| Selecting Dining Room Chairs
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Whether your dining room is dedicated to dining only or it serves as homework central, a bill paying station or a craft table for the kids, selecting dining room chairs is an important job. The goal is to find chairs that reflect your taste, meet the demands of your lifestyle and get the most for our money. >> more |
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| Picking Lights for the Bedroom
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While the bedroom is meant to be a place for rest and relaxation, in today’s home this room often becomes a multi-purpose room. For this reason, picking lights for the bedroom can be a tricky process. >> more |
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| Decorating a Living Room
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The living room is often one of the busiest rooms in the house. It is used for entertaining, television viewing, reading, napping, homework and anything else that takes place in a busy family. It is usually the first room guests see when they enter your home. For all of these reasons, decorating a living room takes quite a bit of thought. >> more |
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| Selecting Living Room Curtains
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The most common style of curtain is the pinch pleat drape. Fabric is gathered at the top of the drapery and “pinched” together creating a pleat. It is then attached to a curtain rod with a small metal clip at the back of the pleats. This treatment offers a full and luxurious look but can be expensive due to the amount of fabric needed. >> more |
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| Buying an Area Rug
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Shopping for rugs can be both fun and intimidating. There are so many choices in color, style, and fiber that it can be difficult to make a decision. But arming yourself with a little knowledge will make buying an area rug more fun than intimidating. And isn’t that what decorating is supposed to be? >> more |
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| Choosing Paint colors for a Living room
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To begin, it is important to know a little about the psychology of color. There have been thousands of studies done over the years on how color affects our moods and our behavior; all too lengthy to discuss here. Even the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui assigns a color to each of five elements, which are wood, fire, earth, metal and water. >> more |
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| Buying Living Room Furniture
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One of the first things you must determine is what pieces you will need to furnish your living room. How the room is used and the number of people in your family will help you answer this question. If your living room is the primary gathering spot for your family and guests you will most likely require quite a bit of comfortable seating. >> more |
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| Buying Kitchen Cabinets
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When building or remodeling your kitchen, your cabinetry will be the most expensive item you purchase. There are many things to consider when deciding on cabinetry. What style do you want, what finish do you want, and how much cabinetry do you need? Does your budget allow for custom cabinets or do you need to choose stock? What type of hardware do you want? >> more |
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| Hiring an Interior Decorator
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With their knowledge and expertise, a good decorator will help you find just the right armoire for your living room or that perfect blue for your powder room. All of this will result in a home you can enjoy and be proud of for years to come. >> more |
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| Buying a Leather Couch
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If you have found the perfect leather for you next consider the framing. Couches can take a lot of abuse from jumping to sleeping and what's underneath the leather is as important to their longevity as the leather itself. Most of the time a big difference in high end and low end furniture is the craftsmanship that we don’t readily see. >> more |
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