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Decorative Pillows Brought To You By Design Legacy

December 24th, 2009 No comments

A team of artists, designers and craftsmen are represented by Kelly O’Neal and Design Legacy featuring designs by the designer, Kelly O’Neal. Some of the items from his wholesale line, Design Legacy by Kelly O’Neal are made to order, many are stocked in Dallas, Texas USA.

The decorative pillows with verbal designs, quotes, mottoes, saying and just plain smart mouth comebacks and one liners are designs of the Dallas based Design Legacy. The designer, Kelly O’Neal has had his design projects nationally recognized and published.

These pillows are like a blown up greeting card. You have to be mindful of what is going on in the world and constantly aware of what people are saying.

There are pillows about mothers, best friends, love and loss and stirring quotes from Thomas Jefferson and Oprah Winfrey.

The line has about 200 pillows but only 20 or so saying are carried over from one season to the next. The designers focus on staying ahead of the pack.

The decorative pillows are sold in stores across the country and used as decorative accessories. Annually, this company sells $2 million worth of pillows.

If you want to change your dcor without completely redecorating or without spending a lot of money you could use these decorative pillows. They have pillows for every room in the house including the kitchen.

Whether it be the type style, fabric color or hand worked decorative embellishments, vintage buttons, rosettes and tassels might be changed, even though, the quote is carried over. Design Legacy uses a large force of the industry of seamstresses to produce the hand work. Kelly works on his projects for the worldwide in his design studio.

With the huge focus on pillows people buy $400- $500 worth of pillows at one time. This is a form of expression. Design Legacy’s work has been featured in national magazines such as Country Living, Garden and Gun and Elle Dcor.

For extra information or questions in regards to Decorative Pillows please see us at www.designlegacy.com

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Window Valances to Enhance Your Living Room

December 20th, 2009 No comments

There is generally a lot to think about in a living room : the flooring, the furniture, the walls, the curtains, the accessories and where on earth to put the TV so that it does not become the focal point of the room. Decisions about window valances can feel like one decision too many when you are updating your room however you really ought to consider them. They add a wonderful framework to your windows which curtains alone can not provide and they hide a less than perfect curtain rod in many cases too. And, of course, they add a touch of luxury that only something purely decorative rather than functional can offer.

In a formal living room valances can provide another formal feature to cement the character of the room. And in a less formal one they can add to the softness and informality by hiding the hard edge at the top of the windows.

In pictures of drawing rooms from days gone by you will find many examples of window valances. They were generally very grand and with neatly arranged swags and tails in opulent fabric over stunning curtains and very tall windows.

Of course, your windows might not live up to the grandeur of those dimensions so you do have to make sure that your valances are not too large and complicated for your windows and style of home, but simple swags and tails in proportion to the size and shape of your windows can look good on any window in a formal room.

If your style is definitely not formal, you can use a scarf type valance draped over a pretty drapery rod to accent your windows. These are less expensive to create as you just need a long thin piece of fabric which drapes well and a bit of patience to get the shape right. (Once you have it, pin your window valance in position or you will be mad when it slips off the rod).