Hanging Three Etched Octangular Mirrors in Dining Room  I have 3 etched octangular mirrors that are 26 inches each. Each of the sides measures 11 inches. I will hang these in the dining area of a great room....

Decorating Above the Mantel  How do you decorate the space above a mantel that has three framed sections (8"x 30"), (16" x 30"), (8"x30") spaced 3" apart. They are like big empty ...

Window Panel Decor  I purchased two sets of panels that I want to put on a bay window. I really love them and don't want to take them back. One set is mainly dark brown ...

Modern Lounge Vibe  I have absolute black granite floors throughout my whole downstairs. I want to go for a very modern, minimalist, lounge sort of vibe. What color should ...

What Animal Print is Best for Me?  I just painted my bedroom a burnt orange color and my comforter is a tan/taupe/khaki color. The bed takes up most of the space in the bedroom, but the ...

Office Hallway  Our office in the hallway has gray tile. We are wondering what color to paint the walls. At present, the main reception is beige with green and black ...

Kitchen Flooring  Wonder if you can help! I recently had a new kitchen installed, which I love. I have chosen cream units, with very dark speckled granite worktops. It ...

Dual Purpose Room Has New Homeowner Stumped  How can I decorate a combined dining/living room without each room losing function, but not over crowding the relatively small space? The only thing I ...

What Color of Furniture and End Tables to Use?  We're building a house and it's an open concept living room to dining room and kitchen just around the corner. Our walls are a greyish-beige and our ceramics ...

Choosing the Right Light Fixture  I have a restored farmhouse in a traditional style. The living room flows into the dining room, and then into the kitchen. All ceiling fixtures can be ...

Hardwood in the Hallway and Bedrooms  Our home is a split level. The main floor (kitchen/living/dining), the stairs, and the hallway outside the bedrooms on the second floor are all the same ...

Where Do You Find Your Pictures?  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE answer this! Where do you find the products of the pictures? I fell IN LOVE! On the teen section with the big orange canopy. Where ...

Paint Color  I purchased Jordan Pond bedding by Nautica. I have no idea what color to paint the room. The carpet is a taupe/beige. Someone recommended Frappe by ...

Wall Color with Black Sofas and Brick Fireplace?  I have a black dining table and black leather sofas, and a red brick fireplace that I want to paint. The room is quite small. What colors do you recommend ...

Wall Color with Red Bed?  Here is a picture of the layout of my room. I CANNOT decide what color to use since my wall space is a bit funky, and my bed is red with a large picture ...

Boring Living Area?  Help! I have picture paneling in my living area with, medium brown hardwood flooring, and my furniture is brown with black end tables and accents. But,...

Color for Teenager Bedroom?  I'm a 14 year old girl and I want to paint my new room. What colors should I use for my bedroom? I want it to look modern and express my personality....

Best Color for Backsplash?  What is the best color backsplash to use with gold high gloss Italian kitchen cabinets and Gold Abyss CaesarStone countertop (this is black with gold flecks)...

Positioning Furniture?  I am redecorating my living room with a new sofa, new loveseat, new chair, 2 new end tables and coffee table. If I put the two sofas perpendicular to ...

Different Hardwood Floors in Connecting Rooms?  Our family room has oak hardwood floors with a light reddish tint to them (about 5 years). This room connects to the living room with a 6 foot opening....

Girly Black Bed Railing?  I have a black metal framed bunk bed. I have a 7yr old granddaughter and was interested in using this for her. The bottom bunk is a double bed. How can ...

Curtains for Family Room?  In my family room I have a set of patio doors with 6 inches between them. This is approximately 157 inches. I would like to have a single width panel ...

Give Kitchen a Facelift?  I would like to give my kitchen a facelift. I am on a very limited budget. I really like French Provincial country design. I have blue counter tops ...

Decorating Bathroom Commode and Sink?  What can I put on the back of my commode (items) to make it look nice, but not too much? Also, what items can I put on my bathroom sink; it too is small....

Bedroom Paint Colors?  If I have a teal, black, and white bedspread, what color should I paint my bedroom?

Giorgina's Answer: The color you paint your bedroom depends on ...

Outdoor Easter Decorations  In an article Feb. 19,2009 on Outdoor Easter Decorations, you featured a photo with a large, standing wood bunny, 3 large Easter eggs and a bunny in a ...

What Paint Color Goes with Black Leather?  We recently bought black leather furniture. We are struggling to find a color that looks good with it. The room is currently yellow and the furniture looks ...

