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Who Wants To Parrrrrty? Pirate Decor, Other Themes Can Make a Party Special

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When you are looking to have a birthday party, anniversary party or another event, it can be made more if fun if you have a theme. Themed parties that include pirate decor, cartoon characters or some other theme can be a good choice for both child and adult parties. When you are looking for what kind of theme is most appropriate, there are a number of factors to consider.

One theme to consider for your party is a decor that relates to the area in which you live. For example, more than 100 million people live in a county that has shoreline making nautical decor a natural choice. Your nautical decor can be neutral, using a nautical wheel or life preserver, or you might go for a more specific nautical theme decor, such as pirate decor. Even if you don’t live near a body of water, nautical decor usually is a good choice, because there are very few people who don’t like the water.

Another common party decor theme is to use a favorite cartoon or comic book hero. This is often the choice for a child’s birthday party, but it could be good for a themed party for adults as well. For example, you might have people dress up as their favorite superhero for a costume party, and your decor would reflect that theme.

People sometime use colors as the theme of their parties. You might use a red theme or a blue theme. In these cases, you would be looking for decor that is the right color. This might include curtains, tablecloths, plates and napkins, streamers and wrapping paper. This type of theme usually is very easy to pull off, because most stores sell these items in a variety of colors.

Whatever decor theme you choose for your party, you have to make sure it is appropriate and is something that the party guests or guest of honor will enjoy. That may be easy to do if you know the guests well, but if you have some guests you aren’t familiar with, you should do some research to make sure you are making the right choices for your party decor.

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What Is Your Decorating Personality?

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What is your decorating style? Could you sum it up in a couple words? If not, don’t despair. Most of us have mismatched furniture, a combination of items passed on from relatives and pieces bought cheaply to fill a need. What these furniture pieces have in common is simple: you did not choose them necessarily because you liked them. But what do you like? If you feel like a displaced mermaid, perhaps your preferred style is nautical decor.

Nautical items show up on many people’s lists of decorating trinkets. A porthole clock or nautical wheel are instantly recognizable and have an unmistakable element of ‘cool.’ Having a recognizable item matters because you don’t necessarily want a guest to wonder what in the world you have on your wall or end table. You want them to feel comfortable in your home. You want them to ask if there is a story behind that replica diving helmet or nautical wheel, not have them wondering what that odd sculpture really is.

The main categories of popular decorating are Traditional (44%), Modern (22%), Eclectic (13%), Country (10%), and Global (2%). Which category do you identify with? Unsure? It’s simple, really. Take a moment to imagine a room, any room. It could be a kitchen you would like to make breakfast in, or the living room you want to relax in after a long day. Picture the bedroom you want to wake up in on a lazy Sunday morning. These rooms will have certain elements in common, such as colors or materials. The lines of the furniture will tell you a lot about your preferred style. Traditional and country tend to have thicker, heavier looking furniture, while modern features sleek lines and minimal flourishes.

Now that you have an idea of what appeals to you, it is time to take a look at what your current home looks like. How closely does it match your fantasies, if at all? Don’t be surprised if you imagine one room, only to realize your reality looks nothing like it. Many of us are hesitant to take that leap; especially if we favor eclectic tastes. About 14% of people, strangely enough, say their decor makes them feel gloomy. Only 20% of people are actually happy with their home decorating. So where do you fall on that spectrum? More on this topic.