Beautiful Style on a Budget
With fall and winter months finding you indoors more than any other season of the year, it's the perfect time to redecorate your home! There are many ways to save BIG money on beautifying your home, and we will go over a few of those here.

The Art of Accent Colors
Certain colors innately evoke different memories, thoughts or moods, according to a study conducted by Miami University. If your home is laced with walls that are too white or overbearingly dark, details in your décor can change everything. By recognizing this, it is easy to brighten up or give any room a little extra personality with accent colors.

How to Make a Small Room Appear Larger
Savvy homeowners are becoming master illusionists these days working with their smaller rooms to make them appear bigger and more spacious. Even a house with a maze of irregularly shaped rooms can be designed to enhance the flow from room-to-room giving the impression of more space. So instead of dismissing your smaller rooms, embrace them!

How Natural Light Affects Home Decor
One of your best friends in design (or worst enemies!) is the natural light that filters through your home's windows. It can make that lavender color you chose in the store look dreamy and serene or like Barney's nightmare depending on direction your room is facing. Here are some tips on how natural light will affect your decor.

The Beauty and Durability of Laminate Wood Flooring 
Being the owner and editor of two home decorating websites, I was recently asked my opinion of laminate wood flooring. In my opinion, laminate flooring is becoming one of the fastest-growing products in the flooring industry.

Prints, Plaids and Patterns - Expert Tips on How to Mix Them
Not since Austin Powers daringly paired a lilac and cobalt blue suit with a blue polka dotted shirt and red-and-white scarf in a 2002 hit movie have we seen such a profusion of prints, plaids and patterns in fashion.

What Will Your Lighting Look Like in the Future?
The next time you walk into a department store, or model home for that matter, pay close attention to how the room is lit. You just may get a peek into the future.

One Wall Wonders:  Turn Wallpaper Into a Room's Artwork
A little bit goes a long way. That’s certainly true when it comes to one of the hottest trends in decorating: Wallpaper - hung on one “feature” wall - that takes on the look of artwork.

Home:  The Family Haven 
As Today’s homes are as interesting and diverse as the families that inhabits each residence. Reflecting the recent surge in home improvement projects, paint offers a budget friendly method of highlighting interests that are unique to each family in a functional and aesthetic manner.

How to Make Memories Into Art
With the holidays just around the corner, now is the time to gather your favorite vacation photos and souvenirs to display throughout your home. Scrapbooking is one way to display your memories but why not take them out of the album and put them on your walls?

Tying Styles Together in the Kitchen
Though an eclectic design looks easy to accomplish – a little bit of this and little bit of that, it’s actually one of the most difficult looks to successfully achieve.

Kitchen Design:  Five Trends That Are Here to Stay
We’ve all seen them…the decorating TV shows that trumpet the latest high fashion trends in kitchens -- from glass countertops to microwaves that double as flat screen televisions. It’s easy to get caught up in the hype for the latest high-priced item, but what trends are worth your attention and investment?

Kitchen Colors
With inclement weather still upon us, there has never been a more opportune time to update the ‘epicenter’ of your home with color! Regardless of whether your dream kitchen consists of a cozy farmhouse eatery, a contemporary bistro, or a traditional dining area; the creative use of color represents a budget friendly way to rejuvenate this hard working, all important family space.