How Do I Select the Correct Chair Style?  I recently purchased a crescent shaped, skirted, sofa. What is the best chair style to complement the sofa?

Giorgina's Answer: With a crescent shaped,...

New Appliances for Kitchen?  My kitchen has barn red paint on walls with red and mustard checker print wallpaper under oak cabinets. My theme is roosters. I need new appliances and ...

Kitchen Cabinet Knobs  My mom is ordering kitchen cabinets. She is getting maple cabinets - ginger is the color - not too dark a brown but not too light. She ordered brushed ...

Combining Contemporary Bedroom Furniture with Antiques?  I am trying to combine two homes. I am working right now on a very small master bedroom. We have black/brown distressed/ straight lines for the bed, dresser ...

Mixing Trim Finishes  Can we have stained trim, doors & windows and painted crown molding in the same room?

Giorgina's Answer: While you can have stained trim, doors, and ...

Bad Paint Color  we have painted a room upstairs that we use as a computer room. The color is tuscan russet by Behr. It is semi gloss paint and we have wall to wall turquoise ...

How to Make Round Balls for Wedding?  I need help on where to start to make round balls for a wedding. We'd like them to be about 6-10" round, covered in red roses. We plan to attach them ...

Wall Color in Living Room?  I have a dark blue leather corner suite and yellow walls with glass and silver furniture. I want to change my wall color; have you any ideas?

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Rental with 70's Paneling  We have a rental with 1970s paneling and teal wall-to-wall carpeting. That might say it all. In addition, there is no entry hall, and it has an open ...

Decorating a Basement Bedroom  Our bedroom is in a basement; two walls are cement block and two walls are drywall. There are two glass block windows. Can you give me decorating suggestions?...

Beach Theme  My husband wants our kitchen to have a beach theme. Maybe yellow walls. I want dark marbled tile counter tops. How can we combine what we want and our ...

Lighten a Room with Dark Paneling?  I live in a house I rent at the beach. It has dark rough wood paneling and a high ceiling with dark beams. The owners have asked that we not change the ...

Soft Top Draperies?  How are the soft-top draperies made? I do not understand the statement commenting on the picture of soft-top draperies.

Giorgina's Answer: With so ...

Bookshelves in Sunroom?  Is it a good idea to have bookshelves in a sunroom? Or do you think it would take the ‘sunroom feeling’ away?

Giorgina's Answer: Yes, you can definitely ...

Stain Flooring to Match Walnut Laminate?  I'm just looking for advice on flooring. We recently put a nice walnut colored laminate in our basement and the walls are in two shades of blue (light ...

Thomas Kinkade Painting in Asian Room?  I love the Asian style and like Thomas Kinkade paintings. Would it be possible to hang a Thomas Kinkade painting in an Asian style living room?

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Door Frame Paint Color?  The interior walls in my home are a pale beige color and the doors and door frames are white.  I like the contrast of the white, but in time, it yellows ...

How to Decorate a Sunroom?  I have a vaulted sunroom with thirteen 33˝" (width) x 64" (length) windows along with transom windows. The room is more of a rectangle and the only wall ...

Italian Table Decor?  My church is hosting a Worldfest Day and I have to decorate a table highlighting Italy. I don't know where to start. Can you help?

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Best Plants for Family Entertaining?  What plants are best with what color when it comes to family and only family entertaining?

Giorgina's Answer: It is a nice gesture on your part ...

Corner Wall Above Fireplace?  What can you suggest for my corner wall above a corner fireplace with a mantel? The walls are white and so is the mantel. There is dark hardwood in this ...

Make a Fireplace Cozy?  We may be moving back into our previous house (we bought a new house, but haven't sold the other one yet...and may end up back there). The one thing I ...

Wall Art Stencil?  How do I have a wall art stencil made?

Giorgina's Answer: You can purchase wall art stencils that are precut or you can have them custom made. They ...

Black Couch with Brown Seats?  Can I put a black leather couch with a pair of brown leather seats They are the same type of leather (smooth, tight seamed).

Giorgina's Answer: Yes,...

Furnishing a Hotel to Rent Out?  I am furnishing a 700 sq ft apt in the modern Shangri-La hotel to be rented out. It has chocolate hardwood floors in the living area. I was thinking ...

Outdoor Easter Brunch Decorations?  I am hosting an Easter brunch this year and we are having it in our backyard. Can you please offer some ideas for outdoor decorations?

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Coffee Table Moving on Area Rug?  I have a coffee table in my den that sits on top of an area rug. The coffee table is constantly moving. Is there anything I can put under its legs to ...

