Welcome to UO Home Decor

Welcome to the UO Home Decor Web site, where you get to learn a little more about me, what I do, why I do it, in some cases how I do it, and (most importantly) examples of my work.

The links on the left are slowly being added to. Please check back and if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, let me know.

This site also contains guides, compiled with permissions from the owner of the previous Castles and Courtyards Web site, from Stratics, and from my own decorating experiences.

The site also contains contest entries and contest winners from previous contests.

If you wish to hire me contact me through one of the following:
AIM: Kayhynn
ICQ: 199889122
Yahoo: ksilverleaf
MSN: kayhynn@hotmail.com

Have a beautiful day.

Vote for your Favorite Entry Here

I will add links to each person’s entries so there is no confusion on it as I have time today.  Otherwise, you can see who’s entries are who’s by viewing the images and seeing names attached to them.

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Submissions Received for 2009 Halloween Decor Contest

The entries have been received and the cut off time has passed

Below is a gallery of all submitted images.  There will be a poll posted later today with indivdual links to the players submitted entries.

Thank you to all who participated and good luck!

The gallery can be found here: http://uohomedecor.com/?page_id=226

UOHomeDecor Halloween Contest

How this will work….

Decorators, you can submit anything you want, whether it be a room, an object, or an entire house. The sky is the limit.

To make things easy, no need to host pics, no need to register at a Web site, just e-mail me the pics. My email is submissions at uohomedecor.com I’ll edit them down to proper size/dimensions and host them on uohomedecor.com under the Deco Contests menu.

Submissions will will end October, 9 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Sometime the next day voting will commence through a poll I’ll set up on the site (I will try to set it up for no registering for those that don’t want to register) and will run for two weeks, ending on October 23 at 11:59 p.m.

The top 3 winners will receive prizes, hopefully the week of Halloween, depending on my RL schedule.

Prizes will be listed as soon as I figure out what they will be.  They will definitely include a choice of a decorative token of some sort as well as at least a significant amount of gold for each place. I plan on having an honorable mention prize for each shard as well. If anyone would like to donate a prize for the shard honorable mention, let me know.

A couple of notes:
• There is no limit to the number of entries, however you can only win once.
• When you e-mail me, please include the shard you are on
• Late submissions will not be accepted under any circumstances.  There are deadlines for a reason

There will be a second contest in relation to this one to be posted this weekend.

Cheers!

Desk Stand

Desk Stand
Written by: Siobhan of Legends

This is a relatively simple decor piece that is much like the filing cabinet and other shelving units you can build. This one is usually best built up against a south wall to hide the raw side. You can also put a nice floor decor piece next to it on the south side to help alleviate the raw side of the piece. This is an east facing piece. It will not work in any other direction because of how the cloth lays.
Items Needed: 3 Writing Tables 2 Folded Cloth (buy from a weaver) 2 Nightshade (optional) 1 Gears (optional)
First step is very easy – stack the 3 Writing tables on top of one another, facing east. If they do not face east when you stack them, use your decor tool to turn them. You will also have to use your decor tool to lower them down so they are flush against one another as they stack just like a small table would. Once stacked and lowered, you should have something that looks like the image on the right.
You are now ready to add the “top” of your new desk stand. Best practice is to do the “decor” first and raise it into place before putting your 2 cloth down. This is to prevent anything from dropping under the cloth when you stack, as the cloth will need to be raised 1 level up to fit into place on top of the desks. For my example, I will place the gears and raise them 2 levels. I will then place the nightshade and raise it 2levels, then place the cloth and raise 1 level. Always leave the house and return to ensure all pieces remain in their original position.

The Desk Lamp

Written by: Siobhan of Legends

This little 1 tile decor piece is extremely easy to put together and is really a nice touch to any room. Many folks just toss down a candle or candelabra for their room lighting and never give it a second thought. Some of us enjoy playing with the idea behind lighting and coming up with something creative.I saw this decor piece on an image on some website showcasing houses, thought it was a good idea, and tweaked it myself by adding the heating stand.
Items Needed: 2 Buckler Shields 1 Lantern 1 Heating Stand A modification would be to use a colored ore for the shields and lantern, but always match them. For my example, I’m using plain iron made bucklers and a plain iron lantern.
Place a buckler down and lock it. This will be the base of your light.Note, you might want to build something to put it on, like the Desk Stand or Round Side Table. Next, place the heating stand. Don’t forget to light it before you lock it down if you always want it to radiate light. I did not – I would like to turn my light on and off at my own will *smiles*
Next is to place the lantern on your pile. Lock it down.Place the buckler on your pile and raise it 1 time with your deco tool. Voila… a lamp you can turn on and off as you wish!

Round Side Table

Written by: Siobhan of Legends

This is truly a very simple decor piece that takes up 1 tile and looks very nice next to a counter or even at the end of a couch/sofa. It is great for displaying an item such as a lamp or candle with book and is definitely a Level I design.
Items Needed: 2 Barrel Lids 3 Tamborines with no red ribbon tail
Place 1 barrel lid down and lock it down.The odd thing here is when you go to stack the tamborines, they will stack very high off of one another as shown to the side. Stack them with the wide birth and just raise and lower them into a proper position as a pedestle on top of the bottom barrel lid you just placed.
After you raise and lower the tamborines into position on top of the first barrel lid, place the second barrel lid into the pile and lock it down. Raise it into position if need be.

Desk Lamp with Shade

Written by: Lady Celania of Legends

This is very easy but adds a nice touch.
Items Needed: Kasa Small vase (variations from vase shown below) Deco tool
Stack the vase on a table surface.Lock the vase down and raise the vase 2 times with the deco tool.
Next stack the Kasa on top of the table.The Kasa will fall underneath the vase.
Lock the Kasa down and raise it 6 times.
I tried several versions. Try using a flask, a tall candle, or a globe

Hanging Plant Lamp

Written by: Siobhan of Legends

There is no way I could possibly take credit for this easy decor piece. I saw it in two places in practically two days, so to give credit: Jade of Legends as well as Lirial Canison of Legends – Lirial’s version used the snowflake in place of the elephant ear plant.
Items Needed: 1 Hanging Lantern (white shown) 1 Elephant Ear Plant (or snowflake as spoken about in above text)
This is a very simple design. Simply place your white hanging lantern and turn it on. Lock it down and turn it in the direction you would like it to face.Place the elephant ear plant on top of the light. The plant should fall right into place. No raising or lowering needed. Don’t forget to lock it down. Voila. Done!

Simple Desk Lamp

Written by: Siobhan of Legends

Many times we are left with a small area on a desk or perhaps on a table that could use a nice bit of lighting. But, you are tired of the same ole same ole… This is an option.
Items Needed: 1 Shoji Lantern 1 Paper Lantern
This is a VERY simple design and can be done anywhere. In fact, I can explain how to do it in just one little spot.Place the Paper Lantern down, turn it on and lock it down. Next, place the Shoji Lantern on the same tile and lock it down. Do not light it. Raise it up into position, depending on if you would like a longer stem to your lamp or a shorter stem.
You can reverse the lights that are on (the shoji on and paper off) for the same nice, simple effect.

Flickering Lanterns

Written by: Lady Celania of Legends

This piece is pretty simple, but has a really cool effect. I believe that this works best with lighter colored ingots, but don’t quote me on that.
Items Needed: 1 Lantern (ingot colored) (Player Tinker) Heating (same color as lantern) (Player Tinker)
Place the lantern down, lock it and raise it 15 times.
On the same square you placed your lantern, place your heating stand.Lock the heating stand down and raise it 15 times.