Furniture Decorating

Her grandparents' "orangey pine" vanity didn't look quite right in her own home, but this designer had a trick up her sleeve.

It's making us totally rethink leather.

Just look at those confetti colors.

So your sofa looks its best for as long as possible!

The Plan with Purpose line features four different types of peel-and-stick schedules.

It's modern glam.

Sixteen well-known, beloved furnishings face off against one another to be crowned the most iconic home item. Winner takes all!

And we got an exclusive sneak peek!

Get Wright's design vibes without the cost of an entire house.

Here's how to avoid a lemon.

Just because it's sold out doesn't mean you can't find it!

Regardless of whether you’re a novice or veteran plant parent, you can’t go wrong with a cactus: they’re stylish, affordable, hard to kill, and propagable. And as of today, Bloomscape is enticing plant lovers everywhere with their new line of cacti that they’ll deliver right to your door. The online plant shop launched their new cacti line called the Mojave Collection, curated by Bloomscape’s very own Plant Mom, Joyce Mast.

Experience your favorite rides right at home.

Never use TaskRabbit to put together your furniture again.

Thankfully, companies around the country are taking the spread of the coronavirus seriously and have told employees to stay home in an effort to keep the public and their fellow coworkers safe. However, for those who don’t work from home on the regular, having to set up a designated work space has posed quite the challenge. Where exactly do I set up shop? What do I use for a desk? How the heck do people do this on a daily basis?

We found options for every size and style.

You can virtually tour the top museums and galleries around the world! No ticket required.

Whether it’s a piece of furniture you found for free on the side of the road, a hand-me-down you’ve had for ages, something you found in a really affordable big-box store or just something that feels cheap looking to you, there are some successful things you can DIY to make a piece of furniture look a lot more expensive (and personal!) to you. Splurge on some seriously rad hardware like pulls or handles and remove the less impressive ones that the furniture piece came to you with.

The kitchen: it’s the laboratory of the home, where we “work” to create meals for ourselves and those we live with. Conversely, it’s also often the social hub of the home, where friends gather at parties or even where you might like to hang out solo, just reading a book or listening to the radio. With these dual purposes in mind, it’s often tricky to strike the right lighting balance.

Day 18: Monday, August 26 Assignment: Work on your furniture placement only – no accessories, artwork or decor yet! Congratulations to everyone on making it to the last leg of the Style Cure, with an extra round of applause for everyone who tackled the big paint job this past weekend.

My search for the perfect coffee table is endless. Not because of a lack of variety, just the opposite. There are tables in so many sizes, shapes and materials that, as often happens to me while decorating, I’m paralyzed by choice.There are so many beautiful options that each new, amazing find just reinforces my idea that committing to one table will, through the evil influence of Murphy’s Law, lead me down a path to an even more perfect choice.Then there are the rules.

Feel like a queen bee in this floral throne.

If only there was a way to turn back the clock.

The '70s are back!

If you're a fan of MCM style, you'll love this.

What will they think of next??

Paint, who?

And it's not appliances.

We got to chat with Kelly Wearstler after she decorated the new Santa Monica Proper hotel with one-of-a-kind gems.

It's totally possible to make a living room work—and work well—without a large-scale sofa. You just have to be down for a not quite traditional layout.

And the kid has some critiques.

Bring some magic to your muggle meals.

Here are 10 secondhand staples you run into at thrift stores all the time, and 10 corresponding DIY projects to modernize them. Most are simple projects that are both do-able and transformative. Keep them in mind the next time you are wandering around a flea market, or in your favorite Goodwill. Mismatched Plates: These DIY tiered stands are inexpensive to make, and a great way to use old dishes.

What's old school is now school.

ROYGBIV is back!

One of the biggest challenges of living in a single room is figuring out where to put the furniture. Since my current home is a 250 square foot studio, I’ve experienced this frustration firsthand, so I’ve decided to create a handy guide to steer you through the process of laying out your studio apartment. 1. Start with the bed.

It's already turning our lives around.

Its three cat bed models are called The Cube, The Ball, and The Bed.

Fluted forms are making a comeback, and we're here for it.

It was a good year for our apartments.

