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| Showhouse Color: Pastels |
| Pastels are often passed over in the world of design. These pale beauties can be soft in their commitment to color, and can lose the visual oomph needed to make a dynamic statement. |
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| Indigo, a Decorating Classic |
| The sculptural quality of the branches sets off this starry vignette. Follow the link below for the star treatment in designer Gary McBournie's home. |
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| Showhouse Roundup
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| Showhouses are always a good venue for imaginative design concepts. |
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| Decorating: Tablescapes
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| The sculptural quality of the branches sets off this starry vignette. Follow the link below for the star treatment in designer Gary McBournie's home. |
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| Decorating ideas: toile fabric |
| Toile de jouy fabric originated in France in the 1760s. Here are dozens of ways to use toile to enliven a room, including decorating tips. |
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| Set Design: It's Complicated |
| Take a serene Santa Barbara setting with to-die-for interiors, add a triangle mixing love, divorce, and renovation, and you have all the elements of an unusual romantic comedy. |
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| Lighting Ideas: Great Chandeliers
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| As a setting for special occasions, a dining room provides a welcoming ambience for guests. Like pieces of good jewelry, a chandelier complements the room and helps set the tone. |
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| Decorative Ironwork
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| Whether featuring the flamboyant swirls and curves of Art-Deco style or the clean lines of minimalist design, decorative ironwork makes a statement. |
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| sensationally soothing |
| Showhouses are meant to inspire. These three rooms prompt style as well as generosity. Not only were they created by women who are designers and passionate volunteers, but they also benefit worthy causes. |
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| ONE beautiful bath |
| If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, how on earth can they share a bathroom? Traditional Home senior design and projects editor Robert Young addressed that question in his design of an idea-packed dream bathroom for this year’s Kitchen/Bath Industry Show. |
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| Top 10 Designer Tips |
| In our most recent reader survey, we asked what you needed from us to improve your homes. “Decorating ideas!” came in loud and clear. |
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| Atlanta Showhouse:
Girls just wanna have fun |
| Picture a Titian-haired Carrie Bradshaw-meets-Marie Antoinette. That’s who Scott Laslie imagined when he designed a residence for the Traditional Home Built for Women Showhouse III. |
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| showhouse showcase: wallscapes |
| Though frequently the setting for special occasions, a dining room can become stodgy with its predictable formality—making it the perfect subject for fresh design ideas. |
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| Golden Glam |
| Once relegated to the second tier on the hierarchy of design, bedrooms are now ready for their close-ups. They have been transformed from mere sleeping quarters to glamorous retreats. |
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| SOLEDAD'S SECRET |
| Soledad O’Brien is a woman’s woman—the kind we’d all like to claim as our sister. She’s smart, funny, successful, and drop-dead gorgeous. More important, she knows better than to rub it in. |
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| Body and Soul: Marcia cross |
| Rarely do the terms “glamour” and “trailer” go hand in hand, except when you’ve tiptoed into actress Marcia Cross’s chocolate-and-aqua-velvet-encased trailer on the set of Desperate Housewives at Universal Studios. |
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| Statements of STyle 2007 |
| Bright colors create design with impact, and this year’s showhouse rooms dazzle in vivid shades. Candy colors are delectable in rooms for fashionable ladies. |
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