Articles filed under Decor
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Contest could help you spruce up your living spaceSep 23, 2014 11:00 am - The air is getting crisper, the nights shorter and the time spent indoors longer. Hey, whose job was it to freshen up the decor so you could cozy up for long, comfortabl...
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Suburban designers add edge to Gracious show houseSep 21, 2014 6:00 am - Looking for dramatic urban design — edgy even? Turn suburban interior designers loose on a north-side Chicago home. You'll get hot pink artwork that could take over a ro...
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Folk art festival is an alternative to the mall crawlSep 21, 2014 12:01 am - To call Kristen Sunby a "can-do'' person is a huge understatement. Give her a spice container, a mustard can, a clove box - the older, the better - and she's immediately...
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A seven-step program for furniture rehabSep 20, 2014 12:01 am - Kelly Millspaugh Thompson has two trucks, shelves full of paint cans in more than 30 colors, a political science degree she never uses and a passion for refurbishing fur...
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Ask a designer: Tween bedroom's a balancing actSep 18, 2014 5:45 am - Decorating a baby's room is all about what mom and dad want. But decorating a bedroom for a "tween-age" child is more complicated. It's a great place to give growing ado...
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Tiny powder room can make a big impressionSep 14, 2014 6:45 am - Very often, the powder room bath is the tiniest room in your house. Yet this traditionally minimal space can become one of your most alluring attributes, no matter how s...
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Decorating 'rules' have gone out the windowSep 13, 2014 6:30 am - Q. We have a lot of space in our new loft. A lot! What are the rules about arranging furniture? And what about colors? Everything we have is slick, modern, beige-ish (an...
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Is your interior design depressing you?Sep 13, 2014 6:00 am - From time to time, at a cocktail party or when visiting a friend, someone will corner me and confess to me that they are depressed. As if I were a member of the clergy, ...
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This fall's home decor is an ensemble productionSep 12, 2014 6:00 am - Are you a fan of midcentury modern? Drawn to classic elegance? Does the handicraft of global décor grab you? There was an era when experts said to pick just one, but no...
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Exterior decorating: Updating with paints, trimsSep 12, 2014 5:45 am - Color and decorative pieces can improve the look of a home outside as well as in. Add trim boards, columns or porch accessories and you can dress up the facade of a hous...