What’s it like to live in just over 200 square feet? When all the rooms in your home are in one space, what makes it all work? How can you make living in 12’ x 18’ total, feel like you have elbow room for days? Living without interior walls in a small space doesn’t have to mean sacrificing style or functionality. Studio apartments can be highly efficient, wildly practical and truly beautiful. Let me show you how.
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Exactly How to Style an 8’ X 8’ Dining Room
You can have a gorgeous small dining room, even if it’s a super compact 8’ square. I’ll show you the tricks that will make every inch of the room work like magic! In the end it’ll feel like you have tons of room! Here’s exactly how to style an 8’ x 8’ Dining Room.
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How to Make a Small Multipurpose Dressing, Office Craft Room Combo Work
Getting multiple uses out of the same small space doesn’t have to be hard. When you get totally clear on how much time and space is spent on each activity, the ideas for how to layout the furniture almost becomes automatic. You begin to see exactly how much space each activity needs.
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What You Need to Know to Arrange a Pass-Through Living Room with 3 or More Doors
The pass-through living room is one that has multiple doorways that allow you to get from one area of the house to another. You must be mindful of not blocking the pathways to the other rooms. When you think about arranging the furniture, keep in mind the purpose of the space. If you have a room with 3 or more doorways, here’s what you need to know.
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15 Fast and Creative Ways to Style the Blank Wall Above Your Bed
That big empty wall above the bed is taunting you like a blank question mark hoovering over your head and it’s ruining that vibe you’re going for. Here’s 15 fast and creative ways to finish up that space so your bedroom can feel like the oasis you want it to be.
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14 Thrift Store Finds You Should Never Pass Up
The staples of home décor are waiting for you at the thrift store. From baskets to buffets and lamps to large art, whatever finishing touch your home needs, you’ll find it thrifting. Shopping second hand is a combination of excellent prices and adventure! The next “big thing” in home décor is at the thrift store.
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Knowing These 4 Secrets Will Make Your Small Living Room Look Expensive!
If you want your small living room to look expensive, it’s more about what you don’t do. Don’t pack it with clutter. Don’t over furnish, don’t forget balance and symmetry and Don’t spend money you don’t have to.
Read MoreHow to Combine Mid Century Modern Touches with Farmhouse Furniture
Is it possible to mix Mid Century style with Farmhouse style and have it look good? You sure can! Mixing decorating styles is like making soup. Combining the right ingredients and proportions result in something truly magnificent.
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Love Rearranging Your Small Living Room? Here’s the Furniture You Need to Make Multiple Layouts Work
We learn early on that you can’t fit a square shape into a round hole. Small Living rooms often have the same kind of restraints. Unlike a child’s puzzle, real rooms have more leeway for furniture placement, but that can still make things tough. Planning your furnishings carefully is the key to multiple layout options.
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17 Decorating Mistakes to Avoid in Small Spaces
You can avoid adding unnecessary stuff to your small space. The trouble comes from the everything else you don’t think about. Here’s 17 ways to avoid UNCOMMON decorating mistakes that can leave you with frustration and regret.
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8 Impactful and Easy Ways to Create that Wow Factor in Any Room
If we dissect what the wow factor is, it becomes clear that what we’re actually after is something surprising. This surprise is the secret weapon that designers rely on to knock our clients socks off. It takes planning and execution to make that kind of impact but, there’s a few easy tricks anyone can do. Here’s how.
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Got a Room with Opposite Focal Points? Here’s How to Arrange it!
If you don’t have a gravitational pull towards something in a room with opposite and competing focal points, you have a room that feels out of place and unfocused. You don’t know where to look or how to position your furniture.
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7 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself About Open Concept Layouts in Small Homes
Few or no internal walls. Some might think, heck yeah that sounds amazing! Others might think, no way, that’s like being stuck in the same room all the time! Is open concept living still right for life in a post 2020 world? Find out.
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The 6 Biggest Room Makeover Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid
Do you ever have one of those projects that are way more complicated than you’d expect?
It’s like the universe is putting the kibosh on you and no matter how you try, it just keeps going South?
Planning a room makeover doesn’t have to take a long time and it doesn’t have to stress you out.
In fact, if there is an unusual amount of stress involved, that’s a tip off that one or several of these 6 biggest room makeover mistakes are in play.
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Top 7 Pros and Cons About Living in a Small House
No matter how you crack it, more stuff is why we have bigger homes.
If you have 4 people in a house, that’s 4 individuals with hobbies, interests, tech, and all the paraphernalia that comes with them.
So, do you think it’s comfortable for a family of 4 to live in 1200 square feet or less?
I love small houses and think that they’re charming and cozy.
If you think yours is cramped and crowded, I’d love a shot at changing your mind.
Don’t get a storage locker for all your extras or ship one of the kids off to grandma’s until college.
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How to Choose a Designer: 10 Essential Make or Break Tips to Keep You Sane!
You’ve been kicking around the idea of making a change in your house.
Perhaps one of your rooms needs better function and you’re looking for help re-configuring doorways, closets or moving plumbing and electrical.
Or
You might need help sourcing new furniture because you’re in a new house and your old stuff doesn’t fit or your layout needs tweaking.
There’s a pro for every project imaginable but not every pro is right for every project.
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No Fail Lighting Formula and 12 Clever Ways to Light up a Small Room!
Nothing makes a room feel more like a cave than a single light source, especially if the room is small.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a ceiling fixture, floor lamp or table lamp, one light source will highlight shadowy areas and really make the walls feel like their closing in.
The solution doesn’t have to involve installing expensive hardwiring.
You can absolutely achieve a fantastic lighting scheme with a simple formula and a few clever tricks so you can enjoy a properly lit room.
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5 Ridiculously Simple Ways to Improve Your Accent Furniture Game
Accent furniture is a piece of furniture that compliments a space.
Literally it is a piece that emphasizes something like a color or style.
Accent furniture adds the punctuation to a room, providing a pause as you peruse the space.
Often, they complete a design; adding that last detail, or filling an awkward corner where nothing else works.
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The Magic Picture Hanging Height Formula to Make Your Art Look Incredible!
Have you ever noticed art that just doesn’t look right in someone’s house?
I’ll bet you’ve looked at it and thought, “wow, that’s way too high up!”
Like there’s a ton of space between the floor or whatever is underneath it and it looks weird.
Or worse, if the piece is super tiny and it’s hung so high it’s hugging the ceiling… Ugh!
Nothing ruins an awesome piece of art like an incorrect placement.
I’m definitely not a stickler for EVERY home decorating standard and I’ll be the first to break the rules if I think something will look better another way.
However, some rules, like the right way to hang art, make a lot of sense.
Art looks best when you can appreciate it straight on.
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Can’t decorate? 5 Quick Ways to Change Your Thoughts So You Can Change Your Space.
Do you believe that what you think can influence your life? If the only word you find to describe your living room is blah, you’re letting your thoughts affect your feelings.
A blah room is uninspiring and dull.
I’ll bet if you felt that way about the clothes you wore, you’d go shopping for some new pieces or accessories to jazz things up, right?
You wouldn’t go years feeling the blahs with your outfits without making some changes.
Why would you live with décor that made you feel that way and expect to feel differently without making changes?
Just like a new outfit, new throw pillows or an area rug won’t change the course of your life, but they can ignite a spark that inspires a revolution in the way you feel about your room.
How you think can about your home will shape your reality.
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