What is the Best Interior Paint Brand to Use?

Here’s a great question from one of my readers – I call them TIDA Peeps – about which paint brand to use. There are many great ones, but I highlight a couple here for you. Which brands work best for you? Tell me your favorites in the comments section.

Interior Design Showhouse DIY Decorating Ideas

The Kips Bay Showhouse 2015 was a real treat to see. In addition to marveling at the incredibly well nuanced spaces produced by the leading design minds practicing today, this year’s house also offered a few wonderful flourishes any Decorating Lover can do herself. Here are my top 3 easy picks for you to enjoy.…

2 Tips for Lower Cost Dining Room Furniture

Need dining room furniture, but can’t afford the quality you want? Here are 2 great ideas for keeping your budget down when buying dining room furniture. Let me know what you think of these tips. We’d love to hear your comments or questions!

How to Recut an Ugly Sofa

So listen, I’m the girl who was very nicely asked to stay out of a wood shop in college and was told, not once but twice and in two different sewing workrooms, “Thanks but no thanks. Please look but don’t touch.” My talent is clearly in designing things, not in the actual “making” of things.…

How to Get Rid of Home Envy

Ever walk into a friend’s or acquaintance’s home and say to yourself, “This house is gorgeous! Why don’t I have that?” Envy no more! Here are some great tips to get the home you want. About Donna Hoffman, The Interior Design Advocate™ Author of the popular home design system, The Decorating Genius System…

Facelift Your Home with Flowers

Need help giving your room an easy quick facelift? Use flowers! 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…

Furniture Facelifts: Re-Upholstering Magic!

Want to see proof that re-upholstering something has a HUGE impact on it’s “fab” looking factor? Take a look at the power of a fabric to change the total vibe of a piece: This round ottoman went from dated to divinely chic: Here we reupholstered ONLY the back of this dining chair to give it…

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,…

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…

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…

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