Category: Interior Finishes
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Transform your Bathroom from Functional to Fabulous with Layered Lighting
What’s the difference between a basic bathroom and a stunning, relaxing retreat? Often, it’s the lighting. A well-designed lighting plan can transform your bathroom from a purely functional room into a beautiful, versatile space. By layering three types of light—ambient, task, and accent—you can create a remodel that’s perfectly tailored to every moment of your…
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Why Mudrooms Are a Must-Have
Walk into most homes with kids and you’ll see a similar scene: a jumble of shoes, coats, and bags near the door. Mudrooms solve this problem by creating a transitional space that acts as a buffer between the outdoors and your main living areas. Typically located near a side door or garage, a mudroom is…
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Emerging Home Design Trends for 2026
Thinking about giving your home a fresh new look? We’ve been looking ahead to 2026, considering the current trends and the preferences we hear from homeowners, and here’s what we’ve found. Several trends are currently shaping the interior design landscape, including a focus on sustainability and biophilic design, which incorporates natural elements to bring nature…
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Rest Assured
Whether you are planning a full bathroom renovation or making small improvements to an existing bath, shower seating can increase the safety and comfort of your room. Installing a shower bench decreases the amount of time you stand in the shower which eases the strain on your body but most importantly, as part of aging-in-place…
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Good Vibes for the New Year
The new year is symbolic of new beginning and fresh resolutions. Preparing your home for the New Year is the perfect time to decide what you want to keep and what to leave behind to create space in your life and home for new opportunities. Feng Shui (pronounced “fung shway”) — which literally translates to “wind…
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Raise the Bar on Home Entertaining
If you entertain frequently, consider having a designated space for a bar in your home. It makes hosting company convenient as it keeps the guests refreshed and it might even help by keeping them from getting in the way of the cook. If you decide to install a bar in your home, you have the…
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Wallpaper Wonders
Mention the word wallpaper, and homeowners conjure up the vision of their grandmother’s flocked velvet prints and old-fashioned busy designs and remember the miserable task of having to scrape it off years later. However, today’s wallpaper is back and better than ever and new technologies are making them easier apply and adhere better. If you’re…
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Pantries
Want to take your kitchen from great to spectacular? Consider adding a walk-in pantry. While adding a pantry may feel as if you are taking up valuable cabinet space, if it is carefully tailored to your household’s storage needs, it can add functionality and increase organization. Corner pantries are perfect for small kitchens with unused…
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Beyond Beige
When it comes to selecting tile for your home remodel, the abundance of options is daunting. While the material, shape, and size of the tile may be an issue of functionality, the color and texture of the tile can set the tone of a room. An unexpected source, The Wall Street Journal, recently offered an…
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Novel Bookcase Ideas for the Home
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Marcus Tullius Cicero In these fast-paced times, reading the news or the latest best seller is often done on a tablet, phone, or computer. From kids to adults, its pinch, swipe, and shuffle, back and forth between groups of icons. However, for many, nothing…