The Scenario: A young family of three–Allison Freedman Weisberg, executive director of Recess, a nonprofit experimental art space, and Peter Barker-Huelste

The Scenario: A young family of three–Allison Freedman Weisberg, executive director of Recess, a nonprofit experimental art space, and Peter Barker-Huelste

Has your old or damaged floor got you down? There is still time to save it! You’ll just need to hop on over to Royal Design Studio’s Floor Stencils Collection and choose your favorite pattern. Floors stencils give you the ability to remodel your floors without the hassle of stripping, prepping, and spending lots of money. Better yet, floor stencils can be used directly on a variety of floor surfaces, including tile, cement, hardwood, rugs, and more!

FOYER – great example of an impressive way to welcome guests. Colonial entry.

We’re going regional again with this week’s 10 Beautiful Rooms as it seemed very popular last week so this Monday I’d thought we’d take a trip down to the South West. As before do nominate any others you think are missing and I haven’t managed a complete 10 in some of the other areas so…

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First 3 steps done. Using Retrotreads stained with a mix of Espresso and red mahogany. Then a polyurethane with dark walnut then clear polyurethane. Risers are oak plywood.

Farrow & Ball has unveiled nine new handsome paint colours, my top pick is Inchyra Blue, a dark blue-grey that brings to mind moody skies and seas

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I'm delighted to share my client's living room in a historic 1918 cottage. Like all projects, this one is unique. I think this room turned o...

New stairs for under $100!!! Heading on up: Installing New Stair Risers #tempting thyme

Since starting the Readers Kitchen series – sometimes I get a fabulous entry and wonder what the rest of the house looks like. And certainly, after seeing today’s kitchen – I was curious if the other parts of the house were as great looking. So, in order to show you entire Readers Houses – I’m starting a new series called, of course, Readers Houses. Send in your houses! Today’s house is located in Frankenmuth, Michigan – where that is - I can’t even imagine!!! Sounds so exotic and just a…

Whew! After 30+ hours of intense labor, it is done. Ladies and gentlemen, friends and fans, we are proud to announce the rebirth of our foyer. Where to begin? First, I must explain the problem. The staircase was natural blonde oak. Dated and dreadful. NOT the first impression I ever wanted ...

This strong blue takes its name from the fantastically coloured woodwork much used by the Dutch and still works wonderfully to ground skirtings or as an accent colour on the walls when teamed with Borrowed Light