The most important reason to purchase inexpensive furniture as a young adult isn’t to save money, but rather to make sure that when you do buy high quality furniture, you love what you buy. Shopping for antiques and custom-made decor takes patience and persistence. If you don’t hire an interior designer to do your shopping…
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Furniture shopping: creating an easy workspace
You can easily create a workspace anywhere in your home with nothing but a mini desk and chair. Home offices can feel overly secluded and take up a lot of space, while a mini workspace can be set up with only a few square feet. I created the workspace in the picture for guests to…
Professional design: 3 awesome feng shui ideas
You don’t need to be an interior design professional to make use of design philosophies like feng shui. If you’ve never decorated a home before and don’t know the difference between Art Deco and Hollywood Regency, a basic design philosophy can help you decide where to place your furniture and decor. Following a philosophy like…
Furniture mods: how to add edge cabinet pulls
If you’ve never modified furniture before, installing new edge cabinet pulls on a small cabinet is a great place to start. Small cabinets like the one in the picture are versatile. They can be used in a bedroom as a vanity, in a hallway as a console, or outside of a washroom as a storage…