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Spring Home & GardenDecorating basics: some rules you don't want to break80inches long, concludes Lohnes.She also notes that it is good to remember (NC)Some rules we were never taught. artwork should be at this height. This brings The window treatments and colourthat colour intensifies as you increase areas of When it comes to home dr, there are deco-the artwork at approximate eye level the First, look at the window space itself, then coverage so some brights might work best as rating basics that many of us are not aware of. normal qualification for hanging art.the area surrounding it and, finally, the room an accent color. When combining colours in a How high do you hang artwork on the wall and What about the plasma televisions? Advises in its entirety, says Rainville. If you coordi-room a good rule of thumb, she advises, is that what about the new plasma TVs? How big a sofa Lohnes: They should be hung about 40 to 42 nate the window fashions with the wall colour the primary colour should be featured in up to should you purchase? Should you match your inches from the floor to the television's center. it will help visually expand the room because 75 percent of the room, the secondary colour window treatments to the wall colour and what When hanging art or a flatscreen television low contrasts keep the eye moving around the about 15 to 20 percent and the third colour if you really like that fire engine red?over a mantel, it should be placed three to six room. To make the window or room appear about 10 percent.Dr expert Karl Lohnes and Sue Rainville, inches above the top of the mantel.smaller and cozier, use dark, warm colours and With these simple rules, ruling your rooms director of marketing for Hunter Douglas, The sofahigh contrast between the window and wall.and your dr should be easier than ever.Canada's leading window fashions manufactur-The rule for purchasing a sofa, says Lohnes, er, offer the following input.is that it should be no longer than two thirds of Artwork and TVsthe width of the room. This means that your Never hang artwork in relationship to the sofa will be easy to move around and you'll have height of the ceiling, says Lohnes. It should be room for tables alongside of it. He also suggests hung in relation to the anchor you're hanging that tightback sofas are the most spaceeffi-it above or the floor. In a lowceilinged room, cient as opposed to deeper sofas which take up this means you should hang your artwork about extra space because of their large cushions.8 inches above the anchor. In a room with high To make the room seem larger, consider ceilings, hang pieces 12 inches above the purchasing a sofa with exposed decorative legs anchor.that lets you see underneath it as opposed to According to Lohnes, when hanging artwork one with a skirted base. What about for a very without an anchor, the basic rule is to measure small space? Make a small space feel as large as SINCE 197466 inches from the floor the middle of your possible with a sofa under 38inches deep and EXPOSED AGGREGATE (Pebble) DRIVEWAYS STEPS FRENCH CURBS WALKWAYS PATIOS GARAGE FLOORSQuality At Its Best!Escape to paradiseCall FernandoFREE ESTIMATES905-844-5518 1-888-944-5518www.concretetrimmings.comSPRING IS ON!Get a Taste of All ThingsRBGSaturday, April30, 11a.m.to4 p.m.Join us for activities,speakers and hands-ondemonstrations.Meetourhorticulturists, ecologists andresearchers,anddiscover allthatgoes on at theGardens.Fullschedule atwww.rbg.ca.Tulip FestivalSunmar MothersDay Weekends, BrunchMay7,8, 14and15;Sunday, May 8;xiliary uALandscapingleaReservations: S10a.m. to 8p.m.; t nla PgrinpS905-527-1158,d Saturday ,RockGardenLtd. 5 anayM ext. 532ay,d.; rsu.mh pT0:321. to a.mInterlocking Concrete Pebble Concrete Stamped Concrete; 9 ay 7MetumrborAFlagstone Walkways Garage Floors Patios Driveways Curbs (French)RBG Centre,YFREE ADMISSION FOR RBG MEMBERS UBenlinO.ca680 Plains Road West,.rbgBuy or renew a membership at www.rbg.cawwwTEL: 905.842.7171Hamilton/BurlingtonADMISSIONAdult:$13;Senior/Student:$10; Child (age 5 to 12):905$7.50; Family:$33.50; Child under age 5 and RBG members: FREEE-527-1158Call Mario sunmarlandscaping@yahoo.comet OnAdmi27 Friday, April 22, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com