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New Trends in Decorating This Spring -- Spring is about to arrive, finally, and with it comes a sense of hope and joy and the promise of renewed life as seen in the first new buds on shrubs and trees, and the first upward thrust of crocus, hyacinth and daffodil greenery through the no longer frozen, dark soil. Birds are returning and how great to hear their early morning chirps as they look for places to call their own and raise their young.

Feng Shui: Create A Retreat - A Place to Nurture Your Spirit --  Create a room or nook where you can reflect, be quiet, go inside and get centered.

It’s Tiki Time! Polynesian Pop is Cool Again -- (ARA) - Though it has been decades since Bing Crosby sipped mai-tai’s poolside at Trader Vic’s, the South Pacific has found its way back into the American landscape -- this time in a fun-loving, island-style motif found in homes and gardens from Malibu to Minneapolis.

Welcome to the New Old World -- (ARA) - Despite the deluge of minimalist magazine images as slick as a well-licked plate, there are countless reasons to remain drawn to traditional décor: Perhaps you grew up surrounded by antiques or antique reproductions; you marvel at the craftsmanship and delicious lines of an inherited desk (lamenting that it seems lost amidst a hodge podge of competing elements); you’re comforted by the style’s staying power and the feeling it creates of living well. Or perhaps you’re just puzzling over how to fit your traditional furnishings into a new, larger, or more open home.

Pattern Returns, Bringing Joy and Well-Being -- (ARA) - After years of subdued dressing for success and bland, monochromatic interior design, fashion runways and the walls of designer showhouses are bursting forth with sophisticated patterns and brighter, bolder colors.

East Meets West to Bring Harmony Home -- (ARA) - The Eastern influence in home decorating is making a strong comeback. Some reasons for its current importance are steeped in ancient philosophy and cultural practices; others have to do with the characteristics and enduring versatility of Asian design.

Turn Your Home into a Vacation Retreat -- (ARA) -  Who doesn’t yearn for that relaxed feeling that comes with the warmer climate, the casual lifestyles and the bright, open interiors of the islands? A growing trend in home design, from Maine to Michigan, is rooms inspired by these sunny spots in the hopes that it will make our homes breezy, colorful and restful and more vacation-like.

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