subject: Theme Decorating With Beverage Coasters [print this page] Coasters are unique pieces of a room's decor, because rather than standing static in a single place within the space, coasters are meant to be taken out and passed around the environment. In this way they can stretch out across the entire space like a web, having far more influence on the decorative nature of the space than their tiny size might indicate.
This can be used to help create, or to help support a theme that you might be trying to create in your home. The use of novelty, or printed coasters, allows you to fill the space at will with your choice of graphic, color, image, and style. In this way the coaster can be a powerful and subtle tool in the creation of your decorative environments.
Beverage coasters are generally either stacked in a single row and placed somewhere convenient, or are placed carefully into a holder, which serves to keep them organized and all in one place. However some people choose to simply set the coasters out about a room, almost leaving them like place settings at a table that stretches across the home. Choosing to keep your coasters centrally located may make things seem a bit more tidy, but by leaving them out when a party or event arrives, you ensure that people will actually think to use them.
When trying to create a theme in a space, every little detail counts. Coasters are the quintessential little details, tiny, innocuous, and yet highly functional, and spreading out across a space.
If you are trying to create a beach themed home for example, the purchase of sea shell of beach style sandstone coasters can serve to help complete the look. If on the other hand you are going for something a little more classic, than the purchase of coasters printed with old newspaper articles, or magazines, or even with classic works of art may be a better choice for you.
Whatever theme you are striving for, it is certain that there is a coaster out there that can help to create the style you are trying to achieve. All you have to do is keep your eyes open, and your mind free to explore the various possibilities.
