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Make a Bold and Beautiful Statement With a Wallpaper Mural

Since the cave painters, humans have been decorating the walls of their homes. Today’s trendy way to do that is...

Wearing Shoes In the House: Should You or Shouldn’t You?

In many Asian, Eastern European, and Middle Eastern countries, people remove their shoes at entry to their homes and others....

Barbiecore Is Bringing Playful Pizzazz to Home Design

Barbie has long enthralled young girls, but the petite powerhouse seems to be everywhere in the aftermath of the Barbie...

Is Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper the Right Choice For Your Walls?

Peel-and-stick wallpaper and borders are more popular than ever. Peel and stick is simple: no water, glue or mess. Is...

Introducing Your New Kitten To Your Cat

Adding to your cat family is exciting, but the process can be frightening for the new kitten. And the cat...

Decorating With Pumpkins: They’re Not Just For Halloween

Pumpkins can add a warm and homey touch to your decor throughout the fall, not just at Halloween. Consider these...

Sizing Rules for Area Rugs

Area rugs can add coziness, color, and texture to a room. They can also ground a room and define specific...

What You Need to Know About Blinds and Shades

Blinds and shades do double duty when it comes to your windows. These treatments are a great way to add...

Spice Up Your Home’s Decor With Texture

You’ve painted the walls, moved in the furniture and hung the pictures, but your new room is still missing something....

Decorating With a Piano

A piano brings beautiful music into your home but can also present a decorating challenge. Pianos often don’t fit well...

Choosing the Perfect Trim Paint For Your Home

You’ve looked at paint chips till you are bleary-eyed, but you’ve finally found the perfect wall colors for your home’s...

LVP AND LVT: Not Your Father’s Vinyl Flooring

Hear the words “vinyl flooring,” and you may think of the artificial-looking sheet vinyl of the 1970s, but think again....

Baby Gates Are a Great Safety Tool

When a child becomes mobile, it’s time for parents to spring into action to prevent accidents. Stairs, floor-level cabinets, and...

How to Choose the Best Vet for Your Pet

Finding the right veterinarian for the beloved pets in your family is a major decision for doting pet owners. Here’s...

How to Successfully House-Train a New Puppy

Adopting a puppy is exciting but also a bit nerve-wracking. If your new pooch is not already house-trained, you should...

Welcoming Your Plants Indoors For the Winter

Your houseplants may have flourished while basking in the summer sunshine outdoors, but come winter, it’s time to move those...

Brighten Winter Doldrums in Your Home

That first crisp fall day is exciting. We pull out sweaters, watch football and excitedly anticipate the holidays. Before long,...

Tips for Organizing Kids’ Toys

If you’ve spent more time than you’d like down on your knees putting away Legos, Barbies, small cars and crayons,...

How to Decorate a Marvelous Mantel

Your fireplace is likely the first place your eye goes when you enter your living room or den. You may...

Biophilic Design: Bringing the Outdoors In

Some homeowners are lucky enough to live in view of a lake, a forest or mountains. But with the biophilic...

Pillow Perfection: How to Arrange Sofa Pillows

A pile of pillows can transform a sofa from boring to beautiful and add both style and comfort to a...

Curved Furniture Brings Comfort and Style

Popular home furnishings stores and design magazines increasingly feature curved furniture. Pieces with sloping lines and rounded forms echo the...

Mixing Patterns and Prints Like a Pro

We all grew up hearing that stripes don’t go with plaids. But in home decor, a mixture of patterns and...

Discovering and Preserving Your Home’s History

If you live in an older home, you could be residing in a place rich with history. Research can yield...

Expand Your Garden to Your Windowsill

Windowsill gardening is a great option if you want freshly grown herbs, vegetables or flowers but live in an apartment...

Closing Your Bedroom Door Could Save Your Life

One simple action — closing your bedroom door before going to bed at night — could save your life. A...

No Sweat: Self Cleaning Ovens

When baked-on food spills coat the inside of your oven, it’s time for a cleanup. You can avoid noxious oven...

Six Indoor Trees That Bring Your Home’s Decor to Life

Robust plant life inside your home adds color and vibrancy. Plants break up straight lines in furniture and accessories and...

Small Space Workplace: How to Create a Cloffice

You can only work from your dining table or your couch for so long, and you may not have a...

Best Practices for Virtual Work from Home

The Covid-19 pandemic closed workplaces for much of 2020, sending millions of people home to conduct business. Even as restrictions...

Lengthen the Life of Leather Furniture With Proper Cleaning

Luxurious leather furniture never goes out of style and has a timeless appeal. Here’s how to clean leather furniture so...

