Valentine's Day Love Nest

By Joan Williams

Valentine's Day has been celebrated for decades and we see all the usual Valentine production - dinner dates, flowers, chocolates, presents, proposals, orchestra the works! If you want to try something else, this one might not exactly be a brand new idea that will earn you the copyright to call it your own (I'm writing about it, aren't I?), but it will spark your Valentine's Day quite differently than the expected. Here goes - celebrate your Valentine's Day at home with production and the works!

Decorating your home with paper hearts and little ceramic Cupids is one way to make your space cheery, but if you want something a little more...sensual, why not decorate in satins, silks, deep colors and luscious aromas?

Satins and silks are commonly associated with love and romance. These fabrics have such an amazing texture and feel so good on the skin that feeling all lovey-dovey has never been more wonderful. Satin sheets are great for sleeping on but they're also nice to use as a picnic spread that you can set out for your home-cooked Valentine's Day dinner. Snuggling after a delicious meal is real yummy.

Love is in the shade of red. Yes, we all know that. You wear red on Valentine's Day and you shout to the world how romantic you are or how desperate for a date. Other colors too do reflect love - deep, rich and sultry tones in purple mirror sensuality.

Believe it or not, what your house smells like can make or break a romantic interlude. Yes, there are dozens of different brands of plug-in fragrances, but what you want is something a little more potent. If you want your house to smell like chocolate, slowly melt some chocolate in a pot on your stove. Not only does that create the delicious smell of chocolate in the house, you also have some pre-melted chocolate to go with that after dinner "dessert". Fresh flowers also create a tantalizing aroma in any home. Buy 2 dozen roses, keep one to give to your sweetie and divest the other dozen of their petals. Spread the petals throughout the home to create a fresh scent that is sure to please.

Isn't it a bummer that Valentine's Day is at the height of winter? Unless you're in a tropical island, cozy late night walks under the stars will remain a dream. On a brighter note, this season calls for a lot of snuggling, hugging and kissing. Make the most of it by turning down the heater and let the fireplace be your guardian. Keeping each other warm can never be more exciting.

Valentine's Day is much more than the presents. The effort that goes with making the day special is what counts. Creating loving memories, especially in your home will bring you more smiles in the years to come. Don't limit yourself to sensual home decors for Valentine's Day or anniversaries only. If you can, make each day a sensual, romantic day just like Valentine's Day. Who cares if it's always February-- in your house calendar? I don't. - 32397

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Beautiful Holiday Decorating with a Low Budget

By Jeffrey Pontkins

When the holidays approach, whatever time of the year, one of the most fun things to do as a family is the decorating. However, with the economy as it is, many families are on a very tight budget and will be wondering just how to do seasonal decorating on a budget.

Most frequently, you might simply be trying to align your house with the environmental conditions outside. For a spring atmosphere, you should take your cues from Easter colours.

Colors which waken a sense of heat, and sun baked comfort are especially preferred at this time of the year. If however you are thrashing back winter with a summer seasonal style, then you can just about go as hot as you want.

Winter decorating is all about the holidays. Red, greens, and blues, although they have miniscule to do with the frozen tundra outside, are all vital colours for this style.

You can employ a white, blue back drop, though you don't wish to make a space which is too washed out. A way to do a real winter themed dcor is to use glass, crystal, and other see-through pieces.

The fall is by some way the most decorative season of the year. Red, oranges, browns, greens, and burgundy colours all mingle together to make a dissonance of colors. Thanksgiving is the major fall vacation, and you can naturally take decorative cues from that. Seasonal decorating is all about color and pattern.

Using just these two elements it is feasible to bring back nearly any outside environment right in your place. A black and white style can be latest or perhaps have a French country feel to it.

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Halloween Date Night

By David Artstone

Slate and Artstone - The moon is full, the sky is dark, and gremlins are lurking in every nook and shadow. A terrifying thrill is in the air, and you can feel it racing down your spine. As the night deepens, the howl of a wolf sounds in the distance, prompting your date to yelp and snuggle closer. You look into one another's eyes, and as the terror threatens to overwhelm you, passion steps in taking fears place and overwhelming you with the desires of the evening. Going out with someone on Halloween is a great way to ensure an atmosphere that is absolutely perfect for love. It may seem ironic that a holiday dedicated to monsters and ghouls could be romantic, but everyone knows that the best date movie is one which will scare your partner right into your arms.

Fear is exciting, terror is fun, and on Halloween you can't turn around without finding someone who wants to scare you. Even if you and your date are too jaded to actually jump at silly noises and fake ghosts, it will still put your subconscious on guard, making you more sensitive to emotion and stimulus. This is all part of the human mind's amazing ability to react and adapt to any situation. In times of fear, we tend to turn to love, even lust, as a way of coping with the stress of a situation. The whole point of Halloween is to train our mind to adapt to negative stimulus in a safe and fun environment, and to wake us up from the sleepy day to day dream of life we float through.

