Interior Design & Home Decor Ideas

A bedroom with deep ink navy limewashed walls, a queen bed with oatmeal linen bedding, and a caramel leather bench on slim brass legs at its foot, with a folded wool blanket on one end.

Bedrooms

The Bench at the Foot of the Bed, Measured From the Mattress

A bench about two thirds to four fifths as long as the mattress is wide, seated a few…

October 27, 2026 5 min read

A rust colored L-shaped sectional with a low tight back in the corner of a warm white living room with a herringbone oak floor, a round blackened oak coffee table in front and clear floor around it.

Living Rooms

What Size Sectional Fits Your Living Room?

October 27, 2026 6 min read

A built-in home bar in a living room, with chocolate brown high-gloss lacquered cabinets and shelves, a honed brown marble counter holding a decanter and glasses, and two brass wall lights switched on.

Dining Rooms

Make Room for a Home Bar

October 27, 2026 10 min read

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A tall white pantry cabinet with one door open to shelves of glass jars, plates, and a basket of onions in a room with butter yellow walls and a checkerboard floor.

Storage & Organization

Freestanding Pantry Cabinets for Food, Dishes, and Small Appliances

October 24, 2026 6 min read

A black metal clothing rack with seven garments on wooden hangers, shoes and a basket on its shelves, against a cherry red bedroom wall.

Storage & Organization

Clothing Racks for Extra Hanging Space

October 24, 2026 6 min read

A lit pyramid patio heater with a glass flame tube beside two teak chairs and a small table on a patio with an olive green wall.

Shopping

Patio Heaters for Sitting Outside After Dark

October 24, 2026 5 min read

A white quilted mattress topper on a bed with one corner folded back, in a bedroom with powder blue walls.

Bedding & Bath

Mattress Toppers to Change How a Bed Feels

October 24, 2026 5 min read

A cream sofa opened into a made-up guest bed with white bedding and a rust blanket in a living room with deep teal walls.

Furniture

Sleeper Sofas That Turn the Living Room Into a Guest Room

October 24, 2026 7 min read

A white painted armoire with shaker doors and brass knobs against a deep red limewashed wall in an attic bedroom, beside an iron bed.

Furniture

Wardrobe Armoires for a Bedroom Without a Closet

October 23, 2026 5 min read

A tall white bathroom cabinet with rolled towels on its open shelves beside a pedestal sink in a forest green bathroom.

Storage & Organization

Freestanding Bathroom Cabinets for the Towels the Vanity Can’t Hold

October 23, 2026 4 min read

A white rolling kitchen island with a butcher-block top standing on its casters beside blue cabinets, with a cutting board and lemons on top.

Furniture

Rolling Kitchen Islands That Add Counter Space and Storage

October 23, 2026 7 min read

Interiors

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Bedrooms

The Bench at the Foot of the Bed, Measured From the Mattress

A bench about two thirds to four fifths as long as the mattress is wide, seated a few…

October 27, 2026 5 min read

Living Rooms

What Size Sectional Fits Your Living Room?

Size a sectional from the floor the walkways leave. In a 12 by 15 foot room that is…

October 27, 2026 6 min read

Dining Rooms

Make Room for a Home Bar

Where a home bar can go in an ordinary house, and the counters, mirror, tile, paint, and light…

October 27, 2026 10 min read

A bathroom with peach glazed square tile and warm white plaster above, a white alcove tub, and a white waffle cotton shower curtain hung from a brushed nickel rod a little above head height.

Bathrooms

The Liner Decides How High the Shower Curtain Rod Goes

For a standard 72 inch curtain over a tub, hang the rod about 75 to 77 inches above…

October 22, 2026 4 min read

Decor

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A long travertine-topped sofa table on slim blackened steel legs behind a stone linen sofa in a warm gray living room, its top just below the line of the sofa back, with a ceramic lamp on it.

Furniture

A Sofa Table Stops Just Below the Sofa Back

A sofa table sits level with the top of the sofa back or an inch or two below…

October 22, 2026 3 min read

A wide cased opening from a pale blue gray hall into a slate blue living room, with warm white woodwork, a camel leather sofa, and the ink blue dining room visible through a second doorway.

Color

Where One Paint Color Ends and the Next Begins

Choose colors for rooms seen together as a group, in one undertone family, with one trim color through…

October 21, 2026 6 min read

A rectangular oak-framed mirror above a fluted pale ash console in a hall with burnt orange limewashed walls, reflecting a bright window across the hall.

