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Posted by Jenny on March 12th, 2010

Huge Wrought Reviews

Huge 64 X 32 X 72 Wrought Iron Dome Top Bird Cage

$849.99

This huge, heavy duty wrought iron cage is 62″ X 32″ X 72″ (overall height). Select your own color from Bronze, Pure White, Charcoal, Platinum, Green or Blue (simply email us your color choice when you buy). Due to the size and weight of this cage, we will have it shipped to you directly from the manufacturer’s warehouse. Note that most of the freight companies will offer only curbside delivery in…

Solid Wood 2 Cabinet Storage Iron Work Sideboard Buffet

$699.99

The Beautiful Solid Wood Top is just the start of this great piece of furniture. The classic design is accented with Iron Work on the cabinet doors. Two Cabinets make up this grand Buffet with a lot of storage space. Completely hand carved and hand polished for an exquisite finish. This Buffet will look wonderful with any décor….

Solid Wood Huge Vintage Antique Elephant Leg Wood Coffee Table

$999.99

This is a truly unique Solid Hardwood Coffee Table with four drawers for storage. The over-sized style of this Coffee table is highlighted by the hand carved Elephant-shaped legs. Old world tools used to carve this beautiful table makes this piece a must have for anyone. Hand polished and properly seasoned solid Indian Rosewood that will last for many generations. Bring the look of royalty to your…

Chicago and the new Negro: How the city absorbed the huge post-war migration from the South, and what economic, social and civic changes were wrought thereby (The Chicago Daily News reprint)

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Decorating Your Home With A Creole Twist

Of all the styles of architecture and decorating around the world very few have taken the best of all the others and made it a little bit better in quite the way that the style often referred to as “French Creole” has managed to do. The truth is that while this style of architecture that New Orleans is famous for is really heavily borrowed from many other cultures and yet uniquely New Orleans at the same time.

Creole architecture for many brings to mind intricate wrought iron work, long shutters (to cover the windows during hurricanes originally), huge windows and doors (these were designed larger than typical homes in other parts of the country in order to create breezeways for the wind to come through in the sweltering hot summer months), and bright colors that you aren’t likely to find in most million dollar neighborhoods. This style of architecture and home décor is also famous for huge balconies-also with wrought iron railing.

The amazing thing about the Creole style of home decorating is that there is no one identifiable feature that labels a design style as decidedly Creole. Lagniappe is a term that people here quite often in and around New Orleans. For those who do not know, it means “a little something extra”. From an extra donut to a freebie bookmark and many things in between, that little something extra has a long history in New Orleans from the architecture to the music there always seems to be a little something extra that you couldn’t get anywhere else.

The interior design style of the Creole is also very similar. Some consider it gaudy but the locals consider it that little something extra and it is. You may find a little Gothic style, a little bit of Jazz, and a whole lot of Mardi Gras in one room and it s quite all right because you are getting all that and just a little bit of lagniappe too. Home decorating in Creole country is an art form that defies logic and yet makes perfect sense for the rich culture and heritage that it encompasses.

For those that need a little inspiration who would love to incorporate a little Cajun or Creole spice into their living spaces, perhaps the following suggestions will prove to be helpful.

1) Red peppers. Nothing says spice quite like a red pepper. There are all kinds of items you can find with red peppers in them these days from wallpaper borders to hand blown glass peppers, jar toppers, pot holders, kitchen towels, strings of lights for patios-even kitchen canisters decorated with red peppers. There are all kinds of options available to incorporate this theme into your home or one room of your home.

2) Music notes. Most people cannot think of Cajun country without thinking of the music that calls this great section of the country home. Music notes are a great way to symbolize the music that made New Orleans famous.

3) Mardi Gras Masks. Many people find that New Orleans symbolizes Mardi gras in their hearts and minds though New Orleans is not the birthplace of Mardi gras. The masks are a way that people from around the country can bring the ’spirit of New Orleans’ home with them and decorate their homes with that attitude that can only be referred to as Creole in many hearts and minds.

4) Food. Believe it or not the food is as much a part of the Creole home as any other design element. For this reason a French Creole style kitchen is often the way to go when it comes to home decorating in the Creole fashion. The kitchen is the heart of a Cajun home and food is what makes it that heart. Use jars of beans, rice, pastas, and other lagniappe as part of the overall design and you might just be amazed at just how Creole the room begins to look.

The most important thing to remember is that Creole is more of an attitude than a design style. Bring the attitude of “No Worries” into the design features of your home and you will have the true Creole style to an art.

What does the Republican party stand for?

As anyone can tell the current Republican movement lives largely on hypocrisy and a lack of practical ideas. It turns out the party that was hijacked by Newt Gingrich and people like him really runs on smoke and mirrors.

The current Republicans cannot face the obvious proof of what their so-called ideas have wrought on the American people. Faced with the incontrovertible evidence that one of their own destroyed the country they answer defensively, “Bush wasn’t a conservative, we need to get back to Reagan.” They conveniently forget that Reagan was under the huge cloud of Iran/Contra and sunk the country into economic decline while rewarding the rich during his tenure. Sounds vaguely familiar. What do Republicans stand for? You’re seeing the results right now.

Reagan wasn’t a true Conservative either, though he clearly was a straighter-arrow than Bush. Conservatism, the system on which the Republican Party was founded, hasn’t seen the light of day in the past 50 years. This fact is made even more unfortunate when one realizes that the principles on which Conservatism was founded are the same principles held by our Founding Fathers. Among these are a limited Federal government, states’ rights, low taxes and unhampered personal liberties. The sad reality is that today, neither mainstream party puts such ideas to use beyond their campaign speeches.