5 Secrets to a Cozy Home This Winter

5 Secrets to a Cozy Home This Winter

You’ll Never Guess Where We’re Putting Our Knits

You’ll Never Guess Where We’re Putting Our Knits

5 Easy Tips for Capturing Colorado’s Trending Design Style

5 Easy Tips for Capturing Colorado’s Trending Design Style

Room Of The Day from Houzz.com

Room of the Day: A ‘Birdhouse’ Retreat for Relaxing

Black Bathrooms To Die For!

11 Smashing Black Bathrooms

New Items in My Etsy Shop

I added two new items to my Etsy Shop today. One is a set of four Emerald Green Placemats. They are washable and available for order in other colors.

The second is another iPad Mini case. This one is in a yarn called Zebra, a mix of black and white dyed yarn. This like many of the items in my shop is available for custom order!

How to Pull off an Eclectic Design

There are so many different types of motif's in this one design but yet they are all pulled together. How is that accomplished? The repetition of one individual aspect or motif. Gold. 

The gold splashed around the room is the uniting factor in the design. Walk your eyes from left to right.  Gold turn arm lamp with a trifold leg. Gold frame with a gold lamp for illumination of the artwork. Gold candelabra style urns on the metallic walls as accents. The gold trim around the fireplace opening. Golden legs on the coffee table. And sprinkled throughout are a few accessories in gold. Finally a golden hued piece of art that is dramatically different from the piece on the opposite wall. 

Having the gold follow through in this way allows the eye to find a sense of peace in the chaos of the design mess thus making the visual mess tidy and with purpose. It creates a calming affect to have things or ideas that are familiar in value evenly distributed amongst the non-familiar.

Adding a Little Wine to Your Decor

With so many wine lovers out there, present company included, I wanted to share some great wine decor items I recently came across on Etsy.

Family Heritage Wine Bottle Light

 Vintage Wine Label Coasters

Wine Cork Sculpture        

 Wine Tasting Daily Sign

Wine Label Switch Plate

I Have Pantry Envy

My house is not big enough to have a pantry like this, although I keep scheming on how to re-finagle the kitchen to ad one in. I have a feeling I will be dreaming for a while!

Source: honeyandfitz.blogspot.com.au via A. Nieman Design on Pinterest

Thank You, Suggestion and Added Advertisements

First of all I want to thank all my new followers. Over the past couple days my followers on both my Facebook Page and my Pinterest Boards have grown substantially. If you havent ventured over to either I invite you to!

If you are a regular reader of my blog you will notice some subtle changes to my page but some big ones in the future of this blog. In order to keep my daily blog going I have added some advertisements in additions to the Project Wonderful ones I have already. Although they have helped they cannot fully pay for the operating cost of this blog.

At the bottom of my blog you will notice some added links and ad boxes. All the added ads are from places that I endorse and will never be anything that I would not myself, or have not participated in or purchased. All ads are somehow related to what I have and will talk about in this blog.

I also want to take this post to ask you if you have any suggestions for A. Nieman Design going forward. Please feel free to contact me via facebook or email. All questions, comments and suggestions are appreciated!

Have a wonderful Day!
-Alison

Designing With Leaves

Fabric Flowers and Leaves

Felt Leaves Tissue Box Cover

 Teal Blue and Lime Green Pillows

Leaf Design Paper Lamp

New Year means a New Calendar

Every year we go out and purchase a new calendar fr our fridge or our desk or office space. Why not use your calendar as a piece of art! Check out some great artistic calendars I found on Etsy!

 2013 Desk Calendar

 2013 Card Calendar

 Kitchen Calendar

Design Trend: Brass

A great design trend that is popping up everywhere is Brass. Brass can be a great accent and it doesn't have to be dated either. When some people think about brass they picture the old door knobs that are a glossy right brass and are not that attractive, and I will  be the first one to admit I'm one of them. So how do you make brass less unattractive? 

Brass that is shinny can be a little harsh, and I believe thats why some people think of it as unattractive. To remedy this try to find an antiqued brass or vintage brass. The difference between bright and brassy and aged and brassy are huge when adding a great deal of it to your room. And lets face it, when it comes to metals they tend to be a large part of a room's appearance. They are on your door knobs, your light fixtures, your drawer pulls, so a less abrasive metal is not only more appealing but more relaxing. 

Here are some different ways to use the Brass design trend in your home with Etsy!

Vintage Swan Brass Figure

 Vintage Brass 4 Piece Utensil Set

 Heavy Vintage Brass Vases

 Vintage Brass Enamel Urn/Vase

 Ornate Brass Vintage Picture Frame

Emerald - the Color of the Year - How to use Etsy to create an Emerald room

Pantone comes out with their colors of the new year each year. For 2013 the color of the year is Emerald. Along with Emerald other colors that are going to be popular in both home and fashion are Jade, Dusk Blue, Lemon Zest and Nectarine to name a few. For the full list visit Pantone's website.

Today I wanted to put together some home accents found on Etsy to help you put together an Emerald room. Changing just your accents and accessories can make a world of change in your home.

A piece of art:

Token of Affection - 11x14 in. Romantic print

A handmade pillow:

Hand Knit Medium Pillow in Grass Green

Some green vintage books:

Vintage Book Collection 7 Shades of Green Home Decor

Etsy Item of the Day 1.7.13

I really want this chair! I may need to make room some where in my house. Adding a chair with pattern and color is a great way to ad just a sprinkle of fun without going bold on your main pieces like your sofa and/or love seat.

Mid Century Modern Club Chair

Try adding some pattern with an accent chair! This chair would look great with a white sofa or for the more practical (ie people with children) try it with a chocolate brown or dark grey/black sofa. This chair has lots of fun color to pull from for pillows, accent walls, or accessories.