Recently, I decided to give myself a decorating challenge… I set out to find 10 items under $10.00, right here at Piper Classics. I was looking for seasonal, springtime products that would freshen up my home. You see, I work here at the warehouse and sometimes find myself roaming through the aisles, feasting my eyes on all the latest and greatest products on the very tall shelves. Sometimes, I’ll spot something that I love but forgot we still had here in the warehouse… and then, I rush off to place a new order! Continue Reading
Affirmations and positive thoughts
Everywhere we look these days we see facts about affirmations and how they can positively change both attitudes and lives! What a great way to start the new year… with a sign or two dressing up your home after the holiday chaos subsides, the decorations are packed away and 2022 gets underway.
A great way to be sure that the affirmations stay uppermost in your mind, is to display the words where they’re seen by everyone on a regular basis! We need a Lot of reminders… These maxims can help you maintain a positive outlook, keep your focus on what really matters and stay in gratitude all year. Continue Reading
Before you know it, summer will officially be here and with it the official colors of summer; red, white, and blue.
From the moment we put out flags for Memorial Day until the time we start thinking about decorating for Halloween, the colors of the American flag rule the roost.
Patriotic themes are one of the key elements of what’s known as Americana Decorating a casual, appealing style that also pulls in aspects of the farmhouse and primitive décor.
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Did you know that there is actually a decorating style known as Aspirational? Well, there IS, and sometimes we bring it home without even realizing it. This decorating style works wonders for anyone who is interested in creating a space that is comfortable and updated, with messages that encourage and inspire. Continue Reading
We have loved these signs from the minute we laid eyes on them, and recently you’ve shown us that you do too! They are literally selling like hotcakes!! If you don’t know about these signs or haven’t noticed them here on our site, now is a great time to dig into our Wooden Signs and see how many new ones we’ve just added and what all the excitement is about! Many of those we have just added are perfect for fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, while still others are not season-specific, and can be displayed year-round.
With so many to choose from, we know you’re going to find more than one to love! The signs feature an understated color palette and simple linear design, ensuring that they can be incorporated into every style of decorating. There signs range from clever and imaginative, to playful and whimsical, to profound and inspirational. The company manufacturing the signs does it in a wonderfully innovative and environmentally-friendly way that is amazing and impressive.
These signs are a real favorite. In fact, they are flying off the shelves!!
1. Made in the U.S.A.
This American-born company is something to write home about. Their home decor division, which makes products of exceptional quality, came about as a result of their awareness of the “waste” being produced from their main sawmill and lumber company. After paying close attention to the amount of wood by-products were left after the processing of the trees, they decided to find a way to create something from that wood. This company holds “themselves environmentally responsible” (their own words) regarding the production process that they use in their factories. The home decor division, that produces the signs you see here, uses the boards and wooden shims that are cut off of the logs and boards in the lumber facility.
Not only do they use by-products to create these signs, but sawdust generated in their factories, helps to power buildings in their industrial complex and small pieces of wood chipped off and discarded in the manufacturing process are used as mulch for their landscaping operation.
This innovative and forward-thinking mindset has created a company that is earth-friendly, utilizing 100% of the trees they harvest! Now that is a progressive business!
The Gather Wooden Sign brings nature and rusticity to your home with subtle beauty and grace and one word. The understated, modern lettering adds a subtle sophistication with artful style.
The Insanely Blessed Wooden Sign offers a fun and playful reminder to be forever grateful!!
2. Perfect for Every Decor
The signs are simple and charming, bringing interest and style to every interior, whether your look is rustic or contemporary, traditional or beachy, farmhouse or vintage cottage. Designed to be understated, yet visually appealing they blend into every setting and season with their neutral color palettes. Various styles of print and cursive letters are carefully selected with an eye toward design, offering an appealing dynamic, that accentuates each particular message or image. The eye is naturally drawn to the words and affirmations in various ways and each sign is enhanced by a basic, natural-toned walnut frame. They are a delightful addition to your decor, enhancing and coordinating without overwhelming.
This is simply and cleverly designed, with dynamic cursive that adds a modern touch and an inspiring suggestion.
