Beautiful Balloon Decorating Ideas

Decorating with balloons allows you to create spectacular displays for very little money. You don't have to be an expert nor do you have to spend hours and hours to make some of these neat creations.

Start with the theme for your party, whether it be wedding, baby shower or birthday party. Choose the colors you want to use. Decide on some shapes like columns, hearts, flowers, and arches. Map out your plan so you know how many of each decoration you want to make and then calculate the number of balloons you'll need.

You can buy large bags of balloons in a multitude of desired colors for a few bucks and make a huge impact. Check out some of the following ideas.

Useful Techniques to Create a Beautiful Home and Garden

The home and garden TV shows and online articles are all about techniques and suggestions on how to create attractive homes and gardens. Most homemakers watch these programs avidly to gather tips that help decorate their homes.

Many online writers also give you organized instructions and clear guidelines on money-saving ideas for better home and gardens. Investing in a designer is pricey and if you have a good eye and flair for design, go ahead and take up the challenge.

Imagine what it will look like when the trees, shrubs and plants that you have planted reach their vital size. When you change the position of doors and windows, make sure the view that meets your eye is pleasant to observe. When converting a bedroom to a bathroom, accurately align windows and doors and counter check if the flooring and walls can withstand upheaval and plumbing. Convert an idle porch or study to a solarium. This job requires professional proficiency and help. Whatever project you undertake, make sure you afford for all seasons.

Rake off that snow form from your lawns and start getting ready to let your garden grow. Remove all old twigs, branches and lawn waste and check if the soil is dry and flaky. If it is sopping, one has to wait awhile. Consider a garden grille this spring as a useful home and garden decoration.

Use eye-catching climbers to intertwine the trellis and give character to your garden. It is time to draw out the garden furniture and give it a fresh coat of paint or polish. Bird-bath need to be cleaned and fresh water used. Bring out those Water fountains and statues kept in cold storage out for aeration. Clean out Window boxes and lynching baskets and pack them with soil and mulch in readiness for planting.

Chic Home Lighting Ideas

Unexpected Places


Take a room from so-so to stunning with dramatic lighting. Designer Tracy Morris adds an extra touch of luxury to an elaborate bathroom with a double chandelier.

Repeat Design


Repetition is often used to create a unified space. A spiral chandelier echoes the round table in this dining room designed by Lori Dennis.

Classic Meets Contemporary


Mix old with new. Designer Randy Weinstein adds a vintage touch with industrial hanging lights, but keeps the kitchen updated with custom wood cabinetry and white subway tiles.

Brilliant Shades


Have fun with the lampshade. They're easier to switch out than an entire light, making the fixture more adaptable to your space. Designer Christopher Grubb chose a playful silk shade to add a punch of color to this dining area.

Living Room Color Palettes

Breezy Contemporary



Cool blue draperies and cream walls contrast well with the dark brown floors to create a relaxing, contemporary living area. RMSer mdcandela adds interest to the subtle color palette by choosing fabrics like the brown zebra print and adding a soft cream area rug.

Brightly Colored


This uplifting palette uses fuchsia to add a little passion, while the bright green creates an organic richness to the space. Designer Shelly Riehl David updates the classic color palette of pink and green by using shades of lime and fuchsia.

Traditional Neutrals


Neutral colors are the perfect background for a living room. Add accessories in muted shades or bright hues to achieve different looks. Designer Kenneth Brown pairs several shades of brown and tan with muted shades of red and green to create a calming but interesting atmosphere.

Lounge-Worthy Poolside Patios

Water Park at Home


This elaborate pool setup looks like a water park, but it is actually a backyard. The 45-foot pool slide adds a fun element to the yard for both kids and adults. The archways and stone and stucco elements bring visual appeal, while a fire pit and an outdoor kitchen make the space great for entertaining guests.

Outdoor Living Area


Incorporate an outdoor living room into your yard for a relaxing place to unwind. The dark wood pergola complements the light wood outdoor furniture, while the splash of cobalt blue from the dining table brings life to the space.

