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Bedroom Color: The Secret to More Sex and More Sleep

May 23rd, 2013

More sleep and more sex? Yes, please! A new survey involving 2,000 Brits shows a strong correlation between the color of your bedroom walls and decor with how much sleep and sex you're having. The takeaway: People with blue rooms appear to be getting the best night's sleep, while people with caramel-colored walls are having the most sex. Let the mad dash to invent caramel-bl ...

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Modern Style Converts an Empty Concrete Box

May 23rd, 2013

This Minneapolis couple needed more living room: a space where they could hang out together, where they could entertain, something that could double as a guest suite. But their lot size and city restrictions would have made an addition difficult, if not impossible. The solution for their 1914 bungalow lay below ground. "While the basement was a dark concrete box with some en ...

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Opening the Kitchen? Make the Most of That Support Post

May 21st, 2013

Before you tear down a wall to open your kitchen to the dining or living room, you must determine if it is holding up part of your ceiling. If it is, you will need to install a header beam and one or more posts in its place to provide the necessary structural support. Your contractor or architect can confirm if the wall is load bearing and help you sort through the options for ...

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14 Ways to Style Your Mantel for Spring and Summer

May 20th, 2013

The mantel is often the focal point of the living room in winter, but it can be hard to know how to decorate the fireplace once warmer weather arrives. Do you play it up with fresh colors and artwork, or let it hide out behind strategically placed chairs and plants? No matter the approach you prefer, these 14 styling ideas should spark your imagination. ...

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5 Edgy Trends in Today's Tile

May 19th, 2013

Cutting-edge style can cover a range of looks, from the glamour of polished alabaster to the grittiness of a graffiti-covered urban street. Whether inspired by the mainstreaming of subculture via films like Exit Through the Gift Shop, the popularity of converted lofts, the popularity of Tony Duquette causing cravings for malachite, or the '70s-luxe styles brought about by Kell ...

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Raw Materials Revealed: Drywall Basics

May 19th, 2013

Putting up a wall was anything but easy a century ago. Once you framed a wall or ceiling out of wood and were ready to close it in with a finished surface ready for paint or paper, you'd first nail on small strips of wood called laths, then put on several different layers of plaster. The work was time consuming and difficult to master. Today you'll be hard pressed to find an ...

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6 Driveway Looks Take Landscapes Along for the Ride

May 18th, 2013

Driveways are often the most overlooked part of garden design, considered more utilitarian than something worthy of our attention; yet we usually travel along them at least twice a day, and they are often both the first and last thing visitors see. What impression does your driveway give?Certainly designing gardens that flank a driveway or service road can have its challen ...

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8 Incredible Rentable Homes Around the World

May 17th, 2013

What do you get when you combine the ease of a luxury hotel, the independence and privacy of a vacation rental, and a big dose of high style? Jaw-dropping apartments and homes available to rent for your next vacation. Going above and beyond the typical sandy-floored beach rental, these spaces are design destinations in and of themselves. Take a peek inside these eight swoon-in ...

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Shape Up Your Surfaces With New Tile Textures and Forms

May 16th, 2013

Technology has taken our movies, TV shows and printing into three dimensions, and now it's taking tile there. Tile not only has taken on textures like damask, stacked stone and textiles in its new looks, but has also become an integral part of architecture, with sculptural tiles adding new dimensions to walls. Tiles bump, undulate, weave, wave, crimp, crumple, create rhythms ...

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Love Your Living Room: Make a Design Plan

May 16th, 2013

Living rooms are often the hardest-working rooms in our homes. If your living room has no real flow, or you are not maximizing the area to its full potential, you probably aren't enjoying it as much as you could. Maybe it's time to take charge. Start with a firm plan for your living room's design and layout, and you will be on your way to a room that not only reflects your s ...

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