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Design Dilemma: Decorating an Open Space Interior
In the last couple of decades, there’s been a landslide movement toward houses and apartments featuring large open spaces. After all, modern open floor plans offer advantages that cannot be replicated by the tight, closed-off rooms of the Victorian era. There is light. There is space. There is flexibility. Even togetherness. And let’s face it, there’s also a bit of […]
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Design Dilemma: Furnishing a Study/Guestroom
When guests arrive for a few nights or even a few weeks, where do you put them? Many of us opt to stash guests in a home office which also functions as guestroom. The advantage is clear: Since most of the time we don’t have guests, we get to use this space for important tasks like paying bills […]
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Design Dilemma: Finding Stylish Pet Paraphernalia
Pets are an important part of our lives and they need their stuff — scratching posts, dishes, beds and the like. Problem is, most of it is an eyesore in our sleek living rooms, kitchens and dens. But designers are getting wise to customers’ desires for stylish and hip options for pet accoutrements. And now there are […]