This boring bookcase wall was part of my monthly subscriber Q and A on Instagram last weekend. The homeowner wanted to know how to update it so that it didn’t feel like a cluttered catch-all. Click through to read my suggestions and see my quick sketch.
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Update This Kitchen in a Warm, Traditional Style
This kitchen isn’t bad, but it isn’t what the homeowners want. The biggest complaint was how dark this kitchen really was.
(These are real estate photos, btw, so they are brightened up considerably more than how this kitchen looks in real life. :-( You know what I mean here.)
Come and see how this kitchen can become a more traditional, homey style and lightened up for a more enjoyable space.
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How To Decorate this Fireplace Hearth?
in Decorating, Q&A, Reader Advice, Shopping
This homeowner has done a nice job styling the bookshelves here, but she wants to know what to do with the hearth. That lower part of the fireplace wall is bare and. overall, the wall feels rather top heavy. Let’s see if some decorating will help.
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3 Outdated Tile Styles w/ 6 More Timeless Tile Options
in Trending, Remodeling, Reader Advice, Products, Kitchen, Bath
I’m sharing some tile styles that I see as becoming outdated and are rather on their way out, in my humble opinion. Am I going to include subway tile or the rectangular shaped ceramic tile in this group? Click through and see for yourself.
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Designing this Bedroom in an Organic Modern Style
This challenge came in from a follower and it, for once, had no furnishings here that had to remain. When I get a challenge to start from scratch basically, I like it! Come and see how organic modern can work with this very yellow wood flooring.
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