Topics
Entries grouped by the part of the house or the problem they deal with.
Kids Rooms
2 entries
August 9, 2016
A Monochromatic Room That Still Feels Warm
A one-colour room can be restful rather than severe if the hue is held at three clearly different strengths.
May 12, 2016
A Travel-Themed Room for a Young Explorer
A travel theme lasts longest when it is built from materials and maps rather than from printed motifs.
Dining
1 entry
May 17, 2016
Black and White in the Family Dining Room
High contrast suits a dining room, where the room is mostly seen after dark and mostly seen while seated.
Colour
2 entries
September 20, 2016
Pretty in White: Making an All-White Room Work
An all-white room is not one colour but three or four, and the differences between them are what keep it from looking flat.
May 24, 2016
Pastel Pretty: Building a Soft Bedroom Scheme
Pastels go wrong when they are all equally pale; one of them has to be allowed to be stronger than the others.
Decluttering
1 entry
June 3, 2016
Ten Ways to Declutter a Home Before You Move
Moving is the one moment when every object in the house has to be picked up anyway, which makes it the cheapest time to decide about it.
Workspaces
1 entry
June 6, 2016
Three Things Every Creative Workspace Needs
Light you can control, a surface bigger than the task, and somewhere to put things down: everything else is decoration.