Conquering Cloth-Eating Insects

You pull out your favorite wool sweater only to find it has holes in it. Are clothes moths the cause?...

How to Choose the Perfect Houseplants

Some people have the proverbial “green thumb” and can make any plant thrive. Others watch their houseplants begin to shrivel...

Protecting Indoor Air Quality from Wildfire Smoke

Recent U.S. wildfire seasons have been particularly brutal, especially in the western states. Staying inside may help you avoid the...

Grandmillennial Home Decor: Everything Old Is New Again

Tired of the all-white design aesthetic so prevalent on Instagram, some millennials are resurrecting their grandparents’ decor in their own...

Creating a Kids’ Bathroom They Will Love

Safety needs to be the first element in a child’s bathroom design, but don’t forget to add a splash of...

What’s the Difference in Pillows?

Numerous options exist at every price point, but what’s the difference in pillows? Keep reading for a breakdown of sizes,...

Faux Paint Finishes: In or Out?

Faux finish painting became popular in the late 1990s as a way to break the monotony of flat wall colors....

Green Living: How to Install a Living Wall

A living wall consists of plants hung vertically on a wall instead of on horizontal surfaces like tables, shelves, or...

Clean Area Rugs Differently Than Carpet

When it comes time to clean an area rug, particularly an oriental or antique one, can your carpet cleaner do...

Put Your Vacuum Cleaner’s Tools to the Test

If your vacuum cleaner has a hose, it has attachments that work with that hose. But many vacuum owners don’t...

What’s the Best Bed for Your Dog?

A good night’s sleep starts with a good bed. That’s as true for your dog as it is for you....

Cozy Up to the Hygge Lifestyle

Americans live life on the go. With traffic jams, deadlines and busy schedules winding us up tight, perhaps it’s no...

When Your Neighbor’s Secondhand Smoke Invades Your Home

You may not be a smoker, but if you live in an apartment or condo your neighbor’s cigarette smoke may...

Measurements for Home Furnishing Placement

When furnishing your home, you may have puzzled over numbers — not how many tables or chairs you need, but...

Easy Tips for Seasonal Home Design: Warmer Months

Spring and summer bring fresh air, lightness, and a sense of rebirth as the world comes alive again after hibernating....

How Often Should You Wash Your Bed Sheets?

Is there any place on earth cozier than your own bed? You collapse there at the end of a long...

How to Live Together with One Bathroom

Many older apartments and homes have fewer bathrooms than today’s modern houses. Here are some ideas to help your family...

How to Buy Furniture for Small Spaces

Small spaces – apartments or older homes with small rooms – often can’t accommodate a full-sized couch or a dining...

Interior Decorator Versus Designer: What’s the Difference?

Many people use the terms interior decorator and interior designer interchangeably. While the jobs share some similarities, they are not...

Quick Tips for Updating Your Cool-Season Décor

Special cool-season décor makes homes feel warm and cozy during the colder months. Here are quick tips to make your...

How to Create the Perfect Indoor Kitchen Garden

Indoor kitchen gardens are fun and easy -- the perfect project for novice gardeners and cooks of all ages and...

How to Clean Your Home with Air Purifying Plants

Did you know plants can help eliminate allergens and toxins in your home? Here’s how to put your greenery to...

How to Redecorate Your Kids’ Rooms as They Grow

It’s easy to go overboard when decorating kids' rooms. It’s so tempting to go all-in with a theme of trucks...

7 Easy Steps to Improving Your Home’s Color Palette

Color schemes can make your home look hopelessly dated or vibrantly on trend. But how do you know which colors...

Should I Buy a Massage Chair for my Home?

Regular massages offer increased circulation and lower blood pressure, along with increased relaxation. If you’ve been asking yourself, Should I...

Having Vital Medical Information Ready

In a medical emergency when seconds count, quick and easy access to medical information can make the difference between life...

Try Faux Flowers for Real Boost to Decorating

After a long exile, faux flowers and greenery seem to be making a home decor come back, according to the latest...

Taking Good Care of Your Garbage Disposal

Garbage disposals get no respect. Day in and day out, they toil away for us while we shove all manner...

7 Tips for Buying Furniture for Your Home

After purchasing a new home and moving in, most new owners rush to buy new furniture to fill empty rooms....

Decorating Trends to Keep and Discard

Decorating trends come and go, often returning yet again with a reinvented look. So how do you know which trends...

