home makeover ideas

Home Makeover Ideas

Decorating tips that will have your home looking like new in a flash.
81. Mix and Match Your Wood Tones
Your wood pieces dont have to be the same color. Here, a dark wood desk is at home among blond occasional tables because the pieces have similar clean lines.
82. Surround Your Fireplace with Built Ins
An inglenook is a space next to the fireplace that often includes seating. These built in window seats provide extra seating and are a comfy place to read.
83. Add Privacy without Losing Light
Add a little privacy to family rooms without sacrificing light by installing drapery panels that dont have a thick lining.
84. Salvage Original Materials
In this living room, the heart pine flooring came from a South Carolina textile mill. It has the original nail holes, and if you look closely, you can still see oil stains from factory weaving machines.
85. Maximize Space with Dual Purpose Built Ins
Built in bench seating in this small sitting room provides a lot of seating and storage for books and games.
86. Incorporate Personal Touches
Can t find the exact table or chest that you need? Just add your own touches, such as a paint finish or unique drawer pulls, to convert an available piece into a one of a kind item. The designer of this living room set a piece of custom cut stone on top of the wooden coffee table in the family room, giving it a more durable surface.
87. Add Occasional Tables
Several small tables in this living room offer enough room for drinks and can even be used as additional seating when necessary.
88. Create a Statement with Art
With impressive artwork and sleek, sophisticated furnishings set against a perfectly pale palette, this space is a constellation of star elements.
89. Make Large Rooms Cozy with Multiple Seating Areas
How do you make a gigantic room look cozy and appropriate for today when it s actually an old Virginia cow barn.Steven Gambrel, one of America s top tier interior designers, recently had a chance to consider the question. Although he lives and often works in the most urbane precincts of Manhattan, Steven grew up in Virginia and still has ties there. When the owners of a Middleburg horse farm asked him to convert one of their barns into a place for large, casual parties and just hanging out and watching TV, he took it on with relish his first barn, and on home turf.
90. Mix Instead of Match Fabrics
The designer started with fabric selections to set the room s happy mood and a bright color palette of pink, turquoise, and chartreuse. Fabrics have to be matchy matchy to communicate with each other. If they share a similar vibrancy and color temperature, they ll look good together.