Home offices are becoming an essential part of modern working life. Whether you have the flexibility to telecommute, you’re a freelancer, or you just need to put in extra time on a project, it’s helpful to have a dedicated work space (that isn’t just your laptop on your kitchen table). The biggest challenge to creating a home […]
Whether you’re about to decorate a new home or are looking into a room refresh, here’s a checklist of decorating mistakes that you should avoid to help you find success during the process. Strictly Sticking With A Design Style Sure, a dedicated design style will help guide you during the interior design process, but it’ll […]
Whoever said that children are life’s great joy never had to design a kids bedroom. Between their grand ideas and your fixed budget, it can seem impossible to make everyone happy. And with the way kids grow, how do you pick a scheme that’s flexible to their changing interests? Luckily, our senior designers have these tips for designing a […]
In the past decades, the decorative term ‘shabby chic’ was used commonly as a go-to when considering trendy bedroom styles for households across the country while evoking a casual feel with subtle feminine notes. However as the years rolled by and design trends came and left, shabby chic styling became less viable among the plethora […]
Creating more space in a room can be extremely difficult. Especially when that space already feels as small as a closet! Did you know just swapping out your current bed for a Murphy bed will free up a room immediately? Not only that but Murphy beds open more square footage in an area which in […]
Kitchens come in all shapes and sizes, which makes it much harder to find a rug for your kitchen. You probably have a dozen questions but just can’t seem to find the answers. What type of carpet should I get? Should I go dark or stay light? Will a patterned mat throw off the design […]
ne of the most common interior design dilemmas I have come across over the course of my interior design career is how to decorate a large wall in a way that fills up the space without making it look overly cluttered. It can be overwhelming. Either you feel like you need to cover the entire wall […]
When Samantha Bisger and her fiancé moved into their 750-square-foot, one-bedroom Greenwich Village apartment in June 2020, every piece of furniture had to be intentional and functional. “We moved in with barely anything, since it was our first apartment together,” says Samantha, lead designer at Kemble Interiors in New York. “It was important to me to figure out how we were going […]
There’s no greater proof of a coffee (or cocktail) table’s power to ground a room than to step into a space where the table is too large, too small, too awkward, or otherwise not right. The tips below will help ensure that you select a coffee table that not only looks great on its own but […]
The designers and other tastemakers we spoke with throughout the year taught us a lot of practical information about creating our ideal home: how hanging blinds and curtains above the window frames makes the windows look larger, why performance fabrics are key in homes that get lots of sunlight or are near the ocean. But much of their wisdom […]