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Banish Bathroom Counter Clutter with Clever Storage

    By Kathryn Weber Bathrooms today are a beauty to behold — when they’re clean. But too often a glamour bath, while great to look at, is often woefully short on storage space. Sure, the glass shower looks good and the wall of mirror gleams, but the counters are usually overloaded, clutter-filled and an eyesore. Here are some ...

The Great Contour Mat Debate: Pros and Cons

  There’s a love-hate relationship going on in the bathroom today — all over a little rug. Designers loathe contour toilet mats, yet many homeowners cling to them. So what’s all the fuss about? THE CASE AGAINST Interior designers are decidedly negative about toilet contour rugs. Few upper tier retailers even carry the mats. H ...

Borrow some decorating ideas from “Downton Abbey”

  It’s taken the U.S. by storm. In fact, if you weren’t watching the Super Bowl recently, chances are you were tuned in to “Downton Abbey.” The hugely popular English period soap opera takes places in a fictional manor house filled with intrigue, scandal — and loads of gorgeous rooms. Filled with rich architectura ...

Juicers — Hot new appliances offer cool nutritional benefits

© 2013 Kathryn Weber   Juicing is a hot trend among nutrition advocates. It’s often looked on as an easy way to get more fruit, vegetables and fiber into your diet — breaking them down into an easy-to-consume drink. Whether you’ve turned to juicing to get finicky children to eat vegetables flavored with fruit — a popula ...

Fill your home with color: Foolproof ways to choose a color palette

  It’s the one thing designers say will make an immediate change in a room. It can create a look that makes a statement about a home and the people who live there. It’s also inexpensive and easy to change: color. Unfortunately, this aspect of decorating gives us fits, but by following a few simple guidelines you can find colors tha ...

Living Space Ebook is Here

  Our homes should not only look good but make us feel good just being there. In her brightly written “Living Space: Simple Steps to Transform Your Home, Simple steps to transform your home — room by room!” Author Kathryn Weber offers ways to reinvigorate and rejuvenate our lives with innovative home ideas that are budget-friendly and ea ...

Digital decorating: Check apps, websites and blogs for design help, inspiration and products

With the rise in popularity of smartphones and tablets, computers are more portable than ever before. This means we can surf websites, open apps and make online purchases anywhere, anytime. Rather than searching through multiple expensive magazines, you can find almost limitless design ideas and resources with a click of a mouse. With all the optio ...

What’s In Your Purse? 10 Feng Shui Wealth-Producing Tips for Handbags

It’s an indispensable tool, a valuable fashion asset and a source of all manner of important things like breath mints, a safety pin to fix a broken zipper, or keys to entertain a toddler. A woman’s purse is a collector of things – and sometimes those things are downright unhealthful. According to recent studies, a woman’s pu ...

Hidden Rooms Are Safe and Fun

Everyone has something to hide. Whether it’s a coin collection, guns, silver, artwork or just plain junk, you sometimes need a place to store things that’s out of plain view. That’s the beauty of a hidden room. In Victorian times, furniture was often made with hidden drawers and compartments. I have an old Victorian dresser that has a hidden dr ...

Settling His and Her Design Conflicts

It happened again. I was watching HGTV’s House Hunters, one of HGTV’s most popular shows and there it was – a master bedroom with garlands of roses on the windows and a flowery spread on the bed. All I could think was that there was one unhappy man in that house the buyers were touring. Then we went to the next house tour. The house was a sport ...