Geometric Pool


The geometric-shaped pool brings an artistic look to this quaint backyard. The fire bowls next to the pool are filled with black glass and mirror pieces that reflect the glow from the fire, while water pours down into the pool. Oversized concrete pavers create a pathway from the pool to the house.

Mixing Fire and Water


The green stucco wall covered with bamboo gives a spa-like feel to this chic outdoor pool area. Up lighting, coupled with the stucco fireplace, makes the space perfect for an outdoor soiree.

Serene Eating Area


Lush plants create a natural privacy wall in this backyard. Concrete pavers lead from the wooden patio area to the other side of the pool, and a large fire pit and up lighting create a serene ambiance.

Kids Rocket And Space Decoration

Outer Space Room Make Over Kit:

If you are looking to decorate and transform your kids bedroom, playroom or baby nursery then here is the answer. Create a fun and colorful themed room in minutes with a room make-over kit. Each kit contains enough giant stickers to fill a whole room.

Space Station 16" Wide Ceiling Light Fixture:


Why settle for an ordinary ceiling light for your child's room when you can give them a little bit of the stars? This design features a space station center light, complete with two astronauts and energy panels. Candelabra bulbs double as rocket blasts. Chrome finish. Painted ceiling mount. Takes two 60 watt candelabra bulbs and one 60 watt bulb (bulbs not included). 16" in diameter. 10" high.

KIDS Outer Space Satellites Blue Bed in a Bag:


Exploration never looked better than with this fun and graphic Outer Space complete bedroom ensemble! The comforter face features an allover design of photorealistic planets and space probes on a star-strewn midnight blue ground, accented by a wide decorative band featuring planets, satellites and the space shuttle; the comforter reverse, flanged pillow sham and bed skirt all feature the allover star design. The 180-thread-count percale sheets and pillowcase feature smaller-scale images of planets and space probes on a crisp white ground, accented with a narrow band of the star design. All components are constructed of a cotton-rich blend of 60% cotton and 40% polyester, and are machine washable.

Moon In My Room:

Turn your room into an authentically detailed 3-D lunar landscape. After your child is all tucked in for the night, Moon in My Room creates a peaceful, glowing effect for a night full of sweet dreams. Its whimsical effect is fun for adults, too. It features Automatic or annual function shows 12 main phases of the moon and the 15-minute audio CD provides a guided tour to the moon. It can by hanged on wall and it requires 2 "AAA" and 4 "AA" batteries, which are not included.

Out of World Olive Kids Space Ship Big Mural by Wallies:


Transform your child's bedroom, playroom, etc. into a magical space odyssey with this amazing Olive Kids Out of this World Wallies Big Mural set. With a rocket piece over 4 feet tall, this set also features a spaceship, planets, moons, and many other coordinating pieces. These adorable children's bedroom decorations take the tedium out of achieving the look of stenciling. Why spend hours when you can create beauty in just minutes? Simply wet the pre-pasted side and stick them onto your wall or other surface. It just doesn't get much easier than that!

Really Regal Interiors Design

Interiors Design
This royal flush of regal interior visualizations, designed by Uglyanitsa Alexander, knocked us off our seats with the all-encompassing richness of fabrics and classically designed furniture pieces that look as though they have escaped from a sprawling stately home in the country.



The frilliness of this style will not be for everyone, a minimalist would be ripping down those curtain swags and boxing in the padded pillars before they’d even put the kettle on, but those who appreciate the finer, fancier things in life will go all giddy for this unabashed show of wealth.

Highly reflective floor tiles bounce light around the high styled, high class home, trimmed by deeply decorative coving and a central ceiling rose. Silver quilted pillars continue the shiny show, adding even more opulence to a luxurious lounge that comes complete with a detailed cathedral sized religious mural, sandwiched between a bronze wall and gold ceiling treatment.

