| Home Decorating and even holiday decorating | | | | place where we spend most of our lives. Home |
| are more a testament to our continuing | | | | decorating means a lot to the owner. It also |
| affluence than anything. Back inyears gone | | | | demands hard work and devotion, as it is not |
| by, our homes were considered places to stay | | | | an easy task. Decorating includes both the |
| and live, not as an extension of our own | | | | interior as well as exterior aspects. |
| personalities. Backthen, homes were also | | | | |
| built all as custom homes, that is, the age | | | | Initially, home decorating started off simply |
| of the tract housing boom had not yet taken | | | | as changing the paint or wallpaper but has |
| root. Therefore, even if the older homes | | | | led to a boom in furnishings, artwork, |
| were not as lavishly decorated, they still | | | | collectibles and even flooring materials. |
| maintained a level of distinction due to the | | | | Just the range of available flooring options |
| custom building of that era. | | | | is incredible. You can choose from marble, |
| | | | granite tiles, bricks, slates, concrete, or |
| Moving into the late 20th century, WW-2 had | | | | steel. To add more color, suitable carpets |
| just ended and dropped a lot of young men and | | | | can be spread. Rugs can be used to complement |
| women back into the country with new found | | | | them. So before, basic flooring was |
| abilities to afford their own homes via the | | | | acceptable, in our quest for making our home |
| GI bill. This huge demand caused the housing | | | | truly ours, we have needed to remodel, |
| booms that resulted all cross the country. | | | | rebuild, rework and otherwise redesign almost |
| The good thing was that these homes were | | | | everything in our homes. |
| inexpensive but the negative was that the | | | | |
| tract home was born. thousands of cookie | | | | Walls, pillars, and other standouts can be |
| cutter sameness soon dotted the land almost | | | | decorated using artifacts, paintings or wall |
| everywhere people were interested in living. | | | | hangings. Modern art is becoming a common |
| This in turn drove the need for some type of | | | | choice. And it's not just the living room, |
| distinction to make the new homes somehow | | | | but every part of the home now gets the star |
| different and a statement of their new | | | | treatment. This includes, new rooms for |
| owners. The age of home decorating had | | | | babies, teens, young adults, toddlers and |
| finally come to the working class. | | | | children. |
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| A home is cozier and more comfortable than | | | | In the end, what we really want is to open |
| any other place. We build our homes with the | | | | the door after a hard days work and |
| utmost care and sincerity. After all, it is a | | | | say....Home at Last! |