Q: I am looking for chairs similar to Michelle's from her Small Cool entry. She stated that she got them from Pier 1 a couple years ago, but of course they don't have anything similar. Anyone seen something similar? More

Q: Advice please! Our old apartment was dark and full of rich color. Now we're in a sunny place and I'm flummoxed about fabrics. We need to re-upholster the settle and window seat, and recover the throw pillows. More

Q: I hate the facade of my 'new" home. We have done a lot of remodeling on the inside. Now we are running out of money and I need ideas on how to make this facade more attractive... My initial idea was to remove the roofline that goes all the way to the ground and add another window there, but that requires a permit and an architect to draw the plans and the work is costly. More

Q: I was thinking of this rug as an accent to go in front of my bed. (The walls are 'healing aloe', a soft bluish green; the bed is always dressed in white; wood floors.) The color of the rug is called 'silver' by the manufacturer, but I have also seen it described as black and beige, so I think it is sort of neutral. More

Q: Apartment Therapy has posts about damping sound coming from external sources like street noise, but my concern is within an apartment I share with others. How can we reduce noise from an open space like the living room that is at the end of a long hallway that we all share? It's easy to watch TV in our rooms with closed doors without disturbing each other and no neighbors to speak of, but the living room is a different beast: More

Q: Do you have recommendations for a good, not hideously ugly, outdoor swing for a 1-year-old that we can hang in our backyard? We have the perfect unused space under our deck (where we have hung hammocks in the past) and I think my son would love having his own swing this summer.

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Q: I just renovated my bathroom and added some built in cabinets next to and over the toilet. I'm wondering where to put a hand towel holder. Should I use a circle to the right of the mirror or use a bar under the cabinet above the toilet? If I use a circle to left, at what height? More

Q: I moved in 6 months ago and have been settling in little by little. I have never had such big walls to deal with though! So my question is: what should I do with this wall? It seems to dwarf any piece of art, and I have ended up just leaving it blank because I can't think of a good solution. More

Q: The lady and I are currently working on our living room and have been having the hardest time trying to find curtains that work with the room. We've searched all over the internet, gone to fabric stores--we just can't seem to figure it out. We're not the best at interior design, but we're trying. More

Q: I have a cheap Ikea wardrobe that has a tall and deep top shelf area that I cannot figure out how to maximize. Right now it just has boxes with small clothes items, but it's awkwardly deep and I'm not using the height. More