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Not to state the obvious BUT - the main purpose of a mirror is to REFLECT. When used as an accent piece, mirrors have the power to create illusions and transformations! Hung appropriately, this decorative piece can instantly make a room appear brighter and larger. This one of the easiest and most effective ways one can spruce up a room.

Just to get your creative juices flowing let me run through a list of all the effects you can achieve through a mirrored world:

• Long, oval mirrors allow a short room to appear taller.
• Wide mirrors allow a small room to appear wider.
• Floor-to-ceiling or wall-to-wall mirrors can double the size of a room!
• When hung parallel to a window or a light fixture, mirrors can double the natural brightness in a room. They can also double a window’s attractive view.
• In a dark closet or basement, a mirror can act as a window by attracting the small amount of light that is available.
• Mirrors with frames can add visual, architectural appeal. Frames are available in wood, molded polyurethane, metal, plastic, eco-friendly bamboo and just about anything.
• Hanging mirrors can fill an empty wall, and floor mirrors can fill an empty corner.
• Mirrors are easy to clean and almost always appear like-new.
• According to feng shui decorating, mirrors are the symbol of water and can calm or rejuvenate a room. Depending on your mirror placement, mirrors will improve health and family in the East, wealth in the Southeast and career in the North.
• Make sure the mirror’s placement allows it to reflect something that you wouldn’t mind seeing twice. Opt for a nice window view over a bathroom or cluttered closet view.

While on this line of thought, I decided to peruse the offerings West Elm have available, to see what sort of accent pieces I may be able to add to my own home. West Elm is an upscale retail furniture company that has a wide range of accesories for contemporary home design.

Convex Nova Wall Art

This is a modern, industrial take on a design that was pretty popular during the early 70’s. You know what they say, style ideas always cycle back around. In raw iron with a convex mirror, front and center. $129

Essex Mirror

I was looking at a later era Dali self portrait yesterday where each area of his face was cut up into different size panels. I really, really like it and thought about it all afternoon. It appears I could achieve the same effect with a mirror. Oh mirrors! Will your wonders never cease? $299

Do you like what you see? Can’t wait to get started on your next home design project? Find your West Elm Coupons here and go have fun!

When you walk into your home after a long hard day you want it to feel welcoming correct? We all like to have the tools at our disposal to throw entertaining get togethers and be proud of our homes, don’t we? The Lakeside Collection is one of the hottest companies out there right now helping us to achieve just that. The Lakeside Collection travels the world to find beautiful and affordable products that turn houses into homes. You will love what they have to offer. Gosh, everyone loves what they have to offer. This company is hot, hot, hot!

The Lakeside Collection is an online store that features categories like Apparel, Domestics, Electronics, Food Gifts, Furniture, Garden, Collectibles, Home Decor, Health & Beauty and Jewelry. So many things. The prices are good too. Really Good! With the plentiful additions of the online coupons and discounts they offer it just gets better. Excellent prices and discounts, and products people love? Well no wonder The Lakeside Collection edged into the top 10 most searched for items on Google today!

What are we shopping for today? Items for the kids? How about character bedding, pajama sets, stuffed animals, Christmas theme toys, art sets, puzzles and educational toys. Your  picky teenage daughter? How about purses, lip gloss sets, aromatherapy sets, or brand new bedding for her room? the guys in your life will no doubt love the thermals, camping equipment, sports items, a telescope and outdoor games, to name just few options.

A great example of the savings and quality available at The Lakeside Collection is 100% Cotton Towels featured above - Set of 16 for only $9.95

See the Lakeside Collection is a veritable wonderland of savings. They are constantly offering up new deals so it would behoove all of us to check out current offers and check often! Their slogan is: “good things in life don’t have to cost a fortune.” Yes. Exactly. Those of us here at Coupon Mountain completely agree.

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May of 2009 is going to be a very special month for my mother. Not only is it of course the month of Mother’s Day, but a week later will see the dawn of her 60th birthday. That’s a big birthday, a whole new decade, it has to be recognized. So in recognition of all this, my siblings and I, have decided to do something really special. We cast about for ideas, went back and forth, and then my sisters came upon a gem of idea. We will give her a headstart on a new home makeover. She is an active woman, but still she spends a lot more time around the house than she did twenty years ago. We thought about new furnishings and the like but the idea just seemed a little common.

What to do? What to do?

Well how about new blinds and curtains? The current ones, though not in terrible shape were old, and weathered…at the very least out of fashion. Window treatments are also often ignored, but will give one’s living space a real injection of new life. This seemed to be a fantastic idea. I found just the place to help us with our project too, Smith and Noble. Smith and Noble has a full line and massive selection of materials to craft custom window treatments. I know it sounds extravagant, but this after all our mother we are talking about and if you read my posting yesterday you know that there is no way we are going to be bad kids!

Only custom window treatments give you precise fit in your window opening, which not only looks but insulates better. Only custom window treatments let you choose, at no cost, important details like left or right side cord placement. Not only that but they are offering 15% off for new customers through May 1! This is great! I just know that she is going to be so happy this year!

Use coupon code SAVE-9PCH during checkout to get 15% off first order for new customers

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Attention Procrastinators! If you are still searching for Holiday gifts (tsk, tsk!) it struck me that a nice gift would be a lovely, decorative rug to warm the wooden floors during these winter months!
Save 10% Off all area rugs at Bellacor, use the coupon code: SAVRUGS during checkout to take advantage of this deal.
The beauty part is much of their merchandise is already 50% Off so the coupon code is just the cherry on the sundae of shopping life! The Madison Rectangle Area Rug featured was originally $221.00 and is currently on Sale for $188.00!