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Friday, March 9, 2012

Get that Hotel bedding look! The Five minute Make-over.


Don't you love checking into a fancy hotel and relaxing in their elegant rooms. The clean, white sheets, the puffy duvet cover with a nice fluffy goose feather comforter inside. You can pretty much forgot about going to the pool or that business convention downstairs, I'll take a nice long cozy nap!

Designer Dean Miller wanted to bring that hotel look to your home, and of course we had to do it Hawaiian style. That classic hotel feel can be accomplished by adding a bed runner on top of your existing bedding. Just a simple touch of Aloha as we would say in the Islands. To get the best look I would only use a pattern printed bed runner (like we make) on top of solid color linens. White is the easiest to work with, and gives a super clean, crisp look. But any other contrasting colors will work as well, maybe a navy blue duvet with a printed yellow bed runner.

Our tropical themed bed runners are also an inexpensive way to give your room the old Five Minute Make-over for not a lot of money. You can completely change the look and theme of any bedroom in your home by adding in a couple of coordinating throw pillows, and matching Hawaiian bed runner. I strongly recommend getting the decorative pillows, this is what brings the whole look together in my opinion.

For more information on our tropical themed bed runners be sure to visit our website at http://www.deanmillerprints.com

Mahalo!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Beach Ball Pillow - Coastal Decor


We love to find fun ways on how to bring the beach home. It's our personal pursuit of the endless summer, only without all the traveling and endless jet lag. Now we have made the iconic symbol of the beach ball into a decorative and useful throw pillow. A simple blown up ball has become a timeless toy that parents and children alike have had fun with for generations.

Surf room designer Dean Miller has designed this throw pillow to resemble a real beach ball, in the same bright cheerful colors you remember growing up. Dean Miller's beach ball pillow is made with 100% cotton fabric, and is easy to spot clean. The pillow is completely closed up, and has a puffy poly fill insert. This fun beach themed pillow will go with any bedding, or just throw it on the living room couch, as a decorative piece, and let the family have a ball with it!

Beach ball pillows are priced at $34.99 and available at our online store: http://www.deanmillerprints.com

Beach Decor Ideas - Write your Name in the Sand

Write your Name in the Sand!
This is a fun and easy decorating project that will give your beach house a warm personal touch. Go out to your local beach, or the beach you are vacationing at, and simply write your name in the sand with a stick! This makes a great memento of any trip to the tropics.
Orginial photo from beach in Hawaii


Designer Tip - We took some pictures without the water creeping in, but we thought the waves added a great touch. Maybe even wait until a crab crawls by, and get him in the picture!

Our Hawaii picture printed on canvas, framed, and hung on the wall!

I suggest using a long stick so you don't get any foot prints on your sand canvas like we did here.

Designer Tip - Feel free to write anything you like, don't just stop at your name, draw a picture, have fun, be creative!


Instructions - Stand a few feet back, and take a few pictures from different angles to make sure you cover all your bases. Hey it's all digital now, so there is no extra cost to snap off lots of photos, one of them will be good. We printed ours on canvas, and there are lots of companies that do this now. Costco or Cafe Press.com can print on canvas for you, but there are lots of companies that do this type of printing now, so feel free to shop around and get a good price on your digital printing. They can do almost any size, and frame it too if you want. Fun beach decor project anyone can do!