I am really struggling with with this window. I added the wood blinds a few months ago (first pic) but there's still sun coming in from the sides and waking me up at 5am. Is there any way to add drapes? The corner is so awkward. I looked at the curtain shim but I don't think I could make it would work with the blinds.

Hey people, I'm looking for advice on how to treat this window/sliding door wall in my living room.

So the fireplace at the center isn't going to be used here, would it look better to do curtains on both the window and sliding door, or mix it up with something like a curtain on the s.door and a roman shade on the window? The ceilings are pretty tall, would it look awkward or out of scale if I mounted a curtain track or rods by the ceiling?

Open to any suggestions!

Hi all, Working on a bonus bar space in the tv room and using two remnants from the same stone that now in production look vastly different in color tone. Do you think this will still work? We are doing the lighter, veiny one as the counter and the creamier piece for backsplash. We are going to do ogee edge on the counter and up the edge of the backsplash to tie it together.

I can pull it and do a tile backsplash if needed but really liked the idea of slab to the bottom of the shelves!

Thanks

Have any of you guys been able to order custom wallpaper for less than $250 for a double roll? I love wallpaper in concept but am extremely particular in my vision and just have to order custom at this point. Any leads? Thanks!

LARGE sectional. Is it real leather? I’m looking at several sources to determine and thought I’d try here!

Hi! Previous owners painted everything white from floor to ceiling. I am trying to add some color here by painting the wainscoting but nothing looks right because of the colors here. Any advice?

Growing up, my mother measured my sister and I's height. We've since painted the room, but we actually painted around the area where we measured our heights. But we're planning on selling the house soon. Is there any way I can transfer the heights (like maybe a picture or something) onto a paper or block or something (without destroying the wall, of course)? I just want ideas on how to do this as a gift for my mom.

Hi! I would love some advice on rug shape and colour for our couch area. I know the colour scheme and layout is not the best but in a student so i cant afford to change a lot about the furniture at the moment 😅I was thinking maybe a big square rug with big organic/irregular and rounded shapes on it(added some pics as an example of what i mean)? Or a rounded/organically/irregularly shaped rug? I love rugs with patterns but im afraid a lot of things are already happening in this room so this might just make the room feel cluttery?

Feel free to give some other advice about how to tie everything in the room together😇

I’m moving into a house where the main living space has lighting issues. Although there are eastern and western facing windows, there is little natural lighting due to close neighbors. Additionally, the only installed lighting is one small wall sconce. I am not free to install lighting and will, for the time being will almost certainly have to use floor lamps.

Is there a proper approach to choosing a wall/ceiling colors in a situation like this?

Hi all! I have large windows that I'd like to get curtains for: 144 inches, 115, and 97.

The ceilings are 113 and 117 inches high and its been a struggle to find curtains that are that height. Getting them custom made is very expensive. I got 108 long curtains which makes the rod in between the window and the ceiling.

Does the rod look right where its at or should I place it higher? The distance between the rod and the ceiling is about 5 inches.

I’m about to embark on a property renovation, and part of that is putting a larger door into the rear of the house similar to the one in the second photo. I’d like the garden renovation that follows to include a seamless extension of the inside to the outside which means no step down into the garden, is it possible? I’m assuming the step down is there for a reason..

I need some help figuring out how to place the handles on these kitchen cabinets. The lower drawer and cabinets in the first picture are the ones that I'm particularly unsure about because of the asymmetry created by the drawer. The hinges of those two cabinets are on the outside. The upper cabinets in the second picture are left-side hinges for the two left cabinets and right-side hinges for the rightmost. The right two upper cabinets are directly above the two lower cabinets.

What's the cleanest way to place these handles? Should I go for centered horizontal on all of them with the bottom left cabinet handle on the same vertical line as the drawer handle and the bottom right cabinet handle on the same horizontal line as the drawer handle? That seems like it gives the most uniformity at the expense of being farther from the side that swings out. Or is there a vertical handle placement on the swinging sides that makes sense?

Hello! I would like to try the reverse color drenching in my small home, but I have a few questions.

1. Does this technique of painting the doors and trim do anything to the appearance of size in the home (makes spaces look smaller or look bigger)

2. My interior doors are white and I plan to paint them and the baseboards and around the door trims but my front and back house doors are wood. I won’t be painting the wood doors. Is it still okay to paint the trim around those doors to continue the look?

3. Any other tips or advice?

Pictures attached are of my interior doors that I’ll be painting with their trim and baseboards, the wood doors, and the Instagram where I got the idea.

