It’s a brand new year! Many people make resolutions to lose weight, spend more time with their loved ones and take control over their financial situations.  While many of those ideas still made the cut for me, I also chose to add a goal that I have been putting off for several months now. That resolution is to invest more energy personalizing my home.

Bradington-Young’s Callie ottoman

Since I moved into my new home five months ago, I have neglected to add personal touches.  Having a new home requires a lot of thought when deciding what pieces to add.  My main focus was to have pieces that served a dual purpose.  For example, a beautiful leather ottoman can serve not only as a cozy place to relax your tired legs after a long day at work, but also as extra seating [...]

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Foyers can range in size from compact to grand, but the importance of entryways – to both you and your guests – can hardly be overstated. After all, foyers are the place where you say some of the most important “hellos” and “goodbyes” in your life. Foyers say “welcome home” to you each day and “welcome in” to your guests and family members.

Get creative in making a good first impressionwith some of these latest trends in hall table and console furniture. Just about as classic as a console, the hall table directing foot traffic is a standard entryway item. But here are three hall table versions that are welcome variations on a theme:

Trilogy drop leaf table

1. Urban and contemporary, this drop leaf table is a style setter. You’ll say a lot about your decorating [...]

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When I hear ‘Spring Cleaning’ here is what comes to mind: washing windows, organizing closets, and clearing out the garage. No fun, and definitely not exciting. But maybe, just maybe, there’s a better way. Maybe this year ‘Spring Cleaning’ should mean cleaning up our decorating act. And for this, I am excited.

It’s easy to get a little complacent with home decor. We get busy with life’s demands and suddenly watching HGTV is as close to actual home improvement as we get. Just as the areas of our homes that need cleaning are the ones that have been neglected—the spaces most in need of decorating help are the ones that have been ignored.

The Classique Scroll Chest from Melange

So let’s toss out the idea that you have to redo an entire room to be happy. Over the years [...]

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