Newsflash! Accessorizing rooms is the most misunderstood, under-utilized and mis-used decorating tool for 98% of wise, talented women. Raise your hand if you’ve ever tried to save a room with accessories? Show of hands if you’ve ever re-arranged the same room’s accessories over and over? Girlfriend, drop ALL those accessories in your arms. Time to…
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Category: Furniture Tips
You know that expression: hindsight is 20-20? Sure, it’s true, but it becomes truly painful when it comes to the feeling like you got screwed on a furniture purchase by a furniture store. There are some great furniture retailers out there – both online and bricks and mortar. But my lovelies, the mission-critical innuendo in…
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This month, we created a high-end home office that captures the sleek, urban aesthetic of the devil in Prada herself, Miranda Priestly. A glass top desk and a black leather desk chair are paired together on one side of the space. Across the room sits a stylish tufted white leather sofa and pair of…
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Whether you’re in the middle of a design project or eager to start one, decorating stress can creep in when you least expect it. To give you the strength to conquer your anxiety and get back on track to design fabulousness, we’ve rounded up four of our favorite timeless TIDA blogs all about how to…
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Listen up TIDA Peeps! You don’t need to limit yourself to interior design resources when looking for room inspiration. This month, we drew inspiration from a red carpet ensemble to create a bold bedroom worth swooning over! We began the space by coating the walls in a soft grey hue and hanging graphic black and…
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Hey Design Lovers, I feel your pain. Purchasing furniture is a pain in the wallet. You decide to FINALLY tackle redoing your “fill-in-the–blank” room, but you tally your purchasing list and aesthetics goals the sinking realization hits: You hate your furniture. Now what? Tossing it all and starting from scratch may not make sense for…
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Not sure what the stork has in store for you? This nursery forgoes your typical blue and pink decor to create a bold space perfect for a little boy OR girl! We began by selecting a crib and dresser combo with clean, mid-century modern lines. Across the room, we added a stylish rocker in rich,…
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An important guidepost here at TIDA is not simply the predictable adage “Buyer Beware.” Instead we favor empowering Design Lovers to be Wise Design Lovers, so our guidance on any design spending is always: “Buyer Be Aware.” In this blog post, we hope to protect you, your family and your friends by spreading the word…
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Here are three simple, low cost ways to break up that matchy matchy look in your home!
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Hear ye, hear ye all Design Lovers: Lowest cost leather furniture is basically crap tied in a bow. You may as well run your money through a paper shredder now and get the pain over with. ABC news in Chicago reported on complaints from trusting furniture consumers about leather furniture that began flaking and peeling…
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