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Guest Post:  Show Off Your Creative Side With New Lighting

Guest Post: Show Off Your Creative Side With New Lighting

Lighting can add real personality to a space.  Not only can it freshen the look of your home, but it can also create a new style in a stale space.  Read on for some tips from Andre Smith on how to be creative with your new lighting choices.Continue Reading

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Guest Post:  Home Decor Styles 101

Guest Post: Home Decor Styles 101

Although it isn’t necessary to pigeon-hole yourself into one particular decorating style, it IS helpful to know the elements of each decorating style before you begin your own redecorating or home improvement project.  If you understand what’s out there, you can communicate more effectively with your designer, builder or store consultant when making the selectionsContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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Guest Post:  Choose New Light and Plumbing Fixtures to Change Your Home’s Personality

Guest Post: Choose New Light and Plumbing Fixtures to Change Your Home’s Personality

Lighting and plumbing fixtures go a long way toward adding personality and flair to a home.  With just a quick change in either one, you can make a traditional home feel more modern, and vice versa.  In today’s guest post, Tina Madsen offers some tips on how to make some key changes in your homeContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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Guest Post:  Modern, Natural Or Mooky – What’s Your Living Room Style?

Guest Post: Modern, Natural Or Mooky – What’s Your Living Room Style?

Everyone has a decorating personality.  Whether you prefer traditional design or a modern aesthetic, understanding your design personality will help guide your home decor purchases.  Read on for a peek into a few decorating styles, in this guest post by Loren Thorburn. Pin ItContinue Reading

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Guest Post:  Reviving Victorian Style in Your 21st Century Home

Guest Post: Reviving Victorian Style in Your 21st Century Home

Victorian style has made a bit of a comeback in home design recently.  While the style is often interpreted in an updated version of the original, its traditional elegance is timeless.  Today’s guest post offers some ideas for bringing a bit of Victorian style into your home – even if it was built in theContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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Different Types of Windows

Different Types of Windows

You may not pay much attention to the windows in your home – especially if they aren’t leaking cold air in the winter and if they look good!  But, if you need to replace your windows, or if you you are building or remodeling your home, having a basic understand of the types of windowsContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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Before & After:  Billiard Room

Before & After: Billiard Room

Paint is a wonderful, inexpensive way to change the look and feel of a space.  But, unfortunately, it can’t do everything.  In today’s before and after photos, we take a look at a billiard room that needed a little more style. Pin ItContinue Reading

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Color Trend:  Fuchsia

Color Trend: Fuchsia

Fuchsia may not be the color you first think of when you think about redecorating your home, even though it’s been a popular color on the fashion runways for several years.  But, a splash of this vibrant pink is on-trend this year, and it can perk up just about any space.  And, used in moderation,Continue ReadingContinue Reading

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Guest Post:  5 Trendy Home Decor Styles For 2013

Guest Post: 5 Trendy Home Decor Styles For 2013

Today’s guest post comes to us from Chris Stanbridge, who offers an overview of 5 popular home design styles for 2013.  While you may not want to redecorate your home to accommodate the latest trend, I think you’ll find that these styles are very adaptable to your current decor; just a few key changes, andContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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The Beauty (?) of Ceiling Fans

The Beauty (?) of Ceiling Fans

Ceiling fan.  The very phrase stirs up all kinds of emotions from lovers and haters of this simple fixture.  If you’ve ever watched a home improvement show on television, chances are you have been told by the designer that “the ceiling fan needs to go!”  Not so, I say.  Ceiling fans serve a function andContinue ReadingContinue Reading

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