Outdoor Rooms We Love From Rate My Space

Colorful Patio


A former driveway, made obsolete by an addition to the home, serves as the floor for this beautiful outdoor living space. Posted by RMSer wubber_ducky.

Relaxing Outdoor Space


RMSer Becauseisaidso's husband built this pergola from plans designed by her late father, an architect. A Chinese garden gate from Beijing creates the far wall.
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Red, White and Blue


The blue and white floor is a perfect finishing touch for this inviting deck. Posted by sirbillmo.
Bathed in Green


We can imagine whiling away sweet summer afternoons in this rustic arbor, made especially cozy with a topping of wisteria and Carolina jessamine and lush plantings in front.
Pretty in Pink


Colorful cushions add life to this festive area that seems perfect for relaxing with friends and family.

Outside for the Evening


The homeowners have created an ultra-livable room in their small backyard with this outdoor kitchen.
Sweet Spot


With astilbe, ferns and heuchera in front, and woods as a soothing surround, who wouldn't want to venture up this flagstone path to a comfortable swing? Posted by Mariavb.

Enchanted Garden


Not exactly an outdoor room, but this "Narragansett shed garden" is clearly where the homeowner spends most of her time. "The girls next door refer to it as the 'Enchanted Magic Garden,'" says Loreleilu.
Cozy Retreat

Building a retaining wall to level out the yard enabled the creation of this cozy spot. Teknobear reported that the do-it-yourself project was completed in four weekends.

Party Patio


Making an outdoor space your own is what fun design is all about, and clearly this party patio has the designer's stamp. Posted by bunsoboy.

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Living Room Designs: Friendly Additions

A peacock feather-patterned rug and brightly designed colored pillows lend a playful feel to this modern space

Indoor Flowering Plants with Low Sun Light

Cute Indoor Bonsai orange tree

The bonsai orange tree is very impressive by the fact of this tree considering how well it is doing indoors. However, the best part of this tree is that it is self-pollinating so there is no need for birds bees to spread pollen.

            

Spring Time with Tulips

Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the conversion time between winter and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth. 

The specific definition of the exact timing of "spring" varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. Spring is here. 

Europe celebrates springtime with tulips. The world says it with flowers but Europe says it with carpets of tulip. 

Lovely Garden with White and Pink Ladies

Conversation Piece Azalea is a rebloomer with large, wavy single flowers that can be solid deep pink or white with deep pink splotches.

• Scientific Name: Rhododendron 'Conversation Piece' 
•   Common Name: Conversation Piece Azalea 
• Plant Type: Evergreen 
• Leaf Type: Broadleaf
•  Height: 2- 5 feet 
• pread: 3 -5 feet 
• Bloom time: Spring 
•  Flower color: White, Pink 
• Light Exposure: Part Sun, Filtered Shade, Morning sun 
• Drainage: Well drained 
• Rate of Growth: Moderate 
• Water Requirement: Medium Maintenance Level: Low

Flowering Plant Revived After 30,000 Years in Russian

The plant in this picture dates from the Pleistocene Age, 30,000 years ago, before agriculture, before writing, before the end of the last Ice Age. And while it’s not accurate to say the plant itself is that old, scientists in Russia say they regenerated it from frozen cells they found beneath 125 feet of permafrost in what is now northeastern Siberia. 

 It was cultivated in the lab, with help from some “clonal micropropagation,” say the scientists, from seeds and leaves probably collected by some long-ago species of squirrel. The researchers, publishing their find today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, say the squirrel’s burrow was probably frozen over quickly, and stayed that way until they discovered it.

“The squirrels dug the frozen ground to build their burrows, which are about the size of a soccer ball, putting in hay first and then animal fur for a perfect storage chamber,” said Stanislav Gubin, one of the authors of the study, who spent years rummaging through the area for squirrel burrows. “It’s a natural cryobank.”

