Patterned bedding adds a lot of design potential to your bedroom. A colorfully patterned blanket can serve to make the room look more inviting. If you have a smaller bedroom, bold patterns can energize it. Colorful patterns can warm up cooler tones or enhance neutral color schemes. Alternatively, colorful, patterned bedding can serve to balance out flashier room elements. Patterns can also add … [Read more...]

Studio apartments are small and cozy, but breaking up a space into specific sections can make a place more usable, such as having a separated bedroom and living room. Occupants can use a large bookcase to separate rooms. Curtains are an easy way to create a non-permanent wall to section out a studio. Occasionally a dresser can be used to signify a bedroom from a living room. Rugs can create the … [Read more...]

There are a handful of questions interior designers are tired of answering and one is "why should I spend so much on this?" The answer is that high-quality items cost money. It's also irksome to question the qualifications of the designer, who is a professional. Homeowners sometimes ask if they can have only part of the proposed design, which doesn't make much sense. You don't want a half-finished … [Read more...]

There is a very important aspect of decorating that often gets overlooked, which when done so can prove disastrous to the look of a room. The aspect is scale. For objects in a room to look as if they fit the room and complement each other, it's very important to consider the size of objects, both compared to one another and in relation to the height, width and depth of the space they are intended … [Read more...]

Enjoy daily chores in a beautiful room. While the space described reads like a decorating disaster, it's entirely possible to take the exact same space, have two large items housed inside it and make it look deliciously fey and fun, which is indeed what one decorator did. First off, funeral purple was removed in favor of a frothy paper covered with bouquets of flowers. Pastel stripes and lots of … [Read more...]

Although the bathroom often makes the top of the list when it comes to rooms that homeowners can't wait to redo, it's less likely that the same homeowners will consider putting lighting fixtures at the top of their bathroom remodel requirements. Nonetheless, some changes in lighting can have a big impact on your home, even in the bathroom. Of course, it's no secret that switching to LED options … [Read more...]

Francis Dominguez received praise for his transformation of a small space that got photo treatment online at Apartmenththerapy.com. As often happens, success breeds more success and he was approached to try his luck with an even smaller space. The 1930s unit had barely more than 300 square footage and was beleaguered by poor color choices and clumsy and outdated style choices. Dominguez got the go … [Read more...]