Interior Decorating

How to Spruce Up a Room: Cheap Interior Decorating Ideas
Simple Changes to Rooms Can Make a Big Difference
Interior decorating can sometimes be a headache of a job. You can actually re-do a room with little or no money. Sometimes a small change can make a big difference. Moving furniture around or just painting can make a big difference. Also adding shelves and rugs are always a good idea too. Here are some cheap little changes you can do to your rooms.

Redecorate Your Bedroom - Design Ideas to Inspire You
How to Approach Redecorating Your Bedroom
Have you decided it's finally time to redecorate your bedroom? When you decide to retreat to your bedroom for some rest and relaxation, are you reminded that you really need to make some changes and improvements? Do you lack a little confidence in your decorating and design skills? It's time to make the commitment to redecorate. Decorating is easy if you go through some basic steps. If you are on a budget, I will give you some ideas to redecorate your bedroom inexpensively. This is the actual...

Decorating Ideas for Small Living Rooms
Do you want to turn your living room from drab to fab?
Nowadays, a lot of people are crowding up places and instead of living in a single detached house, a lot of people are now living in apartments, condominiums and studios. And a lot of these housing types are small in living space. Yet, living in a small space does not mean that you can no longer accentuate your house to make it look fabulous. There are a hundred ways to make small spaces look pleasing and this lens will provide some of them.

The Ultimate Guest Room
Our Guest Bedroom
When out-of-town guests come to visit, I try to make their stay as comfortable and friendly as possible by having the Ultimate Guest Room. We have a guest bedroom in our basement with a half- bathroom at the top of the stairs. The guest room consists of a queen-sized bed, two night stands, a dresser with a mirror, a chest of drawers with a small T.V. on top, a medium-sized sofa with an old trunk for an end-table. In another part of the basement, adjacent to the guest room, there is a desk wi...

I am a black and white fiend
Black and White Images Interior Decorating Ideas
It must have been my training in black and white photography or art and design education but I am a fiend for black and white images and "objects" in general. I find them far more revealing about places, objects and people than color images. The gray scale seems to strip away any falseness or predictability and exposes the truth behind the image. You can find the cat poster here. I decided one day to explore all the black and white posters online and I organized my favorites by headings--li...

My Medieval Room
My Family Room
This is the second in my series of different theme rooms I have in my house. This room is kind of hard to describe. It's very long, and very skinny. It measures 17 X 30, goes out through my front door and has one little closet in it. There's a galley window to my kitchen, and a big old grate at the edge of the room where the heat for the whole house used to come out. The far wall has textured paneling on it, and the floor is hardwood that we refinished. This lens will show you the decorating...

My Favorite Home Decorating Books
Decorating Picture Books
I could spend days and weeks window shopping for decorating ideas in books and magazines. I love seeing a "put together" room designed with the right touch, the right color, the right accessories. Sometimes I think I need a mansion so I can explore all the different design ideas and styles I like, you know a design style for every room...or maybe one for every wing of the manse. I decided it might be good karma to share some of my favorite decorating picture books with you. Maybe I will ins...