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DECORATING WITH MIRRORS

DECORATING WITH MIRRORS

Mirrors are an easy way to reflect the beauty of a room BY ALYSSA WOLFE   WINDOW DRESSING In a Manhattan apartment, designer Diana Viñoly gives a wall a glamorous and graphic touch with mirror-backed French-window surrounds fromAmy Perlin Antiques. The Bull’s Eye...

Lighting a Room the Right Way

Lighting a Room the Right Way

From sconces to table lamps, lighting designer Eddie Cohen offers tips on how to properly light a room. Lighting Placement When you design lighting for a room you have to consider what activities you're going to engage in in that space. The types of activities will...

10 Tips for Decorating With Mirrors

10 Tips for Decorating With Mirrors

Decorative Windows According to designer Andreea Avram Rusu there are never rules when it comes to decorating with mirrors. "Mirrors bring light and depth into rooms — they're like decorative windows you can move around and place as you like," she says. Mirrors have...

18 Most Unusual and Creative Plates Designs

18 Most Unusual and Creative Plates Designs

18 most unusual & creative plates designs through the world. 1.  By designer Angela Schwab, Benta plates transcend the limitations of a traditional plate with an unexpected upward bend that functions as a one-handed grip while also pushing food onto a...

10 Tips for Choosing Tiles and Buying Tiles

10 Tips for Choosing Tiles and Buying Tiles

Below are our general tips for choosing tiles for your home. For more specific advice, why not also read our choosing a bathroom tile and choosing a kitchen tile articles. 1. Light colours Choose light colours to make a small/dark room feel bigger and brighter. 2. Be...

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