Aside from the philosophically strategic benefits to dating on Halloween, it is also easy. There are a variety of activities set up for kids, adults, or both which allow you to plan an exciting date adventure, without having to go to a lot of trouble or expense. Some ideas include

- Going to a Haunted House: Most communities have organizations such as schools or local cubs that set up haunted houses for the public at little or no cost

- Go to a Scary Movie: Horror movie makers schedule the release of the best movies for late October. Those who don't, usually schedule the release of the DVD's around this time

- Halloween Parties: A lot of people throw big monster mash balls to celebrate the holiday. Check your local bulletin or ask around.

- Major Public Events: Aside from haunted houses, communities will often throw parades, fairs, or carnivals for Halloween. One of the most famous is the parade held in Greenwich Village NY each year,

If you want to be cute, you can have a pre-date date, where you and your partner make your Halloween costumes. This can be as simple as going shopping together, or as elaborate as visiting a craft store and seeing what catches your eye.

The bottom line is, Halloween is a great night for a date. The atmosphere is already inspired with excitement and fear, and the evening is usually full of built in activities which are fun and inexpensive. Best of all, people tend to be more uninhibited when dressed in a fantasy costume, so you never know what might happen next. - 32397

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Three Great Suggestions For Decorating This Winter With Area Rugs

By Shawn J. Hess

September signals the start of fall, which means that from this time on, you will be spending more time inside. Now's the perfect time to give your home a fresh, new look, before the snow starts flying and you no longer feel a bit like leaving the comfort of your comfy home to go shopping!

One of the simplest methods to spruce up the rooms in your house is with the addition of new area rugs. A new area rug can change the whole feel of a room, and can be either a nice, attention grabbing center piece, or a magnificent, neutral piece that ties the remainder of the room together.

The top 3 ideas for making fresh, new looks for fall are contemporary rugs, classic rugs, and casual rugs. Which concept you choose depends on the room you are ready to change! For living and dining rooms, nothing adds a fresh, new look like up to date area rugs. Sphinx brand's Kharma collection offers traditional designs with modern feels, making your most important living areas feel comfortable, and at the same time, barely edgy and modern.

Classic rugs are ideal for making a new feel for your bedroom or den. With many alternative styles and colors to make a choice from, you are sure to be capable of finding area rugs that match the classic style of your most personal sanctuaries. Classic style rugs provide an added bonus, in that their unending designs and color schemes assure that they're going to be treasured possessions which will slot in with lots any decorating scheme you might use for years to come. Try a shag rugs in your den.

And for family and game rooms, nothing changes things up like a new casual rug. Casual area rugs range from mild to wild, and can be discovered in virtually any pattern and design! If you're a RedSox fan, as an example, a new discount red area rugs prominently featuring the RedSox emblem can be a great way to tool up your game room for a new season. Or if you are the type who wants something a less wild, a nice, plush, simple to wash rug for the family room can be excellent for captivating youngsters into spending a little more time on homework. - 32397

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Stylish Halloween Decorating Ideas

By David Artstone

Slate and Artstone - Halloween has grown up. Sure we still delight to the sound of children running the streets hollering "trick or treat" in brightly colored costumes. However these days, adults want in on the fun too. However it isn't very grown up to dress your home in pumpkin orange with cardboard skeletons. Luckily, it is actually rather easy to create a Halloween themed dcor without looking like you live in a "fun house."

The traditional colors of Halloween are pumpkin orange and black. Complimentary colors include the various shades of autumn, reds, gold's, and browns. This is great for kids, because it allows you to add a safe, and fun side to what is basically a scary holiday.

But when you grow up, you graduate from Scooby Doo to real horror movies, and your ideas about Halloween should grow up as well. Feel free to indulge in the dark, and enjoy the malevolent nature of the holiday.

To accomplish this, use copious amounts of black, in shades varying from midnight to charcoal. Ignore the autumn colors for the most part, they are too warm and inviting, you want to create something which puts people off a little bit, and startles them. If necessary, traces of crimson can be used in accents throughout the space to add a little excitement to the room. Create a powerful contrast with bone white products.

As far as accessories, don't bother with cutesy cardboard or construction paper cut outs. Instead, use a little creativity to develop a space which is truly spooky. Try to create features which are realistic, and which play on the psychological fears that everyone has.

Deep black accessories such as candle holders, and decorative items such as cats, rats, crows, and ghouls create a sense of mystery and shadow. Spider webs, easily simulated by stretched cotton, are always a winner. In a dark space it is hard to tell the difference between them and the real thing. Peppering this with little black plastic spiders can further enhance the effect.

If you want to take it one step further you can purchase black dishes, cutlery, and even linens. Blackout curtains also make the space feel enclosed.

Contrast the darkness with bright white items such as skulls, ghosts, and napkins.

You're all grown up now, but you don't have to give up the Halloween spirit. Just take a mature look at the spirit of the day, and you will find all sorts of exciting ways to enjoy the day. - 32397

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Tis the season for Christmas lights.

By Jane Moore

The Christmas season is fast approaching. The first week of December often heralds the beginning of Christmas decorating including the putting up of festive Christmas lights. Although, the fact of Christmas lighting has remained constant for decades, the actual Christmas lights have undergone an enormous evolution.

