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3 Amazing Ways to Layout a 9’ x 10’ Bedroom with an Angled Wall and a Bumped-in Closet

October 30, 2021

Small bedrooms can be very challenging. But finding furniture with the right dimensions that will also fit nicely into a room that’s less than 10’ square is even more challenging. Add an angled wall, a bumped-out closet, and an off-center window and you have a super tricky room to lay out. Here’s how to make a small bedroom with multiple challenges work!

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Products and Purposes for Awkward, Empty Spaces in Small Rooms

October 23, 2021

What do you do with that empty space in the corner of your room or along a short wall? It's too small for a large piece of furniture, but it's big enough to look awkward without anything there. I have 9 suggestions to make this empty space practical and purposeful. Let me show you how.

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My 11 Biggest Peeves About Decorating Small and Awkward Rooms

October 16, 2021

It’s important to consider the placement of furniture and décor in small or awkward rooms. Some things that work in bigger spaces will overwhelm a smaller space. Proper planning of furniture size and placement is important for any size room, but it can mean success or failure in a smaller room. Here’s what to do.

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L Shaped Living & Dining Room: The Biggest Decorating Mistake I Ever Made and How I Fixed It!

October 9, 2021

The ‘L’ shaped living and dining room. It’s a challenge to say the least. The issue is that there’s always going to be an awkward corner that bends at 90 degrees. That corner makes this shared space difficult to layout because it feels like separate spaces even though it’s not. There’s no wall or architectural feature to show where one room ends and the other begins. Got a room like this? Let me show you what I learned.

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