This is where I'll share with you Decorating Tips and idea's.  I'm always looking for easy, fun and inexpensive ways to update my decor.  If you have any decorating idea's you would like to share*, please submit them through the "BKB contact" email form. 

Decorating Tip:                                                                                                                                        Want to update your home décor &/or add some color to a room or two. Maybe enhance a certain area of the Bagua when you Feng Shui your home. Don't have a lot of money, no problem, use tassels. I love tassels and they add a touch of color and glamour to any room. Hang them on door knobs, drawer pulls, light and fan chains. Use to tie back your drapes, or gather up your drapes and tie with a tassel. Hang tassels on your drapery rod on either side of your drapes. Hang on a picture frame, mirror or from a lamp switch (I have them hanging on the switch for my floor lamps). Sew some on a pillow, on the corners of your comforter or a throw, or the hem of a valance. I have them hanging on my bar stools and my wine bucket stand. Like I said, “I love TASSELS!”

You'll find a wide selection of ready made tassels or cording and tassels to make your own at your local fabric/craft store like Joann or Michaels. Watch for sales, I've seen tassels for 50% off at Joann fabrics. I've picked up a few gorgeous tassels at my local thrift store. Another way to be “green.”

I've made my own with a finial (need to have a hole through the middle), I've used small wooden flower pots and painted them to match or coordinate with the fringe trim I used. You can use yarn, crochet thread, embroidery floss or fringe trim. You can use cording for the hanger/tie back or use the yarn, crochet thread or floss that you use for the tassel as a hanging loop. Tassels can be made in many different ways, so use your imagination and make your own. You can find tassels and kits for making Tassels on ebay.                                                                                        Google "tassel pattern" and browse through the choices.  You can find tassels made of ribbon, feathers, yarn, cord, thread and beads.  They come in any color you can think of and just as many styles.  They come in all sizes from tiny to gigantic.  Layer different colors and styles of tassels.

On two of my doors I have layered a long green double tassel made of yarn, a shorter gold made of shiny cord and an even shorter purple tassel with a purple bead made with thread.                                                See below. 

These tassels brighten the area all around the door.    

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*The "Tips" & "Tricks" are excerpts from my cookbook, "Vegan to Shrimp."