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When Selling Your Home, Are Neutral Colors like Builder Beige Too Boring?

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

. “Today’s more taupe-based beiges have a wonderful quality of warmth but don’t have a yellowish cast,” according to Carol Marcotte, lead designer at Form & Function in Raleigh, NC. Dark wood elements complement these light paint colors. These light colors don’t compete with the view. .

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Decorator On Demand: Mirrors Need Love Too.

Decorator on Demand

Guest Bath: Before and After (client is in the process of painting her walls). Very beautiful bathroom and kitchen thank you for sharing these pics here and you are right mirrors need love to use them.thank you for the post. Windows Raleigh NC. HIGH SHINE IN THE KITCHEN! New House Diary: The Kitchen Sink.

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Is Your Home Making You Sick? Sick Building Syndrome 101

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

When you’re at home, you may be exposed to chemical contaminants from exhausts in the bathroom and kitchen or from plumbing vents. Mark England, who owns the AdvantaClean in Raleigh-Durham, NC, tells Freshome that air conditioning systems should be run from May through October and the fan setting should be on “Auto.”

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