A look I love that has been popping up in the design community lately is layered rugs. A great way to cover a large space without investing in a room sized rug, it's also a easy way to incorporate mixed patterns and lend a relaxed bohemian style to a space that can easily be changed up later.

For this installment of "One Design, Two Budgets" I envisioned what might be a dream haven for a young, artistic tween girl.  Oh, perhaps someone like I may have been once upon a time, or how I forsee my girls in just a few short years.  *Tear.* 

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What's in a name?  In the case of interior decorator Florence de Dampierre, it has been everything.  The French-born de Dampierre has been sharing the secrets to French chic with the rest of us most of her life. Along with her interior design expertise, de Dampierre is also a furniture historian, which gives an added depth to her books: The Best of Painted Furniture; The Decorators; Chairs: A History; French Chic: The Art of Decorating Houses; and Walls: The Best of Decorative Treatments.

Have you heard the news? Tokyo is pretty crowded. And since space is at such a premium, some renters are choosing to live in something called "share houses" in downtown Shibuya. If you are in any way claustrophobic, and don't want to hyperventilate, don't click to see the rest.