Friday, February 2, 2007

Turn your Home into a Cozy Retreat by Decorating with Quilts



Whether its the nip in the air or the hectic pace of the busy world today, the timing seems perfect to retreat to a cozy cabin or to create the same warm, old fashioned environment in you own home. Everything old is new again. People are crying out for nostalgia. They want to experience the way it use to be. Just recently on NBC's Todays Show, "Now hipper than ever, quilts, lace, crochet and needlepoint, it is all back"-- Which leads us to nostalgia. The term has entered everyday usage in home decor with the rising trend to make the old new again. Everyone experiences nostalgia and nostalgia chic is simply recalling a fondly remembered earlier time in ones life--and making objects from that time popular and stylish. It satisfies a yearning in many people for a simpler time.



You can bring the feeling of nostalgia, or Shabby Chic to your own home with just a few tricks. You can include just about any material that is natural or raw. Flowers, rocks, painted antiques and even grass. This nostalgia modern country look is sophisticated, yet still fun. You can craft accessories out of organic materials that have been picked up in the woods, or drug out of a creek. Curtain rods made from drift wood, dry wildflowers to make arrangements, old iron work used as art, are great examples of how you can let nature be your guide.



Timeless, versatile, and beautiful Heritage Lace can play an important part in this rising trend. Add a Quilt to your bedding and this can be the easiest and most inexpensive decorating you will encounter To decorate a bed room, Quilts are readily available on our web site. The Linen Lockers Quilt Bedding can give you ideas to make your home practical, comforting, and expressive of your personality. The Linen Locker has just added Quilt wall hangings and Quilt throws that will add even more of this hip nostalgia look of the past in other parts of your home. You will find Quilts from various eras and even modern Quilts with updated lively color schemes. You can discover how to enrich your rooms, by using layered looks that are relaxed, not fussy, sleek, and minimalist looks that resonate with warmth and comfort. These beautiful Quilts translates the best of heirloom nostalgia into rooms that fit the way you live today. This nostalgia style has always had its heart in the country. But we have been around the block, and these days, our idea of nostalgia style is bigger, fresher, colorful and more exciting than ever. This style can be refined as well as rustic, shabby chic and also charming.



You can get started decorating by viewing our QUILT BEDDING. For beautiful lace window treatments, view our HERITAGE LACE. Linen Lockers COUNTRY RUFFLED CURTAINS also can to add charm to our Quilts.



Fara Middleton submitted this article, is an accompilished interior Decorator.Working with www.linenlocker.com for over 14 years. Many of her decorated rooms have appeared in Mobile's Parade Of Homes and other Fine Homes accross the South.









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