Where to Put Litterbox?  I live in a studio and space is limited. I recently adopted a kitty from the pound and the litter box is in the bathroom. I don’t know where to put it ...

What to Do with an Ottoman?  I live in a small apartment and recently purchased a coffee table and a microfiber ottoman. Since I have a table, what should I do with the ottoman?

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Roller Shade with Palm Tree Image?  I am looking for a company that can do a roller shade with a palm tree image 22" x 46" for a walk-in closet/dressing room. Can you help?

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Paint Pine Wood?  I have light tan pine tongue and groove wood throughout my house everywhere - the bath cabinets, walls, kitchen cabinets, walls behind the cabinets, and ...

Christmas Dessert Recipes?  Do you have a good dessert recipe for Christmas that looks pretty and easy to make?
 
I want to impress my wife this Christmas and I am not a good ...

Crooked Picture Frames?  How do I get my hanging picture frames to stay in place? It seems that every time I turn around, they are crooked again.

Giorgina's Answer: Crooked ...

Colors for Bathroom Shower?  We have a bathroom dilemma. We currently have black marble tile flooring with a white tile tub and shower. The flooring tile is small squares. Our vanity ...

Christmas Mantel Decorations?  I am in need of some ideas for decorating my mantel for Christmas. It is a 9 ft. mantel and I have always had a hard time deciding what to do with it.

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Resin Garden Stepping Stones?  Do you know which garden stepping stones I should go with – resin or slate? I like these solar ones, but they are made from resin and I am worried that ...

Traditional Remote Control Holder?  My mother gave me an oak (wooden) remote control holder that looks Country style, but it doesn’t really fit our decor. It has this little blue plaid piece ...

Hardwood Floor Cleaner?  Can you please recommend a good hardwood floor cleaner? We just bought a new house and had cherry hardwood floors put in.
 
Giorgina's Answer: A ...

Bathroom Wall Color?  I have salmon colored ceramic tile floors (the color fades out a bit and is lighter in parts). What would be the best color for the walls (contrasting)...

Western Themed Purse Rack?  My home has a Western theme and I need a creative purse or hanging rack that will fit this style.

Giorgina's Answer: The Western decorating style ...

Old Mirror Makeover?  Do you know how to take an old mirror and give it a makeover?

Giorgina's Answer: Great question! I’ve actually done this myself and saved a bundle....

Outdoor Halloween Prop?  With Halloween around the corner, I am wondering what would make a good prop for the outdoors?

Giorgina's Answer: Halloween is an event that many ...

Round Coffee Table Decor?  I am having a difficult time finding something to display on a round coffee table. Can you give me some ideas?

Giorgina's Answer: It’s happened to ...

Pet Resistant Window Treatments?  We have a beautiful large new home that we have just completed building and many large windows. The house has strong architectural lines and I think the ...

Rug Shape for Round Coffee Table?  What is the best shaped rug to place under a round coffee table? Round or square?

Giorgina's Answer: A rug is a great way to transform your room quickly ...

Dark Floor with Light Walls?  We are doing a beach theme in our basement. However, our floors are already a dark walnut color. My plan is to have a soft/muted white wainscoting. Will ...

Porcelain Lamps with Transitional Bedroom?  Can I mix Italian porcelain figurine lamps with a transitional bedroom?

Giorgina's Answer: Although Italian porcelain figurine lamps are very lovely,...

Convert Iron Bin to Coffee Table?  I have a rectangular industrial cast iron bin that I'd like to convert to coffee table. Its size is 20.5"w x 33"l x 22"h. This includes a .75" rim/rolled ...

French Country and Tuscan Kitchen?  Can I combine French Country and Tuscan in a kitchen? I love both French Country and Tuscan decor. I know you can combine several styles throughout a ...

Bunk Bed or Sofa for Guest Room?  Should I buy a bunk bed or a sofa sleeper for the guest room? It gets used as a guest room a couple of times a year. Which one do you think would be a ...

Area Rugs with Tropical Theme?  Can you tell me what area rugs will work best with a Tropical theme?

Giorgina's Answer: The area rugs that work well with the Tropical theme are ...

Moroccan Furniture with Gold Paint?  I recently bought a house in which the previous owners painted the master bedroom a soft gold color, and I do not want to go through the expense of re-...

Rustic, Relaxing Bedroom Ideas?  My bedroom is not very large and I don’t know how to make it into a relaxing retreat. I like the Rustic type look. Do you have any suggestions as to what ...