Home Matters
Use Unique Shapes This rounded chaise might be tricky in a standard room, but it works perfectly in this odd corner near the staircase. When choosing furniture to fit an angled corner, like this one, don’t be afraid to pick pieces with a unique shape or scale. Go All In On a Gallery Wall Extending…
Arts and Crafts Characterized by built-in cabinets, exposed beams and cozy front porches, the Arts and Crafts style depends on handmade craftsmanship and naturalistic design. Choose simple plants with a natural form (i.e. waving fountain grass rather than clipped boxwoods), as well as real stone for pathways and garden borders. An old wooden bench tucked…
Buy potting soil at your local garden center. It is a loose and light mixture of materials like peat moss, vermiculite, and, often, decomposed organic matter. If you are planting succulents or cacti, use a mix especially formulated for them. To reduce plant maintenance, buy potting mix containing a time-release fertilizer and moisture-retaining polymer crystals….
As we continue to get more discerning in order to create a difference in our living and work spaces, advance print technology is now making it possible to cost-effectively translate our personal expressions, design aspirations, into graphic art, whether on to office walls, tabletops or kitchen cabinets. In short, it is now possible to literally…
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