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Many of us dream of spending our days by the sea, falling asleep to the sound of crashing waves and waking up to walk along the shore.

You don’t have to live close to the ocean to create a bedroom that feels like the beach is right outside your window. This room would fit well on either coastline or anywhere inland.

The rough wood ceiling and painted planks on the walls create the sense of a summer cottage rather than a standard home. The wood flooring is more finished, but its color meshes with the less polished wood in the room. A wood floor like this is always open to design possibilities.

Blue and white create an ocean feel, and the crisp colors are refreshing and clean. All of the blues seem somewhat faded which fits the picture of a cottage that’s seen lots of use. Everything needs to be washable when sand is coming in all the time. The quilt on the bed looks like it was made for utility rather than style, but it still adds charm and interest because of its handmade quality.

The somewhat outdated shape of the slip-covered chair and simple lines of the rest of the furniture continues the beach cottage theme. Everything is a little mismatched. Cottage furniture is compiled of leftovers and thrift-store pieces and this room demonstrates that in a good way.

There are small touches of red and yellow in the room – red on the bed pillow and yellow as part of the quilt. Once again, the unsophisticated features make the room nicer and more comfortable. The beach cottage look is more about making it feel natural rather than “getting it right.”

To finish, you could add a bowl full of shells and sand or a few pieces of polished sea glass. With just a little work and imagination, you’ve brought the feel of the beach inland.

When you think of mixing interior decorating styles, you probably wouldn’t think of pairing farmhouse with contemporary. The two seem almost polar opposites: farmhouse is about handcrafted, vintage style that recalls the great American farmhouse; contemporary is about the latest innovations, clean lines, and minimal decoration. The intersection between the two disparate design styles can be found in the handcrafted, clean lines and minimal decoration that both styles embrace.

Handcrafted can be something as simple as a handmade wood table made from a slab or walnut, or a hand-knotted or woven wool rug. Both of these would be right at home in either a contemporary or a farmhouse style room.  This open living loft space is a wonderful example of how farmhouse style can be incorporated into a contemporary space.

The dining table and chairs have a decidedly non-contemporary look and feel. White painted wood chairs and a long white painted refectory style table would be more at home in a farmhouse kitchen or dining room. However, the pair fit into this space quite well, and brings warmth to the cool contemporary lines of the rest of the room.  The white painted furniture fits in with the other white furnishings in the seating area visible just beyond the dining room. Each area is anchored by a white area rug on the dark wood floor. The simple lines and color of the farmhouse style chairs and table allow them to work with the more contemporary elements of the room.

There are a few rooms in our home that we don’t really think about decorating. Hallways and powder rooms are two of them, but perhaps the most neglected room in our homes is the laundry room.  Despite spending hours every week in the laundry room, we rarely think to decorate this room. Maybe if we added some design style to the laundry room it might make doing laundry a little bit more enjoyable. Maybe? Probably not, but having a pretty laundry room might help us dread the task a little less.

If you have a laundry room on the second floor or main floor of your home, you probably already have finished flooring in the room. Basement laundry rooms tend to have cement floors. Adding laminate or tile to a basement laundry room floor would make the space feel more like a finished room.

Painting the walls of the laundry room a happy color you love could improve your mood when you are in the room.  This is especially true for basement laundry rooms. Cabinets can be painted or replaced with more stylish cabinet doors.  Open shelves can be put up to store laundry supplies in pretty glass jars.  A folding drawer or cabinet makes drying sweaters neater and keeps the room less cluttered.

Adding a chandelier or other fun hanging light can give an extra bit of style to the utilitarian room. If your laundry room has a window, put up decorative window treatments like cafe curtains or roman shades.

Looking at the same kitchen day in and day out can leave us feeling drab and depressed. We spend the majority of our time in our kitchens, do we not? Seize the day and commit to making a few small changes that will make a big improvement, as doing a total kitchen remodel can seem a bit daunting.

Replace your cabinet door handles and door pulls. This simple and inexpensive change can make your cabinets look brand new.

Replace your facet. Facets have changed recently and now come in a variety of finishes and styles.

Add a trendy new back splash. This is a fun way to add a pop of color.

Add more lighting. Now is the time for stylish pendant lights in a color theme that complements your décor. Don’t forget about under cabinet lighting and recessed lighting. A bright kitchen seems larger.

Replace your flooring. Are you tired of hardwood, ready for marble or natural stone? This is a way to add value to your home and completely change the look of your kitchen.

Update your counter tops. While granite and marble are still popular options there are trendier choices like cement or metal in pewter, copper or stainless steel.

Upgrade your appliances. Have you been coveting a new refrigerator or cook top? Stainless is still the most popular but you may also want to check out retro appliances from the 1920’s and 1930’s that are making waves in the design world.

With a few simple modifications you can transform your kitchen into the fashionable centerpiece of your home.

Dark and light, matte and shiny. Contrasts add interest to a room. This dining room uses contrast to create some unexpected design twists. Dark walls and light furniture flip the more common formula of dark furnishings against white or cream walls. Flat and reflective surfaces mix things up to create contrast between textures.

The dark walls make the room feel dramatic and intimate. Dark floors continue the dramatic, cozy feel. These dark colors are the perfect offset for the crisp white furniture. The glossy white buffet, table and chairs are the focus against the darker backdrop of browns.

The grass cloth covered walls have loads of texture. This texture contrasts against the high gloss polished surfaces of the sleek white furniture. The mirror’s reflective surface is another bit of sparkle against the flat texture of the wall. High gloss paint trim and a dark, polished floor add further shine to surfaces.

