An Uncompromising and Budget-friendly Bathroom Remodel

bathroom_remodel_before_afterSecond only to a kitchen renovation, bathrooms top the home improvement wish list. Like a kitchen renovation, a bathroom renovation can be a budget buster, owing to the myriad of unforeseen or unintended consequences. Before you cross a bathroom renovation off your wish list, take a look at how this color-driven bathroom remodel could have you lavishly soaking in spa-like before and after splendor.

Second only to a kitchen renovation, bathrooms top the home improvement wish list. Like a kitchen renovation, a bathroom renovation can be a budget buster, owing to the myriad of unforeseen or unintended consequences. Before you cross a bathroom renovation … Continue reading Continue reading

New Design Directions for a Baby’s Nursery: Horizontal Painted Stripes

Geolo_JDV_129Those who are lucky enough to be contemplating the design of a new baby boy’s nursery are in for a treat today. Horizontal stripes look smashing just about everywhere, so when new mom Lindsay Brier, of Anyon Design, set out to design a nursery of her own, her goals were to create: “an airy space that combined classic, vintage and contemporary elements.” It appears both Lindsay, and her new little guy, Hawken, are off to a very dreamy start.

Those who are lucky enough to be contemplating the design of a new baby boy’s nursery are in for a treat today. Horizontal stripes look smashing just about everywhere, so when new mom Lindsay Brier, of Anyon Design, set out … Continue reading Continue reading

Matthew Lew Paints the Town for “Color Care Across America”

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As Benjamin Moore’s ambitious and generous “Color Care Across America” continues to roll out in housing shelters through North America, it is capturing a lot of attention. During the recent refurbish of Chicago’s Cornerstone Community Outreach in the Uptown neighborhood, … Continue reading

More Fun with Chalkboard Paint

NYTimes_coverIf you read the title and yawned and sighed, prepare to put your jaded chalkboard paint opinions aside. While the calendar idea may be a teensy bit overdone, and the show "Brothers & Sisters" may have caused those of us with gigantic chalkboard walls in our kitchens to think up another idea, there remains one indisputable fact about a wall of chalkboard ready and waiting for the fun to begin -- it’s always a one of a kind work of art.

If you read the title and yawned and sighed, prepare to put your jaded chalkboard paint opinions aside. While the calendar idea may be a teensy bit overdone, and the show “Brothers & Sisters” may have caused those of us … Continue reading Continue reading