Most people approach interior design backwards. They buy the sofa first something they saw on a Pinterest board or in a showroom that felt right in that moment and then spend the next two years trying to build a room around a piece that was never meant to anchor that particular space. I’ve seen this … Read more
How Choose Perfect Sofa DrHomey I bought the wrong sofa once. Not a disaster nobody got hurt, the house didn’t burn down but I measured the room and forgot to measure the doorway. The thing arrived, got halfway through the hallway at a diagonal angle the delivery guys tried three different ways, and eventually had … Read more
However, it was through experience that I discovered that an exterior redesign project is the first judgment a prospective buyer makes, even before getting off their car. In my work, I once spent the whole interior budget of a client without giving any thought to the exterior, which seemed to me to “look fine.” However, … Read more
The most expensive home repair I ever watched someone deal with was a gutter. Not the gutter itself a blocked one, left for two winters, that sent water behind the fascia, into the wall cavity, and eventually into the floor joists. The repair bill was fourteen thousand dollars. The gutter cleaning that would have prevented … Read more
Most home improvement advice online falls into one of two traps. Either it’s so basic it tells you things you already know, or it’s so technical it assumes you have a contractor’s background and a full workshop in your garage. After years of working through my own home maintenance schedule, making expensive mistakes from deferred … Read more
There’s a particular moment in every interior design project that I’ve come to quietly watch for. It usually happens around the third or fourth walkthrough when the client stops describing what they want the room to look like and starts talking about how they want to feel in it. That shift is everything. It’s the … Read more
Most people don’t realize how much of an emotional experience decorating a space is when they begin to do so. For many years, I’ve attempted to determine how people express their lives through their physical surroundings. This conclusion continually reaffirms itself: your dwelling is always communicating. The colors you choose, the furnishings you select, the … Read more
There comes a point during any home decoration when things seem to be falling into place, and then you put up the curtains and suddenly everything works perfectly. The perfect curtains for your lounge room will do one thing above all else. They will frame the roomThey will ensure the ceiling aligns properly with the … Read more
It is an experience that every homeowner can relate to: you wake up on a Saturday morning with a cup of steaming hot coffee in your hands only to be faced with a small water drip from underneath the kitchen sink or a flickering bulb that you have chosen to ignore. In a single moment, … Read more
There is only one thing that vaulted ceilings can do and that is create an atmosphere of spaciousness that no other ceiling can. Admired by some interior decorators for their majestic appearance and airy nature, but criticized by others for their high cost of energy usage and maintenance, vaulted ceilings have been a favorite topic … Read more
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