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Beautiful Spaces Tips
Allison Havill Todd solves your decorating dilemmas and helps you create your dream room.
 | Keeping Your Cool Here are a few things you can do to your interior environment to create a fresher, cooler feel when temperatures heat up: - Lighten up your normal bedding. Instead of the heavy comforter ... View |
 | Spring Highpoint Market Trends Having just returned from the Highpoint Home Furnishings Spring Market, I am eager to share the latest in trends and colors that we saw in dozens of showrooms. The Pantone color of the year ... View |
 | Color Trends for 2012 Here is a peak into the hot colors for 2012: Gray remains on the forefront of forward design and fashion choices. It can be seen from fabrics and furnishings to floorcoverings and wall ... View |
 | Beat the Summer Heat! As temperatures soar outside, many of us are seeking ways to create a "cooler" interior environment. There a few ways to make a space feel cooler (in addition to ... View |
 | Rough Luxe After having just returned from the Spring Highpoint Furnishings Market, I would like to share one of the underlying trends as seen in dozens of showrooms: the Eurpoean-inspired "Rough ... View |
 | Quick Tips for Uplifting Interiors In the midst of an exceptionally cold winter, it is not uncommon to have a slight case of the "blahs". Here are a couple quick tips you can easily incorporate into your interior environment to ... View |
 | GREY... It's the New Black We can hardly help but notice that everywhere we look the color grey is on the forefront of the design scene. From fabrics and wallcoverings to accessories, grey is the color of the ... View |
 | Holiday Guest Suite Are you hosting out of town guests during the holidays? Here are some quick ideas for creating a welcoming haven. As the holidays approach many of you will ... View |
 | Slipcover Furniture One of the hottest trends in home furnishings is the use of slipcovered upholstery pieces. Not only does this style lend a very relaxed and inviting look to a room, it also makes perfect ... View |
 | Managing Your Living Areas Nothing can ruin the flow of your interiors more than overcrowded and overcluttered spaces. Show off your living areas to their best potential by granting them some necessary breathing ... View |
 | Fresh Spring Spaces Welcome in the season and freshen up your home with these simple tips. You'll be surprised how a few easy changes can bring new life to the look of a room. Design and grow an herb garden ... View |
 | Get Organized! Start the New Year off right with these tips for better organized spaces. You'll be amazed how a bit of clean-up can transform a room. De-clutter! Get that giant stack of magazines ... View |
 | Bright Ideas for Lighting Your Spaces Create a lot of low-lighting through table and floor lamps. Over-head lighting is a drain on energy and your wallet. More importantly, it makes everyone look old. Collect ... View |
 | Furnishings Facelift Bored of your decor? Here are some fabulous ways to give your rooms a whole new look: Cover cheap cardboard lamp shades with fabric...any good lamp shop or workroom can do this for a small ... View |
 | Top Design Tips Spend a little good money on your window treatments. Otherwise, they will look cheap and stick-out like a sore thumb. (Read my article Window ... View |
 | Mix it Up! Give your rooms added interest with thoughtful combinations and avoid the expected. Don’t be matchy-matchy. Mix your bedside ... View |
 | Design Details When it comes to design, details really matter. Here are a couple of pointers to make your room pop. Shadow-box below a chair rail in dining room... a lot of look for the ... View |
 | Blending Furniture Pieces • Blend your legs and skirts. Check your room for too many open legs. Compliment with French pleated skirts and low-upholstered pieces. • Watch out for a woody room. Blend other ... View |
 | Perfect Painting Always paint your ceiling the wall color in flat finish. The room will look larger and professionally finished. Painting your room a dark, rich color will make the walls ... View |
