Vinyl wall decals are still flooding the interiors market in bright new forms, like these examples from Etsy shop Empire City Studios, so liven up plain walls with a decal or two, or three! You can keep your selection abstract by choosing something like the circular spirograph patterns for a quicker and cheaper personality injection . . .
Category: Decoration
This section includes general ideas to decorate your home. Topics include wallpapers, wall print, 3d murals, curtain designs, season specific decoration, house plants and the like.
Decorative Ribbon Wrapping
Here is probably a neat little trick you could use as an excuse for being late with your gifts this season. :) Check out these fancy ribbon wraps from Ribbonesia. Now that you got the ribbon part covered, are you looking for ideas for gifts? Do check these out: 50 Best Housewarming Gifts Gifts For . . .
Kids Wall Stickers
These fun wall stickers from Not On The Highstreet have brightened up our day, and we think they might do the same for your kids room too! Personalize your little ones play and sleeping areas with their favorite theme, without the need for time consuming painting or costly wallpaper. In a shared room situation, emblazoning . . .
Retro Poster Prints
Recent sojourns took us to this neat Etsy shop, ReStyle, which has a fantastic range of fresh poster art prints for us to adorn our walls with. Creator of the posters, Jan Skácelik, of Olomouc, Czech Republic, uses clean lines and layouts, showing a clear background in Graphic Design and Illustration. Along with an unexplained . . .
Stunning Quilling Designs By Yulia Brodskaya
We here are kind of blown away seeing what this artist can do with paper. Russian born, UK settled illustration wizard Yulia Brodskaya’s portfolio should leave no doubt as to the power of paper as a medium for expression. Her expertise in quilling(the art form that uses paper to create decorative designs) is probably only . . .
Modern Wallpaper for Your Room Walls
Wallpaper can be a hassle. It’s tricky and sticky and requires serious attention to detail when installing which is why most folks who even bother, leave it to the pros to make all the magic happen. But once you overlook the stigma of old fogie wallpaper, it does help to know what you’re purchasing, the . . .
Decorative magnetic panels that add personality to your furniture
Italian furniture company Presotto Italia is getting quite innovative with their ModulArt series of furnishing systems. They are offering magnetic decorative panels that adhere to the doors of the furniture system which allows you to redecorate it in multiple ways to suite your tastes. If this video is anything to go by, it does look . . .
Karim Rashid Door Prints
A few weeks back, we gave you a tour of world renown flamboyant designer, Karim Rashid’s pad. Well this time we’re featuring a few of the funky door print designs he did for Sensunels. Going by the designs we would say he stayed true to his (multi)colors. They seem to make the most sense in . . .
Indoor Plants that Purify Air in Living Spaces
We thought this post would pertain to everyone since most of us live indoors and in major cities where the air quality outdoors has been shown to be cleaner than the air inside of our homes. With all the pollutants and gasses that rarely get to escape, our homes have become havens for walking allergens . . .
Hot New Ideas for Wall Sticker Art
Wall stickers are a nice modern alternative to mural paintings and with customizable options, they look great in practically any setting you can imagine. Wall-Print creates sophisticated and whimsicle drawings for easy application which can give a small nook or an entire wall a personalized effect. Cartoony, techy, retro, texty… the options for non-messy and . . .
Winners from Google’s Wall Art Contest
When Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior VP of Product Management at Google, walked the corridors of their London office, he was intrigued by a Google logo he saw on the wall. It was a beautiful 20 feet wide photo mosaic of UK which also included within it a giant representation of the company’s logo. (Click through the . . .
Stunning Artwork: Famous Personalities & Scenes Recreated from Tape & Paper
Do you ever wonder why artists use the strangest mediums to create their work? Apparently they have their reasons for carrying the intimate relationships they do with their objects of expression. And featured below using some non-traditional mediums is Iri5 who’s philosophy lies in using materials that express the many dimensions of creative life through . . .
Retro Modern Wallpaper Delight
Ahhhh, the joys of jacquard, floral and paisley patterns on the wall… Is this how good it felt when wallpaper was invented? Today we marvel over the trendy pops of color and bold whimsical patterns inspired by our contemporary lifestyle. What an investment to install wallpaper that makes you happy the day you put it . . .
An Interior Design Project for A Family Entertainment Center
Sometimes interior design concepts can be inspired by the most outlandish objects, images, smells and tastes. And every once in a blue, HD finds a professional in the industry who personifies this extraordinary creative process. Maria Yasko of Moscow, Russia took on an interior design project for a family entertainment Center that was motivated by . . .
Interior Decoration with Markers (?)
Commercial spaces are becoming more creative and flamboyant in making impressive statements with interior decor. Providing a totally unique and memorable experience for customers should definitely inspire return visitors. While the gift shop below is full of ornate and colorful products, the cleverest thing the design folks did was keep the color on the shelves . . .
What insanely creative people do with waste newspapers
Do you ever try to brainstorm creative ways to recycle the junk you accumulate at home? Well this New Yorker put his mind to work and came up with a very dynamic solution for his recyclables. Queens-based artist Nick Georgiou makes three dimensional sculptures out of newspaper! The representation of color, line and texture in . . .
Awesome Pixel Art Decor Pieces
In an age where technology has somewhat blurred our perception of reality, Shawn Smith works his magic within a box to help us see outside the box. This paradoxically materialistic sculptor has won acclaim by building a series of intricate 3D art sculptures that represent 2D Pixel images of different objects in nature. He mostly . . .
Idea Paint: Turn Your Whole Home Into a Big White Board!
Need more creative space? Need space for messages, or the kids to color? Maybe you have an office where no one ever seems to find a white board convenient? Or maybe you’re worried about chalk dust ending up in kids’ lungs rather than on the chalkboard. Check out IdeaPaint which turns anything you paint it . . .
Soccer Decor: Ultimate Inspiration For The Football/Soccer Fan
The quadrennial event that decides the best football (or soccer depending on which part of the world you are from) team on the planet is set to kick off soon. The buzz about the world cup on the web is definitely stronger than it was 4 years ago. The blogosphere is crawling with posts about . . .
Geeky Wall Decals
Blik, brings a new collection of geeky wall decals inspired by video games. Pictures below are taken from the online t-shirt company Threadless’, where in each year people vote to select the t-shirt designs they would like to see on wall decals. One amongst the chosen one is ‘the great animal hunt’, which is a . . .
Beautiful Color Paper Sculptures
Carlon Meira is an artist whose soft sculpting skills have been appreciated the world over. Paper sculpting is a fragile art that exhibits joys and splendor of festivities of Brazil. His designs are inspired by Brazilian soccer players and carnival festivals. The sculptures are so rich in volume and flawless that at first glimpse they . . .