How to Make Your Home Feel Like a Cozy Weekend Getaway

via MyDomaine.com - The modern farmhouse décor style has seen a resurgence in recent years. Visions of loungey and lofty spaces with pitched roofs, reclaimed beams, deep cozy sofas, and small antique pieces are enough to make each of us want to buy a cabin in the woods and retreat from city life forever. Maybe it's the Nancy Meyers movie… Continue reading How to Make Your Home Feel Like a Cozy Weekend Getaway

4 Foolproof Ways to Fit Decluttering Into Your Schedule Today

Decluttering isn’t always on everyone’s list for spring cleaning — it’s not really a cleaning task is it? But if your main goal is feeling like your home is refreshed and renewed, then taking some time to purge and organize is certainly a step in the right direction. I’m afraid to tell you that there’s no single… Continue reading 4 Foolproof Ways to Fit Decluttering Into Your Schedule Today

Benjamin Moore Reveals Its 2018 Color of the Year

“The whole thing is about being a detective,” says Benjamin Moore director of strategic design intelligence Ellen O’Neill as she spreads her case files (a stack of newspaper clippings, tear sheets, and various ephemera bound with a velvet ribbon) across a table at New York mainstay the Odeon. Each year O’Neill and her team of… Continue reading Benjamin Moore Reveals Its 2018 Color of the Year

This Popular Designer Couple Just Launched a Chic Shop on Amazon Prime

Getting HGTV-approved interior decor has never been so easy, thanks to the duo behind The Novogratz. Robert and Cortney Novogratz have recently paired up with Amazon to give decor-lovers and Amazon Prime fans alike a seamlessly chic shopping experience with their new storefront. The Novogratz Amazon shop is filled with 150 pieces of furniture, art, lighting,… Continue reading This Popular Designer Couple Just Launched a Chic Shop on Amazon Prime

The 5 Things Interior Designers Always Notice in Your Home

Wouldn’t it be so nice to know what an interior designer actually notices in your home? Having this information would make it that much easier when you clean or decorate new spaces, or even when you decide what to renovate and what to leave as is. It can be somewhat difficult to take a critical… Continue reading The 5 Things Interior Designers Always Notice in Your Home

Declutter (In a Big Way!)

I recently moved to a new place, and most of my things came with me. The moving process gave me a much-needed opportunity to survey the things I own and decide if I wanted to keep them and bring them to the new place, or find a new home for them (which, yeah, includes the trash can… Continue reading Declutter (In a Big Way!)

More Homes Sold, Fewer Available

via The New York Times - According to data from the National Association of Realtors, the number of existing homes sold in 2016 was the highest in a decade: 5.45 million single-family houses, townhouses, condominiums and co-ops were sold, up 3.8 percent from 5.25 million in 2015. The previous high, in 2006, was 6.48 million. All but the… Continue reading More Homes Sold, Fewer Available

More millennials buying homes without parents’ help

Younger homeowners are increasingly buying first homes, without the Bank of Mom and Dad. Sometimes they go it alone out of a desire for independence; sometimes it’s a reflection of their parents’ financial realities. Whatever the reason, area real estate agents say the trend speaks well of millennial homebuyers. According to the National Association of Realtors, millennials were the… Continue reading More millennials buying homes without parents’ help