewter or silver candlesticks, jugs or vases. If you think the room needs a little color to complete the look, perhaps a throw or cushion in a bold color like red or gold, for the chair in the corner of the room would be enough to accent the room.
Ideas for decorating a home, they are numerous. Finding one that suits you and those that live in your home is important. It’s nice to do something radical and off-the-wall but remember you must be able to live with it for awhile.
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At what point in history did women become the target for materialism?
I do know that the face of materialism for the last couple decades has been the happy woman with the heavy wallet (or actually the opposite as well) ready to spend spend spend away to get the hottest things in style. At what point in history did women become the face if this lifestyle or even just the center of the concept of joy that comes with shopping? I believe that most gender specific roles in society or distributed activities are the result of society's command. When did the system become designed to send the message to men and women that women are the decorative beings who need more shoes, clothing, jewelry, etc.? There are lots of men who like these things as well but I definitely see more women indulging in this more than men. I am guilty of it as well. I LOVE to shop. There are just so many more options for women. So many different types of clothing, underwear, shoes, etc. Why though?
I hope I am being clear I don't know if I phrased this right.
When women became independent and got jobs and made lots of money, they were targeted so they their money would end up at the cash register at Bloomingdale's or JC Penny.
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