When you look through a brochure or walk through a showroom, you see sofas and armchairs in their finished state, their frames and upholstery hidden beneath attractive fabric covers. What goes on underneath the covers is just as important...

Home is where the heart is. Home is where you hang your hat. Home sweet home. There are a thousand sentiments about homes that we’ve all heard many times. But most focus on a simple concept: that your home is a special and even...

A Lighting Checklist In order to analyze the lighting requirements for a particular room, first draw up a checklist. Does the room have several functions? Many rooms have to be multi-functional; clever lighting can make one room seem...

Sleek and functional, an apartment bathroom is designed to cope with limited space and busy lives. Choose simple shapes and gleaming plain surfaces for a modern look. Creating a stylish, easy-care bathroom in a small space is a common...

Furnishings Floors: Smooth, hard floors are the elegant, practical choice for the apartment-style hall. Pale and modern woodstrip flooring is light and space-defining, and looks good on its own or with a vibrant abstract design rug...

Whether you opt for hard tiles, such as ceramic, marble, terra cotta, or stone, or the softer finish of vinyl or cork, you’ll find that tiled surfaces offer many decorative and practical advantages over other forms of wall and...

Buying a sofa or furniture suite is a major investment, so take more than just looks into account. Give size, comfort, construction, and the type of covering careful consideration, too. The discomfort of sitting on a worn or badly...

Sophisticated simplicity sums up the look in apartment-style halls. Space may be at a premium, or the hall double as a living area, so features are both decorative and practical. The apartment-style hallway offers a first glimpse of...

Shop around and you’ll find dining-room furniture to suit not only the space you have available but the style of your home and your budget. Dining-room furniture often outlasts other furniture in a home – a sofa and armchairs...

There are basically four types of sofa bed: the fold-out sofa bed, the flip-over or flop-out sofa bed, the A-frame sofa bed, and the drop-end sofa. Fold-Out Sofa Bed Usually top of the range, these sofa beds are the most popular...

Fun Themes I’ve seen some fabulous kids’ rooms over the past ten years, as many of my friends and associates have had children and decided to decorate wonderful rooms for them. I’ve seen magical castles, incredible...

We expect a lot from closets. We want them to not only hold the items we use, but they also must hold the things we rarely need and even some things we just don’t want to see. And we want our closets to do both of these jobs...

Style Pointers WALLS Golden yellow is a favorite town-house color, especially for creating a perpetually sunny hallway. Instead of genuine wainscoting, gray-striped wallpaper absorbs the brunt of the day-to-day scuffs. White-painted...

Style Pointers WALLS AND CEILING Fresh white walls and ceiling reflect the light and create a spacious atmosphere as well as a neutral backdrop for colorful furnishings and accessories. ACCESSORIES Framed posters reinforce the blue...

In your house, you probably have two types of spaces to decorate: your “predetermined spaces” and your “free spaces.” Your predetermined spaces (or entire rooms, in some cases) are those that you know you need,...