Home Decorating Tips

War of decor: Master bedroom edition

Barbara Alden Wilson — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:00 -0700

Your master bedroom — ideally, it's a haven for relaxation and romance. But agreeing on how to create that perfect environment can make you feel anything but relaxed and romantic. Try these tips for melding your styles into the perfect couple's retreat.

My home decor style: Am I becoming my mother?

Jana Randall — Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:00 -0700

Ever wonder how much your mother's style influences your own home design? Molly Branstetter from The Poor Sophisticate opens up on how her mom paved the way to her own home decor.

Decorating Diva: Sunny, spring-inspired finds for your home

Jessica Padykula — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Decorating Diva, where every week we share fresh, fun ways to update your home and spice up your living space! Spring is finally here, which for us is worth celebrating! Welcome the warmth of a new season with our picks for spring-worthy decor pieces perfect for saying sayonara to winter.

Decorating Diva: Top 5 home decorating don'ts

Jessica Padykula — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:17:00 -0800

Welcome to Decorating Diva, where every week we share fresh, fun ways to update your home and spice up your living space! While we love sharing tips on things you should do to enhance your home, there are also a few decor don'ts worth mentioning, and we're covering some of the biggest.

Decorating Diva: Give your home an instant upgrade for the New Year

Jessica Padykula — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:18:00 -0800

Welcome to Decorating Diva, where every week we share fresh, fun ways to update your home and spice up your living space! It's a new year and a new start, which is the ideal time to freshen up every room. We're sharing our tips for giving your home a noticeable face-lift without much fuss or stress.

Holly Becker’s fave 2012 decor trends

Heather Terveen — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:55:00 -0800

It’s almost time to break out the champagne and toast to the end of another year. Before we do, let’s reflect on the decor trends of 2012. Design guru Holly Becker recaps her thoughts on this year’s highlights.

How to use reds in every room

Mary Fetzer — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:51:00 -0700

Red is a bold color choice for decorating. Interior designers offer expert advice on using this fabulous hue throughout your home.

Choosing a color palette for your living room

Mary Fetzer — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:39:00 -0700

The living space just doesn't feel right until you've found the perfect color palette. Talented design experts weigh in to help you get started right away on picking the best colors for your living room.

Hottest Etsy home finds

Jana Randall — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:55:00 -0800

If you’re looking for a way to make your home unique and fabulous, Etsy is the place for you. Filled with handcrafted pieces, Etsy is a great place for hot finds for any home.

Best blooms and colors for a winter tablescape

Claire Gallam — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:45:00 -0800

Although winter brings cold temperatures and dreary skies, it also brings natural beauty, like lacy snowflakes, crisp white snow and vibrant evergreens. Showcase these simple, elegant aspects of winter by creating a glistening tablescape with this season's most popular flowers, ferns and colors.

8 Easy home updates

Christina Caldwell — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:32:00 -0700

Freshening up your home doesn’t have to involve a complete design overhaul. In fact, you probably already have quite a lot with which to work. If not, a few simple, inexpensive purchases can get you on your way to a fab, newly redesigned pad. Here are eight easy home updates that won’t break the bank.

Wallpaper puts a new face on design trends for fall

Catherine Conelly — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0700

Jillian Harris is on board with the wallpaper revival. Even though she says to throw away the design magazines and to design based on what you love, she admits there are some design trends she loves.

How to decorate your coffee table

Deanna Sletten — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:26:00 -0700

A coffee table pulls a room together and a well-decorated one can complete the entire look of a room. How do you keep your coffee table from being a catchall? Here are some purposeful design tips for a well decorated coffee table.

Design challenge: Playing with pattern

Robin Baron — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:00:00 -0700

Making a home flow from room to room is a unique decorating challenge. This is true whether you have an open floor plan or not. It’s important that rooms have a relationship to each other. A great way to create separate living spaces with a cohesive look and feel is to integrate distinctive patterns that play upon each other. Patterns that relate to each other with color, texture and print will act as a visual thread, tying each room together without them looking the same.

Trend alert: White-on-white

Robin Baron — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:40:00 -0700

Decorating with white-on-white is fresh, fun and full of color-matching possibilities. It’s a hot trend right now, just in time for summer. Depending on how it’s incorporated, a white-on-white look can conjure feelings of beachy boho chic or tailored sophistication. Whether you want interiors that make you want to kick off your sandals or curl up in a faux fur throw, white-on-white is a versatile trend that can fit the bill.

10 Bright and budget-friendly bedroom decorating ideas

Jessica Padykula — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:34:00 -0700

Your bedroom deserves to be treated with respect. Just because it’s not on display like the living and dining rooms or a hub of activity like the kitchen doesn’t mean that your sleeping space should go without style updates. We’re not suggesting you completely remodel or buy all-new furniture and accessories -- but a few small updates can go a long way in revitalizing your space. We’ve put together some budget-friendly ideas for taking your bedroom from bland to brilliant.

2011 Spring colors

Lauren Fairbanks — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:00:00 -0700

Decorating for spring just wouldn't be the same without switching out dark colors and thick fabrics for more breezy linens and lighter, trendy colors. This year we've been told that the 2011 spring colors are all about bright, bold and fun shades that invoke playfulness and relaxation perfect for the warmer season. While the list of spring color trends is a bit more expansive than this, here are our favorite spring colors for 2011.

Design tips to make learning fun for your kids

Michele Borboa, MS — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:30:00 -0700

Enhance your children’s learning by providing them with an environment that makes learning fun. We spoke with Cortney Novogratz of HGTV’s Home by Novogratz about how parents can make their children’s bedrooms more conducive to learning and the kid-friendly decorating and design strategies she used at Winegard Elementary School in Orlando, Florida. Winegard was the grand-prize winner of Bounty’s We Love Our School sweepstakes and received a school makeover designed by Cortney and her husband Robert Novogratz.

5 Tips for stylish minimalist décor

Michele Borboa, MS — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:00:00 -0700

If you agree with Leonardo da Vinci that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, a home with minimalist style is for you. Though you may interpret minimalism as boring, good minimalist decorating is, in fact, captivating and an enviable décor feat to achieve. We turned to Jessica Moreau, interior designer at Est Est, Inc. , Scottsdale, Arizona’s oldest and most established interior design firm, for tips on creating an elegant minimalist home space.

8 Home design websites that make decorating fun

Lauren Fairbanks — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:59:00 -0800

Redecorating can sometimes be a hassle, especially when you lack decoration inspiration. Fortunately, a quick browse online through the enormous array of home design websites will not only give you home decorating ideas, it will simplify your DIY home improvement desires. We've sorted through the masses and picked out our favorite eight home design websites that will make your home decorating a fun and easy process.

Why women need a Mom Cave

Michele Borboa, MS — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:53:00 -0800

For decades, men in America have had a retreat in their homes all to themselves, the Man Cave. But according to a survey conducted by national off-price retailer HomeGoods, women want a refuge reserved just for them, too – and, no surprise, the majority of women don’t have a space to call their own. Elaine Griffin, New York interior designer, gives us the dish on why women need a Mom Cave and how to create that coveted home sanctuary.