Looking for fall decorating photos and ideas to get ready for autumn and the upcoming holiday season? View photos of autumn and fall home interior design and decorating examples in our Fall Home Decorating Photo Gallery.

It strikes me that most of the content on RafterTales.com has been about adding stuff to your home. But lately, I’ve been thinking more about less … uncluttering my own space.

Learn how to plan and design your contemporary kitchen. Modern kitchen designs focus on form and function, with bold geometric shapes, sleek, clean lines and subtle curves. Metals, wood and stone surfaces combine to create a simple, functional contemporary kitchen design.

If you’ve ever watched Extreme Home Makeover with your kids, you have probably watched them sigh over the beautiful theme rooms that the designers create for the children featured on the show.

If space is at a premium in your kid-size bedroom, follow these tips to make the most of limited square footage when decorating! Learn how to reduce clutter and make your child’s small bedroom seem bigger.

As the focal point of a modern home, the great room is where the family spends time together. A great room design should be comfortable and practical in terms of layout, furnishings and design elements.

Well, you have to be a die-hard do-it-yourselfer, but if you want to try laying your own carpet, we’ve outlined the basic steps, along with videos on how it’s done!

Designing your own window treatments is a great do-it-yourself home decorating project. Save money and have fun doing it yourself with these tips and ideas and design your own elegant home window coverings!

Follow these simple ideas and tips to get the most out of your living space and interior when arranging your furniture. You don’t have to be a professional interior designer; with a little planning and know-how, you can arrange your furniture like a pro!

Renovating your kitchen on a budget means making trade-offs. But smart homeowners are finding great deals on appliances, materials and labor these days, making kitchen remodeling a smart long term investment.

Warm and natural, terracotta tile is a great choice for flooring. Learn how to lay out, cut and set terracotta flooring tiles in our how to guide for do-it-yourselfers.

Part 2 in our DIY tile flooring series shows you how to lay, set and grout your own ceramic tile flooring.

With these tips you can learn to plan and layout a tile floor yourself. Whether you want to install ceramic, terracotta or natural stone tile flooring our guide will teach you how to measure, estimate materials, lay out and cut tile for your home flooring project.

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It has been a little over a year now since we developed the current RafterTales home improvement and decorating blog, we have posted almost 400 articles during that time. Looking back at the content we have published, it is fun to look back and see which articles have been most popular with our readers; it [...]

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