Design

Carefree Exteriors
Good-Looking, Time-Saving Products for your Home photo courtesy of CertainTeed.com CertainTeed offers the gamut of low-maintenance vinyl siding choices, from value-priced options to simulated shakes.         What's behind the trend toward low-maintenance products for the home? Her Home went one-on-one with home buyers and builders to discover the perceptions and values ...
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Color Me Confused
Choosing the Right Paint Color for Every Room by Linda AndersonPhotos courtesy of www.PittsburghPaints.com When it comes to interior paint colors, the choices are almost endless. Like a deer in the headlights, you stand before row after row of paint chips. Cornish blue, seawash green, ballerina pink, buttercup yellow and sand dollar ...
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Color
Why Your Walls Don't Always Match Those Little Color Chips from the Paint Store. It had happened again. There we were, knee deep in drop cloths, paint brushes, masking tape and ladders - and the color on the paint chip did not resemble what was going on the walls. My friend ...
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Cost-Conscious Choices in the Kitchen
Determine the best way to go in counter tops, cabinetry, flooring and more Photos from Taunton's The Kitchen Idea Book In many respects, the kitchen is the most important room in the home. On a daily basis, it's where family and friends congregate. And when it's time to sell the house, the ...
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Exquisite Exteriors
Tips for Choosing a Color Scheme From the Color Experts at Sherwin-Williams Q: What are the most common mistakes homeowners make when choosing exterior paint colors? A: Assuming that a colorful and imaginative color scheme will cost a great deal more for product and labor. Unless the scheme is a “painted lady” with ...
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Flex Appeal
Multi-Purpose Guest Rooms by Lisa JensenWhat makes you feel most welcomewhen you're an overnight guest? I like being shown to a cozy, tucked-away room with a bed dressed up in catalog linens and a down duvet, adjoining a full bath stocked with fluffy towels and wrapped soaps.Of course, before we built ...
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Good Morning!
Start the Day Right in an Efficient Bath Placing rolled towels in a niche is a convenient way to add color. The double towel rack is from Moen’s WembleyTM Collection.photo courtesy of Moen® What does your bath look like on a typical morning? A place for everything and everything in its place? ...
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Hard-Working Kitchens That Are Easy on You
If there's one thing that's better than a spacious new kitchen packed with character, it's a spacious new kitchen that cleans itself. But until that hits the market, consider design solutions and durable products geared to keep the heart of your home easy to care for - and even easier ...
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Home Is Where the Hearth Is
The Newest Directions in Fireplaces Homeowners can enjoy a warm fire from the inside and outside of the home simultaneously – without having to invest in two separate fireplaces, with Heat & Glo’s Twilight™ II. photo courtesy of Heat & Glo Nothing says “welcome home” like a fire crackling in the fireplace. ...
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Making The Most of the Lay Of The Land
On the side of a Maryland home, a raised bed of herbs and local flowers gives way to an indigenous lawn punctuated with sprays of wild buttercups and, beyond, native maple and pine.     This landscape wisely groups plants that prefer to have their feet wet closer to the run-off, ...
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Planning for Pets
For many families, pets contribute some of the feelings of warmth and comfort they associate with their homes. More than half of all U.S. households have a pet of some kind. According to a survey done by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, these homes include 77.6 million cats and ...
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Silence Is Golden
Your home is a factory. It has all the equipment and processes of almost any factory: fans, blowers, pumps, cleaning and laundering, waste disposal, heating and cooling, refrigeration, even accounting. Unlike a factory, your home should also be designed to provide a calm, livable environment – one that maximizes comfort and ...
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Small Bath Makeover
A cascade of glass block provides a sense of separation between the updated stool and a new, smartly angled vanity While low interest rates have kept the homebuilding industry booming, remodeling is also increasing at a rapid rate. It is estimated that more than a million homes per year undergo major ...
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Organized Rear Foyers
Providing Hassle-Free Take Offs A drop zone provides a convenient spot for keys, mail, cell phones and laptops. photo by Ken Guthrie Her Home recently asked women what contributes stress to their daily lives at home. One of the most frequent replies was: “Getting my family out the door on time in ...
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Taking It To The Top
Photos courtesy of Armstrong Decorative Ceilings Today’s ceilings have come a long way from the blank, flat surfaces of the past. Innovative products and creative applications are topping rooms off with character and charm. Gone are the days when ceilings required little thought or planning. There have never been more ...
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The Changing Faces of Concrete
These fireplace surrounds by Sonoma Cast Stone of Sonoma,California, show concrete’s versatility...from sleek Contemporaryto Old World to Southwestern.     Sonoma Cast Stone’s Chef Sink provides fluid lines with functionality. A perforated stainless steel bottom protects the sink from years of pot and pan abrasion. A stainless steel rack slides across the sink. ...
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Transitional Trends
The Best of Both Worlds Simple columns and light fixtures give the transitional home an understated elegance. “Right now, transitional design is probably even hotter than contemporary,” says Marshall Wallman, custom home designer for Design Basics, Inc. “In transitional design, you take the stuffiness out of traditional style and the ...
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