Home Décor

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.

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.

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. 

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.