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My Favorite Neo Deco Interiors Mix Curves, Brass and Rich Materials With Cleaner Lines
Art Deco in its original form is a lot. Stepped mirrors, sunburst everything, chrome and black lacquer stacked until a room looks like a film set. Beautiful in a hotel lobby, exhausting at home. Neo deco interior design keeps the parts that still work and drops the costume. The geometry stays, the materials stay, the…
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From Woven Baskets to Carved Wood: Afrohemian Details I’d Build a Room Around
Afrohemian is what happens when African design traditions meet the layering habits of bohemian interiors. Natural fiber, carved wood, pattern with meaning behind it, earthy color, plants, and objects that were collected rather than bought as a set. It’s a style that rewards knowing what you’re looking at. A mudcloth cushion from a maker in…
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Do Wooden Headboards Make a Bedroom Feel Warmer? These Designs Definitely Do
Short answer: yes, and not really because of the wood itself. What warms up a bedroom is having one large, continuous surface behind the bed instead of a flat painted wall. A bed pushed against bare plaster always looks like it’s floating in the room, waiting to be moved. Put something solid behind it and…
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Turn an Underused Window Into a Reading Spot You’ll Actually Want to Sit In
Most homes have one window that nobody really uses. It gets good light, it has a view of something, and yet the space in front of it holds a stack of mail, a plant, or nothing at all. That window is usually the best place in the house for a cozy reading nook, and a…
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The Boho Living Room Details I’d Layer for a Cozy, Collected Look
A boho living room looks collected, not bought, and the difference comes from layers rather than from how many things are in the room. A plain sofa and a bare floor can turn boho in a weekend if you add the layers in the right order: rug first, then natural materials, then textiles, then plants,…
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Which Sofa Layout Works Best in Your Living Room? Here’s What to Consider
Before you drag the sofa anywhere, three things decide the sofa layout: the shape of the room, what everyone looks at (a TV, a fireplace, a window) and where people walk through. Get those right and almost any sofa works. Get them wrong and even an expensive sectional ends up blocking the door to the…