Design Giggles – Bar Stool Pickup Lines!

About Donna Hoffman, The Interior Design Advocate™ Author of the popular home design system, The Decorating Genius System – 7 Simple Steps to a Great Interior, Donna is the country’s foremost consumer advocates in interior design in addition to being an award winning designer herself. “Using my design systems and strategies, I help people…

Interior Decorating After a Divorce

Whether you are moving out into your own place for the first time – or the first time in a long time (divorce) – here are some words of Interior Design Advocate wisdom to help you smooth the path. Keep your sofa small – 72” is an easy size to move from place to place,…

Design Giggles: Pillow Talk

Banish The Ugly Home Office Desk Chair

What do you do in a beautiful home office when it comes to selecting the desk chair? Do you go for a very comfortable, but fairly ugly and utilitarian-looking desk chair – OR – do you go for a very beautiful arm chair that is basically impractical and uncomfortable to sit in while working a…

Design Giggles: The Power of Pinterest

Great Go-to Accessory: The Room Screen

I’m a sucker for a good room screen. Whether used for their initially intended purpose (thank you, Japan!) to divide large open space floor plans into more intimately manageable parts, to provide privacy, or simply to act as room art – you can’t ever seem to go wrong with a room screen! Here are a…

Design Giggles: Shades of Beige

Decorating for Couples

Decorating alone is stressful enough…but it only gets more complicated when you add a spouse or partner. Here are some great tips on how to design together. About Donna Hoffman, The Interior Design Advocate™ Author of the popular home design system, The Decorating Genius System – 7 Simple Steps to a Great Interior, Donna…

30 Minute Corner Makeover

Decorating Lovers, help is here. Ever look at one spot in your nest and think “#$@!, this spot is making me crazy?” Even if you didn’t use a hashtag and dollar sign in your expletive, I know too well that exasperated feeling that comes due to some “nails-on-a-chalkboard spot” in your kitchen, your living room…

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