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If you have ever moved into a home with an alcove in the living room, you will be all too aware of how tricky they are to work with for your interior décor. It is like a having a hole in the wall that you can’t figure what would look good in there. You could take the easy route and install drywall to seal it off or you could take advantage of that extra space with a little creative ingenuity.

3 Display Ideas to Make the Most of Tricky-Sized (and Shaped) Alcoves

Fancy taking on a family project? One where the children, parents, and any family members can join in the fun, chip in with creative ideas, and quite possibly bring some extra creative flair to the project?

Photos and some scrapbooking materials are all you are going to need to get going. They are cheap and easy to get either sourced locally or from an online craft store.

The materials needed for a DIY photobook

Updating a wall display can be done at any time of the year, and for far less cost than renewing your picture frames to keep all your photos displayed in a uniform way.

No matter how much work you put into creating a stunning feature wall, after seeing it every day, possibly for years, it can eventually feel like it is blended into the background, therefore, no longer has that same wow effect it had in the months following it being created.

It’s that time of year to transition from Winter to Spring and then comes the super fun Summer season when we get to crack the windows open and let the fresh scents of garden florals fill our rooms. Providing you have a garden that is, but even if you don’t, there are design tricks that can give you the look and feel of Spring and Summer without worrying about wilting plants or pesky insects.

3 Neat Ways to Brighten Up Your Interiors

Photographs from yesteryear don’t always have the print quality that you would like to see in a framed photograph. The quality of a photo doesn’t need to be the deciding factor on whether it stays in the family photo album, only shared on occasion, or if it’s framed and displayed proudly and permanently to enjoy every day by all.

Whether you are selling your art online or want to create a quality backup of an original print, a photograph isn’t the way to go. A quality digital scan may be enough, but even better is taking good quality scans and then making image adjustments to create a digital asset that can be reused multiple times, for as long as you have the file on your device or backed up to the cloud.

Every pet is unique, be it a cat, budgie, dog, cat, rabbit or parrot. They have their own unique personality and are usually full of surprises, giving their owners plenty of shots to fill up the memory on their phones. Chances are, if you have a pet, you will have a digital photo album filled with snaps.

UV rays from the sun can damage works of art. Not all materials are equally affected though as some mediums are more sensitive to light than others. Take, for example, textiles. Those are the most sensitive to direct sunlight and not even UV protective glazing can protect them for colour fading.

No home is complete without wall decor. For renters, that’s a problem because not many landlords like having holes drilled in their fresh plaster. The problem is heightened if you are renting and like to move things around. Save yourself the trouble and get creative with leaning art displays.

What is Leaning Art?

The bedroom shouldn’t just be where you go to lay your head to rest, get to sleep and wake up just as exhausted less than eight hours later. Your bedroom can be a haven. A room where you can turn a dim light on instead of the entire room to create a soft ambience that highlights a focal point inviting you to snuggle up in bed. To relax, unwind, get tucked in and ready for a full night of comfort. Overly wild walls with bright reds, warm oranges and luminous pinks might be great to wake up to, but winding down requires a little subtlety.