By Emma Riley Sutton
A home is your castle, even when it is an apartment. It should reflect your personality and style. Even an apartment should be an extension of yourself and this can be achieved by the way you choose to decorate it. Take advantage of having an apartment to experiment with your personal tastes. It can be good practice should you ever decide to buy a home. Simple decorations can add color, texture...
By Charlotte Kuchinsky
Over the course of the last decade, people have come to understand how much time they spend in their bathrooms and how often the room is used as a place of solace. With that in mind, it was inevitable that decorating trends in bathrooms would change. Trends still vary from home to home, dependent upon home decor, how the room is actually used and its size. Bathrooms once held nothing more than a ...
By Emma Riley Sutton
Bedrooms should not be dull and boring. They should be restful retreats that are not only used for sleeping. The days of a bedroom consisting of only a bed, dresser or chest are long gone. Bedrooms now are just as well decorated as living rooms and dining rooms. Decorating your bedroom to suit your tastes and personality is key to turning it into that restful retreat you are looking for....
By Tricia Goss
Bathrooms used to be no more than very private rooms seen as mere necessities. Now, though, bathrooms have taken on greater importance. Master baths are essential elements in a master suite and often resemble miniature spas. Even children's bathrooms have become a room that decorators take into account. If you are decorating your bathroom, these ideas will help you make it a room you love to...
By Tricia Goss
Country kitchens exude warmth, charm and the comfortable feeling of home. They call to mind memories of fresh cookies and hugs from Grandma. Whether you live in a sprawling farmhouse, a city apartment or somewhere in between, decorating your kitchen in a country theme will bring a sense of simplicity, peace and old-fashioned coziness to your home. By implementing some basic elements and then...
By Diana Bocco
Modern bedrooms are a combination of form and function that focuses on making the most of every item in the room. Defined by clean lines and the absence of clutter, modern bedrooms may be the easiest and cheapest to create because they demand the minimum possible number of details to maintain the contemporary look. Modern furniture is characterized by straight lines and clean cuts. This is...
By Sabah Karimi
Traditional country homes exhibit many characteristics of the 19th century European farmhouse; handmade country quilts, an abundance of floral patterns, hand carved furniture and wooden floors are a few signature accents of this theme. The subtle designs and simplistic styles of traditional country decorating can create a comforting, relaxed but inspired living space. Traditional country home...
By Doug Hewitt
A fireplace is a room's feature that immediately draws the attention of visitors. It is usually the focal point of a room. Instead of using a fireplace simply for the creation of warmth, by using a few decorative ideas, you can create a visually attractive fireplace that will give the entire room a different feel. With simple decoration ideas, you can transform your fireplace into a...