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Using Blackboard Paint And Magnetic Primer

Clever use of blackboard paint in the kitchen or breakfast area gives you an opportunity to leave a personal 'Welcome!' message for your guests.

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Hiding TV Cables

I had my new flatscreen TV mounted on the wall above my fireplace, not thinking about what I would do with the cable and DVD boxes. Now I have two huge

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HELP!!! Need help decorating my living room

I am so excited that I ran across your website after hours and hours of searching for decorating ideas. I have decorated all the rooms in my house and

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Photo Printing On Canvas

Photo printing on canvas gives you the opportunity to enjoy the vibrancy and detail of a photograph with the size of a more traditional piece of art.

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Photograph Washing Line

Whether you are decorating indoors or out, a photograph washing line makes for an inexpensive and very personal wall decor idea. Great for an after wedding

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Is Grey A Good Paint Colour For The Living Room?

I'm having trouble picking a paint colour for the living room. We will be putting down walnut laminate flooring in a couple of weeks. There are three

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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 would

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What Colour To Paint The Bedroom Walls?

Our bedroom curtains are a bronzy-khaki color, and cover the whole window/wall. The floor and door and dressing-room are light-wood. The dressing-table

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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.

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Decorating With A Dark Green Sofa

I need advice on how to decorate a living room space with a dark turtle green sofa and chair. My walls are painted in a peachy beige color and the flooring

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Moving Into A Home With Bluey-Grey Carpet

We are coming from a home with all earth tones and going to a house with white walls and bluey-grey carpet. I need help to know which color couches and

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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

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Need Help With Daughter's Bedroom Paint Color!

We are remodeling our home and building a bedroom upstairs for our 8 year old daughter. I need help finding the right paint color for her room. We put

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Brown Sectional Help!

I have a sectional that is suede and chocolate brown leather. I'm having trouble with what colors I could incorporate with it to not make it look so

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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 Shaw

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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?

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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? Andrea's Response

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Living Room Furniture Arrangement Help

I have read and tried every combination possible but can't get the balance or feel right. My living/dining room is only 9' 6 x 14' 6. As you enter,

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Need Help With Wall Color

I recently purchased cream-colored leather furniture for the living room. We have gray carpeting with flecks of colors - shades of blue and mauve.

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Decorating With Area Rugs

I have a floral love seat and sofa - beige, light green, maroon - in a country style and I have a maroon accent wall. My living room is off-white and

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Where Can I Buy The Fish Tiles That You Show On This Site?

I bought fish tile for my bathroom from Home Depot. They do not sell them anymore and the ones on this site look just like the ones that I used. Can

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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

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Bringing Unity To An Entryway

Our house has an entryway off of the garage that we use most of the time. I'd like to unify the colors - right now, there is one color of stain on the

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Record Covers As Wall Decor

A friend was having a much needed clear out recently and was getting rid of some of his old vinyl records. Knowing I'm a big David Bowie fan, he gave

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What Color Should I Use To Paint An Accent Wall?

My furniture is a lipstick red, the pillows are tan with circle prints - red, orange, and black - my other walls are tan... What color would you suggest

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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

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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

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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 all

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Free Online Kitchen Design Tool Help And Advice

There are some fantastic FREE online kitchen design tool ideas and software programs available to help you design your own kitchen.

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Visit Merillat.com For A Great Free Kitchen Design Tool

Head on over to Merillat.com for terrific free kitchen design programs and ideas

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What color curtains match my living room?

Just purchased a house and need help with curtains. I have yellow/mustard colored walls in my living room and... - Mocha sofa and loveseat - Glass tables

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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 giving

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Decorating Colors Around A Dark Olive Green Velvet Couch

I have gorgeous dark olive green couch with studs in silver. I am moving into a new apartment that has light beige carpet and beige walls that I can repaint.

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West Facing Green, Blue And Purple Room

I'm looking to paint my room in three different colors - green, blue and purple. My room faces west (in California) and gets quite a bit of sun during

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Green Couches

Hi there, I have a green lounge suite (sofa/couches) and a very small lounge adjoining my kitchen. The kitchen cupboards are a light oak colour and

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Painting Livingroom Two Colors

I am hoping you can help me with painting my livingroom. Right now I have a beige/neutral color in the room on all walls and the lower part is in a

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I Have A Beige, Cream And Black Floral Sofa

I have a black, cream and beige floral sofa. What colours can I use on my walls to make it look warmer? They are all cream and it tends to look cold.

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Beach Cottage Decorating

When it comes to beach cottage decorating, there are three main options.

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French Country Decorating Ideas

Take the best of the old and new French country decorating ideas for a comfortable and elegant feel for your vacation property with a contemporary twist on French country decor..

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Kitchen Granite Colors

I purchased a home with light colored advocado green ceramic tile floor in kitchen & foyer - excellent condition and too expensive to change. However,

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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. Andrea's

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Cottage Window Treatments

I like to decorate. I can see the finished job before the project is completed. I designed a window treatment project for my cottage style living room.

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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. Andrea's Response

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Family Friendly Vacations

Give your guests family friendly vacations - you don't want to miss out on this lucrative market...

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Need a color fix!

I have a dark, muddy navy leather sofa set, wooden french doors and a light wooden floor in my lounge room. I am trying to come up with a color scheme

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What Colour Carpet Do You Suggest?

My daughter's room is bright pink. What colour carpet do you suggest we get to complement the room? Andrea's Response A lot will depend on your attitude

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Replacement Sofa Cushion Covers - A Good Option

Are replacement sofa cushion covers worth a try? You bet!

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Japanese Themed Bedroom?

Hi there, my dilema is that I just moved to a room with light pink walls. I have painted two of the walls medium gray and on one of them I have painted

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Not Liking Oak Trim At All

I don't know where to start... I just purchased this home and I'm having a hard time getting used to oak trim, just not liking it. I truly love dark

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