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Are the Walls Closing In?

A small or dark room, especially one without much natural light or no windows at all, may feel rather claustrophobic. It’s probably not a space you, your family members, or your guests enjoy spending much time in. A woman I know had her basement finished to include a play room for the kids, an extra bathroom, and a guest room. The bathroom had a window, and the playroom had to small vent style windows but the guest room was an interior room due to the layout. Even after painting it a light color and adding more lighting, the space felt … Continue reading →

Painting Techniques of a Different Stripe

You have probably seen, or maybe even tried, the painting technique of marking off equal width stripes and painting them different colors. Another great look is using the same or a very similar color in different paint finishes to achieve a subtle, striped effect. While these are great ideas, why not bump it up a notch? Instead of just evenly sized, wide stripes, why not mix it up with some narrow stripes or create your own striped pattern? Start by measuring so you know you’ll be able to fit the number of stripes you want on each wall. Mark off … Continue reading →

Easy Ways to Add More Interest

Is your bathroom boring? Is your kitchen looking a little drab? Could other areas of your home use a bit of a pick me up? Try some of these super simple ideas. Stripes are Nice You can add striped towels to your solid ones to add a little something in the bathroom. Place a striped towel beneath a solid colored hand towel on your rack. Pick a striped towel that includes the color of your solid towels. Then, to coordinate with the stripes, pick up some towels in the other color on the striped towel (if more than one color … Continue reading →