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Keeping Your Home Cozy in the Winter
A cozy scarf can keep you warm in the cooler months of the year. There are better options than a scarf to keep your home cozy in the winter. Keeping a house cozy is a matter of stopping the cold air and keeping the warm air inside. Doors and windows are the biggest culprits when [...]
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Tone on Tone Texture
This beautiful living room is a wonderful example of using texture rather than color to add interest to a room design. Bathed in creamy neutrals, this monochrome living room feels sophisticated rather than boring. Texture plays a big part in the overall success of the room design. The limited number of design elements in this [...]
Posted in Design and Decorating, Home | Also tagged Decor, Decorating, design, home, home decor, home living room, home texture, room, room design, tone on tone, tone on tone decor | Leave a comment
Design 101: Repetition in Decor
This contemporary living room is a good example of repetition. The lack of color helps the design elements stand out. One of the basic design principles that is easy to follow is repetition. Repeating a color, a design element, a pattern, or an object throughout a design helps pull the look together to create a polished [...]
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Decorating with Warm Earth Tones
In an all white room, like the living room pictured here, warm earth tones can be used to give warmth to the cool space. Even deep red can be considered an earth toned neutral when paired with browns and ochre yellows. This living room is a beautiful example of using earth tones and neutrals to [...]
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Laundry Room Makeovers
Why does your laundry room have to be the most “un-stylized” place in your home? It doesn’t. Here are some great examples of well organized, fabulous and functional spaces. Some of us don’t have large laundry rooms, and that’s ok. See how good this small space looks. Why not use dark cabinets in your laundry [...]
Posted in Kitchen and Bath | Also tagged appliances, Decor, Decorating, design, home, home appliances, laundry room, laundry room decor, laundry room ideas, laundry room tips | Leave a comment
Living in the Living Room
Our living rooms are often more than just a place to watch television and entertain guests. For many of us, we do most of our living at home in the living room. These rooms become a media room, home office, dining room and sometimes even a guest room. While we might not admit it, many [...]
Posted in Design and Decorating, Family, Furniture | Also tagged carpeting, Decor, Decorating, design, family, family friendly homes, family room, flooring, furniture, home, room | Leave a comment
Kid and Pet Friendly Furniture
A full house of kids and various pets can be tough on floors and furniture. Dirty feet and paws, spills and messes can all wreck havoc on flooring and upholstery. Choosing the right products from the start can be a smart investment. Looking for materials that are stain resistant and durable can save you the [...]
Design Trend: Pale Wood Floors
Talking about trends in fashion and design can be tricky. What is a trend in one part of the country might not be popular in another part of the country. New Yorkers love their black clothes but dressing in all black in Jacksonville might not be as popular. The same goes for design trends. Mexican [...]
Posted in Hardwood | Also tagged Decor, Decorating, design, flooring, hardwood, home, light wood, light wood floors, pale floors, pale wood flooring, room, wood floor | Leave a comment
Space Saving Wall Mounted Faucets
We’ve talked about design solutions for small bathrooms and powder rooms before. These small spaces need to be functional as well as stylish in a tiny footprint. For a small bathroom that may not have much counter space, a wall mounted faucet is a good design trick. Wall mounted faucets can be installed in kitchens [...]
Reflections
In mountainous areas where switchback roads make it difficult to see the traffic coming, mirrors such as this one provide critical views. The mirror is set perfectly to show the road ahead. In our homes we often don’t think about what our mirrors reflect. When you place a decorative mirror in a home, it becomes [...]
Posted in Design and Decorating, Hints and Tips, Home, Lighting | Also tagged add light, architectural design, decorative mirror, eye level mirror, frame, hang the mirror, height, leaving the house, look at yourself, make space look larger, mirror, mountainous areas, picture, reflect, reflect in window, switchback roads, traffic | Leave a comment
