Find great articles about water fountains from a design and decoration standpoint. It complements our Water Fountain Guide’s practical care and maintenance articles with advice and insight about how to use indoor and outdoor fountains to turn any space into a more relaxing, pleasing environment. If you have specific design and decoration questions, or questions about anything to do with water fountains, email us, call us at 1-888-881-4668 or use the Water Fountain Contact Form. One of our fountain experts will answer your questions.
While an indoor fountain naturally stands out as a focus for any room in the house, you still want it to blend seamlessly into your home décor. This means you need to be aware of color choices – you need to select for more than the interior design style. Read on...
Tabletop water fountains can easily accent such seasonal décor changes and they’re economically priced to allow you to purchase several to match changing seasons or other themes. Read on....
Top Water Fountain Designers
As a consumer, you’re primarily interested in a design that suits your home’s décor, your personal sense of style and the space you have available to install a water fountain. One way to guide your choice is by looking at particular designers, let's read on....
Water Fountains at the Movies
One great way to get inspired about decorating with a water fountain is to take a look at popular media. What do water fountains look like on TV, or at the movies? While the fountains featured in films are usually big water features, there’s no reason why you can’t scale down the basic idea.....Read on.....
Five Traditional Water Fountain Elements
One of the great things about modern water fountains is how accessible they are. You can find virtually any style at any budget. But what if we want to hearken back to the old days and take advantage of the sophisticated language of more elitist times?
Five Famous American Water Fountains to Inspire You
Whether you’re looking to purchase a custom fountain for your home or business or need help deciding which of our indoor fountains or outdoor fountains to purchase, taking a look at famous water fountains from across the country is a great way to get inspired. Let’s look at five of them:
Four Symbols in Asian Water Fountains
Asian style water fountains are some of the most popular around. They suit both antique and modern décor, and lend themselves to fountains of all sizes, from small tabletop fountains to big outdoor fountains. Read full article.....
A Brief History of Water Fountains
So when you add a water fountain to your home, you’re doing more than adding a relaxing, beautiful element to your décor. You’re tapping into a tradition as old as human civilization – and with enough stylistic variety to give you endless choice. Read full article....
Four Ways to Decide Where Your Indoor Fountain Goes
Great article for finding the perfect place for your indoor water fountains and what types of indoor fountains best fit in your home. A look at color, site lines and styles, read on.....
Three Water Fountain Traditions You Can Use
Water fountain history stretches all the way back into antiquity, to ancient Greeks, Romans and Persians, through to Arab scientists, Renaissance artisans and modern artists – and that’s just counting the Western world. As people have appreciated fountains through the ages they’ve attached special customs to them.
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Water Fountain Materials
Virtually every fountain—no matter how expensive, elaborate, or decorative—can be broken down into just a few critical parts: the pump, the water conduit (usually plastic tubing), and the water basin. Anything else you see in
water fountains is there for the purpose of disguising these parts or enhancing
the overall design. Read on....
Use High End Custom Fountains to Inspire You
Past articles have focused on household and small business needs, but this time around, let’s look at the top of the scale, and see what we can learn about using any fountain as a design element. Read on....
A Quick Guide to Water Fountain Brands
Water Fountain Place has a huge selection of water fountains. Many of our articles are about choosing the right fountain according to a number of criteria. Brand is one way to help narrow your choices, because each water fountain manufacturer tends to have a particular specialty. Here’s a quick description of four such manufacturers. Read on...
Feng Shui Tips for Water Fountains
If you have any interest in interior décor you’ve probably heard of Feng Shui. This is often called the “art of placement,” though it actually translates to “Wind-Water.” As the name implied, water is an important part of Feng Shui. What does it recommend for water fountains? Read on....
Picking the Right Tabletop Fountain for your Office
Is your office boring? I’m not just asking if it’s free of distractions, but whether its featurelessness is in itself a distraction. It may sound odd, but without a focal point outside your work, your office can actually waste more of your time. Read on...
Picking a Water Fountain to Fit your Region
One of the elements people sometimes fail to consider when they’re looking at water fountains is the climate and flora of their area. This can put your choice of fountains in a new perspective, which can be a great help. Read on...
Choosing the Right Tabletop Water Fountain
One of the great things about modern fountains is that the range stretches from top of the line custom wall fountains to table top fountains that are within anyone’s budget...Read on....
The Advantages of Wall Fountains in Interior Design
Wall water fountains are one of the most popular options for homes and businesses of any size. The reason: flexibility. The wall water fountain category is diverse and fits modern living well enough to suit many, many different spaces. Let’s go over a few of the advantages....
Custom Fountains for your Business
A custom water fountain turns your storefront or office building from an anonymous piece of architecture into a landmark. Read about custom fountains based on your logo, your industry or to humanize your space....Read on.....
Five Water Fountain Basics
We already know you’re interested in a water fountain because you’ve come to this site! You probably have some rough ideas, but you’re browsing to figure out the specifics. Read on for some water fountain basics.....
An Indoor Wall Fountain Can Increase Home Value
Think of an indoor wall fountain as an investment that will bring beauty to your home and impress those that walk through your home. Read on for some ideas....
How to Pick an Outdoor Fountain
Picking a garden fountain or other outdoor fountain can seem daunting at first. In this article we’ll break the options down by theme, color, texture and facing.....Read on....
Going Green with a Solar Water Fountain
Environmentally friendly design is in but that’s not the only reason to choose a solar water fountain. Solar fountains are convenient choices for a number of reasons.....Read on.....
Read more in our Water Fountain Guide. You will also find information on the various types of garden fountains at Gardening-fountains.com.