Everyone is spending more time at home right now, leading many of us to begin home improvement projects that we might not otherwise have thought of or had time for. While you definitely should make your home comfortable and suitable for your lifestyle, if you have any intention of selling your home at a later date, there are certain changes …
Kitchen Must Haves for 2020
The way we cook and what we use our kitchens for changes greatly over time, and may even change significantly from year to year. As just one example, a few decades ago buyers wanted a kitchen that was set apart from the rest of the main floor where they could prepare meals in privacy and peace. Then over the course …
Upsizing Tips
There’s a lot of advice out there about decluttering and downsizing, but what about those of us who are upsizing? Moving into a larger home than you have lived in before has its own issues, but also has many exciting opportunities for decor and design. The best advice we can give though? Use patience when deciding how, when and with …
Tour of Kitchens
Explore the finest kitchens in the South at the Annual Tour of Kitchens presented by the Junior League of Atlanta! The tour showcases the most beautiful and functional kitchens in Atlanta, created by the city’s most celebrated kitchen designers. Several stops will feature elite Atlanta chefs performing culinary demonstrations. The tour is self-guided and self-directed, with directions to each showcase …
In Praise of Walls
Are Buyers Turning Their Backs on the Open-Floor Plan? Open floor plans have been the design of choice in newly built homes for several years now, and as far as HGTV is concerned, they seem to be the only option for renovations of older homes as well. But for every kitchen wall torn down to create one giant main floor …
2020 – The Year of the Kitchen
Ask any homeowner which room in their house they would most like to improve or remodel, and by far the majority will point to their kitchen as the first place they would start making changes. And it makes sense – for many of us, the kitchen is the heart of our home, and so much more than just a place …
Sayonara Shiplap?
Few interior design trends are as synonymous with the 2010s as the modern farmhouse look, with all-gray and all-white interior color palettes, and shiplap transforming walls throughout homes into rustic farm scenes. Many design professionals are now hoping this trend has peaked, and they are eager to see the farmhouse craze draw to a close. Sherwin-Williams surveyed 700 interior design …
Wet Rooms – The Hot Bathroom Trend!
Wet rooms are quickly becoming one of the hottest trends in bathroom design. They’ve always been around, mostly as a solution for cramped quarters where space for a bathroom is limited, but this style is now being seen in newly built high-end homes, and in luxury remodels. At this point, some of you may be asking, “what exactly is a …
Furniture Layout? It’s All in the Numbers!
Have you ever noticed how some rooms just seem to feel more comfortable than others, but you can’t put your finger on why? The answer might be in the math! The spacing and placement of almost everything in your home can be laid out along a number system and voila – your rooms will instantly feel more comfortable and inviting. …