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Design Dilemma: 5 Options for Organizing Gadgets

A few years ago, we were all worrying about how to organize our growing collection of books. Remember bookshelves? But this is 2012, and these days we’re concerned not about organizing books but a growing collection of electronic devices, including our Kindles, Nooks, Ipads, Iphones, Netbooks, cellphones, external hard drives, flash drives and other assorted [...]

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Design Dilemma: Turning Old Rugs into Art

How do you salvage an old damaged rug and turn it into something special? Numerous carpet companies have hit on an idea. We’ve seen it up close and think they’ve got something. ABC Carpet and Home, for one, has overdyed vintage rugs and called them “Aquasilk” as part of the store’s Color Reform Collection. They’ve [...]

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Design Dilemma: Understanding Undertones in Paint Colors

You’d think you couldn’t go wrong choosing a selection of beiges to coordinate throughout your home, right? But then you get those beiges on the wall, and somehow they manage to clash horribly. Or they clash with your beige couch, or your beige carpet. Why does this happen? In a word, undertones. Every paint color, [...]

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Design Dilemma: Cultivating The Sound of Silence

No matter how beautifully-appointed your condo or apartment, if your nights and days are filled with loud music, voices and television noise from abutting apartments, your fabulous pad is still likely to feel like a living hell. Are there design solutions to too much noise? The answer is yes — to a point. A few [...]

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Design Dilemma: Beni Ouarain Rugs — Mod but Traditional

The problem with rugs is that they seem to fall solidly into two camps: either you go with the tried and true oriental rug or you opt for something more contemporary. Oriental rugs can feel a little staid, safe and boring while contemporary rugs seem to date faster than a carton of milk. So where [...]

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