Memory Blocks

Looking for a special and unique gift for someone, perhaps a wedding, anniversary or birthday gift? Come to Bella Interiors and see our Sid Dickens Memory Blocks. Bella Interiors is the exclusive retailer in this and the surrounding area that sells the tiles. A Sid Dickens Memory Block is a piece of artwork that is a hand- crafted plaster tile that represents history in a very whimsical modern way.

The artist, Sid Dickens is from Vancouver, Canada and has traveled the world over gathering mementos from his journeys. After receiving inspiration during his many travels he wanted to capture his memories of bookstores, museums, and historical architecture from around the world in a beautiful art form. Each tile has an artistic image on the front while the back depicts a unique quote or meaning to accompany the artwork. Some tiles are finished to a porcelain - like quality, while others have a cracked weathered stone look.

You can start with a single tile or build a collection according to your budget. This is a very affordable way to decorate with hand-crafted original artwork at a starting price far below that of prints or paintings. These tiles can be grouped in a variety of arrangements according to subject matter, color, or space to convey your own style. Each season new tiles are introduced into the collection while others are retired. This formulates an ever changing and fresh collection while the retired tiles increase in value and desirability. Give that special someone something unique that they can enjoy and add to over time. Help them start their own personal collection with Sid Dickens Memory Blocks from Bella Interiors!

Decorating your Door for Every Season

After the holidays when all of the colorful decorations come down, the outside of our homes look like they are missing that special touch. Here in the South we want that eye catching curb appeal year round. Bridging the gap between seasons with decor around the front door is easier than you might imagine. Using a simple grapevine as the unchanging constant, you can add or take away fabric and decor to compliment any season or event.
Whether it's Valentines, Mardi Gras, Easter, or a Spring or Summer theme, these are all great opportunities to add color and possibly a little whimsy to your homes exterior. For Valentines you could add colorful mesh fabric or ribbon and even carry over some of the gold, silver and red ornaments from Christmas. At Bella Interiors you will find an array of floral items and greenery that could be used for an Easter or Spring burst of color as well as rolls of fabric mesh in all colors and textures. Think big and bold and use fewer items for the most impact. Use your imagination and creativity or let one of the designers at Bella decorate for you!


Nikki Wiygul
Interior Designer
Bella Interiors

In home interiors the Master Bath has become larger, more luxurious and more of a main focus of our environment than ever before. We all want to be able to enjoy a spa like experience in our homes after a long day at work or play. Larger bathrooms, larger showers and a multitude of amenities such as rain showers, steam showers, and multiple shower heads, as well as, TVs and integrated sound systems have become the norm compared to the small bath with the built in shower or garden tub of the past.

This month of Valentines celebrations come visit Bella Interiors and pamper yourself or your significant other with products from Bella-Loo, our signature bath store. Bella offers many plush but affordable products to complete your bath. From absorbent and super soft bamboo towels and bath mats , to designer shower curtains and rods Bella - Loo has it all. What is more comforting, warm and romantic than a candle lit aromatic bubble bath? The wonderful aroma of scented candles, the added texture and fragrance of bath salts and effervescence and afterward the smoothing feeling of skin softening lotions are everything you need to complete your relaxing retreat. We even have gift sets already beautifully packaged for your loved one complete with soap, bath salts and slippers. If It's Beautiful, It's BELLA!

Nikki Wiygul
Interior Designer
Bella Interiors

Go "Green" to Defeat the Winter "Blues"

During the long winter months when nothing "green" is in sight we often suffer from the wintertime "blues". This lull in activities after the rush of Christmas and before the much anticipated colors of Spring produces a feeling of the dull-drums and a longing for the outdoors. So why not bring the outdoors "in"? This is the perfect time to spruce up your tired flower arrangements and greenery or arrange some new creations to give your home a splash of color and life.

At Bella Interiors, flower arrangements are created and sold as key components to the finishing touch in your homes accessories. Artificial flowers and plants have come a very long way in quality and variety from the past. They look more realistic and are offered in a beautiful array of vibrant colors. There is also no limit to the size, style and shape of the containers available to create your arrangement in.

Don't let flower arranging intimidate you. Select the container you need for your space . Think about height and mass. Will your arrangement be an eye-catching dramatic focal point that makes a statement? Or will it be just an accent that will compliment but not compete with what is around it? Next, think about color. Choose between a splash of accent color or all neutral greens, cream and white. Your main flower is the one you want to showcase - everything else around it is just filler to compliment it and add fullness to your arrangement.
Selecting odd numbers of each stem creates the best balance. Gather a variety of materials. Stems with leaves are good fillers and stems that create movement such as straight, tall sticks or curly willow add interest. Even using feathers adds another dimension if you choose.

