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Your eyes deserve to view beauty. I hope Fred Gonsowski Garden Home helps to turn your vision, into a reality.

Planting a Garden Room on Your Property

The idea of dividing the outdoor space around your home into what the horticultural world is calling rooms has really been around for hundreds, maybe thousands of years; even though it seems to be a trendy and new concept. As … Continue reading

Posted in Garden Design Principles, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden, The Winter Garden | 5 Comments

It’s Easy to Decorate a Room with a Tall / High Ceiling

When most people go to decorate a room with a tall ceiling, they seem to arrange their furniture and decorative accessories around the bottom half of the space. A lot of their choices for decorations seem to be horizontal format … Continue reading

Posted in Arranging Living Room Furniture, Interior Decorating Principles | 37 Comments

Hanging a collection of Plates/Dishes up on the Wall

Diversity of elements adds visual interest in interior decorating. When you hang a collection of plates up on a wall, you have something else to look at other than the often seen paintings, prints, photos and sometimes tapestries. Hanging a … Continue reading

Posted in Hanging Pictures and Mirrors / Arranging Knickknacks and Collectables, How-to, Interior Decorating Principles | 19 Comments

Some pictures of me, Fred Gonsowski, Writer of this Blog

Friends and family have been telling me that with the tens of thousands of people reading my posts monthly, and having had over a half million page views / articles read to date, people are going to want to know … Continue reading

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Interior Decorating with BUFFET LAMPS

In the world of surface placed lamps (end table, chest, dresser, etc) there are three categories; they are Accent, Table and Buffet. This is the third in a series of three articles covering the different kinds of lamps.

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Lighting | 16 Comments

Interior Decorating with TABLE LAMPS

In the world of surface placed lamps (end table, chest, dresser, etc) there are three categories; they are Accent, Table and Buffet. This is the second in a series of three articles covering the different kinds of lamps.

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Lighting | 15 Comments

Interior Decorating with ACCENT LAMPS

In the world of surface placed lamps (end table, chest, dresser, etc) there are three categories; they are Accent, Table and Buffet. This is the first post in a series of three articles covering the different kinds of lamps.

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Lighting | 11 Comments

Christmas Decorating Tips, How-to and Ideas for your Best Holiday Ever

Christmas is coming and it’s time to decorate the house. A lot of people dread this activity because their results don’t always turn out as they envisioned. I hope this post, which is a compilation of All my  Christmas decorating … Continue reading

Posted in CHRISTMAS / Easter, How-to | Leave a comment

A craft project to keep kids amused on Thanksgiving Day

Hi there Folks..Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving Day. Eat, Drink and Be Merry, at least for today. Tomorrow, back on the diet and facing everything life has to offer. If you have youngsters that need something to do on … Continue reading

Posted in CHRISTMAS / Easter, How-to | 2 Comments

Some ideas for Repurposing, Reusing, Recycling an old artificial Christmas tree

Over the years I’ve acquired two artificial Christmas trees that I’ve decorated for the holidays; one is a large tree that’s tall and wide, the other is a slim Canadian spruce that’s tall and narrow. Some years I’ve decorated two … Continue reading

Posted in CHRISTMAS / Easter, How-to | 1 Comment