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5 Tricks to Make a Small Room Look Bigger

October 17, 2022

Small rooms can be tough to decorate and arrange. Finding furniture, choosing paint, and editing your choices make it harder. Often small rooms have architectural features that can make the room feel smaller. If you’re feeling a little claustrophobic lately, here’s 5 easy and affordable changes to help.

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Demilune Tables: Why Every Small or Tricky Room Needs One

October 10, 2022

A common complaint I hear from clients is that they struggle to find furniture to fit in tight spots like entry ways, or near a pass-through doorway, or in small bedrooms. These areas are often narrow or small and larger, rectangular furniture won’t fit. The answer is a demilune table. Here’s why.

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Ivan Samkov

Free Yourself from Paint Color Anxiety: How to Choose the Perfect Wall Color for Your Painting Project

September 12, 2022

Does the process of picking a paint color for your walls make you want to run and hide? Do you feel like there’s just too many choices and too many mistakes to be made? Let me show you my top 4 favorite – fool proof- ways to pick paint colors for any room in your home. It’s way easier than you think!

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Dominika Roseclay

7 Tips to create the perfect Home Office

May 16, 2022

Many people choose to work remotely because it adds convenience to their life. However, many individuals do not prefer to work from home even if their profession allows them the privilege. The major reason is that People struggle to concentrate on work at home and their productivity declines. Here’s 7 ways to increase the quality of you work and create the perfect home office.

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In Decorating Advice, How To, Inspiration, Interior Decorating, Interior Design Tags Home Office Ideas, Perfect Home Office, Designing an Office at Home, What Every home office needs, perfect home office setup, home office inspiration, home office design, small home office design, working from home, the perfect workspace, home office set up, beautiful home office, how to style a home office, productive home office, efficient home office, home office setup checklist, creating a productive home office
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Nathan Oakley 

Does My Home Look Timeless? 5 Ways to Know for Sure.

May 9, 2022

A timeless looking home isn’t hard to achieve when you understand these 5 core things that are true for every design style no matter what. You can apply this advice to small or big rooms. When you cross check your decorating decisions with each of these 5 criteria, you’ll save money, time and avoid unnecessary and discouraging disappointments.

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In Decorating Advice, How To, Inspiration, Interior Decorating, Interior Design Tags Tips for timeless decorating, A timeless interior, Timeless home aesthetics, Timeless home styles, How to design a timeless home, How to make your home timeless, What is timeless decorating style
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Severin Candrian

Design Tips for Sprucing Up Your Room with Plants

May 6, 2022

If you're looking for a quick way to add some life and color to your room, consider using plants. We'll give you some tips on how to choose the right plants that will look great and THRIVE in your space.

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Curved Furniture and Angled Walls, a Perfect Fit?

April 25, 2022

The curved furniture trend is hot this year. But, for small and tricky rooms with angled walls it could be the very best solution to get maximum seating, optimal flow and superior function. Let’s explore a shared living room and dining room where every piece of furniture has rounded curves.

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Tips for designing a warm minimalist home

April 15, 2022

While the number one rule of minimalism is less is more, it doesn’t mean you need to live in emptiness. With a mixture of decluttering and soothing colour palettes, wide-open spaces and geometric shapes, minimalism is a design approach that can lend itself to a warm home.

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In Decorating Advice, How To, Inspiration, Interior Decorating, Interior Design Tags cozy minimalism, How do you become a cozy minimalist, What is warm minimalism, Can a minimalist home be cozy, Do minimalist decorate, Warm minimalist guide, Ways to add warmth to minimalist design, Rules of minimalist styling, Simple minimalist decorating
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5 Fixes for the empty space above your window [Infographic]

April 11, 2022

You’re on the last leg of your makeover. You’ve agonized over ironing your new curtains; you’ve steamed them, so they hang perfectly. As you step down from the ladder to soak in all your hard work, you notice it… The empty space between the window and the ceiling. You don’t love it. Here’s 5 ways to fix it.

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5 Simple Ways to Attract Happiness Now

April 4, 2022

It’s the age-old question, ‘is the glass half empty or half full?” How we attract happiness is more complex than simple optimism or pessimism. Learn how to easily begin cultivating more happiness TODAY with these 5 simple tips that take only moments to do.

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6 No Fail Decorating Rules for Small Rooms [Infographic]

February 24, 2022

These 6 rules will help you arrange and define a seating area, make the best use of certain types of furniture, and utilize the height of your walls like a pro. You’ll also learn how to avoid a common small room mistake so your room will feel larger immediately.

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What You Need to Know to Make a Dark, Square Living Room with Multiple Doors, Work

February 15, 2022

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?

February 7, 2022

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

January 31, 2022

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!

January 18, 2022

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

January 10, 2022

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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In How To, Interior Decorating, Interior Design Tags Overwhelmed interior design, decorating a house where to start, how to decorate a house, my house has no style, why am I so bad at decorating, what is the first thing to do when decorating a house, how can I decorate without getting overwhelmed so easily
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Are White Walls OVER in 2022?

January 4, 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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In Color, Inspiration, Decorating Advice Tags wall color ideas, wall color 2022, wall color trends, wall color combination with yellow, green wall color combinations, wall color blue, green painted walls, furniture goes with light green walls, shades of blue paint
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How to Have a New Traditional, Blue Christmas for 2021!

December 3, 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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In Holiday Decorating, How To, Interior Decorating, Interior Design Tags what are the christmas colors for 2021, modern christmas color palette, is blue a christmas color, neutral christmas colors, traditional christmas colors, sophisticated Christmas color palette, Non-traditional Christmas color scheme ideas, a fun twist on classic Christmas
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10 Incredible Expert Designer Tips That Will Elevate Your Small Home to the Next Level!

November 23, 2021

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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In Awkward Room, Decorating Advice, Small Space, Tricky Space, multi-purpose furniture Tags Design experts, Top designers, Interior design advice, Ask a designer, Interior design expert advice, Curated design advice, Free design advice, Interior decorator, Online interior design, Maximize your space, Online decorating resources, Decorating ideas for small spaces, Online decorating, Design services online, Awkward layouts, Tricky floor plan, Challenging room, Interior design help
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5 Steps to Create a Functional & Aesthetic Small Home Office

November 7, 2021

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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