If flower arranging is not your cup of tea, come to Bella Interiors, bring your favorite container and we will be glad to create for you. Or select from our many beautiful vases and point out which flowers and materials appeal to you and our designers will be happy to chase away your winter blues.When your beautiful, colorful work of art is complete it will bring a burst of life and breath of fresh air to your cold interiors this winter. It may even make you smile!

Scents Can "Spice" Up Your Life

Isn't it amazing how the simple act of smelling a certain scent can evoke detailed feelings, emotions or memories of a certain time or event in your life? During the holiday season this phenomenon especially rings true. The smell of the wonderful homemade holiday treats, traditional Thanksgiving dinners, and the fresh evergreen scent of the Christmas tree can fill the air with memories of past, present, and future. We dont even have to spend hours baking cookies or cutting down a tree to enjoy these special aromas.

Bringing these scents into your life all year round is easier than ever before with the growing trend in fragrances for your home. A multitude of fragrances in different forms is available in candles, sprays, diffusers, soaps, and lotions. The variety and options as well as quality is endless! Bella Interiors is showcasing an Evergreen home fragrance spray, and cinnamon scented star shaped candles for the holidays. Several everyday favorites are citrus soap and diffusers that smell very fresh and clean, as well as Linen, Cashmere and Birch candles for a more perfumed scent. Keep the memories alive and well year round by " spicing up your life" with scents from Bella Interiors!

Nikki Wiygul
Interior Designer
Bella Interiors

Mantle Madness

Does the thought of decorating your mantle and door for the holidays give you "Mantle Madness"? Sometimes looking through a box full of decorations after storing them all year long creates stress, and creativity goes null and void . Make everything look fresh and new each year by coming up with a starting point. What do you know you want to use again? Do you have a theme or color scheme? Is your style inspired by nature, traditional and true, bold and beautiful, or cutting edge contemporary and cool? Pick one and run with it. Give your Holiday decor a definitive style. If you use certain colors every year such as red, green, and gold, eliminate one and only use green and gold for a new twist. Or, add one color such as silver - use red, gold and silver. Then start by layering.

If you want year round decoration, the new trend is keeping grapevine around the front door and altering it by adding to it for each season- adding theme and color. Add lights to the vine-Christmas white lights or rope lights. Your next layer for Christmas would be green garland or colored mesh fabric or wide ribbon. To this layer add sugared fruit,red berries or ornaments throughout, securing them by wiring them into the garland. On the mantle have fun by adding unexpected items into your garland for height and variety. Topiaries on each end, figurines or candlesticks in the center or even vases, picture frames or architectural items such as column bases or finials. Again, continue your selected theme or color scheme and begin your layers.

Taking your decorating projects and breaking them down into manageable steps helps you from becoming overwhelmed with the final result. Take pictures and keep a file for next year to easily recall what you have, what you need, and what you want to do differently. Don't stress through the holidays. Have fun with your decorating and sit back and enjoy!

Nikki Wiygul,
Interior Designer
Bella Interiors

Interior Design - Let's get "Personal"

What is it about a small town that attracts people to want to live, visit, and shop there?Is it the personality of the town? Is it the quaintness and character of the landscape, businesses and people? Most importantly, it is the ability to form close, personal, lasting relationships with the people you live by and do business with, those relationships that you continue to nurture and enjoy for years. In a small town, businesses seem to stay around for awhile. The same local people meet you, greet you and serve you day in and day out. There is something very comforting about this kind of permanence and continuity.
Working with clients as an Interior Designer in a small town is no different. Offering clients quality products and services becomes an ongoing project. Forming a lasting working relationship is also ongoing. The Client/Designer relationship almost always develops into a close personal friendship. Getting to know clients' homes, families and lifestyles and growing together is the most rewarding aspect. Often beginning a project with one generation continues with the next generation, as they also want to do business with you because of that very relationship you have fostered over the years. Working closely with a family who wants to create fun, functional spaces for their young children eventually evolves into re-designing the home for the new empty- nesters who then want new furniture and a space designed for adult entertaining and relaxation.
I encourage you as a client to find that wonderful designer and friend that you know will be there for you, provide outstanding results for your home, and also be someone you are comfortable with, that you will want to continue to return to in the future.The Designers at Bella Interiors want to begin that personal relationship with you. So, get "personal" with your Interior Designer, and the end result will be more than just a "decorated" house - it will be a HOME everyone will enjoy.

Nikki Wiygul
Interior Designer
Bella Interiors

Penny Bowen & her client Susan Gravlee at Alabama football game!

Penny Bowen & another favorite client, Dr. Bethany Hairston