Decorating With Color

What's your favorite color? Try these easy ways to incorporate a vibrant splash into your home decor.

Color Story

How to Design a Modern Living Room
Three easy-to-apply tricks for creating a beautiful space.

Decorating With Stripes
17 easy ways to incorporate this graphic pattern into your décor.

Color Know-How

Decorating With Blue
There’s no easier hue to work with than blue, in all its warm and cool tones.

Decorating With Purple
From lavender to plum, the range of this color is as wide as its appeal.

Budget Decorating Checklist

Expert design blogger Holly Becker of decor8blog.com shares budget-friendly tips.

• Paint a piece of furniture that needs freshening up. A new color can make a dramatic difference. Head to a home store or local paint shop and ask where they keep cans of paints that customers didn’t end up taking, or ones that have been returned due to incorrect color choices. You can walk away with an entire gallon for a quarter of the price.

  Related: Easy Paint Makeovers

• Paint one wall. Use a color you love that you aren't daring enough to use in an entire room.
• Scout unexpected places for furniture deals. If a hotel, restaurant, or even a Laundromat is going out of business, ask if they have anything they'd like to get rid of. Think light fixtures, tables, chairs, and other unique finds.

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