Category Archives: interior designCan This Boring Bland Living Room Be Saved?Dear Laurel, I eagerly read your blog and have all of your products, the rolodex and paint collection andView full post » What Wall Color Will Work With Her Collected Interiors?Collected Interiors– rooms that look like they evolved over time are probably what most of us are strivingView full post » Stuck With A Dark Rustic Home And I Hate It!Dear Laurel, If I had to write a headline for a blog post, it would be An Anglophile In Texas. The Anglophile isView full post » An Old Snob Has A Change Of Heart Over Laminate ProductsHehe… Let’s dish, about laminate Laurel. And who’s the old snob? 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It’s turning out to be a Christmas nightmare! Please don’t beView full post » A Brilliant Decorator Or A Dangerous Con Artist?My mother always used to say… “There is no ill wind that doesn’t blow in someView full post » A Budding Interior Decorating Star – McGizzles!How y’all doing? Holding up alright after the big holiday? Well, one reader might have just dropped to theView full post » How To Get The Cool-High-End Bathroom For A Lot LessRecently, we did a post about the new “un-bathrooms.” And I featured a lot of English bathrooms,View full post » Timeless Interiors Or A Passing Trend? How To Tell The DifferenceChai The other day I got an interesting email from a reader. It is edited, but not for meaning, only to shorten it aView full post » The Most Amazing English Country House Of Them AllHey Everyone, Before we get into today’s beautiful topic. 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TheView full post » A Fabulous and Rare Upholstery Sale by One Of my Favorite VendorsHi Guys, Well, I may begin to do Friday’s hot sales as a blog post after all. But there are still the hotView full post » Hot Sales – Special Edition – Labor Day 2017What’s going on??? Why are you updating the hot sales page in a blog post? The reason why is that I have aView full post » The Living Room TV As We’ve Known it, Is OverHanging my head in shame… a little. It’s about Sunday’s post about clever ways to hide yourView full post » How To Make Your TV Wires Disappear Once and For AllHey Everyone, A lot of you have been asking me how to make their TV Wires Disappear And, while we’re atView full post » The Horrible Thing She Said About Decorating Genius Darryl CarterI mean, it was downright nasty and for me and a lot of other people, quite a shocker! 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My husband wants a matched set of dining room furnitureDear Laurel, It’s me again, Barb Brake-Frunt. Thank you so much for the terrific post about the livingView full post » I Just Inherited All Of My Granny’s Hideously Dated Living Room FurnitureDear Laurel, Ya know life is so difficult sometimes. My grandmother passed away 3 years ago at the age of 97 andView full post » My Room Isn’t Blue. Can I still Do Blue and White Chinoiserie?Dear Laurel, I’ve been loving all of the blue and white Chinoiserie porcelains you’ve beenView full post » The Tricks You Need To Know For Decorating Above CabinetsA lot of us have cabinets that don’t hit the ceiling. These may be in the kitchen, usually as a built-in,View full post » The Trick To Mixing Modern and Traditional FurnitureA real Dear Laurel letter about mixing Modern and Traditional Furniture Dear Laurel, I hope you can offerView full post » He Said “If I Wanted Farmhouse Style, I’d Go Live On a @#$%^&* Farm!”And Dear Laurel, Oh, I’m sure this is going to be boring for you. I am soon to be married (for the third time) toView full post » |
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