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  • Blog Post: Superbowl XLVI Style - Showing Your Team Colors at Home

    The words "Superbowl" and "home decor" aren't often paired together. But surprisingly, incorporating your favorite team's colors into your interior can be done with a little team pride and a lot of style! The New England Patriots and the New York Giants face off at Superbowl...
  • Blog Post: Shop by Room for Inspiring Home Decorating Ideas

    Looking for home decorating ideas? Check out our very own Shop by Room gallery of interior decorating pictures ! If it's been a while since you visited the Shop by Room section of our website, we invite you to take another look. We've re-vamped our inspiration gallery and you'll find new...
  • Blog Post: E Interior Design with Coddington Design

    Named one of House Beautiful’s Top 20 young interior designers, Melanie Coddington is the founder of Coddington Design , a boutique firm with studios in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Taylor Tanimoto is the senior designer in the Los Angeles studio. Known for their feminine-but-streamlined “...
  • Blog Post: Designer Wish List: Most Wanted Furniture and Home Decor

    Do you keep a list of your most wanted furniture and home decor pieces? You know what I mean - those items that you're secretly wishing for? Or maybe not-so-secretly dropping hints about wanting? Whether it's a folder filled with magazine tear sheets, an inspiration board on Pinterest, or a mental...
  • Blog Post: Get The Look: Hollywood Luxe in 5 Steps

    Hollywood Luxe is influenced by classic period designs. This style features a lot of glitz, romance and glamour. Modern and classic furniture are blended and related by common finishes and colors. Here is how to Get The Look: Hollywood Luxe in 5 Steps. 1. Color Palette There is a strong use of color...
  • Blog Post: Two in One Treasures - Cool Finds for Small Spaces

    Making the most of your limited square footage is a snap with what I call “two in one” treasures - really cool finds for small spaces. If I’m designing a tiny Manhattan pied a terre or even a sprawling Texas ranch, I always like working with pieces that perform double - or even quadruple...
  • Blog Post: Instagram Inspiration from Design Experts

    Instagram pictures, taken with an iPhone and then posted online though a series of photo filters, have become the modern-day version of the Polaroid. Artists and designers have embraced the application as a way to uniquely record the things that inspire them. Here are some of the Instagram photos of...
  • Blog Post: Decorating with Books

    Too often people treat their treasured collection of favorite books as a decorating nuisance, but with the right spirit and eye they can become an asset to any room -- one that lends individuality and personality. Take this high style interior (above) with its selection of leather-bound volumes arranged...
  • Blog Post: Mad Men Style

    Movies and TV have always influenced how we decorate, but creating a form of Mad Men Style at home is all the rage and can go in many directions. Now, I’m not suggesting you take three martini lunches or start smoking, but what I am asking you to do is open your mind to the idea of marrying mid...
  • Blog Post: My Favorite New Home Decor Products

    Who would have guessed that a lighting store would carry furniture and home decor products as well? I am always scavenging through the catalog to find just the right table lamp or chandelier, but I have to remind myself that I can also source a bar cart, headboard, or a great rug. Lamps Plus is really...
  • Blog Post: Major Style: Decorate Your Dorm Room

    Uninspired, drab dorm spaces are never very welcoming. But if you think of the space as a blank canvas and add some of your own creative ideas and furnishings it will soon be a comfortable new home away from home. Dorm rooms are the quintessential one-room-living. So decorate it as such. Define the space...
  • Blog Post: Top 5 Tips For Kids Organization

    Does the thought of entering your children's room make you shudder? Does the new school year and all the stuff that comes along with it make you think of the show Hoarders? I have 5 of the top tips for kids organization that are both decorative and practical. 1. The classic closet. If you don’t...
  • Blog Post: Traditional Furnishings in a Downtown Loft: Brooke & Sam's Urban Home

    Brooke and Sam moved from a larger, more traditional home into a loft in downtown Los Angeles. When they moved into the loft, they didn't have a budget to purchase new furnishings. Therefore, they were forced to make the traditional decor work within the industrial and modern architecture of their...
  • Blog Post: Decorating for the Dog Days

    While “Dog Days” usually refer to the most sultry time of the summer, I like to think of decorating for the dog days as meaning what’s hot for fido. Let’s face it, your poor pet is walking around with a fur coat while you don shorts and a tee. Perhaps it’s time to treat...
  • Blog Post: Inspiring Yacht Interiors

    It has been so hot recently that all I can do is dream of lazy days on the water. As long as I am dreaming, let’s go big with inspiring yacht interiors to tempt even the very rich. Boats are great fun, but give me the big guns. Coolers filled with beer and windless afternoons on the Mississippi...
  • Blog Post: Outdoor Dining Musts

    If I see another French-inspired outdoor table setting I may scream. Unless of course I am actually in Provence. Here’s the thing, I love France, truly, but trying to recreate it in a suburban American yard is not really a good thing. Don’t get me wrong, I do love outdoor dining when conditions...
  • Blog Post: Decorating is Fun-Dorothy Draper Style

    Heaven knows I didn’t coin the phrase, Decorating is Fun , but it rings true, especially when revisiting the world of Dorothy Draper. I’m not sure what made me think of her and her design influences, but I was in a happy mood and thought introducing you to this icon of design was only fair...
  • Blog Post: Casual Dining: Breakfast Nook Inspiration

    Dining rooms are getting used less frequently and a lot of the meals are now being eaten in the kitchen either at the island, breakfast nook, or a casual dining table in the kitchen. I have always liked the look of a built-in nook with bench seating. It becomes a more permanent fixture and part of the...
  • Blog Post: Dwell on Design 2011: 5 Tips Overheard at The Designer is In Booth

    If you're looking to work with an interior designer or have ever wondered what that experience would be like, The Designer is In consultations at Dwell on Design were for you. Interior designers provided complementary consultations - all you had to do was sign-up online and show up. How easy is that...
  • Blog Post: Keri Russell Loves Understated Neutrals

    Keri Russell's home is relaxed and elegantly understated. She told Elle Decor , “With so much wood in the equation, it could have turned into a cliché of farmhouse chic,” she says, “so I stuck with a neutral palette, kept it spare, and worked in as many textures as I could...
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