Your desk—just like every other piece of furniture you choose for your home or office—needs to be functional, sturdy, and comfortable. Ideally, it’s got to look good, too. Functionality: is it easy to reach the items you’ll use on a regular basis? Do you have enough desk space to work effectively? Does the storage make […]

In this article we will discuss some basic interior design principles such as Scale&Proportion, Balance, Rhythm, Emphasis (Focal Point), and Harmony. Over the course of Earth’s history, substantial growth and evolution has occurred in the world of art and design. The true origin of design stems directly from nature. Natural beauty has been observed and […]

A Foyer (or the entryway, originating from the Latin word “focus”) is usually found in large houses and is the first area someone steps in just after entering the house from the front door. In larger houses, a foyer is usually a square or rectangular hallway which leads to the other rooms, the staircase to […]

Getting your house ready before a house warming party is quite exhausting. There are a million things you need to do — shift the furniture into place, get the entire house cleaned, hang the curtains, place the knick-knacks on the shelves, remove every packing box from sight and shift it into the attic or basement, […]

How much is a “contemporary” design different from a “modern” one? And what is actually a “traditional” design for our home rooms? Is it really so important to define a proper terminology, or actually what we want in the end is to create the most appropriate home environment while our need for style is appeased? […]

Hickory wood flooring adds character to a house. It makes the house homely, but it also comes with a lot of maintenance. However, there are variants in wood flooring which are definitely worth the high maintenance. Yet, does the beauty of the room outshine the tedious care routine? Let’s see that in today’s post. Natives […]

It’s not a major you can declare when you enroll in college, but the history of leather upholstery is filled with fascinating facts that stretch back in time further than you might have imagined. Archaeologists believe that leather artifacts date back to 40,000 BC during the Earth’s Paleolithic era. What started as leather animal skin […]

There are various interior design styles and ideas for every taste. Here we will discuss and describe the most popular ones found in North America and in the rest of the world as well. Sometimes the most daunting task within the design process is figuring out how to precisely articulate your style preferences to those […]