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Color Crush: Christmas Pie
Are you ready for Christmas in just over a week? I'm planning my holiday menu and the dessert planning gave me inspiration for this week's Color Crush color palette: Christmas pie. This one is an apple-cranberry concoction and creates some rich, vibrant hues, as well as more neutral browns and taupe. Pinks are interesting in the psychology of color. Red is a powerful color that can raise blood pressure, respiration, heartbeat, and pulse rate — it definitely shouldn't be used in a room where you want to relax and take it easy! But its lighter cousin pink is a horse of another...
Design Crush: Luxe Four Poster Bed
At the end of a long day, what is better than walking into your bedroom and relaxing? Well, I think it would be relaxing with this incredibly luxe four-poster bed that is this week's Design Crush. The Prism bed from Nancy Corzine is the ultimate in luxury, mirrored and upholstered with leather in a tobacco color. Its clean lines and transitional feel mean it would be as stylish in a soft contemporary room as in a more traditional space. What a statement piece! What do you think? Got your own Design Crush? Share it with us on Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram (don’t forget to tag @bgidesigner)! We've...
Score Big with Your Holiday Centerpiece
The holidays are upon us and if you're having people over, your holiday centerpiece or tablescape is a beautiful component of entertaining. This can be as simple or ornate as you want. Let your imagination go wild. Of course, these tips refers to the arrangement you create on your dining table, but the principals carry over to your mantle, breakfast bar, and other areas of your house. Just remember to have fun and share your creations with us! Here are a few things I've learned over the years. Keep It Conversational Height One mistake I see people making is building very...