7 Easy Ways to Turn Family Photos into Art

Family photos are often used to adorn walls, turning memories into artwork. Follow these seven tips to help transform your...

Hard-To-Kill Succulents Blooming in Popularity

Succulents are one of the hottest trends in home decor, a nod to their minimalistic sensibilities and extreme hardiness. These...

Organizing Your Linen Closet: A How-to Guide

A little organization and a fair amount of purging can turn even a modest linen closet into a functional space...

A How-to Guide to Buying Art for your Home

Artwork adds color and personalization to a home, and can also help define your style. Having photos, prints, or other...

Ceiling Updates Add Soaring Style

Home decorating trends are looking up, literally. We put so much emphasis on walls, floors, and furnishings that the ceiling’s...

All Eyes on the Accent Wall

Rooms come alive when an accent wall commands attention. You can bring the focus to a particular wall with something...

Say Goodbye to the Shower Curtain

Frameless glass enclosures are stylish and popular for freestanding showers. Now gorgeous glass is replacing the shower curtain on tubs...

Nothing Beats a Real Christmas Tree

It’s an iconic Christmas scene: a family driving home from the tree lot with a real Christmas tree tied to...

Carpet Runners for Halls and Stairs

Gorgeous hardwood or tile floors are enhanced by the added beauty of area rugs. This is especially true in hallways...

Finding Storage Solutions in Small Spaces

Living in tight quarters requires creativity. Once you’ve cleared the clutter and made a sizeable donation to charity, it’s time...

Carpet Comfort for Your Bedroom

The bedroom, particularly the master, is your personal haven. Part of what can make it cozy is a sumptuous carpet....

Designing a Home Gym for Under $100

Setting up a home gym isn’t as expensive or labor intensive as you might think -- and just might provide...

Rolling Out the Options on Today’s Wallpaper Styles

Anyone who has removed old wallpaper from a house is likely to think long and hard about adding it to...

How to Hang Heavy Pictures and Mirrors

Hanging small pictures doesn’t require a lot of skill or heavy duty hangers. But anything weighing in at more than...

Happy Hour at Home: Four Trends in Home Bars

The home wet bar has been a part of entertaining for decades, but today’s renditions are more fashionable than ever...

Super Showers: Are They Worth Giving Up Your Bathtub?

Whether you’re shopping for a new home or updating your existing property, an upgraded shower is a great way to...

Windows Treatments that Wow

When it’s time to replace your window treatments, the sheer amount of options can be overwhelming. Here we’ve highlighted five...

Slipcovers 101: The Great Coverup

Whether you crave washability, desire a new look for every season, or just want to make the best of a...

5 Products to Keep the Pets Happy and Your Home Beautiful

For many of us, a house wouldn’t be a home without a pet -- or two -- or several. But...

Lighter, Brighter and Simpler are Today’s Buzzwords in Home Design

With homes trending smaller, today’s houses are being built with cleaner lines and styles to emphasize the open concept. Detailed...

13 Ways to Prep Your Home For Back-to-School Success

As back-to-school season looms, it’s time to start thinking about whipping your home into shape for another 10 months of...

Adding a Butler’s Pantry: Should I or Shouldn’t I?

The focal point of the home is the kitchen, where family and friends gather to share food, drink and fun....

How to Create the Ultimate Man Cave

In the emerging world of man-cave design, sports-themed rooms are the most popular, but certainly not the only choice. Video...

Five Countertop Appliances Worth the Money and the Space

Nearly every year, a new “must-have” countertop appliance appears on store shelves promising to transform your life. While some of...

Too Many Books, Too Little Space

Whether you’re moving or just looking for a more streamlined look, your bookshelves are an obvious place to consider paring...

What You Need to Know to Find the Best Mattress

The right mattress can make the difference between tossing and turning and getting a great night’s sleep. With so many...

Getting Comfortable with Choosing the Right Sofa

Selecting a new sofa is a major decision. The focal point of most family rooms and living rooms, they get...

The Key to Closet Design and Organization

Regardless of space or budget, you can turn your closet into something special. All it takes is organization and a...

Making Your Home Office Work for You

With more people working from home than ever before, office workspaces are now must-haves in many homes. Whether you have...

Bigger TVs Changing the Look and Feel of Family Rooms

As technology has evolved, the once-popular television armoire is disappearing from American homes. What’s new in home entertainment storage and...

Choosing a Bed Style That’s Right For You

Since beds are typically the focal points of most bedrooms, the pressure is on when it comes to choosing a...

At Long Last, a Landing Pad that Works for Busy Families

Landing zones and mudrooms seem to rank high in popularity with today’s families. But how do you make a functional...

