How Accessories Can Make a Home Look Chic

Enter the exciting new world of textiles for a flair of tone and color that is replacing a once customary collection of modern pillows. Designer contemporary room details are making news with an artistic flair that was once thought reserved for the stylish elite. No longer does one have to accept the same design and material pumped out by the millions to compliment a room.

With the 21st century, a new and creative group of designers are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to adding pizzazz to home decor. Swedish award-winning artist, Lena Bergstrom, led Swedish textile manufacturer, Designers Eye, into the millennium with soft, appealing designs, perfectly bringing an air of opulence to any living room group or rooftop garden. The felted, virgin wool in simple, yet elegant floral shapes or horizontal stripes have been noted throughout the world.

TV and Film Art Director, Madeline Rogers, is another inspiration to gaiety in accessories with her company's, Mibo, line of fine products. Pillows and lampshades stand out in any room with large, blossoming floral designs in modern day eggplant, grays, greens and reds. Inspired by the British seaside resorts with their brightly striped lounge chairs, Mibo can change any setting into a day at the beach with handmade pillows, stuffed with allergy free filling.

The United States soon entered the realm of pillow design when two mutual coworkers from Atlanta, Georgia, decided to quit their jobs and follow a dream into the textile and design world. In 2001, Modern Basics started by Page Ikeda and Rhonda Holloway, steadily marched forward a little at a time but possessing a great work ethic and a knack to make a difference in modern style. Crib bedding and pillows are now found in many contemporary specialty stores throughout the nation.

The Japanese have had a traditional type of seating for centuries that is referred to as the zabuton. Unlike American culture, the zabuton is a pillow type floor mat made out of natural muslin fabric. Because this mat is used daily and in the place of chairs, they are made to last an average of eight to ten years. Americans have become intrigued with this 'seat-cloth-sphere' (zabuton translated) and they are beginning to appear in homes across the US. The muslin fabric can be covered with any type of fabric to match the decor of your choice and will stretch its life even further.

Art no longer just belongs on a wall as a way to enjoy the best of beauty and creativity. With the flow of new designers discovering a different type of canvas in material, pillows can become dramatically stunning. The modern age is booming with fresh ideas and energetic inventiveness in home decor and pillow covers are a perfect route to take in providing the public with functional, mood pleasing workmanship. Allow yourself to browse the invigorating artists of today in textiles and let yourself live comfortably with art.

 

 

 

The Thoughts Behind Burning Frankincense

The ancient practice of aromatherapy: the burning of herbs and other botanicals to achieve desirable results. The practice of burning frankincense has been done for hundreds of years if not thousands, in places linked with worship and meditation. The popular practice of burning frankincense sparked some people to incorporate the adding of frankincense essence to a lot of things that rely on scent to make relax people and make them feel good, things such as shampoos, lotions, perfumes and other aromatherapy items! .

Feelings Soothed And Meditative

The act of burning frankincense for many meditative people signals a desire fro introspection. The fact that many people believe that burning frankincense can expand one's meditative prowess as well as help to deepen and slow breathing. The scent of frankincense can induce a potent introspection that many believe to be beneficial for themselves due to its calming and soothing effect.

While burning frankincense may be the traditional way of experiencing its effects, when used as massage therapy oil, frankincense’s essential oil works well also. Not only does frankincense essential oil help to soothe and relax muscles and tissues but it also has anti-inflammatory properties and can act as an anti-septic agent. Regular massages with frankincense essential oil, can also promote better digestion as well as an improved reproductive system in women.

The relaxing and calm atmosphere that burning frankincense promotes is most desirable for people under a great deal of stress. The deeper and slower breaths that occur to a person inhaling burning frankincense or the smell of frankincense help with some respiratory conditions. There are many other conditions that may improve with the aid of this scent.

The Ways Of Burning Frankincense

There are several different ways to burn frank incense. The most common in households is done via a candle burner, with a diffuser and through the burning of incense sticks. Burning frankincense with a candle burner and a diffuser is similar in the way that the essential oil is burnt. Candle burners usually have a small pool with some oil in it half filled with a tea light candle burning beneath it. Diffusers on the other hand do not use candles to generate the heat; instead they use electricity to speed the frankincense. Burning frankincense incense sticks is the usually done in places of worship and prayer.

The centuries old method is still the most common means being used for burning frankincense; this is done by taking hardened resin, called "tears", and placing them on live coals. This is the method that people in the Middle East discovered a long time ago and still find it the best.