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Homework Furniture

Homework FurnitureHomework Furniture As the school year gets underway, you may be noticing the living room getting increasingly littered with lined notebook paper, pencils, and books with titles like The People of Armenia and Fun with Fractions. The first question of course is whether or not your kids are studying. Once you've...

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
Views: 94


How to Photograph Interiors

How to Photograph InteriorsHow to Photograph Interiors We all take lots of pictures indoors, and today's handy on-camera flash units make it easy to make good photographs indoors. But for most amateurs, the subject isn't the indoor space itself; instead, it is one or more people-family or friends, perhaps at a party or celebrating a holiday. Or else, a baby, or the...

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
Views: 84


It's the Little Things

It's the Little ThingsIt's the Little Things Still running on exhaustion from the holidays? Is it showing in your living space? And for the thorough interior designers (which all Sheffield students surely are), how are your clients' living spaces keeping up? In an effort to create home decorating which is not only aesthetically pleasing but also appeases your..

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
Views: 102


Lacquerware

LacquerwareLacquerware Have you ever noticed the mood of a high-quality Chinese, Japanese, or other Asian restaurant? How is that delicate, soothing feeling accomplished? It's not just the music that's playing and the hush that falls over the table when all conversation ceases because you're concentrating on trying to use chopsticks. In Chinese and...

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
Views: 98


Light and Airy Living Room

Light and Airy Living RoomLight and Airy Living Room In much of the United States the month of November is synonymous with dark and dreary, so it's fitting that the Room of the Month is this light and airy living room that calls up a feeling of bright optimism. This living room could be in a summer home on Cape Cod or a year-round beach house in Florida...

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
Views: 117


Lovely Lilac

Lovely LilacLovely Lilac Q: I would love to paint my walls lilac, and already have a great table set for my bedroom. What color carpet would work well, considering that these tables are cast iron, with very dark tinted glass tops? Also, what type of, and what color dresser and desk will work best? It seems to me that black would work best, but will...

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
Views: 100


Minimalist Living Room

Minimalist Living RoomMinimalist Living Room Here at Sheffield, when we analyze a room, we look at it in terms of the Sheffield Three Guidelines of Interior Design: function, mood and harmony. In this room, what stands out most, and immediately, is the mood. This room emanates calm and peace; it's as tranquil as a clear still lake on a breezeless summer...

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
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Murphy Beds

Murphy BedsMurphy Beds Q: I've finally found a dream apartment in an old deco building, with a terrific view in a great neighborhood. The only trouble is, it's a studio apartment. It once had a Murphy bed but now just has bare empty walls. Do I have to get a sleeper sofa, or does anyone still make Murphy beds? A: There are so many great things for...

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
Views: 96


Quick Bedroom Pickup

Quick Bedroom PickupQuick Bedroom Pickup Q: My nit-picky sister will be here for her annual visit next month, and she'll stay in our guest room again. In the past year, I haven't done a thing with this room except throw the household junk in it. Right now, there's a guest bed buried under a heap of clothes from the dryer, an old green wicker rocking chair, a...

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
Views: 89


Screen Gems

Screen GemsScreen Gems Q: With my rather enormous extended family coming for the holidays, I need an extra room � or ten! How can I provide a little privacy for my houseguests when two sisters are sharing the guestroom, my brother's on the living room sofa, and there are kids all over the place? A:Oh, the joys of holiday visiting. Do you think they'd...

 

Fri Oct 11 2002
Views: 90


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