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What Colour To Paint The Lounge/Dining-Room Walls?  We have a large open-plan kitchen, dining-room and lounge apartment.

The kitchen is partitioned off by a counter with a greyish mottled granite top....

Colour Selection  I need advice on what colours to choose to make a room look bigger with black floor tiles and black or grey furniture and a black TV.

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Chalet Furniture  We have a rental vacation property which is part of a condo hotel program.

This simply means that the resort rents it out on our behalf.

The accommodation ...

Decorating Pillars For First Large Party  I'm about to throw my first party for about 100 guest.

My venue is a beach house over-looking Lake Michigan.

The building has these pillars and I ...

Boring Tan Living Room  My living room is painted all white. I have a tan couch, tan chair, and tan recliner.

My living room has a weird shape to it and it's small but I make ...

Trouble With Color Selection!  We are planning to get new carpet and paint in the living room.

We would like a medium gray carpet - tired of the browns!

We found a texture by ...

Are Oil Paintings Out Of Fashion?  I have some beautiful landscape and still life oil paintings that hung in my parents home and was wondering if this type of art work is "out" for decorating?...

Can I Hang Three Art Pictures Together?  I have a wall that is 100" wide and three art pictures measuring 20.5" wide each. Do you think three would be too many on that size wall?

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Kitchen Soffit Decor Ideas  I have soffits above my kitchen cabinets.

My cabinets are light washed maple and the wall soffit is a creamy white, the same color as the rest of the ...

Where Should I Put My Bedroom TV?   I need some advice please. I am newly married - since July 2010 - and this is our first house. We are doing our best to make it comfortable and romantic ...

Covering Problem Bulkhead Ceiling  I have a 4 ft. wide x 13 in. deep bulkhead running the entire length of my condo living/dining area, about 35 ft.!

It is stippled white like the rest ...

The Little Rental House On The Hill  My name is Tammy, I'm originally from Texas, my husband works in the Oil & Gas Industry.

A few months ago he was offered a job that would take us ...

Need Help Covering The Back Of A Bookcase  Me and my co-worker share the same office.

It is a fairly large office and we have lots of furniture. We wanted to somewhat separate the office by ...

Coffee and Mocha Colour Scheme  What if I use coffee and mocha color for living room walls?

I think that may be a bit more 'me' than the bright accent colors you suggested.

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Abstract Art  I am working on an abstract piece and I am having a hard time when I try to make my paint look like its rolling down the canvas.

How do I do this?


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Sun Room  My sun room is 12' x 18' and I have a wicker table with chairs near my patio door.

I would like to have a couple of comfy chairs with a small table ...

French Country Living Room  I have two, three seater red sofas in my lounge with rolled arms and high backs.

I love French country living rooms and the French provincial style ...

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