Great Accents For Coffee Tables

Decorative home accents can make a significant difference to the look and feel of your home décor.  Take the ordinary coffee table.  Usually there is a lamp, maybe a vase and even some magazines.  But how about something striking and unique.  Maybe a fantastic Celtic chess set with incredibly sculpted chess pieces boasting bold dragons, magical wizards, powerful horses, tall towers, brave knights, and fair maidens. 

You might prefer a beautifully expensive-looking Egyptian box, embellished with chariots, hieroglyphs and scarabs in an overall gold effect finish, and costing you under $30.00. 

Also, an art nouveaux peacock-shaped box containing potpourri that both decorates and offers your a delicate perfume makes a beautiful addition to any room.

Any of the above will make a difference to your home décor, but to combine them into one room would definitely make your guests gasp and you would be a very popular hostess.

Unique Candle Sticks Make Great Home Accents

Candles make great home accents.  But certainly not by themselves.  They just sit there or are stuck in some type of a underwhelming holder.  What truly adds to unique and beautiful décor are candle holders and candelabras.  

Change your uninspired candle holders to beautiful white angels with lovely feathered wings and draped gowns.  Or how about solid brass replicas of the candle holders in Chartres Cathedral, substantial examples of medieval gothic art that will showcase even the best of rooms?

Oftentimes overlooked are wall candle holders.  These can be transformative such as beautiful Byzantine pendant lanterns, with vibrant purple glass held in hand-tooled metal scrolls, dropping 18 inches down from a chain and embossed bracket.  If that is too ornate, you can choose from several themes to add a dramatic look.  Check here for a unique selection of candle holders.

Bookends Make Great Collectibles

Many people love collectibles, and bookends are wonderful things to collect.  They are fashioned in a number of shapes and designs and made of any number of materials to make each a unique collector’s piece.  For example,  collectible bookends can evoke historical periods such as medieval knights bookends.  Even the world of fantasy is represented.  A guy or gal  into the Dungeons and Dragons type of games would appreciate a set of gothic castle dragon bookends to hold up their hobby books or just to display.

One of the great things about bookends as collectibles is that, not only is there a unique selection, but quality bookends can be found for any budget.  A set of high-quality foundry cast iron 1920’s Flappers bookends will not break the bank and will make an unusual gift.

Bookends make great gifts.  Even if someone is not a collector, most people have a book collection of some kind, and they generally own a few books of which they are particularly proud.  They are thoughtful and imaginative gifts even for the non-collector.

If you are a already a bookend collector, or if you want to start your own collection, check out some fun and unique collectible bookends.

Gift Ideas For The Someone Who Has Everything

Although bookends make great gifts, they don't come first to mind when people are thinking of something unique or interesting to give somebody that seems to have everything.  You know the type of person, who has the Rolex, the jewelry, their home is stuffed full of all the normal gifts, and they aren't into sports.

However, most people read, and even if they don't have everything, bookends are a good choice simply because of the variety of designs and prices available. A set of bull and bear bookends would be an imaginative gift for a stockbroker for example.  So they do make a good gift, and are also good for offices, businessmen, and professionals to enable them to keep the books they use most on hand. 

The fact is that most people have a book collection of some kind, and they generally own a few books of which they are particularly proud.  They might like them to be on show to indicate how eclectic they are in their reading, or they may even have an expensive rare book collection that they want to display. A nice set of bronze book ends, such as the popular thinker bookend set,  is ideal for that, because they can display their books on a sideboard or mantelpiece rather than have them stuck away in a library shelf out of sight. Check out some ideas on which bookends might work for those on your list.

Great Ideas For Halloween Costumes

Try something different this year and make a big entrance to your Halloween Parties and Gatherings, in a costume from yesteryear.


You can choose just about any time period, from the Civil War or the Renaissance or the popular Steampunk costumes. For those not familiar with those, Steampunk relates to the science fiction or fantasy genre and these costumes are worth a look, especially for the guys.

For the ladies who want to make a spectacular entrance, look no further than this gorgeous Elegant Empress gown, or the stunning Tudor Queen Katherine.

Check out all these Historical Costumes, and have a great Halloween.