| Home Decorating and even holiday decorating are | | | | other place. We build our homes with the utmost care |
| more a testament to our continuing affluence than | | | | and sincerity. After all, it is a place where we spend |
| anything. Back inyears gone by, our homes were | | | | most of our lives. Home decorating means a lot to the |
| considered places to stay and live, not as an extension | | | | owner. It also demands hard work and devotion, as it is |
| of our own personalities. Backthen, homes were also | | | | not an easy task. Decorating includes both the interior |
| built all as custom homes, that is, the age of the tract | | | | as well as exterior aspects. |
| housing boom had not yet taken root. Therefore, even | | | | Initially, home decorating started off simply as changing |
| if the older homes were not as lavishly decorated, | | | | the paint or wallpaper but has led to a boom in |
| they still maintained a level of distinction due to the | | | | furnishings, artwork, collectibles and even flooring |
| custom building of that era. | | | | materials. Just the range of available flooring options is |
| Moving into the late 20th century, WW-2 had just | | | | incredible. You can choose from marble, granite tiles, |
| ended and dropped a lot of young men and women | | | | bricks, slates, concrete, or steel. To add more color, |
| back into the country with new found abilities to afford | | | | suitable carpets can be spread. Rugs can be used to |
| their own homes via the GI bill. This huge demand | | | | complement them. So before, basic flooring was |
| caused the housing booms that resulted all cross the | | | | acceptable, in our quest for making our home truly |
| country. The good thing was that these homes were | | | | ours, we have needed to remodel, rebuild, rework and |
| inexpensive but the negative was that the tract home | | | | otherwise redesign almost everything in our homes. |
| was born. thousands of cookie cutter sameness soon | | | | Walls, pillars, and other standouts can be decorated |
| dotted the land almost everywhere people were | | | | using artifacts, paintings or wall hangings. Modern art is |
| interested in living. This in turn drove the need for some | | | | becoming a common choice. And it's not just the living |
| type of distinction to make the new homes somehow | | | | room, but every part of the home now gets the star |
| different and a statement of their new owners. The | | | | treatment. This includes, new rooms for babies, teens, |
| age of home decorating had finally come to the | | | | young adults, toddlers and children. |
| working class. | | | | In the end, what we really want is to open the door |
| A home is cozier and more comfortable than any | | | | after a hard days work and say....Home at Last! |