Garden Furniture for Spring

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Although garden furniture maybe a bizarre topic of conversation in the height of winter, it’s not actually as ludicrous as you may think. Springtime can be an excellent opportunity to spend time in your garden, and it is often the most popular time for sowing seeds and observing wildlife. Many garden furniture retailers drop their [...]

My DIY Bedroom Makeover

Source: kagozi.com via Erica on Pinterest Our master bedroom was due for a makeover. I knew the colors I wanted, so I ordered a bedding set and logged onto Pinterest. I started gathering images of grey and red decor, looking for pieces that would inspire the design for the room. I knew I wanted it [...]

How to Make a Three-Dimensional Wall Hanging

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Ready to craft? This project is so easy, anyone can do it. Before you start making excuses, let me tell you, I’d never painted before. Never used acrylics or done art on canvas. I can hardly even draw a straight line. Now that your excuses are gone, pick your colors and your theme and let’s [...]

How to Make Your Living Room Cosy for Winter

cosy living room

As the winter descends, it’s more important than ever to have a cosy and comfortable living room where you can relax away from the harshness of the cold outdoors. In order for your living room to be an enjoyable room to relax in, it needs to be decorated luxuriously so you’ll never want to leave [...]

Decorating Your Kitchen for Christmas

Christmas Kitchen

Christmas is the time when families and loved ones spend quality time together, and for many homeowners, it’s a busy time for entertaining and hosting parties. If you’re hosting Christmas dinner or a festive party this year, you’ll need to decorate your kitchen accordingly. If you’re stuck for a few ideas on what seasonal decorations [...]

Ideas for Decorating En-Suite Bathrooms

En-suite bathrooms can add value to the home in terms of buying and selling, but they can also add value to your home’s functionality. Personal en-suite bathrooms are a great personal hygiene facility that doesn’t have to be shared with the rest of the family. This means you don’t ever have to wait for the [...]

Kid-Friendly Decorating in the Living Room

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Decorating the living room was an easy feat pre-parenthood. My husband and I didn’t have to worry about picture frames getting knocked off the coffee table or magazines getting rumpled and torn up. I remember how we used to keep stacks of Good Housekeeping and Real Simple on in a pretty little basket just under the coffee [...]

Seven Steps to Easily Designing the Perfect Room

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It doesn’t matter if you aren’t an interior decorator, or if you have a fixer-upper house that will never be perfect. You can remodel your home room-by-room to create a homey, classic, or elegant feel by following these seven steps. When I was getting ready to tackle the living room remodel and decorating project (read [...]

Nate Berkus Shares Home Decorating Tips with Untrained Housewife

Nate Berkus

I had the privilege of sitting in on a phone interview with several other bloggers and got to hear Nate Berkus, star of The Nate Berkus Show, share some very helpful and specific home decor ideas that I think you’re going to love. I got a chance to ask Nate a couple questions and want [...]

After the Nuts n’ Bolts Structural Part of a Remodeling Project, It’s Time for Interior Decorating

An urban loft with new laminate floors

I’ve got to admit, I’m more of a nuts n’ bolts person by nature, but I’ve picked up some decorating and interior design knowledge over the years, and especially over the last year when a couple of decorating consultant friends have been broadening my rather limited horizon. Broadly speaking, the theme of the newly renovated [...]