12+ Modern & Timeless Floor-to-Ceiling Bookshelves That Add Depth to Your Home!

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Do you NEED floor-to-ceiling bookshelves for your room(s)? A tall built-in or even cleverly-done DIY bookshelf can solve a heap of visual AND functional problems in your home! How? We'll show you! To Bookshelf vs not To Bookshelf, that is the question!🤓 Bookshelves are can add warmth and depth, but they're also notoriously busy and cluttered-looking. Yet people continue to build them, want them, and search online for examples of where a bookshelf (or two,…

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Awkward & Long Living Room Layout: 15+ Genius Design Ideas (With TV, Fireplace or Without)!

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Looking for a genius solution for your awkward and/or weirdly long living room layout? I'm a professional layout designer sharing my long living room layout ideas (plus exactly how to arrange furniture in an awkwardly-shaped living room)! Need help finding the perfect solution to your weird-shaped, awkward, narrow and/or long living room design? An awkward living room layout can be a huge pain—or a huge asset for you! The difference? It comes down to how…

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White Kitchen Backsplash Ideas: The Only 7 Types You (Actually) Need!

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Looking for THE ultimate list of white kitchen backsplash ideas? I'm a professional designer who's taken the 100,000s of ideas the internet throws at you and simplified them into The Only 7 Categories You Need! (Simplify your life! 😎 ) Clients constantly come to me almost crying because of backsplashes. Let me rephrase: they're nearly in tears because of their attempts to choose a kitchen backsplash from alllllll the ideas and products out there! I…

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Home Layout + Design Strategy: Save Your Time, Save Your Life! (Get 1000s of Hours Back!)

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We've made thousands of strategic decisions in the design of our home. And while I've outlined many of them in the posts by room and subject, let's look at an example of how much time just one simple change saves you over time. Let's look at something as simple as the placement of a doorway. (We're currently living in a European home where their doorways are not in the most optimal positions, so I've experienced…

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Kitchen Island Height: 3 Genius Reasons to AVOID the Standard Tall Dimensions!

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If you're looking for kitchen island height dimensions, adding an island or wondering what the standard average height is, I encourage you to first STOP and THINK!😊 Step #1: Don't assume the standard kitchen island height is for you! Why? Matt and I design strategically-laid-out kitchens for clients all over the world! We'll answer this below, plus popular questions like "How tall should a kitchen island be?" "Should a kitchen island be the same height…

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Off White Kitchen Cabinets Ideas: 7 Genius Pros & Cons!

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Looking for cream or off-white kitchen cabinets versus a pure white? We're sharing the 7 pros and cons you need to know for a modern antique paint (plus our top 5 off-white cabinet colors)! To go with a bright white versus a cream kitchen cabinets color...THAT is the question! :) You need to be just as particular about choosing your off-white or modern-antique white kitchen cabinet colors as you would be about choosing a pure…

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Rug Size for Queen Bed: The Only 7 Rules You (Absolutely) Need!

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Looking for the ideal rug size size for queen bed in your room? Wondering what size rug for queen bed will look not just okay but best? I'm simplifying the "internet rug misinformation" for you ;)...here are the only 7 "rules" you actually need to pay attention to!👇 As if finding the perfect rug isn't hard enough... ...too many sites tell you the "wrong" rug size for under queen beds!😮 To start, those standard online…

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A Super-Quick DIY Zipline Platform (With or Without Trees!)

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Wondering how to build a zipline platform—with ease? (This is Part 2, after the installation of our zipline.) When we first installed our zipline, we hadn't even thought about adding a simple zipline platform for it. (We were probably faaaaaaar too excited about the zipline itself to worry about such trivialities. See how we installed our backyard zipline HERE!) However, as the weeks and months rolled on, the ladder we had to pull out for…

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15+ Stunning Arched Bookcase Ideas: Project Peek!

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Later today, I'll be convincing one of our clients that she needs arched bookshelves... ...and I feel ECSTATIC about it because it's so the right thing to do in so many homes! Including yours, perhaps? ;) I'll share with you 15 of my recommended designs, but in the end you can only choose one! (Unless you're doing it in multiple rooms/various uses but that's another topic about designing with variety and depth!) Take a look…

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The Only 7 Office Guest Room Ideas You (Actually) Need to Know About!

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Looking for smart home office guest room ideas? Or maybe you're wondering how on earth you can maximize your room that serves as a guest room office? As a professional in room layout & flow, I've collected the 7 categories you can choose from here today! (PS: See what we chose HERE!) We had limited (some might call it zero) space for a guest bed, let alone an entire guest bedroom. Sure, we had what…

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