Home Décor
Home decorating isn't a task that comes easily to everyone. There's a lot to choose from with a sea of paint colors, flooring options, furnishings, and ideas available on the Web. We've sorted through the best the Web has to offer to help you freshen up your home's look, whether you're looking to find general inspiration, get ideas or buy items for specific rooms, or hire a professional.
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Redecorating what may be the most well-used room in the home can seem like a monumental task. The sites in this section shrink the challenge to a more manageable size and help you tackle with ease what otherwise might appear to be a gargantuan project.
- Print out pictures of rooms you particularly like and keep them by your side for inspiration and reference as you surf.
- Most online decorating magazines price the products featured and list places where you can buy them-making it easier for you to shop.
For general tips about decorating your living room ...
Better Homes and Gardens
presents "24 Fresh Living Rooms," a slideshow with pictures of great living rooms and decorating tips to help you create that perfect look. The related article about "
20 Small House Dos & Don'ts"will show you the best ways to decorate a small space.
Home Decorating Made Easy
teaches you how find a focal point in your living room and arrange your furniture to draw attention to the most attractive or appealing features in the room.
For living room furniture ...
Find Your Furniture
provides a room planner that lets you design, rearrange, and try out any number of configurations for your room without lifting one piece of furniture. Other handy tools on this site include a style profiler that finds the look best suited to your personality, and a furniture finder that points out the best store for your style and price requirements.
HomePortfolio
is a forum where manufacturers, retailers, and design professionals come together to help consumers create the home of their dreams. The site offers premium design choices for every room in the house with the aim of helping visitors understand the options available. Moving through this site is easy-there are plenty of products and tips, and also a guide for those looking to hire a professional decorator.
Century Furniture
offers a wealth of timeless furniture. You can browse among the furniture or look over a few detailed "Room Scenes" to get a better feel for what you like. You cannot order items from this site, but you can enter your zip code to find the closest retailer.
Vanguard Furniture
presents its "Design Your Own" feature, enabling visitors to wax creative by mixing and matching furniture with their preferred fabric and wood finishes. The site allows you to archive your favorite finds, so you can refer to them again and again as your project moves forward.
For area rugs, carpet, and other living room flooring ...
Masland Carpets
is devoted to area rugs and residential carpets. The site's "Rug Binder" feature allows visitors to play around with a variety of styles and colors. This company is committed to environmentally friendly practices, such as conserving energy and eliminating waste.
Shaw Floors
features ceramics, hardwood, and laminates in addition to area rugs and carpets. Stop by at their "
Idea Gallery" to choose a room and see how it looks with different floor designs. For a small fee, you can order a sample of flooring to try out in your own home.
Karastan
is another environmentally conscious company with a vast collection of versatile rugs and carpets. This site features informative videos on choosing a carpet or rug.
Mohawk Flooring
has tips on taking floor measurements, installation, and how to care for your floor. After 125 years in the carpet business, this company has recently expanded to include all types of flooring-such as ceramics, hardwood, and laminates.
For window treatments ...
Smith+Noble
's vast selection of window treatments offers a boost to a decorator's imagination with a colorful photo gallery. The "Getting Started" and "Measure + Install" pages may help bring your vision closer to reality, even if you're a novice.
Great Windows
not only has a large "Idea Gallery" where visitors can get inspired but also a "Quick Price" feature that provides an on-the-spot estimate adjusted to the dimensions of your windows.
Hunter Douglas
is a wide-ranging Web site with a "Product Advisor" to help visitors get started. This virtual advisor invites you to consider your space and style while selecting your new window treatments.
Calico Corners
employs a variety of bright colors to create both an attractive Web site and vibrant window treatments. A
catalogue can be ordered here, and there is a step-by-step guide to measuring windows.
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