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Nautical Wall Art and Home Decor Ideas

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Each empty wall in your home is an invitation to creativity! In the picture above I've tried to present a simple idea, actually a minimalist decor style on the wall white and navy club. The simple line drawings of marine life, easily found around the shoreline on a beach, stand out over the background but, wisely arranged, do not overwhelm the visitor. Although the present examples are all small marine life, you can, of course, choose larger life forms (like whales!), or paintings or drawings of boats, ships,  ocean waves, surfing images, or ship parts (like helms and anchors). Use complementary colors to make the bluer blue: notice the gold in the central lit basket and the faded ecru color of the straw items on the chairs. Gold, blue, oranges and deep or muted yellows (like the color of sand!) are perfect complements to blue.The complementary colors can be in some of the items on the walls or over the chair, sofa, console table or other furniture or surfaces visually ne

Hello from my "bunker" in lockdown!

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I hope you all are doing well! I've been a little bit busy with all the changes that I've had to make over the last few weeks. Plus, the emotional shock that all this global pandemic has represented. I'm sure many of you have been going through the same. Luckily for me and my family (my parents!), we're all doing well and adapting to a new lifestyle. The shut down and curfews have been the biggest impact, as it has resulted in reorganization of our lifestyles and schedules. We have less useful hours to achieve what we could do are more flexible hours now. And the daily routine now includes cleaning up to 2-3 times a day, with chlorine or other disinfectants. I live with my parents, who are in their late 70s and early 80s respectively, so I have adopted a more strict cleaning routine, which I never imagined I would have to do. I now do many things they used to do on their own outside the home, because I don't want them to expose themselves to COVID-19. They su