Home Décor for the Season: Tips to Brighten Up your House this Spring
Updating your home décor and trying out new designs is always a pleasant experience. And when better to try out these new ideas than with spring decor?
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Updating your home décor and trying out new designs is always a pleasant experience. And when better to try out these new ideas than with spring decor?
We all love decorating our homes now and then, no matter how trivial the change is. However, as environmental damage continues to be a pressing issue even in 2014, we should all strive to make our lifestyles more eco-friendly. We can start with sustainable interior design.
The days are getting longer. The smell of fresh-cut grass and a hint of honeysuckle lingers. Summer 2025 is inviting us to slow down and ease into the season. Whether you’ll mostly spend your time in a sunny kitchen sipping your favorite iced beverage or lounging on the porch in your favorite chair or hammock, … Read more
I was talking to a friend who’s buying a new computer and she was really beating herself up for all the things she didn’t know she didn’t know. Been there? You’re getting something new — by joyful decision or necessity — and you think it’ll be easy until you start digging in and suddenly it … Read more
Pollen aside, one of the great delights of spring’s arrival is color. It’s amazing how every year it can take you by surprise. It’s not like it’s new, per se. But somehow moving from the grays and stark monotone of winter into sudden pops of color that become cascades of color can just light up … Read more
If your travels of late have mostly been longing scrolls through Instagram and your passport’s become a casualty of your junk drawer, fear not, the world can still be at your feet. In fact, you can start stamping that passport again in your home one room — and one upholstery fabric — at a time. … Read more
When I say French interior design, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Plain, boring, cookie-cutter? More likely, you imagine something elegant, ornate, and luxurious. Fancy done well. How about when I say farmhouse interior design? Fancy and ornate? Not so much, right? More like simple, rustic, and comfortable. Now throw the two in … Read more
The world’s a bit clingy. Dinging, pinging, buzzing. Incessantly demanding your attention. But a revolutionary respite from it all is emerging that’s both wildly surprising and utterly predictable. It’s not a fancy new device or technology. Instead, it’s “social” without the media, connection without the Wi-Fi. We’re talking about the resurgence of spaces set aside … Read more
Sometimes you know a trend won’t stick around the moment it arrives. Like the Pet Rock, the Macarena, or those plastic furniture covers from way back when. But, every once in a while, a trend comes along and you know right away it’s here to stay. A trend like color drenching. Color drenching, as the … Read more
No doubt by now you’ve heard about it, or — more likely — heard jokes about it. Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year, Mocha Mousse, has inspired an array of colorful commentary. From morning shows talking about the dessert cravings it inspired, to late-night comics’ takes on more adolescent color themes. All this buzz about … Read more