Decor & Accessories

Hang a Mirror for What It Will Reflect

Start a mirror where art goes, then check what it shows from where people stand. Over furniture, leave…

October 20, 2026 6 min read

A matte black ceiling fan with three flat blades on a short rod in a white living room with pale ash floors and a low rust linen sofa.

Lighting

Ceiling Fan Size Follows the Room, Height Follows the Ceiling

What blade span suits a room's floor area, how far down the fan should hang, and what to…

October 15, 2026 5 min read

Small Spaces

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A twin bunk bed painted raspberry pink against a pale pink plaster wall, with guardrails on the top bunk, a fixed ladder, and clear space between the top mattress and the white ceiling.

Small Bedrooms

Room to Sit Up on a Top Bunk or Loft Bed

Leave about 30 to 36 inches between the top mattress and the ceiling. Under an 8 foot ceiling,…

October 21, 2026 6 min read

A small bathroom with navy tile to shoulder height, a toilet hung on the wall, a floating oak vanity, and a glass shower at the far end.

Small Bathrooms

23 Ways to Find Room in a Small Bathroom

October 12, 2026

Storage

Put the Space Under the Stairs to Work

October 7, 2026

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Organization

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A laundry room with a white front-loading washer and dryer side by side under a pale ash counter, mint green cabinets above, and a terracotta tile floor with clear space in front.

Organizing & Storage

Washer and Dryer Dimensions and the Clearance Around Them

A side by side pair needs a wall about 57 inches wide and a room about 7 feet…

October 22, 2026 5 min read

Three thick black oak floating shelves on a white plaster kitchen wall, evenly spaced above a pale limestone counter and holding white plates, glasses, and bowls.

Organizing & Storage

Hanging Floating Shelves at a Height You Can Use

October 20, 2026

A tall bookcase painted pistachio green and filled with books, with taller shelf openings at the bottom than at the top.

Organizing & Storage

Bookshelf Depth and Shelf Spacing for the Books You Own

October 13, 2026

Outdoor

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A buff limestone house with a slate roof at dusk, outlined with warm white Christmas bulbs along the eaves and up both sloped edges of its front gable.

Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor Christmas Lights Measured Before the Ladder Comes Out

Measure every edge in feet, slopes included, add 10 percent, and at 12 inch spacing that is about…

October 20, 2026 5 min read

A coral front door on a white clapboard house, with a plain coir doormat about as wide as the door lying on a gray stone step.

Outdoor Decor

Doormat Sizes for Single Doors, Double Doors, and Sidelights

How wide and deep a doormat should be for a single door, a door with sidelights, or double…

October 14, 2026 4 min read

A rusted steel fire bowl burning at dusk on a circle of gray gravel, with four wooden chairs set around it.

Backyards

The Fire Pit and Everything Around It

Where a fire pit goes, what it stands on, which kind suits the yard, and what to sit…

October 13, 2026 11 min read

Seasonal

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A living room at dusk in January with caramel brown limewashed walls, a cream wool sofa, bare branches in a stoneware jug on the mantel, a bowl of blood oranges, and snow outside the window.

Seasonal

Decorating for Winter Once Christmas Is Over

Thirteen winter decorating ideas for January and February, built on warmth, light, and living things, with nothing left…

October 22, 2026 7 min read

A long dining table set for eight under a brass pendant in a bottle green room at dusk, with lit cream tapers and low bowls of clementines down the white linen cloth.

Christmas Decor

What Goes on the Christmas Table Besides Dinner

Fifteen ways to decorate a Christmas table that still has to hold dinner, from a low cedar garland…

October 20, 2026 10 min read

Fresh fir and cedar garland tied along the dark oak banister of a staircase and hanging down at the newel post, with cream plaster walls.

Christmas Decor

How Much Garland a Mantel, a Staircase, and a Door Need

The arithmetic for garland on a mantel, along a banister, and around a front door, and how to…

October 15, 2026 5 min read

Shopping

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Storage & Organization

Freestanding Pantry Cabinets for Food, Dishes, and Small Appliances

Tall freestanding pantry cabinets for kitchens with no pantry, in farmhouse, painted, glass-door, and louvered styles.

October 24, 2026 6 min read

Storage & Organization

Clothing Racks for Extra Hanging Space

Freestanding clothing racks with rails, shelves, and drawers for small bedrooms, shared rooms, and overflow from a packed…

October 24, 2026 6 min read

Shopping

Patio Heaters for Sitting Outside After Dark

Propane and electric patio heaters that keep a patio, deck, or covered porch comfortable on cool evenings.

October 24, 2026 5 min read