Popular Living Room Colors – The Color Should Reflect your Personality
Trends come and go and more often than not, trends tend to repeat themselves about every twenty years. One area you can see trends repeated over and over, is in your home décor. If you desire to get the...
Using The Color Wheel For Home Decorating
You are setting off on a new adventure and want to use your creativity to decorate your home using color. It doesn’t really matter if what you call home is a house, apartment, duplex, mobile home or a single...
Living Room Accent Furniture – Couches, Tables and Rugs
Without accent furniture a room can seem a little sparse and unresolved. It is the accent pieces in a room that create interest, depth and personality in any design. Therefore here are some tips on must have pieces when...
Decorating a Small Living Room
Successfully decorating small spaces can be a lot more difficult than decorating large areas and rooms. Decorating a small living room is no exception, especially if you are working on a tight budget or downscaling from a larger house.
Starting...
Making the Most of Your Fireside this Winter
Think of winter and images of snow, hearty meals and firesides are likely to be conjured forthwith to your mind. Firesides used to be the focal point of many a room in days gone by; however on the whole...
Living Rooms Designed For Living
Remember growing up and the living room was the special room that only got used when company came? Perhaps there were even clear furniture covers over the seating to protect it when it wasn’t being used. Well times have...
Buying Artwork for the Living Room
Your living room is probably the most visible and public room of your entire house. It is in this room where your family will bond and guests will be received and entertained. With this in mind, you should make...
Is that Couch or Sofa Pet-friendly?
Do you have a “no animal on the furniture” rule that always gets ignored? If you have a furry pet, then your answer is most likely a resounding “Yes!” Never fear; there are ways to make certain that your...
Common Design Questions
There are a few common design questions that as a designer I frequently get asked when working with clients, these include:
How do I plan where my furniture needs to go?
How do I pull a colour palette together?
What needs to...
Choosing Paint Colors for a Living room
One of the most difficult decorating tasks is choosing a color scheme. Once this is done all the other pieces of the decorating “puzzle” fall into place. But many of us struggle with where to begin. Do we just...
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Buying Extended Warranties on Appliances
Many conscientious consumers go the extra mile when they shop for household appliances – like DVD players or dishwashers or microwaves – and purchase an extended warranty. They want to be satisfied in the knowledge that their new appliance won't cost them money down the road, that if it...
New Trends in Bedroom Design
Sanctuary. Retreat. These are the key words that describe what the bedroom represents to many people in today’s hectic, economically uncertain world. People want a place they can come to at the end of the day to unwind, regroup and relax. And they want to do that in a...
4 Great Tips For Using Color Psychology in Your Home
If you are like most homeowners, finding ways to make your residence more appealing and valuable is a priority. Most property owners fail to realize that adding a fresh coat of interior paint to their home can provide them with up to a 40 percent return on their investment.
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