4 Ways to Do Casual Living Room Curtains
Curtains are a great way to introduce color and texture to a room while also giving it more visual height. But what if you’re worried that adding curtains will turn your casual living room into a dark and stuffy Victorian parlor? You also don’t want to fall for the quick fix of putting up cheap, […]
5 Ideas for Casual Dining Room Table Decor
Do you have a dining table that looks ready to host a board room meeting and can’t loosen up for pizza night or a chat over coffee? Here are five simple, affordable ideas to help your dining room look less strait-laced.
8 Ideas for Casual Dining Room Wall Decor
When your home has a dedicated dining room, and you live a casual lifestyle, it can feel detached, like a lost room of sorts. So how can you make your dining room look more integrated with the rest of your home? One option is simply to repurpose your dining room for an entirely different function—as […]
What Makes a Casual Room?
If you’re creating a casual room, you probably know the descriptions you want to avoid: stiff, formal, stuffy, aloof, cold, delicate, fragile, pretentious. Casual implies a different set of descriptions: relaxed, unassuming, welcoming, warm, sturdy, comfortable. Casual isn’t really a style. It’s a mood. It’s a feeling that nothing has to be perfect. If the […]
How to Become a Better Decorator
Do you feel like your home decor doesn’t live up to the vision in your imagination? I believe that with some exploration and practice, you can develop a keener eye for what makes good home decor—even if you think you’re not very good at decorating! Everyone deserves to live in a home they enjoy that […]
What Size TV to Buy | Interior Decor
How do you determine the right TV size for your home? TV salespeople will tell you the bigger, the better. But that’s not necessarily the best approach. If you want a home theater or you plan to host football parties every weekend, then by all means, go bigger. If you plan to use the room […]
How to Get Finished with Decor Projects | Condo Remodel Part 4
So far in this series, I’ve talked about major preparations and renovations for moving into my condo. But even after figuring out storage solutions and renovating the bathroom and kitchen, my condo still wasn’t complete enough to feel like home. There were seven additional projects I wanted to do! How did I finish all of […]
Kitchen Remodel in Same Footprint | Condo Remodel Part 3 | Interior Decor
The kitchen was easily the scariest part of my entire condo renovation project. I had no idea how to design a kitchen! The original, inefficient design was cavelike, even with an all-white color scheme. However, the redesign had to fit in exactly the same footprint. How do you tackle that challenge? Watch today’s video to […]
Add Walls for More Space? | Condo Remodel Part 2 | Bathroom Decor
Before I could move into my condo, I decided I had to renovate its only bathroom. Not only was the tacky 80’s Las Vegas style a turn-off, but the open plan wasted much of the space. Bathtub? Not for me, thanks! In today’s video, I share my thought process for designing a new layout that […]
Downsizing My Decor | Condo Remodel Part 1 | Interior Decor
When I decided to sell my 2,400-square-foot ranch house in the suburbs and move into town, I was ready to downsize—until I realized that the condo I wanted to buy was 400 square feet smaller than the minimum size I had planned for. How did I manage to fit my life, a collection of Wodehouse […]
