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The Brighter Side of Home Maintenance

The Brighter Side of Home Maintenance

AphroChic: 7 Fantastic Tips for Layering Color in Your Home Sam Schriemer is a design-obsessed textile designer living in Toronto, Canada. Her love of color, modern textiles and vibrant spaces can all be explored on her interior design and lifestyle blog, Sam Schriemer Design & Lifestyle. When decorating a room, the color palette is one of the first and most important decisions to be made. [Image Credit]

How To Make a Home Decor Plan That Will Save You Money I took a great class in college called Housing the Family. The object of this class was to learn how to budget everything it takes to furnish a home. For 10 weeks we were assigned to window shop online and create mood boards to decorate every room of a house. By the end of the semester, we had a detailed list of all the items needed to furnish a home from start to finish. This class seemed like a piece of cake at the beginning, but the hard part was doing it within a certain budget. If you were building a house, you would have a blue print because without specific plans, it would be a mess. Scenario 1 You are in nesting mode and decide to quickly put together the baby's nursery. The room is small so the layout is a little tricky, and you realize that the dresser is too big and won't fit. [Sources: crib, dresser, bookcase, chair, toddler chair, pink pillow, pattern pillow,blanket, wall art] Scenario 2 Can you relate to any of those scenarios? So how do you come up with a plan? 1. 2. 3. 4.

53 Insanely Clever Bedroom Storage Hacks And Solutions Bedroom storage hacks and solutions are a dime a dozen. A quick Google search will reveal a sea of storage ideas. So how do you know which storage solutions to DIY or buy? You don’t. We sifted through tons of bedroom storage tips and products to bring you this huge list of 53 insanely clever bedroom storage hacks and solutions that you’ll actually want to DIY or buy — without having to break a sweat or the bank. The result: a more spacious and organized bedroom/home office/closet/storage unit because let’s be real, we’re all tight on space. So read on, and unleash your bedroom’s true storage potential. 1. The least-used space in your apartment is prime real estate for implementing creative bedroom storage ideas. Put that space to work by installing shelves along the perimeter of your bedroom walls, which will add dozens of square feet of storage space. 2. They may look sleek and be small, but your iPhone and MacBook cables take up more space than you realize. What’s that? No problem. 3.

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