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Defining and Designing Your Space

Every room in your home is a canvas on which you can paint comfort, hospitality, and memories. But where do you start? You start with the basics: room utility, furniture placement, and room size and shape. And from these you create WOW!
Small Rooms, Big Ideas
Small Rooms, Big Ideas- Making small rooms appear larger with a few budget decorating tricks.
Is Visual Weight Making Your Room Smaller?
Is Visual Weight Making Your Room Smaller? How visual weight affects your perceived room size
Too High or Too Low - Dealing with Ceiling Problems
Too High or Too Low - Dealing with Ceiling Problems - The Problem of High or Low Ceilings and How to Deal with Them on a Budget
Filling an Empty Room on a Budget
Filling an Empty Room on a Budget - Budget ways to fill an empty room from scratch with a decorating style perfect for your family.
Tips for Decorating Large Rooms
If you are a homeowner with lots of space and you know what to do with it, we all envy you. But if you are a homeowner with no idea what to do with those cavernous rooms, may I provide a little advice?
Measuring Your Room
Did you ever buy a new piece of furniture only to get it home and find it doesn't fit in the space you intended? Prevent that mistake next time by measuring your room now and keeping those measurements with you as you shop.
Design Basics - Understanding Your Space
Designing your room is just a matter of understanding relationships in space - between objects, colors and light.
Deciding on a Layout for your Room Design
Deciding on a layout for your room design is best done on paper. You can design your perfect layout without all that furniture lifting!
The Basics of Furniture Placement
Guidelines for placing your furniture in your room in ways that make the room comfortable, pleasing and useful.

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