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Mirror Magic: 10 Ways of Using Mirrors to Your Design Advantage
Look to mirrors for stylish appeal and practical value in every room of the house.
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10 Great Ways to Grow Your Walls Green
Add life—literally!—to an interior space with a visually stunning vertical wall garden.
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10 Home Accessories You Should Never Buy
Certain home accessories should be left at the store when you are decorating or home staging your home. Let's take a loo...
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26 Relaxing Green Living Room Ideas
Green brings a soothing element to any space.By using a range of tones in this living room, it prevents clashes and bri...
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Trending Now: Classic Red
The color of the year may be emerald green, but in February—it's undeniably red. Browse ten classic products forever linked to the bold and powerful color of love.
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45 Ravishing Red Rooms
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we're seeing the color red just about everywhere—in our homes perhaps mo...
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How To: Bring the World's Most Romantic Color into the Home
As Valentine's Day approaches, the color red becomes more and more apparent in our homes. Red roses, red hearts on Va...
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How To: Make Tabletop Topiaries
The sculpture of plants, or topiary, has been a gardening practice for centuries. The precise designs achieved throug...
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Trending Now: Emerald Green
Accent your home with the trendiest bold hue of today, 2013's emerald green color.
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Bob Vila Radio: Mirror Placement
If the end of the year is a time for reflection, don't underestimate the power of a well-placed mirror to enhance you...
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10 Things to Do with... Cross-Cut Trees
Cross-sections of a tree branch are all that keep you away from a house full of one-of-a-kind rustic, woodsy decor.
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Hanging Mistletoe at Christmas
After decking the halls and decorating the tree, there’s only one thing left to do—hang mistletoe. By doing so, you a...
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A Brief History of Nutcrackers
These fancifully painted fellows herald the holiday season in grand style. Slideshow: Nutcrackers on ParadeBefore the...
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O, Christmas Tree—O, Variety
Every year, I look forward to picking out the Christmas tree with my husband and daughters. He does the shaking and t...
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Feather Trees: Yesterday's Christmas Decor, Today
A century-old tradition, these artificial Christmas trees continue to charm homeowners and DIY enthusiasts alike. Lik...
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Trending Now: Pineapple Design Motifs
From table lamps to finials, the centuries-old pineapple design motif is enjoying renewed popularity.
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Tabletop Christmas Trees for the Holiday Season
Choosing a live evergreen to serve as your Christmas tree brings a fresh scent and a bit of the outdoors into your ho...
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It’s All In The Details—Pineapple Style
It is fascinating to observe how something becomes a global icon. Consider how everyone in every country seems to kno...
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Bob Vila Radio: Holiday Room Staging
Even if you're not selling your house, taking some of the tips professional home stagers give their clients can be es...
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Make a Statement with Your Mirror
Mirrors come in a full range of shapes and styles and can fit easily into any decor. But if you really want to make a...
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Trending Now: Acanthus Leaf Designs
While its heritage is centuries old, the graceful acanthus leaf remains a fashionable design motif for all time.
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It’s All In The Details—Acanthus Leaves
Leaves are very much on my mind these days, what with all of the raking, blowing, bagging and mulching that goes alon...
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The Greek Key: 10 Trendy Uses for This Classic Design Motif
If you didn’t know the Greek key motif before, you’re now sure to recognize this geometric pattern in a wealth of home design applications.
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It's All in the Details—The Greek Key
Sometimes a motif gets stuck in your mind and then suddenly you start seeing it everywhere. One classic architectural...
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18 Reasons to Fall for Faux Bois
With the growing popularity of natural and organic elements in home design, one classic type of decor has gotten the ...
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20 "Why Didn't I Think of That" Ways to Decorate with Rope
'Knot' just for sailing fanatics or decorating summer beach houses anymore, rope has found its way into homes of ever...
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Fail-Safe Colors
Color experts share personal favorites and offer tips for finding a paint color that you will love for years.
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Quick Tip: Decorating Ideas that Won't Break the Bank
Follow these simple steps to spruce up your home and create a warm welcome for family and guests alike.
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How To: Decorate a Loft
Wide open spaces in lofts offer extensive opportunities—and unique challenges—for expressing your creativity. Designers and loft owners share their tips for space...
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Color Trends 2012: Top Forecasters Weigh In
What’s color got to do with it? Everything, according to top forecasters!
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Shades of Green
Most days we celebrate the rainbow, but on St. Patrick's Day it's all about green!
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Toiles Go Contemporary
Historic fabrics known for their scenic depictions now tell more modern tales.
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10 Ways to Bring Historic Style Home
Period details are not a thing of the past with today's stylish reproductions.
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Improve Feng Shui in the Home
Bring Eastern theory and Western lifestyle together to increase the feng shui in your home and life.
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Interior Design for a Florida Home
Bob tours the finished house and learns how they developed the design scheme.
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Kitchenware for Easy Living and Stylish Outdoor Furniture and Grill
Bob tours the open-plan family room and meets with Cecile to discuss cookware and accessories. Then he meets Meg Tarvin they move to the poolside lanai and the f...
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Planning the Decor
Bob meets with Darren Brown and Jonathan Adler to discuss the interior design of the penthouse apartment, which Adler envisions being a casual space, enhanced by ...
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Touring the Jonathan Adler Soho Boutique
Jonathan Adler invites Bob into his Soho boutique, which features an eclectic collection of furniture and housewares. Many pieces from the store will be used in t...
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Reviewing the Penthouse Living Area & Kitchen
Bob surveys the interior decorating of the penthouse apartment, as well as the top-quality materials and appliances in the kitchen. Also, Bob learns about the dif...
