A successful dining room layout involves more than placing a table in the middle of the room and calling it a day. Whether you are designing a formal dining room or a dining area in an open-concept ...

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Lamps in all shapes and sizes can be used to recast the feel of a room, brighten dark corners and illuminate your treasures. By Tim McKeough Lighting can have a dramatic effect on the way a room looks ...

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Not all living rooms are winners. Some of them have too many doors, an off-center fireplace, and other awkward layout problems. However, don't give up on these spaces—interior designers run into ...

A successful lighting design combines a number of light sources at different levels of the room. Add layers of light from a number of types of fixtures that can be used together or separately for a ...

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