Beautify Your Home

News recently broke on USA Today’s Website about the decided effort to sell the former home of Katherine Hepburn.  The long time American movie, stage, and television star, passed away in 2003.  Not long after, her twenty-one room home was renovated to meet the needs of the new occupants.  Now containing fifteen rooms and another [...]

  It would be impossible to count all of the different ways Europeans have influenced modern design, but maybe their biggest and best contribution is the platform bed. Platform beds are low to the ground, require no box spring and allow for extra storage under the frame. They have been commonplace throughout Europe for years [...]

    With all of the fabulous design shows on television, it can be tempting to run out and spend a mint of a professional designer to come in and change our entire living space. However, you can achieve much of the same result by repainting and buying one major furniture purchase for your home, [...]

If you pour through home magazines and watch HGTV avidly, you are not alone.  And if you feel just the tiniest bit of envy when you see elegant magazine spreads featuring celebrity homes, like this recent one from Elle Décor featuring Courtney Cox’s amazing beach house, you are certainly not alone.  You would need an [...]

Victoria Beckham vehemently denied spending $3.2 million on her baby-to-be’s nursery.  That’s absurd.  She only spent $9,700!  Still, for most parents, that would be money better spent on diapers.  According to Winnipeg Free Press, Beckham spent almost $900 on a bassinet and about $2500 on a changing table while shopping at exclusive baby boutique, Petit [...]

Fans of HGTV will instantly recognize Vern Yip, a celebrity designer who transformed homes on Trading Spaces for four years.  The award-winning designer is well-known and loved for his simple style and clean approach to beauty.  In the Washington Post, he describes his style as “very eclectic,” which appeals to home decorating buffs regardless of [...]

When children leave home, they may worry about what their poor old parents will ever do without them.  It turns out that many “empty-nesters” can’t wait for their messy, destructive kids to leave.  Well, maybe they can wait, but instead of mourning the loss of their child, they are celebrating the addition of a house [...]

  We are seeing more color than ever on walls; from lime green to hot pink, the entire spectrum is represented to rebel against the standard, traditional white walls.  But that has helped make white rather a bold, exciting choice for many households!  How do you pull off white?  Try turning one room into calm, [...]

In Italy, the average home measures 872 square feet; in the UK, it is 818.  By contrast, homes in the US are generally around 2392 square feet – more than double that of most homes in Europe.  In America, bigger is generally considered better, and this has been the trend that our homes have been [...]

Walking into a Timorous Beasties showroom is like walking into a richly textured scene of Alice in Wonderland.  This unique company produces “surreal and provocative textiles and wallpapers.”  What makes them unique is the juxtaposition of contemporary images on the traditional medium of wallpaper and fabric.  This puts Timorous Beasties and its owner, Alistair McCauley, [...]

  Plants can add life and vitality to your home; we can all use some vibrancy in our lives!  Making good decisions, like buying new discount bedroom furniture, is a great start to creating a beautiful home on a budget.  Plants are another inexpensive, and yet highly effective, addition.  Start with one room and take [...]

  When it comes to kid’s bedroom sets, when they are younger, you can stay pretty well in control of the overall look and style of the space. As kids get older, they want to be able to make their own decisions about styles, colors, themes and more. As a parent, there comes a time [...]