5 Room Decorating Basics

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Whether you’re a new homeowner trying to make your place feel like home or a long-time owner staging your house to sell, knowing where and how to begin decorating can feel daunting. While there aren’t any hard and fast rules that you have to follow with home decor, there are basic guidelines you can follow to make your home comfortable — and even increase its value.

Wherever you are in your homeownership journey, here are five room decorating basics to get you started.

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5 Ideas to Repurpose Those Old Shutters

Spend some time at garage sales, flea markets, thrift stores, and antique shops, and you’ll frequently see them. They might even be accumulating dust in your garage right now. 

There are a ton of creative shutter project ideas that can help you organize and beautify your home. Shutters can be used in a wide variety of ways to decorate your home and they give a room so much personality. 

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Pros and Cons of a Wet Room Bathroom

A popular trend in bathroom design is wet rooms. This design is well-liked for a few reasons, whether it is completely open or uses a single plane of glass to enclose the shower and bath.

Wet rooms are quickly rising in popularity as a bathroom design for a variety of factors. If you’re considering installing a wet room bathroom in your home, consider the advantages and disadvantages listed below.

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5 Ideas for Functional Kitchen Decor

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The kitchen is the heart of your home. It’s a place for quick breakfasts and lunch assembly before you head out of the door — and a space to linger over dinners with family or friends.

For such an important part of your home, you’ll want it to reflect your style while also being practical. That’s why it’s important to select furniture and decorative elements that not only make a statement, but serve a purpose.

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7 Ways to Refresh your Bath on a Budget

Kitchen or bathroom renovations are among the most popular home improvement projects. But the cost of renovating these two rooms is also the highest. Most of us put this renovation on some sort of “one day wish list” while in the meantime we daydream while browsing Pinterest.

Fortunately, you don’t have to do a full scale renovation to make that old bathroom feel new, look fresher, and look more stylish. 

Here’s how to make an outdated bathroom feel fresh:

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