The plant is of the species Silene stenophylla, and radiocarbon dating says it is 31,800 years old, plus or minus 300 years. The Russian scientists report they were able to grow 36 plants in the lab, and after a year of tender loving care, they say the plants blossomed, bore fruit, and dropped seeds. They lived, in other words, as if there had never been a 30,000-year interruption.

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Spring Flowering Plants - Helianthus maximilliani

Strong, 4-7' tall stems are covered with 2-3" yellow blooms from midsummer to frost. A favorite of birds and butterflies! Long-lived plants thrive in heat, drought and even poor soil. Prefers full sun. #1 field-grown plants. Helianthus maximilliani.

Zones: 3-9
 Light: Full Sun
 Height: 4-7’
dth: 3-4’ Bloom
Time: Midsummer to Frost Deer tend to avoid.
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Spring Flowering Plants for your Garden

Spring, the very word invokes the thought of rebirth, rapidly lengthening days, emerging blossoms and greenery, and the smell of freshness. In the spring season of the human life cycle, we undertake new beginnings.

We may begin a new job, career, pastime, or relationship. We may start a new lifestyle or alter the old one. Spring is a time for overcoming the inertia of winter rest and springing into action, to sow the seeds of our winter planning which, with careful husbandry, will provide a rewarding harvest come autumn.

Choose plants that flower at different times of the year, rather than all of them flowering at once. Below is a list of popular spring flowering plants.

Plants that flower in the spring...
Allium
Aquilegia
Camellia
Cercidiphyllum
Chionodoxa
Corydalis
Daphne
Erythronium
Euphorbia
Fritillaria
Helleborus
Hepatica
Magnolia
Muscari
Narcissus
Primula
Pulmonaria
Pulsatill
Rhododendron
Trillium
Tulipa
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Spring Gardening with Vegetable Plants

In early spring, nearly two weeks prior to the last average frost date in your area, it’s safe to plant lettuce, beets, carrots, radishes, dill, cilantro, cabbage, broccoli, celery, kale and potatoes outdoors. Both lettuce and celery seeds need light to germinate. Be careful to only cover these varieties of seeds lightly with soil during the planting process. Directly sow carrot, radish, dill and cilantro seeds. Transplanting is not recommended for these types of vegetables and herbs. Vegetable plants for spring gardening at home.

• Arugula
• Beets
• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Collards
• English Peas
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Lettuce
• Onions
• Potatoes
• Radish
• Spinach
• Swiss Chard
• Turnip

Best Flowering Plant for your Garden - Osteospermums

Osteospermum is a kind belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Osteospermums gives a rich look for your outdoor garden. You can also have them indoor.

Osteospermums, also known as the African daisy, are enjoying a sunny position in a well drained plant border on the top of a wall. They associate well with other gray leaved plants which prefer a drier location such as Lavander, garden pinks and Senecio. All of these garden plants enjoy the favourable Dundee weather. The purple flowers last all summer on these perennial plants.

Bonsai Trees for your Garden

Bonsai is a Japanese art growing small trees in containers. Bonsai is not grown for production of food, for medicine, or for creating yard-size or park-size gardens or landscapes. Instead, bonsai practice focuses on long-term cultivation and shaping of one or more small trees growing in a container.

From ficus bonsai trees to Flowering Chinese Serissas, bonsai trees to grow indoors are among the most popular and consist of some the easiest to care for plants. Great for houses, apartments, condos and even offices and dorms, indoor bonsais make terrific gifts.

Outdoor Bonsai Trees often called Japanese bonsai need a winter rest. This set includes beautiful maples, Japanese maples, pines, junipers, cedars and flowering bonsai -crabapples and Cherry Bonsai trees. Outdoor bonsai trees make amazing gifts for the outdoor gardener in your life.

Most Beauitful Gardens in the World - Reality of Nature

A garden is an intended space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.

The garden can fit in both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has traditionally been a more general one.Thier are the Most Beautiful and Famous Gardens in the World.