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Category: Perspective
Buying a New Home for Your Family? Here’s What to Look For
Looking for a brand-new house to call home is truly an exciting part of anyone’s life. However, when children are involved, the home-buying process can get a lot more complicated than it already is. Your needs and wants become amplified tenfold, and your budget also becomes more of a focus throughout your tours. Although this…
What You Need to Know About Replacing an Old Sink
Not every home improvement project is as glamorous as remodeling a kitchen or installing beautiful new crown molding. Sometimes things simply need to be replaced. Replacing an old sink makes for a good example, whether it’s in your kitchen or bathroom. Often sinks are replaced not because they don’t work, but simply because they are…
Home Staging Sells
Are you ready to sell your home and and need to present it in it’s best shape before you list it for sale? Professional home staging is the best way to achieve this! Most of us have wandered into new home developments and enjoyed the ambiance of a perfectly styled model home. Of course, we…
What are the values and benefits of hiring an Interior Designer?
We are problem solvers, artistic problem solvers! I’ve helped my clients by: preventing a murder by resolving the “it’s too hot/it’s too cold” argument once and for all with a smart thermostat, motorized window treatments, a tube of caulk, and some attractive throw blankets; reduced noise pollution by redesigning a kitchen so an older cook…
Should You Refinish Your Kitchen Cabinets, or Replace Them All Together?
One of the most common kitchen renovation questions what should be done with the kitchen cabinets. Should or could they be refinished with a new stain or fresh paint color? Should they be replaced? Either way, it is a big—and costly—decision. Lauren Phillips from Real Simple breaks it all down for you. By Lauren Phillips September 18, 2018…
Cool Blues and Oceanview: Jeffrey Alan Marks Talks Fabrics
Jeffrey Alan Marks is leaning into his signature coastal chic aesthetic with his second collection with Kravet, Oceanview. The collection presents classic patterns in a modern way, while maintaining its traditional craftsmanship. Featuring elements like sea shells, jute, cotton and linen, Oceanview encapsulates a serene beachy vibe with each pattern. Inspired Kravet talked to the…
Select an Artistic Sculptural Table Lamp to Enhance Vignettes
The smallest details can make the biggest difference which is why Stylists love creating vignettes for their clients. While the walls, floor, lighting, and furnishings of a room define it, it is the accessories, including decorative lighting, that set the mood and ambiance. We do this through layering, playing with scale and proportion, juxtaposing or…
Fresh New Look on a Classic Windsor Chair Design
The fresh subtle curves and graceful details of these new Windsor chair inspired pieces by Jeff Andrews for A. Rudin are inspiring me right now. The Windsor chair was brought over by English settlers in the 1700’s and made popular by American craftsmen. They employed careful construction methods and were able to make use abundance…
Modern Lighting Designs from Grupa
One of our favorite sources for modern style pieces, 2Modern, is carrying the Grupa line of light fixtures from Croatia. The Grupa design studio was founded in 2012 in Croatia. They create innovative and versatile lamps for both residential and commercial applications. One of the most popular lighting fixtures from Grupa is the striking Arigato collection of floor lamps,…
Sensational New Acrylic Pieces From PWDesign
Are you falling for all of the gorgeous acrylic and lucite furniture being featured in all the design magazines? There are so many beautiful pieces! We’d love to show you these three sensational new acrylic pieces from Paula Winter at PWDesigns now available at Moderne Living in the Chicago River North Neighborhood. Criss Cross Tray. As Shown:…