Lighting is as necessary to your home as your foundation, yet lighting your home can be one of the most difficult chores to accomplish. Whether you are building a new home or remodeling, a lighting plan is a necessity in any home design process. The task of lighting a home can be overwhelming with today’s ...

You may be operating on a small budget but you can still create a guest room with a style and elegance that says, “Welcome”. Here are 11 important ingredients for achieving a 5-star guest room: The Room If you normally use this room clean thoroughly and touch up with some paint for a fresh look. ...

A long time ago, in Europe, furniture was not like our furniture is today. Most pieces were stuffed with straw or horsehair, and then covered with finely woven textiles. These magnificent textiles were covered with flour sacks and other pieces of woven cloth when they were not in use to keep them looking new. Furniture ...

There is a basic, but fundamental question that always comes up when I’m designing an item for someone or giving them some decorating tips. Very often, the answer is, “I really don’t know.” What is the question? It’s, “What style(s) of decorating do you like?” Do YOU know the answer to that question? If you ...

COLOR, COMPOSITION AND CUSTOMIZATION The integration of these three key concepts can ‘make or break’ the way that a home is perceived by visitors, upon entering from the outdoors to inside the home. Whether preparing an existing home for sale or anticipating the purchase of a home in the near future, explore the advantages that ...

Structured wiring is a generic term used to describe many different types of residential wiring products that distribute a variety of data signals throughout a home. Signal types such as cable television, telephones, and Ethernet computer networks are common examples. Wiring Options The wires included in a structured wiring bundle vary by manufacturer, but look ...

While many home entertainment systems are confined to one room, some of the latest technologies in the world of audio/video home entertainment can expand these systems from the central viewing room to everywhere in the home, turning entertainment into a whole-home experience. Viewing Angle Tuning in at home has gone big time. Aiming to replace ...

In the past, many homes were built with unfinished basements and the homeowner used those dark, bare, usually damp spaces for storage, laundry, or large collections of spider webs and dust bunnies. You may have bought one yourself and now, with the high price of new housing, you are looking to expand your current house ...