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3 Tips for Sprucing Up Your Laundry Room

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Add shelving and storage “For a laundry room to function well, users need easy access to everyday items such as detergents,” says Carla Phillips , a Melbourne-based interior designer. “Laundry rooms are notorious for being cramped,” says Jonathan Self, a real estate broker for Center Coast Realty in Chicago.

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Healthcare Design: Creating Healing Environments for Improved Patient Outcomes

Giotile

In 1940, the Delnor hospital opened with beautiful interiors designed by Dorothy Draper. Designed as a “house of hope and cheer,” rooms were painted in pastel shades and trimmed with vibrant floral chintz curtains and bedspreads. Wallpaper and artwork adorned the walls, and meals were served on rose-painted china.

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Avente Tile Talk: Cement Tiles Trend Toward Bold Patterns & Colors

Tile Talk

Geo 9 in Indian Red and White will be used in the entry for a new bar opening in Chicago this fall. There are certainly a variety of styles and designs in the cement tile samples and installations we’ve seen recently. backsplash designs. bathroom design. design ideas. design standards. design trends.

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Time2Design: Interview | Monica Pedersen | Make It Beautiful

Time2Design

Until I can get a regular design show back home in Chicago, there will continue to be a lot of take out at our house. ". Carmen~How long have you and Erik been married and who planned/designed your wedding? ASID FLORIDA WEST COAST DESIGNER DIGS. atlanta interior design. bathroom design. eye on design.

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Decorator On Demand: Powder Room with POP!

Decorator on Demand

This powder room had been originally faux painted probably 10ish years ago and it just felt old and tired in there. This isnt just some ordinary flat paint color, its a LusterStone , (which is sooo hard to capture the true beauty of it by camera but here is the ceiling).See Beautiful -- I agree about the painting the ceiling.

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Decorator On Demand: Creative Bath Storage Ideas

Decorator on Demand

Hi, everyone, Im Susi and I write as a guest blogger for Design Shuffle , a fabulous social media site that promotes Interior Designers and their work from around the world. My writing focuses on things Im passionate about; interior design , home decorating ideas, home furnishings, gardening, travel and art.

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Decorator On Demand: Your Life, Your Colors

Decorator on Demand

They know what they like and dont for that matter but the process of looking through a fan deck or looking at all the paint samples in a store overwhelms them.They are afraid of making a mistake and their fear paralyzes them. Glidden Paint has a blog now called. Thursday, January 12, 2012. Email This BlogThis! tiaretahiti said.

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