3. Built to Last
Made with exceptional quality and constructed of walnut hardwood, the signs are substantial and sturdy, ensuring that they will stand up to the everyday wear and tear of modern life. By definition, “Walnut wood is warm and rich in color and finishes well… is a fine-grained hardwood that is dense and shock resistant.” In layman’s terms, these signs are built to last…
We are loving all the barnyard signs, like the Brown & White Cow, that bring some of our favorite animals right into our living space, without the manure!
The Home Sweet Home Sign is so simple and sweet, adding a message that is particularly pertinent right now! This year home has come to mean so much more than it used to. We’ve been home more this year than ever before and sometimes that hasn’t been easy. One thing is for sure though! There really is No Place Like Home and this sign shows us how important it is to remember we are lucky to have a home.
4. Affirmations to Inspire
The Remember You Are Braver Sign gives us a wonderful glimpse into the wisdom that was ever-present in some of our favorite childhood storybooks. An encouraging, inspiring quote that is uplifting for children and adults! Hang this where everyone can see it everyday!
There’s a lot of talk these days about affirmations and positive thinking and how it can change the way our minds work. Many of these signs offer words of wisdom and profound messages that remind us how blessed we are, that it is healthy to grateful, to laugh a little more and that we really are doing a good job! Having these signs where we all can see them, we’ll be given gentle reminders that allow the words to resonate through our homes and our lives.
Browse through our large selection online, to see all the delightful signs that can add the perfect look or message to your interiors.
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How to Fluff an Artificial Floral Wreath in 5 Simple Steps
Lay the wreath on a flat surface
Begin working on one section by gently separating and shaping the leaves, twigs, flowers, and other elements
Pull greens or twigs to either side of the wreath to add fullness
Gently pull or bend flowers toward the front of the wreath
Continue this process all around the wreath, blending everything so it looks evenly filled
Continue reading for a more in-depth version of the process.
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By the time February rolls around, that cozy feeling we get when we snuggle up by the fire for a long winter’s night is wearing thin!! The long, ice-cold evenings and short, dismal days of this season are losing their appeal. Daylight is in short supply, the outside world is a slushy wasteland, and we’re inside feeling cooped up, irritable, lethargic and depressed.
Welcome to the world of cabin fever.
Cabin fever may not be a psychiatric diagnosis, but it is a real thing, clinical psychologist Joel Klapow told TIME magazine in 2014.
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Spring!! It’s Kind of Our Thing
After being hit with two big winter storms within the first seven days of March, we are really anxious to say goodbye to this winter. Spring cannot arrive quickly enough for many of us and even though you wouldn’t know it to look outside, the beautiful season of rebirth is less than two weeks away. When spring arrives in all its splendor and glory, many of us want to restore a fresh and breezy energy to our homes, as well. The rebirth going on outside inspires us to breathe new life into our decor, following the cues of the newly arrived, long-awaited season. Here are a few ideas to help you create that dynamic, refreshed style for your country farmhouse this Spring.
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In many parts of the country, it’s the most colorful time of the year. Just go for a hike or take a drive through the country and you’ll see the proof.
Why not use that color to inspire your home décor, making things as lively indoors as they are outdoors? If you’re not quite sure how to do that, here are a few tips, pulled from Midwestern Living and Better Homes and Gardens, on using the shades of this season to inspire your country decor. Continue Reading
Fall is just around the corner. This is the time to celebrate surviving the brutal summer heat and transition into the best time of the year. September through November represents the most enjoyable three months of the calendar for an array of reasons. While many people point to the beautiful foliage as the season’s most endearing characteristic, there is so much more to love about fall. Continue Reading
The days have suddenly gotten shorter, and the nights cooler. In the blink of an eye, the deep green leaves of summer are turning subtle shades of yellow and orange. Soon the trees will fully be ablaze with deep reds and the golden shades of autumn. Fall is here!
The signs are clear; there’s a bit of nip in the air, jacketed children wait on street corners for the early morning bus ride, the summer perennials are fading fast while the vibrant shades of Mums and Asters take over in the fall garden. Roadside stands offer pumpkins and gourds for sale. And perhaps most telling coffee shops have added pumpkin and spice flavors to their chalkboard menus.
The autumn season marks the transition in nature from summer into winter by the gathering of friends and family for the purpose of harvesting crops. In years past, the harvest season was one of great importance. It was often quite literally, the season that made survival during the winter months a possibility. Families, and whole communities, would gather together to work, bring in the crops, and celebrate nature’s provision for the cold months to come. Continue Reading