Pale blue glass lamps complement the contrasting gold of the curtains, chandelier and mirror frame. The cool blue gives a nice contrast to the warm tones of the browns and golds in the room. A single red object on the buffet completes the triadic color scheme of blue, yellow and red.

Rather than rely on pattern and tons of color, this modern dining room uses contrast to create an inviting, sophisticated space. There is a subtle pattern of brown and white on the chair seats and with the chair backs, but otherwise solid swaths of color dominate the space.

Your choices of tone and texture can have as much impact on a room’s design as color. Although you may not recognize it, having unbalanced tones in a room will make a design feel less inviting. Too much or too little texture can create the same types of problems.

To determine your balance of tone and texture, take pictures of each room and convert them to black and white with your computer.

Take a look at the photo above. By using a sepia tone for this print, it’s easy to discover the tonal changes and differing textures of this vignette. Start with the light wood flooring, and then notice the contrasting tones of the dark Oriental rug with its intricate pattern. The leather ottoman provides an important texture shift, and the tray and throw provide the tonal strength of stripes.

This next photo has the same vignette in color and includes the rest of the room. The rich browns of the ottoman and rug are balanced by the light walls and cream sofa. The light wood flooring is echoed with the two-inch wood blinds on the large window. The floor-to-ceiling shelves would be heavy for the space, but the open back showing the light wall helps alleviate the weight.

Take a look at your rooms when thinking of tone and texture to see if a change would make the space work better. Sometimes it just takes moving a piece of furniture or adding a rug or some art to get a room balanced and beautiful.

Does it seem that your home looks pretty much like everyone else’s? You can change that easily with a trip to the past.

Shopping for products made before mass merchandising and buying things because they were in style allows you to discover treasures that will make your home more particularly yours.

Spend some time shopping before starting to buy if you have no experience with antique stores and fairs. You will start to get an understanding of prices, as well as beginning to learn what styles from yesterday appeal to you. It could be the ornate lines of the Victorian period or the handmade feel of the Arts & Crafts era. Or maybe you’ll find the mid-century modern’s clean lines appealing. Whatever you select, one or two accessories or pieces of furniture can be a special addition to your home.

You don’t have to spend a fortune to start your own collection from the past. Here are a couple of interests people developed that cost very little to collect.

The old fishing lures work well pinned to a wide ribbon and hung in some narrow space on the wall. Place these keys on a table or in a bowl where people can examine them at their leisure when they visit.

If you find yourself enchanted enough by one time to explore decorating an entire room in that mode, visit us to discuss the perfect flooring or area rug to complement the look. Our flooring options can help you make any era’s style come alive.

When you’re working to get one or more children off to school in the morning, do you find yourself searching for gloves, hats and homework almost every morning? This may be the solution for you.

Whether you have a mudroom or not, you can create an organized place for everyone to put away their outdoor gear and school supplies.

Start with one or more rugs to absorb the results of winter weather and place damp boots or shoes for drying. Cubbies like these are a fun way to help everyone stay organized, or you may want to shop for actual school lockers for a special look. Want something simpler? How about a series of hooks with a shelf over each so family members have their own special space assigned to help keep everything together. You could stencil everyone’s name over their specific area to avoid confusion and arguments.

You may have a closet for this purpose, but it seems as though children can’t find a way to open a door. Setting their things on a hook or two is almost as easy as throwing them on the floor, so this idea may make you more successful at getting them to straighten up their things.

Have a few extra hooks? Adults can also benefit from this easy-to-use set up. One place for coat, gloves, keys, and purse or wallet can make mornings easier for everyone in the family.

For most people, mulberries are only recognized in artificial arrangements, but they are a looked-for treat in the country where they tend to grow wild by every brook and stream. This photo shows one of their unusual characteristics. The berries turn from green to red to almost black as they ripen, and it’s common to see all three colors on one stem.

When you’re decorating your home, an image such as this one can provide a great starting inspiration. You have four colors that work together well to create an inviting palette. Let’s see what we can do to translate this image into a look for your living or family room.

Love the soft brown of the leaves? How about wood flooring that captures those shades? Or if you rather, you could find carpeting in this tone that provides a neutral background without being at all boring.

Now for the furniture: there’s a strong black element here with a touch of blue. This could be the primary tone in an area rug, or maybe the color of a matching sofa and loveseat. Add in an accent chair in that lovely dark red and echo it with a few throw pillows on the other upholstered pieces. For the green, how about adding accessories or maybe even velvet curtains that fit with the texture as well as the color in the photo?

As the final touch, you could have this photo enlarged on canvas and hang it over your fireplace. You know it will work with every element in the room since it was your inspiration in the first place.

Too many designs for vaulted ceilings almost totally ignore the extra height. This turns a design advantage to at best a neutral. In the worst situations, it looks like the room is only half finished.

This space really uses its high ceilings while still offering enough design interest at and below eye level.

To begin, the stone flooring has an appealing design and its personality and color mix sets the stage for the rest of the room. Notice the dark taupe diagonal elements that appear on this warm marble floor. You see that color repeated on the upper wall to the right and the stairs and banister.

Architectural elements such as the tall narrow windows and the oversized crown molding bring the ceiling into the design of the space. It’s also fortunate that this room has two stairways, which provide a natural connection among levels.

The artwork on the back wall works in this room for three reasons. The soft tones fit the color palette, the three-part design echoes the windows on both sides, and the height and positioning pull lower and higher levels together.

Two other pieces add to the design impact. Furniture is limited in this room, but the graceful marble-topped table has curves that echo the staircase and the wood base adds warmth among all of the harder surfaces. Finally, the simple plant shows an understanding of the proportions of the room with its tall and lean profile.

With a few smart design decisions, this room makes the best of its high proportions while still maintaining warmth and interest.