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Reviewing the Penthouse Bedroom & Office
Bob tours the bedroom and office, rooms which have been designed by Jonathan Adler and Darren Brown, who explain their aesthetic choices.
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Seeking Design Ideas for the Miami Condo
DD Allen shows off her updated 600-square-foot retreat in downtown Miami. By removing interior dividing walls, Allen has converted her one-bedroom into a studio. ...
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Wall Stenciling, Continued
Artisan Ken Forcier are applying the second "layer" of the stencil he's using to decorate in the parlor of the modern Colonial.
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Selecting and Installing Window Treatments
Bob and interior designer Leslie Curtis discuss the window treatments in this episode, while Kevin Murphy (from Smith + Noble) finishes up installation of the com...
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Shaker-Style Mural Painting
Bob checks in with artist Polly Forcier (from MB Historic Decor) for an update on the decorative painting in the modern Colonial project home.
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Vermont-Style Interior Decorating
Bob tours the first floor of the farmhouse with interior designer Regina Lawrence, who points out many of the Vermont touches that have been included in the home.
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Reviewing Satellite Dish Features and the Master Bedroom
Bob experiences the Panasonic Replay TV with the show-stopper feature and he tours the master bedroom suite, admiring the space, scope, and the view.
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Installing Carpet in the Bedroom
Carpenter Bob Ryley goes over a bedroom carpet installation.
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Decorative Painting Techniques With B. Smith
Decorator B. Smith paint a lavender stripe pattern on a bedroom wall.
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Tour of the Finished Interior Decor with B. Smith
Decorator B. Smith joins Bob to show him around the interior decor of the Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build project home in Yonkers, NY.
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Reviewing the Interior Design Upstairs
Bob tours the finished upstairs, paying special attention to the interior design of the various rooms.
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Interior Decorating
Charleston, SC interior designer Carolyn Griffen joins Bob on a final tour of the house, and Guy Walters (from Thomasville) gives details on the Thomasville Hemin...
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Final Tour of the Completed Interior
Charleston, SC interior designer Carolyn Griffen joins Bob for a final tour of the completed interior.
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Making and Hanging Silk Drapes
At the Virginia governor's mansion, some gorgeous silk drapes are being hung in the ballroom. Next, Bob visits the shop where the drapes are made.
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Master Bedroom Interior Design
Bob takes a look at the master bedroom and talks with the interior designer. The two discuss the window treatments, new bedroom furniture, his and her closets, an...
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House Redecorating
Bob walks through the family room with the homeowners and the interior designer. In addition to decor, the group discusses the final budget.
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Interior Decorating the Federal-Style Home
Finishes are completed on the 1800s Federal-style home in Charleston, SC, and the interior design is underway as the owners finally move back in from the carriage...
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Decorating the Home
Bob meets with the decorator, Robyn Peterson, to discuss furnishings for the "little cabin in the woods".
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Interior Design and Touring a Fabric Store
Bob shows the beach house to interior designer Robyn Peterson, who takes Bob shopping for fabrics. She suggests natural materials and earthy colors, as well as hi...
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Touring the Cabin's Interior Decor
Bob tours the cabin with the interior designer, Robyn Peterson. Under Robyn's direction, the mantle has been painted with a faux birch bark look, and the furnitur...
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Butcher Block Countertop and Crackle Painting
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley install a butcher block countertop in the kitchen, and decorator Robyn Peterson shows Bob how to create a "crackle" finish.
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Interior Design Finishing Touches
The interior design finishing touches have come together to create an original, romantic, and functional effect, all within a relatively small space.
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Victorian-Style Wallpaper
The wallpaper installers, Jim and Tracy Matheson, show Bob how wallpaper is measured, cut, and applied.
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Touring the Designed Interior
Bob tours the furnished, decorated Martha's Vineyard Victorian project house. The designer has sourced pieces from antique stores, salvage yards, second hand stor...
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Touring the Home Addition
The designer shows Bob around the addition, pointing out certain highlights, such as the breezeway with exposed studs and the Victorian-influenced lighting design...
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Window Blind Installation
Bob takes a tour of the Wayland project house as finishing touches are being put on, including honeycomb window blinds.
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Furniture Shopping
Bob goes furniture shopping at Sears with the homeowners and an interior designer. The homeowners pick out furniture for the dining room and family room.
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Final Tour of the Interior, Part 1
Bob continues his final tour of the complete Wayland project house with the interior designer, who explains the thought process behind the furniture and color pal...
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Final Tour of the Interior, Part 2
Bob takes a final tour through the nursery, office, kitchen, and family room.
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Selecting and Hanging Wallpaper
The interior decorating process has begun. Bob receives some tips on selecting and hanging wallpaper.
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Choosing a Living Room Carpet
Bob looks around for a well-priced living room carpet.
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Touring the Interior
Bob tours the newly furnished and appointed Plymouth project house with the interior designer. Throughout, there is a mix of formal and informal pieces, which all...
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Reviewing the Interior Design
Bob meets with the interior design to discuss her vision for the house-- a combination of country style with antique French accents, such as the reproduction chai...
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Cutting the Valance Pattern
Bob helps contractor Al Stiles build a jig valance over the kitchen window to match the decorative style of the kitchen hutch.
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Decorating the Cottage Interior
Bob joins the interior designer for a shopping trip. The designer aims to achieve a comfortable 1940s vintage look. Bob and the designer also visit an upholstery ...
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Touring the Decorated Interior
Bob tours the gorgeous interior of the completed Cape Cod project house with decorator Ann Hill.
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Redesigned Dining Room Tour
Bob and the homeowners look at the newly redesigned dining room. Kara Roberts from Smith & Noble joins to review the selections made for window coverings, and Bob...
 
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