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Question: We're getting ready to paint the inside of our house. You can see the kitchen, dining ...
room, family room and staircase at the same time. There are a lot of angles. My favorite color is purple but of course that won't work....
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Question: I just moved into my new home and will be painting, getting new furniture and doing ...
some things to update. I’ll be keeping a few of my current things but I need enough new ones that would allow me to create a new style. I...
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Question: We have a Cape Cod house but most of our furniture is very Japanese. We like a clean ...
Asian style and don’t want to change. Our problem is the garden especially the front yard. We have about 30 rose bushes, a large climbing...
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Question: We’re remodeling our kitchen. Our cabinetmaker says he can build anything we want but ...
One of the first decisions to make is whether you want overlay or inset cabinetry. Overlay means that the door and drawer fronts rest on the
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Question: We are rebuilding our house and at the stage where we’re picking out floors, cabinets ...
countertops, and tile. My husband and I know what we like and usually agree. But we don’t know if it is good design and never thought...
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Curing the Red Oak Blues ... A 500-Year-Old Technique Makes a Comeback
If you find yourself in this predicament, the Spirits of Saturn, otherwise known as “Venetian ceruse”, may be the cure. If these terms are n
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Developing an Artful Collection
You spot the piece … it’s caught your attention … it’s calling your name, making you sigh, laugh or cry. You love the colors, the drama, or
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Is Yellow the New Red?
As I drove to a friend’s house last week, I noticed that her neighbor had a yellow-painted front door. I then drove to my mother’s house and
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Neo-Industrial Minimalism
What is “neo-industrial minimalism”? It’s a style that originated in an unlikely place and time. I coined the phrase yesterday while driving
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