A roman shade can add stylish appeal to any French door. It integrates softness to a room, allows you to get creative with all the materials — and of course a roman shade is quite functional. After the shade is pulled upward, the pleats stack neatly and allow light in; when dragged, it offers in Continue reading →
Many people with kids of a specific age are undergoing a”boomerang generation.” Whether because of a desire to save money, a change in life, a delay in landing a job after school another reason, the boomerang production is coming back to live with the baby-boom generation. This phenomenon isn’t limited to our older kids. Whether Continue reading →
This last-minute addition to a home in Kentfield, Calif. was created to make an ideal spot for the proprietor’s kid to do homework without using an excessive amount of floorspace. Rather than building a desk which could occasionally be too large or too small, the steelworkers, architect, builder, and interior designers inscribed on a desk Continue reading →
When you are determining your bedroom floor plan, it second nature to place the mattress against a wall. It merely seems to be its normal place, right? Well, maybe it’s time to broaden your thinking and consider floating the mattress. “Floating” the mattress is layout code for placing it smack in the center of the Continue reading →
Space planning is crucial to any good design. Your layout may look fantastic on paper, but furnishings which don’t match it can spell disaster for your own project. Take this family-room design I am working , for example. The contractors were expected to arrive and hook up the flat-screen TV. I could have had them Continue reading →
Heavy rains and prime growing conditions could be in the forecast for gardens across the country, to the joy of the anglers everywhere. Yet every year, October nonetheless manages to be a year with catastrophic fires and drought for a number of areas of the country. Approach this challenge proactively by opting to plant blue Continue reading →