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Let your home library tell the story of your life
These interior designers have strategies for creating personal spaces for reading.
Decorating the mantle for the holidays VIEW
An interior designer shares tips on how she styles fireplaces at home.
Designing a stylish, do-it-all living room
Designers show us how to turn what used to be the most formal area of a home into an inviting, multipurpose space.
Designers are creating new ways to maximize space
Some of the biggest offenders tend to be small appliances like coffee makers and toasters.
When company visits, this study becomes a guest room
They wanted a space to read and relax, but occasionally had an overnight guest. Here’s how they made it work.
Why professional designers swear by supermarket décor VIEW
Add a bit of freshness to your home by dropping by your local supermarket.
It’s hard to beat a cozy window seat in the fall
The best ones have several things in common, according to the pros. Here's how to design yours.
Framing art to 'elevate a piece'
Design experts provide shortcuts — because “budgets don’t always allow for a professional framer.”
How to upgrade your kitchen without actually renovating
You don't have to spend a lot to remake your kitchen. Instead, try these six DIY hacks.
Dress up any room with a vase full of flowers VIEW
It starts in your own backyard (or the tiny container garden on your balcony). Adding a single bloom in a vase is often enough.
Lewis howard latimer biography Lewis Latimer’s Early Years. In the early 1840s, George and Rebecca Latimer fled Virginia, where they had been enslaved. They eventually settled in Chelsea, Massachusetts and had four children. Their youngest, Lewis Howard Latimer, was born on September 4, 1848. But the Latimers’ tragic past eventually caught up with them.