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As expected, shades of turquoise are making rounds again in the world of home accessories and decor. Chances are, you’ve seen turquoise home accessories at more than one store you’ve stopped into recently. Since it’s such a beautiful, calming shade, it’s not hard to see why home decor fanatics everywhere are scrambling to add this color into their color schemes. Here are a few easy ways to incorporate turquoise into your own home. Table Decor The table is a perfect place to start incorporating this color trend into your home. You can find table runners, charger plates, place mats and other table decor in this trendy color. If you can’t find the perfect piece in the right shade of turquoise, consider making your own table decor. Spray paint today can do wonders for home accessories, as most spray paints are safe for use on wood, glass and metals. If you’ve got a vase you love in an outdated color, use a can of turquoise paint to brighten things up. Feeling especially trendy? Another trend is chunky woven items. Why not spray paint a set of chunky woven charger plates in bright turquoise blue. It’s unexpected and chances are, you won’t see it anywhere else.

Centerpieces for dining tables are wonderful ways to dress up the table for formal dinners, holidays and celebrations. Looking toward nature for inspiration makes creating centerpieces more affordable but still elegant and full of style. Here are some of our favorite examples of creating centerpieces from nature. Go outside and be inspired!

Better Homes & Gardens Let natural elements stand alone for simple but stunning table decor. A platter or tray of shells, beach rocks, acorns, chestnuts or other interesting natural treasures makes a quick and stylish centerpiece.

Complimentary Though lamps are meant to serve a purpose, they should also be thought of as complimentary pieces of the overall design and decor of the room. In fact, think of lamps as final accessories on an outfit, like a great pair of earrings or a beautiful necklace. They should compliment the room, not fight with it for control.   The Dream Home via

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Highlighting can also be accomplished from the context pop-up. After the Chrome extension is installed, whenever you select text on a webpage, the context pop-up will appear, allowing you to accomplish text-related annotation. Highlight Pop-up Menu – After you highlight some text, position your mouse cursor over it and the highlight pop-up menu will appear. The highlight pop-up menu allows you to add notes to, share, or delete the highlight.

Sticky Note Click the middle icon on the annotation toolbar to add a sticky note to the page. With a sticky note, you can write your thoughts anywhere on a web page.

Displaying a great collection is a way to not only add visual interest to a room but personalize it a bit too - collections can be displayed in any room, as long as it is done in a stylish way. Whether it's table decor, wall art, or even wall clocks, these special finds deserve a great showcase. Here are eight spaces and collections that may inspire you to start curating your own collection.

Tons of tick-tocks casasugar (via) A great collection of wall clocks looks visually appealing hung on a spacious kitchen wall (just make†sure none of them go tick-tock!)

Cal Lighting Deer Wall Art Taxidermy is super popular these days.  We like the lodge look but not sure how we feel about real taxidermy. This deer has an urban lodge feel and we love the black finish that gives it a contemporary spin. What an eye-catching wall art!

Cyan Design Winter Elm Bowl We like the elegant tree design on the Winter Elm glass bowl.  We think this would look great on a console table in an entry, a coffee table or on the dining table.

Matteo Bianchi's Muffin Seat Saturday October 01, 2011 We can't believe this hadn't been designed before, but Italian designer Matteo Bianchi has created the Muffin Pouffe, a leather cushioned stool in the shape of a muffin. And as we all know, the top of the muffin is the best part. And that muffin top can be removed to expose a secret storage space.

Decorating your home in all mid-century style might be a little too Mad Men for our contemporary lives. Adding a few mid-century modern touches—chairs, tables, light fixtures, textiles—can bring Mad Men (and now Pan Am) style into your décor without transporting your home back a few decades. We're happy to share some of our favorite ways to add mid-century modern touches to any décor.

Interior Style Along with mid-century modern furniture, mid century modern textiles are a chic way to add mid-century modern touches to a room, sofa, bed or table. Marimekko, the Finnish textile company, sells its mid-century patterned fabrics still today.

Elegant black A dining room is a striking room with black walls – it looks refined when paired with opulent crystal table decor as well as gold detailing.