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remember those funky furniture shapes fromthe 70's? well, check your local thrift stores for these gems because they are back. paintingretro furniture is a huge trend, but this time we're going to appreciate the shape,but we're gonna fix the finish. look for rattan chairs. they look fantastic when they're painteda sophisticated oyster grey and mixed with modern dining chairs around the table. caneddining chairs are a great piece to paint. they were everywhere in the 70's, so you canfind a lot of them. but you can appreciate their curves so much better now with a cleancoated white paint and they look great with stream line furnishings and modern floors.turn a hefty dresser into a modern media consul. the trim work and the retro shapes look greatwhen they're all painted white and they look

do you find simple, plain walls just too plain?well, my friend julia and i will show you differently. you know, julia, i just haveto say that i really love this vignette that you've created. thank you. you know, as youlook at it, it's really dominated by white, which is a non-color -- and i know color isso hot these days. there's something to be said for a white wall, and i think oftentimespeople don't have the opportunity to paint. well, i think they're often afraid of it.i agree, and then you don't in the absence of being confident about color, where do yougo? and, you know, i think white, to someone who is moving into a new apartment is almostlike a writer sitting down to a blank page, a white piece of paper. and that's where wecome in. yeah. where we come in with suggestions

when your living room can only fit a few piecesof furniture, it's time to think big. maximize your space with these small living room arrangingtips. first, arrange to accommodate the walk ways. this seating arrangement lets trafficflow in from the front door and from the door to the patio, through the living room, andon to the rest of the home. also, try to select the right-sized furniture. take measurementsrough sketches to ensure that everything will fit. and if the furniture is close together,one central coffee table can serve all the seats. and this coffee table doubles as adining room table. finally, eliminate the need for large end tables by using wall-mountedlamps. remember, it's all about choosing the right-sized furniture and arranging it tobe functional. keep that in mind, and you'll

decorating a room that is both long and narrowcan be a challenge; you don’t want the room to feel like a hallway or a bowling alley,and it can be difficult to create intimate gathering spaces in the usual square or circularshape that you’d want in a living room. but there are some tricks to making a longand narrow room into a comfortable living space. keeping the main walkway to one side of theroom is the best way to create a space that flows easily, without people having to walkaround obstacles or disturb people sitting and relaxing. with that, we will be showing you 17 longliving room ideas that might make you plan

whatsup guys, with holidays coming up i thought: why notdecorate the living room with these awesome new philips hue lightstrip plus! so here it is, the philips hue lightstripplus, available this week in europe and the us. the previous hue lightstrip comes with a lightstrength of 150 lumes, the hue lightstrip plus gives a impressive strength of 1600 limes to make this work you'll need the hue bridge.it's the bridge between the hue app and connects up to 50 hue lights. the latest version alsosupports apple's homekit. so you can voice-control

at woodstock furniture & mattress outlet,we don't have a hundred stores. we have three, right here in the atlanta area. our customersaren't numbers. they're neighbors. your kids probably go to school with our kids. and chancesare, your furniture is our furniture. so the next time you're thinking "new living room,dining room, bedroom, or new mattresses", think woodstock furniture & mattress outlet.atlanta's furniture and mattress superstore. for nearly 30 years, locally owned, georgia grown.

hi, i'm pam and i'm alan. and these are our kids, maddie, pepper, avery. and we're the soong family. this is our home, our living room. this is the room where all of the kids spend the most time and as you can see, there are a lot of toys, a lot of books, a lot of art supplies. so this room encapsulates really sort of all of the activities that the kids do. there's no realorganization here. it looks very messy and this is also a room where we inviteour friends. it's our family room but it is effectivelyour home. on a personal note, i've been at home for eight years and it's been a joy. however the only time i haven't worked

pull up a chair. pull up six chairs! my$599 dining sets come with six chairs. not the usual four you get from theother guys. go with this traditional styling of my wood mark set, all sevenpieces only $599. the matrix transitional panache, seven pieces only$599. or my x-factor casual popeye table and six chairs. you guessed it! only $599.need more space? each table is expandable big or small. untouchable only at mybob's discount furniture.

