The hall bathroom can significantly impact the overall feel of your home. Whether you have guests over frequently or just want to improve the aesthetics of your home, it's a great place to start.
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Create A Stunning Bookcase Display With These Expert Tips And Tricks
Let's discuss a topic close to my heart—bookcase styling. This task can be daunting and overwhelming, especially at the beginning. If you're like me and need help getting started, don't worry; I'm here to share tips and tricks to make your bookcase look beautiful and stylish.
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Designing Your Dream Living Room: Tips for Creating a Comfortable and Functional Space
The living room is an important space where we entertain guests, relax, and spend quality time with family. To create a comfortable and functional space that reflects your style, consider the layout, lighting, decor, and storage. Arrange furniture to promote conversation and easy movement, use proper lighting to create a warm and inviting atmosphere, choose decor that reflects your style, and add storage solutions to keep the space organized and clutter-free. With these key elements in mind, you can create a living room that is both stylish and functional.
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Designing a Living Space around Awkwardly Placed Windows
While natural light is essential to good home design, sometimes windows can be placed in awkward locations, making it challenging to create a functional and aesthetically pleasing living space. I am sharing some tips for designing a living space around awkwardly placed windows.
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Affordable Elegance: Highlighting Walmart's Juliet Arch Cabinet with a Stunning Design
I created a mood board and design to highlight Walmart's amazing and afforable Juliet Arch Cabinet. This piece feels elegant and is incredibly functional, all for under $400. I love the five interior shelves for storing and displaying beautiful pieces from dishes to books (even board games would look pretty stored in here).
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Maximizing Small Spaces: Corner Edition
Living in a small apartment or house can make it challenging to utilize every inch of space to the fullest. Corners are often neglected and left unused. However, with some creativity and innovative storage solutions, you can transform these small spaces into functional and stylish areas you enjoy daily.
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Creating a warm and inviting atmosphere in your bedroom.
Your bedroom is your sanctuary, and it should feel that way. Designing a warm and inviting atmosphere in your bedroom is essential to making it feel like a place where you can go to relax and recharge after a long day. One easy way to achieve this is by incorporating rich, vibrant colors and interesting textures into your bedroom.
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Exploring the Impact of Color: Light and Bright Design vs Dark and Moody Design
Interior design plays a significant role in our daily lives. Design can affect the way we perceive the world around us, our experiences, and our emotions. One key design factor that can have a profound impact is color. Different hues can evoke different moods and feelings. In this blog post, let's explore the differences between light and bright design versus dark and moody design.
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Transitional Living Room Design: Blending Traditional and Contemporary Elements for a Timeless yet Modern Look
Are you looking to give your living space a new, modern look? If so, a transitional living room design could be the perfect solution! In this blog post, I will highlight the key features of transitional living rooms and provide design inspiration to help you achieve this style.
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Maximizing Small Spaces: Front Entryway Edition
If you live in a small apartment or house, you know how important it is to make the most of every inch of space. One area that often gets overlooked is the front entryway. Using a little bit of creativity and some smart storage solutions, you can turn this small space into a functional and stylish area that welcomes you home every day.
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Get The Look: Traditional Family Room On A Budget
Do you have a family room that you want to look pretty, feel comfortable, and not worry about the kids ruining the furniture? I designed this kid-friendly family room with all that in mind. This design uses affordable furniture pieces from Walmart that have an updated traditional feel. Two three-seater velvet sofas and two chairs allow comfortable seating for up to ten people. The media center flanked with two bookcases gives you lots of open and closed storage. The rug featuring a medallion pattern brings warmth to the room and the white curtains soften the space. Mixed materials throughout the decor add interest while cozy pillows invite you to sit down to watch your favorite shows on the frame TV.
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Maximalist Living Room on a Budget: How to Create a Luxe Look for Less
I wanted to create a living room with a maximalist approach, incorporating a moody feel and neutral palette. To make it look luxurious without breaking the bank, I mixed affordable pieces with high-end ones. I used an affordable wool patterned rug and slipcovered sofa and paired them with high-end pieces like these beautiful armchairs and coffee table. The different textiles and materials make the space feel warm and inviting, and they all balance and contrast with each other to create something special.
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Get The Look: Calming Retreat
I created a relaxing sanctuary using a pair of affordable chairs from Walmart (priced at less than $250). To enhance the space, I added a beautiful rug and an upholstered bed to create a soft contrast with the clean lines of the dresser and bedside tables. I also found a set of lovely lamps that complemented each other. To achieve a luxurious hotel-like ambiance, I layered cozy textiles and added greenery with organic shapes to bring balance to the space.
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Get The Look: Elevated Casual
This week I found this gorgeous wallpaper on Etsy so I wanted to create a living room design around it. I wanted the space to feel casual and inviting but still elevated. I used contrast to draw attention and provide lots of interest. A family-friendly neutral sofa is paired with luxe velvet chairs with sloping arms. The bold side tables play nicely with the sculptural curves of the coffee table. A patterned rug anchors the space and pulls the palette together.
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Get The Look: Cozy in Autumn
If you are lucky, you are already experiencing some fall weather. Here in Oregon, we have a mix of autumn days as well as some summer trying to hold on before going to sleep for another season. Warm sweaters, caramel apple cider, and the beautiful changing leaves are front and center in my head. I wanted to create a living room that felt warm and effortless and would be perfect for curling up with a good book in front of the fireplace. I hope this look inspires you to start bringing cozy autumn vibes into your home too.
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HOW TO: DECORATING WITH TASSELS
These days, tassels aren't the same ones hanging from your grandma's drapery panels. They recently got a major overhaul and we are loving them. Tassels are the perfect embellishment for clothing, accessories, pillows and even rugs. They come in many different colors and sizes and there are so many different ways you can use them. Today, we are sharing some of our favorite ways to use them around the home.
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