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20 of the Coziest Dining Rooms

January 12th, 2013
To me, "cozy dining room" means a traditional, compact room with stone walls, a roaring fire, a wrought iron chandelier, upholstered chairs and a round wooden table atop an Oriental rug, preferably located in a Tuscan villa. Easy — we have a lot of beautiful examples of those on Houzz. However, that's not all there is to cozy. Exposed brick and rustic beams are not a require ...

Graphic Black and White Kitchens for 10 Styles

January 11th, 2013
Color fads come and go, but black and white kitchens will never go the way of avocado appliances and orange linoleum counters. This crisp contrasting palette is a classic that serves all styles, from traditional to contemporary. It's also very versatile; if you tire of it, you can always add colors via fabrics and accessories. If the strong graphic look of black and white has ...

The 10 Most Popular Home Offices of 2012

January 10th, 2013
Whether you have a small corner, a blank wall or an entire room to work with, setting up a home office that works well for you takes some planning. In 2012, Houzzers went for spaces that kept things simple, saving these photos to their ideabooks more than any others of workspaces. See which home offices got the most attention and if there's an idea for practical built-ins or ...

12 Ways to Make the Most of Your Dining Room Corners

January 8th, 2013
When I was growing up, the TV game show The Price Is Right made me think that dining rooms were a real snore. The new dining room sets of the "showcase showdown" usually included a matchy-matchy dining table and chairs, a buffet and a cumbersome cabinet, all lined up parallel to one another atop some thick wall-to-wall carpet. One way to avoid TPIR dining room set ennui is t ...

Ming Pao January 2013

January 8th, 2013
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How to Plan a Just-Right Living Room Layout

January 7th, 2013
Whether you're building a new home, remodeling an existing living room or simply rearranging furniture you already have, laying out your living room is best done with a plan in mind. It might seem like a simple matter of rolling a chair over here and squishing the couch over there, but even the most straightforward parts of space planning can get complicated quickly. Before ...

9 Kitchen Cabinet Accessories for Universal Design

January 6th, 2013
Even if you don't have the luxury of gutting and remodeling your kitchen, you can still up its efficiency and accessibility quotient. Retrofitting some or all of your cabinets with these accessories will help those in your home get access to what they need and will help your kitchen stay organized as a bonus. by CliqStudios Cabinets ...

14 Ways to Make Better Use of Bedroom Corners

January 6th, 2013
Many of us have bedrooms where we have to make every bit of space work hard, including the corners. Check out these ideas for corner window seats, headboards, fireplaces, armoires and media cabinets, workspaces, bookshelves and chaises, as well as some fun designs for making good use of corners in kids' rooms, too. by Chandos Interiors ...

10 Polished Looks for a Bedroom Makeover

January 5th, 2013
The new year is prime time for home makeovers, and what better place to start than the bedroom? It is so often neglected, as we tend to spend our energy fixing up the more public spaces in our homes. But we spend so much time in our bedrooms, and the state they are in can affect our sleep, mood and more. Make your bedroom a place you can't wait to come home to (and don't wan ...

4 Key Space-Planning Considerations

January 5th, 2013
Space planning sounds simple, doesn't it? Throw a sofa here, build a cabinet there and make sure everyone has enough room to walk around — voilà! A new living room. Of course, that's not quite how it works. Successfully planning out the rooms in a house requires considering a variety of tangibles: function, physical limitations, size, furniture and flow, to name a few. Befor ...
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