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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The somewhat outdated shape of the slip-covered chair and simple lines of the rest of the furniture continues the beach cottage theme.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.

Are you ready to take the next step in your home’s design? The first step is choosing the right flooring, followed by furniture and accessories. After that, it’s time to step back and really take a look at in your home.

An area rug can be the magic element that brings everything in a room together and supports your style goals.

This room, for example, combines traditional with a touch of luxury and old-world style. The ceiling-to-floor curtains, the antique chest serving as a coffee table, and the rich wood floors all make a statement.

This area rug adds just the right touch to make that message clear and inviting. The oriental style and rich colors complement everything else in the room and help turn it into a “designed” space.

Not a fan of traditional? How about a modern magic carpet? Take a look at how this rug fits with the modern chaise and sends a message about where this room is going. Once again the room starts with a wood floor, but the difference in style of the area rug conjures a look even with limited furniture and art.

You can end your decorating explorations with a rug like the homeowner did in the top photo, or let a rug inspire the rest of the room like the person with more modern taste did in the photo to the right. Either way, a rug makes a world of difference.

And while today’s area rugs are not capable of flying you to other lands, they can help transport your home to a place you and your friends want to be.

Do you want to renovate your kitchen? Replace the flooring in your living room? Does your home need updating but you’re not sure where to start? We have a suggestion.

Our design centers in Scottsdale, Phoenix and Tucson are filled with ideas. Step into one of our showrooms and you will find everything you need to add beauty and functionality to your home as large as life.

Are you considering new appliances? You can take them for a test drive by opening doors and exploring features as well as style. Would you like a new backsplash to add a special spark to your kitchen? Take a look at our amazing selection of options. Our vignettes help you see a number of choices in a realistic home-looking environment.

Our skilled designers can help you put together just the look you want. Then whether you make the changes all at once or a bit at a time, you will have a beautiful and integrated space when you’re done.

You’re always welcome to visit even if you’re not yet ready to make changes. Start by defining your vision and really spend time discovering your options. If you haven’t been shopping for home design elements in a while, you will be surprised at how the industry has evolved and the choices you now have.

So how about taking a break from everyday life, and for a few hours you can step into your dreams in one of our design centers and see your ideas come to life?

This time of year when mornings arrive later and evenings come sooner; it’s nice to do what you can to maximize the sunlight entering your home.

This room shows some smart architectural and design decisions that provide as much natural light as possible.

To start, a bay window design grabs more light than standard windows because of the additional angles provided by the two end windows. Light coming in from another direction can be valuable, particularly if a room has only one wall with windows. The window design also creates an inviting niche. The space works well for a table, and it could also house a sofa or a couple of chairs with a table in the center.

By choosing to set the sofa perpendicular to the window, both sofa and chair receive a great deal of light without the exposure to glare from the sun. This is particularly important when the windows have no coverings except the floor-to-ceiling curtains on either side. While this look is beautiful, adding the right window coverings would shield the room from any glare.

The light and bright feeling in the room comes from more than the windows. The white walls and window frames keep that open and inviting mood, and the wood floors shine under the reflected sunlight. A sparkling coffee table also adds a bright reflection from the outside, carrying more light into a room.

Don’t hesitate to use light colors, mirrors and anything shiny to bring the sun into any room. And the brighter your home, the more inviting it is when winter is at its darkest.

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.

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.

Have you ever seen the HGTV program “Design Star?” The home improvement and decorating channel has its own reality show, and 12 designers compete for their own program on the network. The first challenge faced by the new batch of contestants last week involved decorating a bedroom to match the style of another designer in the group. Some variation of this “white box” challenge occurs in every season of the program.

After watching, it made sense that a white box approach could make flooring decisions so much easier. This doesn’t mean that you should paint your room white, but removing distractions and other style elements may make the basics of the room clearer.

Grab a box and pull the accessories out of the room. Without those smaller elements, the space will be easier to read. Now grab the light chairs and tables and remove them. Finally, if there is any furniture or window treatments that you plan to replace, cover the furniture with white sheets and remove or cover the drapes.

Step back and take a look. This is your room pulled back to your own white box. Pull out your samples and lay them in the middle of the room. Do you have any magazine photos of floors you’ve been considering? Cover the furniture in the photo with your hand and hold the page up to look at as you walk around the room. If you don’t have flooring samples or pictures at home, take a number of photos of the space to bring with you when you look at flooring.

You’ve brought your room down to its bones, and the right flooring should be a much easier decision. And here’s the good news, your room is now half ready for the installation!