At first glance it seems as though Christmas lights and Christmas decorations rarely change. We still use the same wreaths, garlands, mistletoe, stars and angels that out grandparents did. We still hang Christmas lighting from the edges of our roof tops. One of the special things about Christmas is the cherished continuity. It always feels the same. However, in reality Christmas lights have undergone a metamorphosis.

Historically, Christmas decorative lighting was cumbersome. It was heavy and fragile which is always a bad combination. Each individual light was hand screwed into the string of lights. One burnt out light bulbs caused havoc. Each bulb had to be individually tested to find the offending bulb. Each year multiple replacement bulbs were required. In short old fashioned strings of Christmas lights were beautiful and joyous but often a big fat hassle.

Science has made stringing our homes with Christmas lights much easier. These days Christmas lighting is almost entirely composed of efficient LED lighting. These new strings of lights are reasonably priced, energy efficient, durable, light weight and last a long time. Putting the lights up and taking them down is no longer a burden.

Given their light weight and small size, these wonderful new LED lights are perfect for creating single standalone focal pieces such as light stars. The addition of a three dimensional light star to your Christmas lighting scheme will be dramatic. Light stars are reasonably priced and come in many sizes.

The season of glorious Christmas lighting is upon us. Embrace the opportunity to decorate your home for the festive season. Feel free to experiment with Christmas lights schemes. - 32397

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Some news about Holiday lighting with LED Christmas Light Bulbs

By Dewey Finn

Discount-light-bulbs.com is new ecommerce website specializing in energy-efficient holiday lighting, offers the most efficient and reliable brand of LED holiday lights currently available. In recent testing of a variety of LED Christmas lights , the product offered by other Holiday LED suppliers outperformed the competition.

HolidayLEDs' LED Christmas lights (and LED string lights of several other manufacturers) were sent to the EPA for testing under the ENERGY STAR program. The following are highlights of the results of the ENERGY STAR testing.

What is a LIFE TIME TEST. This test is designed to determine the performance of the product after extended use. All LED string light samples from the participating manufacturers were illuminated for a 24-hour conditioning period and then entered a 1,000 hour period of actual use.

ACCELERATED WEATHERING TESTS. After a 24-hour conditioning period, all lights sets were subjected to high humidity and UV radiation, simulating outdoor use for an extended period. All samples underwent 20 cycles of accelerated aging, 12-hours per cycle for a total of 240 hours.

Here is some more news:

Oct 15, 2008 - Alpharetta, GA -- Alpharetta, Georgia-based Christmas Lights Etc. one of the largest U.S. suppliers of premium Christmas trees, decorations and holiday lighting for homes, commercial decorators and businesses is proud to announce its' partnership with ENERGY STAR, a joint program by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

For years Christmas Lights Etc. has provided customers with low energy consumption, environmentally friendly products including LED Christmas Lights and pre-lit LED Artificial Christmas Trees, Christmas Wreaths and Christmas Garland. Today, in partnership with ENERGY STAR, Christmas Lights Etc. continues its commitment to a greener Christmas by offering consumers over 75 different products bearing the ENERGY STAR label. This to insure that ChristmasLightsEtc.com customers are presented with the highest quality, longest lasting, environmentally friendly options that not only benefit their pocketbooks, but benefit the planet as well.

Consumers adopting environmentally-conscious LED holiday lighting can expect to reduce power consumption 80-90% over traditional incandescent holiday lighting. Speaking on the practical benefits of switching to LED Christmas Lights, a recent October 2008 announcement by the New York State Energy Research and Development Department (NYSERDA) encouraged residents to "Upgrade decorative or holiday lighting with ENERGY STAR qualified Light-Emitting Diode (LED) holiday lighting strands." The department went on to note that "LED holiday lighting strands last up to 11 holiday seasons, rarely burn out and will save you up to $100 per year on your energy bill!"

Commenting on the significance of the ENERGY STAR Christmas Lights partnership, William Hale, President of Christmas Lights Etc. said: "We're proud to partner with ENERGY STAR and to do our small part in encouraging our customers to switch to energy-efficient LED lighting in order to help reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and overall energy consumption. Today more than ever we invite our customers to experience the benefits of lower energy costs by switching to environmentally friendly ENERGY STAR certified LED lighting."

About ENERGY STAR Energy Star is a joint program of the US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Energy in encouraging Americans to take the Energy Star Pledge to Change a Light/Change the World. ENERGY STAR qualified products and practices meet strict energy-efficiency guidelines established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy.

About Christmas Lights, Etc. Christmas Lights, Etc. is a nationwide leading online retailer of premium Artificial Christmas Trees, Christmas Lights, Christmas Garland, Christmas Decorations, and Christmas Ornaments. Their products have been featured by the CBS Early Morning Show, Smart Money magazine, Wall Street Journal, and HGTV to name a few. - 32397

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Dewey Finn is an adhoc reporter reporting on everything from LED Christmas Lights and Bulbs to .... He writes for magazines such as discount-light-bulbs.com