Serving Up Seating Arrangements for the Eat-in Kitchen

An eat-in kitchen is a favorite feature of busy families with children, a spot where the kids can eat without...

Dining Room Trends Dish Up More Casual Atmosphere

Once upon a time, dining rooms tended to be on the stuffy side, with a table and matching set of...

How to Create a Tranquil Bedroom

With today’s hectic lifestyle, it’s more important than ever to get enough rest and relaxation. According to experts, sleep offers...

The Ups and Downs of Multiple Staircases

In large multi-story houses, more than one staircase may exist. Attic stairs are common and some houses may even have...

Check Out the Latest Trends in Commodes

If you’re custom building a home or remodeling an outdated bathroom, don’t forget to consider an updated toilet. Take a...

It’s Time to Dress Up That Tired Bathroom

Bathroom sinks and countertops have come a long way from the standard-issue white porcelain sink dropped into laminate cabinetry that...

A ‘Shower’ of Ideas for Remodeling Projects

Bathroom showers have surged in popularity in recent years, making bathtubs a secondary feature in many remodeling projects. If a...

The Latest and Greatest in Bathtub Design

Bathtubs may have taken a temporary backseat to luxurious showers in home style trends, but the latest tubs offer plenty...

Is a Bathroom Redo In Your Future?

Although bathrooms are among the smallest rooms in a home, they are a big job to tackle when it comes...

Step-By Step-Details to Beautiful Staircase Design

Elegant, sweeping stairs are one of the central contributors to a home’s beauty. Here are the latest trends in stairs,...

Take a Look at Latest Trends in Kitchen Faucets

Today’s faucets are attractive, sleek and come in a beautiful array of shapes, sizes and even colors. Perhaps the most...

Easy Solutions to Christmas Storage

Pesky strings of Christmas lights and broken ornaments are a tradition we’d rather trash than treasure. Here’s how to avoid...

Are You Ready to Toss the Tangled Old Christmas Lights for New LEDs?

It’s time to decorate for Christmas but do you really want to struggle with that twisted and tangled mess of...

5 Steps to Make Your Rooms Multitask Like a Pro

With today’s busy schedules, families need their homes to work harder for them. That means some rooms may need to...

Creating a Great Room for Kids to Share

When siblings share a bedroom, every little bit of space counts. So what can a frazzled parent do? We’ve got...

Small Space, Big Style: Kitchen

If your kitchen is on the small side, fear not. You, too, can have big style in a small space....

No Closets, No Problem

Walk-in closets are a perennial favorite among home buyers. But older homes and small townhouses and condos may have only...

What is Your Design Style?

If your new home is a blank canvas and you aren’t sure how to decorate, or you have rooms that...

Small Space, Big Style: Living Room

Many of us struggle with living rooms that are smaller than we’d like. Do you dream of big style in...

Small Space, Big Style: Bathroom

If you have a small bathroom, you know it can be a challenge to make it work. Bathroom spaces need...

Finding a Space for Baby

You’re expecting a baby but don’t have a designated room for a nursery? Relax. With a little creativity, flexibility, and...

Turn to Feng Shui For a Home Redo

If you’re looking for a new way to arrange your home, the solution may lie in an ancient Chinese system...

5 Tips for Getting in Shape at Home

Skipping the gym in favor of home workouts is a viable option for getting in shape during the coronavirus outbreak--...

Making the Most of Your Basement

If you’re lucky enough to have an unfinished basement in your home, have you ever considered converting that space into...

Study Up on the ABCs of Painting

Before you pick up that paintbrush or roller, do yourself a favor and study up on the types of paint,...

How to Create a Home Office that Fosters Productivity

For many, working from home sounds romantic. For those who actually work from home, working from home has its romantic...

Kitchen Cabinet Makeovers: The Three Choices

A kitchen makeover is probably the most beneficial renovation for a house. Most people don’t think twice about replacing counters,...

Home Flooring Choices: From Practical to Elegant

Whether you are building a new house or updating an existing one, beautiful floors are fundamental for a warm, inviting...

Brush Up on How to Pick the Best Paint For Your Project

How do you go about picking the best paint for your home project? Choosing the right color is a good...

Kitchen Countertops Should be Beautiful and Functional

Great kitchen countertops are a key ingredient in a top-notch kitchen that is both warm and inviting, yet also functional....

Budget-Friendly Tips for New Home Furnishings

Buying a home is a thrilling experience, yet it also can be sobering -- especially if you’re moving in without...