Decorating
Help! My Living Room is Caught in a Time Warp
Isn’t it amazing how our homes can slowly get out of date without us even realizing it? This very thought crossed my mind a couple of months back when it suddenly dawned on me that my living room had been caught in a time warp. It wasn’t that anything was really that bad. It is [...]
Fitted Bathroom Furniture For Your Ideal Bathroom
Bathroom furniture comes in such a range of shapes and sizes, there’s bound to be an ideal set of units out there for you. Whatever the size and shape of your bathroom, there’s almost certainly some fitted furniture that will fill the gaps and make you love your bathroom again. Your choice of fitted units [...]
Bathroom Tiles Transformed in a Weekend
You love your home. After all, you put so much time and effort into it (not to mention money), that it would be hard to call it your home if you hated it. But, there’s this one room in your house that could use a little sprucing up, your bathroom for example. Wouldn’t it be [...]
Spicing Up a Backyard
Entertaining at home can be a great way to save money and show off your beautiful home. Investing in small measures, such as planting an array of flowers or adding a canopy to the backyard can add a lot of personality to a formerly drab space. Try some of these tips for adding some more [...]
Fire Pits, Planters, Hanging Baskets, & More For Decorating Your Patio
Is there anything more entrancing than staring into a fire? Most of us have distinct memories of sitting around a campfire or bonfire in the summertime, roasting marshmallows and swapping stories. Gathering around a fire has been a social event going back thousands of years, and for good reason – there’s something about a fire [...]
Eames Lounge Chair in Popular Culture
Throughout their lives Charles and Ray Eames dedicated themselves to furniture design and architecture. The earliest examples of furniture design from Eames began in around 1935 with the production of a Chandelier for the St. Louis church. Over the following 36 years Charles and Ray Eames worked together to produce a wide range of iconic [...]
Out With New and in With Old – a Passion For Antique Lamps
I have to admit that I have always had some odd tastes when it comes to interior design. Possibly this has something to do with growing up in the seventies. My parents and grandparents homes were filled with post war utilitarian furniture, chipboard was used to hide any and all attractive antique features; real fires [...]
Tour of Affordable Homes Spotlights Comfort and Elegance
The Street of Dreams typically showcases the latest in home luxury and design, and while many of us can enjoy the tour each summer, few can afford the opulence on display. Keeping in tune with the economic downturn and the need to build more sustainable homes, the Street of Affordable Homes in Portland, Oregon offers [...]
How To Choose The Right Blinds For Your Room
When it comes to interior design, one area of the room that many people overlook is lighting, and windows. It’s always a shame to see a beautiful room marred by being too dark, or having curtains that impose on the rest of the room. This is especially true when the simple choice of some light, [...]
Summer-Proof Your Home
Is it summer now where you live? Are you looking forward to bathing in the sun and hitting the beach? Are you ready to take your summer wardrobe out from the storage? Summer days do bring about the best moods and cheers from people. But as much as we enjoy coming out of winter, let [...]
