Archive for July 2011

Earth- and Budget-Friendly Decorating

Perhaps the biggest advantage of decorating with solar-powered lights is the reduced impact on your wallet. While powering traditional Christmas lights can cost anywhere from a few dollars per month to hundreds, depending on the size of your display, solar lights rely only on the energy of the sun to make your yard glow. Plus, you get all of the glitz and glamour of standard lights without concern over the use of fossil fuels. With lower operation and environmental costs, it’s easy to see why solar Christmas lights are fast becoming the preferred option for outdoor decorating.

So who’s buying into this interior design revolution? Traditionally, wall stickers have been most popular in nurseries and children’s bedrooms and the large choice of simple, colourful, and above all fun designs available for such environments will testify to this. Living spaces, kitchens, bathrooms and offices are also finding a home to a range of sticker designs.

Perhaps most innovatively, the decals are being used to impactful use in creative spaces, where free thinking is a part of the job description – just look at the walls of the Twitter offices to get a sense that wall stickers can enhance an environment that’s already at the cutting edge of design.