Easter Centerpieces: DIY

By Forschler's Home Center

Hop your way into Easter with this simple & charming floral arrangement. The beautiful pastel colors will give your table setting the fresh look it needs this spring. Then, with the same eggs, you can make another thrifty craft that will look just as dainty. Follow these easy steps & you’ll have them done in no time!

Easter Floral Arrangement

What you need:

·         A wire basket

·         Speckled Easter eggs

·         Baby’s breath

·         Vase

1)      Use some speckled Easter eggs, preferably in muted colors. If you do not manage to find any that are already prefabricated, purchase some wooden or foam eggs. Then paint them in muted colors of your choice. As a final touch, use a toothbrush to speckle brown spots.  Make sure to make extra eggs for the following craft!

2)      Start by adding a few eggs in the wire basket. Don’t be afraid to mix the colors for best results! Also, include yellow, as you cannot have a happy event without the color that best represents the emotion! Next, add a glass vase in the center of the wire basket. Then arrange the eggs around the vase according to your liking. Once the wire basket is filled and the vase is surrounded, add water to the vase.

3)      Finally, add some flowers to your arrangement. Most people would consider baby’s breath a “filler” for floral arrangements, however its simplicity will not take away from the beauty of the colorful eggs in the basket. On the plus side, they are also extremely inexpensive, so your arrangement will turn out to be a bargain!

This arrangement has a rustic feel to it and would be showcased beautifully on a rustic dining table. It’s simple yet charming look will complement the natural and organic elements of the wood.

Nestled Easter Eggs

What you need:

·         A cake pedestal

·         Straw

·         Speckled Easter eggs in muted colors

1)      Begin by taking some straw and shaping into a circle. If the straw is being fussy, try to wet it a little to help shape it and stick it together. If it still does not stick together at the ends, a little dab of glue from a glue gun will do just fine.

2)      Place the straw that is now shaped into a nest onto the cake pedestal. Then, take some of the leftover eggs from the previous craft and nestle them into their cozy little nest. This centerpiece would look lovely with a Shabby Chic or Vintage Casual style, as it screams effortless elegance.

There you have it! A table with dainty and egg-citing décor. It’s quite egg-traordinary! 

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VINTAGE COUNTRY DINING ROOM STYLE

by Forschler's Home Center

There is nothing as homey as the look of a tablecloth on the table and the smell of something coming out of the oven. You can create that warm sense of nostalgia by introducing a few well-placed items around your home. And with a little help, that happy sunshiny feeling will greet you every time you walk in the door. 

Here's what to use so you can dine in vintage country style:

• Whitewashed or distressed furniture

• Vintage items with a new found purpose

• Old-fashioned doors; reused or reinvented as wall art, tabletops or room dividers

• Bushel baskets (or wire baskets) filled with magazines, mittens, mail or anything that needs a home

• Mason jars as glassware, silverware holders or candle jars

• Red and white checked gingham tablecloths, napkins or dishtowels

• White curtains at the window and white china on the table

• Rugs on the floor, any kind will do: painted cloth, rag, braided or jute (to name a few)

• And flowers everywhere: in vases, pitchers, bottles or jars

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Metal And Wood... Wonderful For Dining Room!

by Forschler's Home Center

Are you looking for ideas on how to give your dining room a trendy look this year? The solution: Keep it simple. Mix materials and colors.

What does that mean? If you want to change your home’s style within the 2015’s trend, you must remember one simple thing… every detail count! The secret is to keep it simple, by refining your decoration and keeping essential and useful elements in your dining room.

Indeed, using the combination of wood and metal is hot and trendy right now.

Why matching wood and metal?

When rustic wood and metal elements blend together, the outcome is sleek and beautiful. The appeal and beauty of wood and metal begin with their contrasting elements - the warmth of wood and the starkness of metal - that work together to create a rich interplay of rustic and modern. From tables and chairs, to lamps and bookcases, the worlds of earthy and mechanical intertwine to create a stunning statement.

Need some ideas to better picture it?

Dining room tables with wooden table tops and industrial metal legs are a stunning combination of form and function. Don’t forget that seating, like chairs and stools, and dining room servers are other great ways to combine wood and metal into your dining room.

If you want to mix some different styles in a room, choose a neutral decor which can remain natural and add a touch of industrial material… metal! It will undoubtedly refresh your room.

Moreover, you can easily choose from an array of Traditional, Contemporary, or Transitional styles. So be free to create your own signature style!

Now discover the beauty of the intersection where wood meets metal and see how you can combine these elements into your home.

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