Really—it is!

Hint: It's the easiest ever way to style your sofa.

Sometimes, chairs come into our lives. It’s all very casual: we don’t really love them, but we kind of like them, and they were just there at the yard sale, and they were cheap and we could kind of see potential… So we bring them home with us only to realize that we will never actually pay the price to have them reupholstered—they get stashed away in the basement or the garage. But if they are vinyl, it doesn’t have to end there!

Shearling and sherpa lovers, meet your new favorite decor trend: Bouclé furniture.

Bring a bit of nature into your home with these neutral accent pieces.

It’s a godsend for those who’d rather not exert too much energy by fumbling around with cumbersome tools and assembly instructions.

As these interior designers prove, opposites *can* attract.

We're taking you through the rainbow with six delightful sofas.

If you’re still captivated by the Royal Tenenbaums aesthetic, it’s not too late to bring it home.

There’s even a cat house that fits perfectly inside IKEA’s classic square shelving unit, so you can keep all your favorites — books and cats — in one place.

Everything you need, all in one place.

They are meant for you.

We want it all!

Now you can own a piece of the Eames House.

There's something about this woven furniture and accessories that makes any room feel like it's summer year-round.

Your house needs more sloths.

All of their minifigs are PERFECT.

This has both form and function.

Just when we thought we couldn’t love Target more, we’ve found a new favorite section to browse both in-person and online.

Six setups that rival a single, minimalist bookshelf.

In case you’re still judging yourself for using furniture as a makeshift clothes rack, here’s a reason to shirk your shame immediately: a coat check chair. The tagline for the Kickstarter project sums it up nicely: “Your closet. Reinvented. Into an iconic designer chair. Let your closet join the party.

When’s the last time you ventured over to #FurnitureTwitter? Don’t let the hashtag fool you: This home-centric corner of the web isn’t as bland as it sounds, especially since IKEA now allows you design your own sofa online, and some sofa artists have created truly hilarious masterpieces.  If you’ve never used it, here’s how the customized planning tool works: It gives users the options of size, color and layout.

Take versatility to a new level.

How to style a vanity or getting ready station to make it both functional and stylish.

With IKEA’s annual Democratic Design Days happening in Sweden last week, information on all the new collections and collaborations are rolling out quicker than this robot can assemble an IKEA chair. The Scandinavian retailer has good news for folks who are constantly on the move: RÅVAROR, a new line of items that briskly transforms small spaces into smart spaces, and packs up just as easily.

Ideally, our furniture can reveal something about how we live and what we value. But in reality, other factors like cost, space and what is available in the marketplace ends up limiting us or diverting us from our true values. We might believe that form should follow function, but own an uncomfortably lumpy hand-me-down desk chair. Or we might fantasize about a huge snuggly sofa, but only be able to haul a spindly loveseat up the stairs.

Bonus: it's all on Amazon.

IKEA has always been a go-to retailer for small space dwellers. Now, the inventors of flat pack furniture have revealed their next innovation, and it might just change everything about how we live. At their annual Democratic Design Days event on Tuesday, IKEA announced ROGNAN, an automated furniture system that is basically a Murphy bed on steroids. The unit is basically a movable wall, and can contain a combination of beds, closets, sofas, or desks.

These aren't your favorite dive bar's stools.

Buying a new sofa? Getting an old one reupholstered? In either case, which type of upholstery to choose is certainly a consideration. For many, microfiber is a popular choice due to its reputation for easy clean up and durability.

So, you’re shopping for a sofa that won’t overwhelm your tiny studio apartment or you’re looking for seating to fit inside an alcove. The problem is, you keep coming up short (bad pun intended — sorry). Most furniture stores tend to favor large sizes, especially when it comes to anchor pieces like sofas and beds. But if you know where to look, you can find moderately sized sleepers, settees, and loveseats that will work in a small home.

Most of us know by now that you don’t have to match all the wood finishes in your home exactly, but many of us are still a bit nervous when it comes to mixing lots of wood finishes in the same room. I spotted four wood finishes in the dining room of Jen and Kirstie’s home; here’s a closer look at how they pull the look off so successfully.