Square living rooms limit where you can place your furniture because all the walls are the same size. There’s no long wall to anchor a sofa, sectional, or chairs. What if the room also has 3 doors on 3 separate walls? Let me show you how to design a room like this.
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When is it a Good Idea to Ditch the Sofa in an Awkward Living Room?
Living rooms with multiple doorways can be tough to arrange. If the room is narrow or long, that makes it even harder. Have you ever thought of using only chairs to arrange your awkward, small living room? A layout like this can be very versatile and functional.
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9 Reasons Why Your Tricky, Small Room Needs a Gateleg Table
Gateleg tables are one of the most versatile pieces of furniture to have in a small, awkward, or tricky room. It’s important to think in terms of multi-function for rooms with challenging layouts. I’ll show you nine ways you may not have thought of to use a gateleg table.
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Why You’ll Be Paying More for Furniture in 2022, And What to Do About It!
There’s a perfect storm of logistical challenges, material shortages, and a natural disaster that’s rippling through the furniture industry causing long delays and soaring prices. If You’re in the market for furniture, I’ll explain what’s happening and what to do to avoid getting caught up in it.
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Remember These 5 Things to Avoid Decorating Overwhelm
Decorating overwhelm often creeps up after moving to a new home or renovating your existing house. Both involve making lots of decisions and interacting with lots of different people. Here’s 5 fun ways to avoid feeling overwhelmed so you can make excellent decorating decisions.
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Are White Walls OVER in 2022?
Could it be? White walls are out in 2022? I’ve got you covered if you want to paint over your white walls: Want to go bold? Here’s how. Want to be subtle with color? It’s in here. Just a hint of color with accents? Read on.
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How to Have a New Traditional, Blue Christmas for 2021!
This ‘new traditional’ way to incorporate blue into holiday décor is all about mixing it with other colors. If you’re on the fence as to what colors you should incorporate this year, let me show you how to have a new traditional, blue Christmas for 2021!
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10 Incredible Expert Designer Tips That Will Elevate Your Small Home to the Next Level!
Here’s some of the most innovative and creative uses for challenging small spaces I’ve ever come across. If you need help figuring out how to make tight spots in your home or apartment functional and beautiful, this post is for you! These experts will show you how to rethink, embellish and fine tune tricky and awkward rooms so you can turn eye sores into eye candy!
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5 Steps to Create a Functional & Aesthetic Small Home Office
Spending a lot of time in a room that doesn’t support what you need to do your job is a frustrating endeavor. It’s so important to understand what you need to make a work from home set up work for you. If you don’t know exactly how to create a functional and aesthetic small home office space, here’s 5 super useful tips for planning your layout so you can create a space you’ll want to be in.
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3 Amazing Ways to Layout a 9’ x 10’ Bedroom with an Angled Wall and a Bumped-in Closet
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
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
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!
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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Small Space Ideas From Around The World
It’s been somewhat remarkable to witness the rise of small-space living over the years. It can partially be chalked up to our ever-more-crowded cities, and the simple fact that most people in big urban areas sacrifice space for location. It may not always be an ideal situation, but the idea of making the most of it, and turning a small space into a delightful one, can bring a certain charm to it.
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How to Arrange An Awkward 10 x 12 Living Room with a Corner Fireplace and a TV
Narrow living rooms can have challenges for furniture placement. Add in doorways and furniture and it can sometimes feel like a game of Tetris trying to make it all fit. When you have a narrow living room with an angled fireplace and 4 doorways, it’s all about the pathways.
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8 Ways to Maximize a Small Galley Kitchen
Galley kitchens can be super efficient and charming but in most, the charm can be overshadowed by a lack of storage, feeling cramped, and not having entertaining space. Here’s 8 ways to maximize a small galley kitchen so you can make it feel 5 times bigger.
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What’s it Like to Live in just over 200 square feet? How to layout a 12’ x 19’ New York City Studio Apartment.
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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