Low Cost Design Accents Dress Up Any Room

(HIT) - Finally there is a low cost design accent product that can spruce up a boring surface in minutes. It’s called IdeaStix, and it features a variety of self-stick, removable and re-usable design accents and mini-murals. These low cost design accents were created to perk up kitchens, baths, kids’ rooms and other spaces in the home. Design accent themes include sunflowers, fruit and berries, seashells and topiary trees for adult tastes, and bugs, safari animals, tugboats and fairies for kids, while mini-murals include happy scenes from exotic ports of call, a beautiful still life and an underwater porthole.

The IdeaStix design accents are simple to apply anywhere visual interest is needed, be it a plain ceramic tile wall or a countertop. Lamp and window shades, cabinetry, mugs, mirrors, desks, toy boxes, headboards and sets of canisters are just a few of the items that might benefit from an IdeaStix lift. The mini-murals are designed to echo a tile format, complete with grout lines, and they give every appearance of a custom-painted creation. They are especially suitable for backsplashes, countertops and tub and shower surrounds.

Both accents and murals are designed by some of America’s best-loved artists, including Sharie Hatchett-Bohlmann, Laurie Korsgarden, Royce McClure, Karoline Daly, Steve Morrone and Eileen Rosenfeld. Barbara Lazarow, head of Blonder Wallcoverings’ design studio, is enthusiastic about IdeaStix.

"Inexpensive stick-on design accents never looked this good before," she remarks. "The artistry is in a class of its own. We liked the IdeaStix accent themes so much that we re-interpreted quite a few of them in the wallpapers and borders of a new Carefree collection for kids. It is called "Stop Bugging Me", and the wacky bugs that IdeaStix introduces make a grand re-appearance here, not just on wallpaper and borders, but also on a wonderfully entertaining growth chart and coordinating switch-plates. And, of course, the IdeaStix decorations are available with this collection, too."

Lazarow adds that there is a practical side to IdeaStix as well. "These low cost design accents are great as cover-ups for small holes and scratches, and since they peel off without any residue, they are perfect for renters," she explains. "IdeaStix low cost design accents can relieve the sameness of apartment walls and surfaces, and yet the landlord can’t complain and yank away the security deposit. And finally, these decorations can be moved around endlessly, so kids can change their rooms constantly. IdeaStix design accent colors include the lime greens and fuchsias that kids love, but they aren’t likely to blind parents. In fact, this is a design accent collection where parents’ and kids’ tastes are thoroughly compatible."

The IdeaStix and "Stop Bugging Me" low cost design accent collections are available in wallpaper stores, home centers and decorating studios throughout the country.

Courtesy: Home Improvement News and Information Center