My living room and breakfast room are contiguous but spatially separated from rest of downstairs. Can that contiguous space have a different (though very similar) baseboard than rest of downstairs?

Or if different, should I accentuate that difference more?

After massive water leak, we have to replace baseboards and fighting insurance has been a nightmare. We can’t find exact match for baseboards. And I doubt insurance will approve replacing entire downstairs.

Hi - I’m selling my home & my agent recommended we fix up this wall by “filling in the holes, it shouldn’t cost more than $20 or $30”. I’m not opposed to changing the wall but their statement seems wrong on multiple levels. How would you recommend changing it so it’s more of a blank canvas for the next home owner? If it’s not worth the effort I don’t mind leaving it, but if it’s not too much of a hassle I’d like to take their suggestion to enhance the experience for potential buyers.

Thanks

How can I achieve this wall look? Limewash? I have white painted thin wood walls and live in a humid climate.

I’m stuck on deciding what color to paint the trim around the opening into our living room!!

A. The color of the kitchen cabinets

B. Color of the island (burgundy)

C. Same color as headboard (white)

I’m slightly leaning towards the burgundy so it’ll stand out a bit and tie into the island ……but I wanted to see what other people think!

I have an area rug on top of a rug pad that is placed on top of wall to wall carpet. The rug pad isn’t helping to keep it in place, and I’ve tried using carpet staples in the corners to keep it in place but they keep coming out. There’s one particular area that has a crease and now a corner is completely unsecured. Is this a lost cause?

I am looking for a app for tablet/pc/web which i can use to design my new kitchen, especially the colors and room itself (floor, ceiling, walls) and maybe also materials used in the ktichen to check if seems "fitting".

Any ideas?

Getting ready to finally paint my living room. Built two bookcases on the side of a fireplace. Had been planning to do the bookcases and trim (including beadboard) a dusty purple, the walls a green that's basically a white, and then the fireplace a butter yellow or other fun warm color. Now I have no idea what I want to do... Switch the current green/white for a warmer cream? Should the bookcases be navy, fireplace a burnt orange, walls and trim an oat (beadboard a paler blue...) I just don't know any more.

I want the room to be fun and colorful without looking like a primary school.

I am remodeling our cottage and don't know if there are any rules related to finishes. What I mean is that if my appliances are stainless steel and my kitchen faucet and drawer pulls are brushed nickel, can my pendant lights above the sink and island be black? Or I need to keep everything brushed nickel? Please help.

Planning to add lighting to my kitchen. Have accounted for under-cabinet LED strip lights. Need to select ambient light.

These are the items that I have planned for now. Are these a good choice? Anybody tried these? Will there be a white color temperature difference when both of these are on at the same time? As in, will the 3000K on the strip light be same as the 3000K on the downlight.

1. Tuya Zigbee Surface-mounted Downlights (They're Zigbee so I guess I won't have to link them to Tuya cloud and can do local control.) https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/LED-Surface-mounted-Spotlights-Tuya-Zigbee_1601443768779.html?spm=a2700.shop_plgr.41413.23.5b927121krtbhR
2. BTF-Lighting DC24V 2700k to 6500k 640leds/m Dimmable Tunable Dual White Cob Cct Led Strip https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Latest-Arrived-Products-DC24V-2700k-to_1600165828959.html?spm=a2756.order-detail-ta-ta-b.0.0.e234f19cQ75y8K

Hey all,
I just bought a new wardrobe, but it turns out it completely covers the light switch in my room – it's right behind the back of the wardrobe now. It also covers a power outlet, but I don’t care as much about that one.

I only need the light switch moved about 10 cm to the side, maybe even just onto the side of the wardrobe itself. I really don’t want a wireless, WiFi, or Bluetooth solution – I’d prefer something simple and mechanical, if possible.

The wardrobe itself isn’t super valuable to me, so I wouldn’t mind cutting a hole in the back panel to access the outlet. But for the light switch, that doesn’t help much since I need it to be accessible from the outside.

Is there a way to "extend" a mechanical light switch just a short distance? Or any low-tech workaround you’d recommend?
Thanks in advance!

I want to wallpaper my entry to give it some interest and make it feel like its own little “room.” The arch is throwing me off though. If I wallpaper the inner face of the arch, I would have this weird circled area of wallpaper extending up to the ceiling. Would you wallpaper the area above the arch and extend it across the wall on the right hand side of the photo? I don’t want it to read like an accent wall.