Category: Decorating Articles

20 Warm Gray Paint Colors That Everyone Can Love The warm gray paint colors obsession has been with us for at least a decade and while its days may be numbered, it doesn’t look like it is any time soon. Many feel that gray is too stark and cold, but warm gray paint colors have…

Arts and Crafts five-bed home with private path to Cornish beach hits market for £2.85m Perran Cove is a stunning five-bedroom property which overlooks the world-renowned sailing waters of Helford River in Cornwall and features 1.3 acres of gardens and a private path to a little known beach. Read More…

Black and White Curtains for Every Room: A Study in Contrast Black and white curtains are a lesson that opposites do attract. Together, these colors create an unexpected harmony. This is why they are popular in modern design trends, and also the reason they are a classic choice for any room.   Curtains are a foundation……

oil paintings & studies from my break During my winter break, I really wanted to get back into the habit of oil painting most days if not every day.  In the late summer, early fall, I didn’t have very much time to paint and I found it difficult to make it a priority.  Even when…

A-Frame House Designs – For A Simple Yet Unforgettable Look The A-frame house has a distinctive shape that is unmistakable. It is called an A-frame house because the roof, which covers the entire house, looks like the letter “A”. These homes have an aesthetically pleasing shape and are affordable to build. Further, it… Read More…

450 Years of Houses in the United States The history of architecture is made up of demographic, cultural, and social changes. In its relatively short history, American architecture has evolved with changes in the country, representing the catalog of various cultural influences that make up the Unite… Read More…

GNOME Shell Removes its Curvy Panel Corners GNOME Shell’s unique panel corners are being retired after more than a decade of decorating peoples desktops. If you don’t use a vanilla GNOME session you might not know what these are. Many downstreams, including Ubuntu, patch out this subtle frame in their … Read More…

A Guide To Lightening Up Your Home Lightening up a room makes it instantly more appealing, so no matter how much natural light a room gets, or whatever its size, there are plenty of useful tricks you can employ to bring brightness to any living space. If you are looking for the perfect ways to……

Everything I Bought for Lunar New Year 2022 Happy Year of the Tiger! As you may already know, today is the first day of Lunar New Year, and festivities kicked off last night with a New Year’s Eve feast. What exactly is Lunar New Year? As the name suggests, the holiday celebrates the beginning of…