IKEA decor ideas
IKEA Kids Room Ideas for Cozy and Organized Areas
IKEA kids room ideas work when the bed, the storage system and the wall anchoring are matched to the child’s age and…
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IKEA decor ideas
IKEA Room Ideas: Transform Your Space with Affordable Designs
IKEA room ideas are room-by-room furnishing setups that combine the retailer’s modular systems, such as BILLY, PAX and METOD, into complete layouts…
IKEA decor ideas
IKEA Under Stairs Storage Ideas for Creative Use of Space
IKEA under stairs storage ideas work by matching a stock IKEA line to the slope: KALLAX and TROFAST for stepped stacks, METOD…
IKEA decor ideas
IKEA Living Room Ideas for Apartments and Condos
The strongest IKEA living room ideas start with room size: a sofa-bed and tall shelving for small rooms, a sofa, armchair and…
IKEA decor ideas
IKEA Balcony Ideas for Affordable Outdoor Retreats
IKEA balcony ideas work best when the furniture is matched to the balcony’s size: a folding two-seat set for small floors, a…
IKEA decor ideas
IKEA Bedroom Ideas for a Tranquil Retreat
IKEA bedroom ideas work when the room’s constraint chooses the product: floor area decides the bed frame, ceiling height decides the wardrobe…
Art Deco Interior Design
Art Deco Hallway Decor That Wows at First Glance
Most hallways get a coat hook and whatever paint was left over. Art Deco decor goes the other way and treats that…
Industrial Interior Design
Industrial Color Palette Ideas For Home Interiors
Most industrial rooms start from the raw materials of an old factory or warehouse. Concrete, steel, brick and reclaimed wood supply the…
Bohemian Interior Design
Upcycled Furniture Ideas: Creative Ways to Repurpose Old Pieces
Check the date on an old painted piece before you sand it. The federal ban on lead-containing paint on furniture (CPSC, 16…
Mid-Century Modern Interior Design
Mid-Century Modern Fireplace Ideas to Warm Up Your Style
The original mid-century fireplaces sat in ranch houses, post-and-beam homes and Eichler tracts, a wide, low firebox set into Roman brick, slate…
Traditional Interior Design
Southern Charm in Traditional Southern Interior Design
Traditional Southern interior design mixes formal Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival detailing with architecture shaped by the climate, plus antiques that get…
Mid-Century Modern Interior Design
Mid-Century Modern Office Ideas for a Productive Space
Mid-century modern began in offices as much as in homes. Florence Knoll’s Knoll Planning Unit, active from the 1940s until her retirement…
Art Deco Interior Design
Key Art Deco Kitchen Elements for Vintage Flair
Most kitchens built in the 1930s looked nothing like the lacquer-and-brass rooms that get called Art Deco now. A 1989 University of…
Bohemian Interior Design
What Is an Ikat Pattern? History and Design Uses
Ikat patterns are dyed into the yarn before any weaving starts. Sections of thread get tied off, the bundle goes into the…
Industrial Interior Design
What Is Reclaimed Wood? Uses and Benefits
Most of what comes out of a demolished building ends up in a landfill, and that includes the wood. The US EPA…
Traditional Interior Design
Timeless Beauty of Traditional Spanish Interior Design
Thick walls and handmade local materials do most of the work in a traditional Spanish interior. Terracotta, lime plaster, dark timber, wrought…
Mid-Century Modern Interior Design
Mid-Century Modern Lighting Ideas That Shine Bright
Most mid-century modern lighting ideas start from one assumption: the lamp is an object first and a light source second. Pendants, sputnik…
Mid-Century Modern Interior Design
Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Ideas That Wow
Most of the furniture people call mid-century modern was built decades before anyone used that name. Cara Greenberg’s book Mid-Century Modern: Furniture…
Traditional Interior Design
Traditional Colonial Interior Design: A Classic Comeback
The name gets stuck on a lot of rooms that aren’t colonial at all. Colonial Revival, which dates from the 1870s, and…
Industrial Interior Design
Types of Concrete Finishes for Floors and Walls
Where a slab sits matters more than what the owner likes the look of. NRMCA’s CIP 2 calls for air-entrained concrete wherever…
Traditional Interior Design
Old World Flair: Traditional Italian Interior Design
Peter Thornton’s The Italian Renaissance Interior 1400-1600 (Abrams, 1991) is the standard scholarly study of the subject, and its first part deals…
Mid-Century Modern Interior Design
Mid-Century Modern Furniture Designers You Should Know
More than twenty designers made mid-century modern furniture across the United States, Scandinavia, Italy, France, Britain and Brazil in the postwar decades.…
Bohemian Interior Design
Indoor Plants Ideas: Greenery to Enhance Your Home
The plant you like and the plant a room can keep alive are often two different plants. A pothos, snake plant or…
Interior Design Basics
The Difference Between Interior Design and Decoration
The difference between interior design and interior decoration is structural: designers plan and modify a space’s layout, function and safety, while decorators…
Industrial Interior Design
Industrial Furniture Design: Key Elements to Use
Welded steel frames and cast iron bases, usually under a reclaimed wood top, now furnish homes, cafes and offices. Whether any of…
Art Deco Interior Design
Stepped Forms in Art Deco Architecture Explained
Most stepped forms in Art Deco architecture started as a legal formula, not a decorative choice. Architects stacked smaller and smaller tiers…
Industrial Interior Design
Industrial Loft Design: How to Get the Look
Most of the first industrial lofts were not legal places to live. Artists in lower Manhattan moved onto former factory floors without…
Mid-Century Modern Interior Design
Mid-Century Modern Living Room Ideas to Try Now
Arts & Architecture magazine announced its Case Study House program in January 1945. The goal was prototype homes for average American families,…
Traditional Interior Design
A Guide to Traditional Interior Design Styles
Georgian, Federal, American Colonial, Victorian, French Country and English Country rooms look quite different from one another, yet they all trace back…
Traditional Interior Design
Coastal Comfort with Traditional Cape Cod Interior Design
Traditional Cape Cod interior design comes down to pine floors, plain furniture and small low-ceilinged rooms packed around one central chimney. It’s…