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Decorating Ideas for Your Thanksgiving Table
As 2020 comes to a close, Thanksgiving will be like no other, during this year like no other. However you plan to spend time safely with family – in person or on videoconference – an attractive table lifts everyone’s spirits and sets the mood for…
Please Come In! Design Tips from My Own Home Makeover
For more than 3 decades, I’ve had a career doing what I love – creating beautiful, functional spaces in my clients’ homes. I am often asked, “What would you choose for yourself if you were designing for your own home?” Today’s blog answers that question!…
Design Tips for Work-from-Home Office Spaces
What’s one of the most significant trends in interior design in 2020? The home office! Domestic workspaces have become a focal point. More and more people – up to 42% of working Americans, according to Stanford University – are currently working from home. In this...
Outside the Swatch: Design Tips for Styling a Sofa or Sectional
The colors and fabrics you select, and the ways they are used in a room, are an exciting part of a makeover! In this blog, the Design Connection, Inc. shares our design tips and options for spaces with comfortable seating. We’re featuring sofas and sectionals...
Be Our Guest! Design Tips for Dining Room and Kitchen Seating
Lumiere, the candlestick in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” said it best when he told Belle, “And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents your dinner!" In today’s blog, we’re highlighting kitchen and dining...
Design Tips for Cabinetry: Before And After Projects
More than any other piece of furniture, cabinetry provides your home with both beauty and practicality. This Design Connection Inc. project tour shows you the impact of the right cabinets, from the hearth room to the master bath! Check out our before and after photos,...
The Fairest Walls: Design Tips for Mirrors
While we’ve been sheltering in place, many of us are rethinking our living spaces. And while the need for a haircut may be keeping us from looking in the mirror, a beautiful, well-placed mirror can do wonders for the look and feel of your home’s…
Wine and Hope: Wine Cellars and Wet Bars Tour
“With wine and hope, anything is possible.” So goes the Spanish proverb, and it seems especially relevant during our days of sheltering in place. If you take your wine seriously – or even if you don’t – you’ll enjoy this tour of wine cellars and...
Less is More: Design Tips for Decluttering While Sheltering in Place
There is nothing like 24/7 occupancy to call our attention to the need to streamline! As we all stay safe by sheltering in place, many of us are also taking a good look at the space we call home. In this blog post, the Design...
A Room with a View: Window Treatment Design Tips
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” the Wizard instructs Dorothy in the classic film, "The Wizard of Oz." For the Design Connection, Inc. team, paying attention to the window treatments in a room is an essential component of smart and beautiful design....