Our Best Advice: Master These 4 Decor Skills & Up the Ante on Any Room
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If you’re interested in making your home beautiful, useful and just plain fun to be in, there are some basics of design you need to know. The good news? Once you learn this stuff, you’ll be able to use it in any room, in any home, forever. We’ll help you get started. C’mon.
Lighting
Good lighting is and always will be a make-or-break element to any room and it’s so easy to get right!
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- Bedroom Decorating Ideas: 8 Unexpected Ways to Get Bold With Lighting in the Bedroom
- Easy Weekend Task: Looking at Your Home’s Natural Light
- 95 Ways You Can Alter, Update & Better Your Home’s Lighting
- Dress Up Your Space & Adjust the Lighting
A Vignette
Learn to make a gorgeous vignette and you can create interesting arrangements anywhere and with practically anything.
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- Create a Gorgeous Vignette in 6 Steps!
- Foolproof Vignettes: 3 Arrangements You Can’t Mess Up
- How To: Create a Visual Vignette
- Display Your Style: Creating the Perfect Vignette
- Easy Home Decorating Ideas: 9 Tips For Your Best Tabletop Vignettes Yet
The RIGHT Paint Color
Don’t try trial and error on your walls when you could get it really right the first time.
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- 10 Common Color Mistakes You Should Stop Making
- How To Choose the Perfect Paint Color? Look at The Light
- How To Choose a Paint Color
- How To Pick a Perfect Paint Color for a Low Light Room
- A Pro Tip for Picking the Perfect Paint Color
Flow
Get the right furniture placement and spacing and your room will become a nicer, easier place to be.
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- Learning to Go With the Flow (While Making Your Room a Nicer Place To Be)
- Your Home’s Flow: Observe Your Actions First
- Dimensions to Follow: Proper Furniture Spacing Basics
- 5 Really Great Reasons to Float The Furniture in Your Living Room
- Make Rooms Look & Feel Better: 5 Smart Furniture Arranging Rules