Adding a little spice (and changing it up!) to your room decor may not seem simple at first glance, but it’s actually quite easy with pillows as art. Swapping out such a small detail like pillows on a neutral colored piece of furniture can have a drastic effect on the mood of your room. Here are some fantastic ways you can use pillows as art in your home.
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Pet-Friendly Interior Design
We love our little fur-babies! Our pets are members of the family and we wouldn’t have it any other way. They make their way into our hearts and then take over the whole house. Which, if we’re honest, can be a bit of a problem. We want our pets to enjoy life without destroying the home we’ve worked so hard for. Living with pets can be much easier with a pet-friendly interior design. Keep reading for some tips on how to make the animals and humans of your home happy!
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How good interior design in your retail environment can improve sales
Did you know — your interior design in your storefront can make or break your sales? At first thought, it might sound silly. How could interior design influence a buyer’s decision to make a purchase? But let’s give it a little more thought, and you’ll realize yeah, interior design can help you make sales!
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Shou Sugi Ban: Japanese Burned Wood
Shou sugi ban is actually an ancient Japanese way of finishing wood that has been around for many years, however, you may have noticed that it’s making a surge in Western design. We talk about shou sugi ban, what it is, who it benefits, and why it’s shaking up the design world now for its utilitarian use.
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Spring Clean your Interior Design with 5 Fresh Ideas
Spring cleaning doesn’t have to be cleaning behind the toilet and taking down cobwebs. Spring cleaning can also mean freshening up your space and breathing new life into your interior design. These quick pick-me-up interior design tips will help you freshen up your space for the new year. Let’s take a look!
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Sharing Black History with Interior Design
For Black History Month, it’s both important to understand the torrid and sometimes disturbing history of Black individuals in our country, and to hold up Black individuals and their voices. We would like to take some time this month to explore artists and interior designers who showcase our world’s history of racism, colonization, and exploitation.
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Celebrating Black interior design for Black History Month
Black History Month may fall on the shortest month of the year, but you can still do your part to educate yourself and make a step forward towards inclusion by understanding the history of Black individuals in our country and the oft silenced contributions they made (and continue to make) in our society. We’d like to do our part by highlighting some of the Black interior designers in our industry.
These wonderful voices can add their own particular flare to interior design. Some may have an aesthetic comparable to well-known white interior designers, and others may have their own particular style. Let’s embrace what each person has to offer, and celebrate Black excellence in interior design during Black History Month. Give these fine folks a follow on social media — you won’t regret it!
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2021 Resolution: Better interior design, better mental health
Setting New Year’s resolutions can be daunting, and most people opt to go for “go to the gym” or “eat healthier”, and then give up those resolutions only a month or two in. But there are other resolutions that you can make that can dramatically improve your mental health and happiness, and some of them don’t even require a huge time commitment. A big change you can resolve to make is updating your interior design, reducing clutter, and helping you have a nicer workflow as well as living space. These can have a dramatic effect on mental health.
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Inspirational Movie Set Interior Design & Decor
When it comes to putting together interior design for your home, we are often inspired and influenced by the things we see everyday. Sometimes those things are television programs like Flip or Flop, or other interior design shows. A lot of the times, inspiration can come from television shows and movies with a budget — sets specifically designed in a certain way. Let’s look at some of the fantastic movies that can shape your next interior design project!
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Spruce up your interior with a color scheme generator!
All out of ideas to breathe new life into your room? Here’s an idea: Try out a color scheme generator!
Computers are really awesome for a lot of things, including — you guessed it — color pairing. With a little bit of guidance from humans (you know, since we have eyes), you can generate a neat, tidy, and beautiful color palette to help you with your newest interior design project. Not all color generators are equal – some you can have generate a palette entirely for you, while others you can feed an image to take colors out of – so depending on how out of ideas you are, you may want to try all of these generators.
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