my bennett leather reclining sofa or theleather reclining console loveseat with cupholders. both come with two powerrecliners, two power headrests, two usb ports, and both are only $999. withoutbob it's just discount furniture

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long ago -- around the time we started growingour own food - humans settled down. we went home, inside. we built permanent shelters to protect usfrom the elements... and keep the wild animals at bay. or so we thought. surprise! the animals were right there with us. theystill are. this is dust. zoom in and you find an ecosystem almost aselaborate as the one we left outside.

i am loving how the last 10 years of silveris now trending toward gold. it started on the runway and now it's in everything fromfingernail polish to home dã©cor. but you don't have to spend a pot of gold to get thisgilded trend. it's super easy to diy. take a plain black tote bag, add some gold tape.now, it's a date night worthy tote-- simple and gorgeous. wrap gold cord or ribbon aroundthe basic pillow for an instant update. i love the designer look of a black lampshadewith a gold interior, but you can make it yourself so easily. just buy a black lampshadeand a gold leaf kit. there you go. for just a few bucks, you can take your next dinnerparty up a notch. go to the thrift store, buy some plain white mismatched china. fromthe hobby store, get a few gold paint pens

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for those of you who have a hobby of readinga book, not an easy thing to go to the bookstore without buying a number of books that justpublished or best-selling books. not a strange thing when you visit a friend’shome that is a very hobby to read and find tens or even hundreds of books scattered everywhere. most of the books are usually arranged inbookshelves so it looks neater. the usual bookshelves we see are usually squareor rectangular and made of wood, bookshelves like that look very boring and outdated. currently, the bookcase design is no longera boring square shape. in the hands of creative people, boring andoutdated bookshelves can be transformed into

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this bed is actually one multipurpose piece of furniture. it is not just a bed, but italso serves as a seat because i sometimes sit with my legsdangling under the shelf. the bed has trap doorsunderneath, where i keep two giant pieces of luggage. the shelving unit is reallyessential, i think, to the design of the space. it allows me to display a lotof the things that i've

here's how. first, remove the bottomdrawers from the piece, and using a jigsaw, cutaway any of the front facade you don't need. think give it a goodcleaning and sanding. make sure you prime itproperly before adding a fresh coat of paint. upgrade to sophisticatednew hardware, and you've got a charming newconsole table for under $50.

living room design ideas with black furniture-hi, i'm amy panos, senior editor at betterhomes & gardens, and a reader named nancy has written us with a really great question.she writes, "i have a brown leather couch, chair and ottoman and little ones, so safetyis an issue. what would you recommend for coffee and side tables and/or lamps to lightenup the heavy furniture?" well nancy, that is a great question. a lot of people havethe brown leather sofa because it works. it's functional, it's versatile, if the kids spilljuice on it you can wipe it right off. so, you're on the right track there, but you'reright; if you have a room with a lot of leather furniture in it, the look can be very darkand you need to lighten it up. so here are three easy ideas for lightening up a brownleather sofa. you might think that wood is

modern living room furniture cad blocks-after you finish your design, you’ll likelyneed to share it with others. a drawing layout organizes one or more viewsof your design on a virtual sheet of paper. a layout usually contains a title block, oneor more viewports, and annotation. let’s take a look at the steps for creatinga layout. the number of layouts in your drawing dependson the template you used to create the drawing. you can edit existing layouts or create newones. i’m going to create a new layout by right-clicking on one of the existing layouttabs and choosing new layout. all new layouts include a default page setupand viewport. the viewport controls which area of the designto show and at which scale.

hi, i'm ann myrick, and today, i'm going toshow you how to decorate a great room. now, you can decorate a great room in any style.we're not necessarily going to talk about the style as much as we're going to talk aboutthe size of the room and the placement. this is...this is really not the size of a greatroom. this is...i have a dining room and a living room together, but for the lack ofnot having a great room, we're going to talk it through just using these two rooms. a lotof times, a great room is so big that if you try to put a placement of furniture in theone big room, it just doesn't work. so a lot of times, with a great room, it's better todesign two or three sitting areas. a lot of times, depending on the size of the room andthe shape of the room, you will have...in