Theme can be place, time, real, fantasy or any combination of the above. A theme is important because it gives you something to begin with. Your mind already has a pretty good idea because your mind goes there every time it attempts to escape the stressful reality of today's living. It could be a place you've already been or a place you'd love to go to if you could.
Theme decorating is nothing more than a representation of the place. That can be something different to each individual. This includes colors, smells, etc. Of coarse when space decorating for an office space or a cubicle you can't usually use scented candles, oil warmers or incense burners but you can have the visual representation to assist you in relaxing during stressful times.
Lets just use something simple here, an Island somewhere; so what would one use to represent an Island? There is the beach, perhaps palm trees, maybe a waterfall, plants, flowers and fruit indigenes to the area. Now are we looking at past, present day or futuristic? Lets just say present day for this one and “for hoops and hollers lets go with fantasy instead of realistic since I have somewhat realistic ones on my web site if anyone wants to see it.”
Ferns are usually associated with Island living so take some silk ferns and some nice bright colored flowers and put them into a small maybe elongated cheap plastic container. You can always decorate the container any way you want to match the picture you are creating in your mind. You may need to put Styrofoam into the container for the arrangements to stay where you want them. That will be the back drop for this setting.
Now for the focal point, it would all depend on what each individual wants for their personal fantasy. There is anything from Angels to Unicorns and whimsical characters to dragons. But we're going to go for a Pegasus as the focal point of this Island Paradise. First lets put down a piece of green cloth to represent grass then put the statue in top of that and add a little plant greenery around the base to blend in along with some of the flowers.
All you are trying to do is create the affect which is something for your weary and stressed mind to latch onto in order for your mind to relax a little better and perhaps faster.
The next one will be on Medieval Times Decor
