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