Nothing changes the feel of a living room faster than a good lamp. I learned this the hard way when I spent a whole weekend repainting my walls, and the room still felt cold at night. Then I brought...
You walk in the door and the first thing you see is a wall closing in on you. The entryway is so narrow that two people cannot stand in it at once, and by late afternoon it turns dark...
Imagine walking into your home on a cold gray afternoon in January. The Christmas tree is gone, the ornaments are packed away, and every room suddenly feels a little bare and echoey. You still want that warm, tucked in...
I will be honest with you. I used to think throw pillow combinations were something only interior designers understood. In my head, there were secret rules about color wheels and fabric weights, and people like me were supposed to...
Nothing warms a corner faster than candlelight. These 18 candle decor ideas will help every cozy corner in your home glow all winter long. 1. Lantern Cluster on a Side Table Three black metal lanterns in different heights crowd...
Walk through any beautifully designed home right now and you will notice the same thing. Shelves no longer look brand new and perfectly matched. Instead they feel collected, warm, and full of character, as if every piece arrived with...
You know that feeling when you walk into a friend’s kitchen and there is a little coffee corner that looks like it belongs in a magazine? The mugs hang in a neat row, the coffee maker sits on a...
I’ll be honest. For years I thought green kitchen cabinets were a passing trend, the kind of thing people paint over the minute they try to sell the house. I told my neighbor exactly that when she painted her...
Here is my honest confession about shared kids bedrooms. The first time I set one up, I bought two of everything in the exact same color, lined the beds up like a little hotel room, and told myself the...
Right now, the laundry room is having its moment. Scroll through any spring design roundup and you will see it: small, hardworking laundry rooms styled with the same care as a living room. Designers are calling it the jewel...