| Whether your home is a multimillion dollar mansion | | | | about a really large, art wind chime right inside |
| or a humble cabin in the sticks, what you put in | | | | your home? Ive seen this, and its wonderful. |
| and around it says perhaps more about you than | | | | Even if your house is perfect inside and out~ |
| the actual house. A set of rusty, falling apart wind | | | | unless you have at least a few very special |
| chimes can detract almost as much from the | | | | treats for the eye, its unlikely youre going to |
| beauty of your home as parking a rusty junker in | | | | impress anyone. What you choose to display says |
| the yard. | | | | a lot, and it is up to you what message you wish |
| Recently I visited an acquaintance with acreage | | | | to convey; what memories your guests depart |
| and a lovely home and garden. But what I really | | | | with. |
| remember is the half dozen sets of chipped and | | | | You can always buy very inexpensive things, |
| broken wind chimes hanging from the rafters of | | | | things that look okay, at least for a few months. |
| his large deck. He and his wife had invested many | | | | However, this type of stuff always says cheap |
| hours and many dollars landscaping, yet had | | | | to those with any eye at all, and outside tend to |
| somehow neglected replacing these eyesores. | | | | last only a very short time before looking dismal. |
| Because everything else was so perfect, these | | | | The mass production import folks are now |
| crummy hangings stood out even more than they | | | | making serious efforts to copy the arts and |
| might have. | | | | crafts look, but cutting corners and mass |
| On the other hand, you can get away with a lot~ | | | | producing just does not succeed. You are much |
| painting less than perfect, a bit of mess, a less | | | | more likely to succeed by spending a little more, |
| than Better Homes and Gardens yard ~ if you | | | | and getting something truly unique, something by |
| invest in something that is beautiful, unique, and | | | | an artist or craftsperson who puts some soul into |
| pulls the eye. A drop dead gorgeous wind chime, | | | | the piece, and who uses quality materials. |
| a few art sun catchers, perhaps some large | | | | Not only will your visitors appreciate your efforts, |
| garden or planter stakes with glass and chimes, | | | | but almost certainly your own days will be |
| and visitors will look at these, and remember | | | | considerably brightened as you enjoy your |
| them, instead of your flaking paint. | | | | beautiful accent pieces. Rather than looking |
| The same can certainly be said for the interior of | | | | shabby after a few months, quality sun catchers, |
| your home. Who in this day of duel jobs can keep | | | | garden sculptures, wind chimes and so on will |
| a really clean and orderly interior? Put some | | | | generally look better and better as they age, and |
| special accent pieces around your home, and you | | | | your appreciation for whatever you choose will |
| can get away with considerable mess. Putting | | | | grow over the months and years. There will be |
| something unexpected works especially well. How | | | | pleasure. |