Small Spaces: Small Area Rug

Area rugs make any room cozier, especially a small spot with tile or wood floors. Remember when you are considering what look you want to create in an exceptionally tiny room that the floor is an important part of your scheme.

Many older homes ...

Small Space: Porch Dining

Dining al fresco can be simply divine! Who doesn't have pleasant memory of eating outside on a warm summer evening? This is the time to clean up after the winter and get everything ready for summer.

But there are some parts of the country where ...

Small Spaces: Storage Bed

Look and you shall find. Discovering extra storage space without a major remodel is much easier these days because of the influence of European sensibilities on products and furniture design. There are many more options in the marketplace at all ...

Small Spaces: Spring Cleaning

The other night, I thought I saw a bed bug on my bathroom counter. I squashed it and went to sleep, but in the morning it did occur to me that maybe I need to conduct a spring cleaning. While I admit that I'm not highly motivated yet, it did get ...

Small Spaces: Green Carpet Tile

Serviceable spaces sometimes get ignored. There are so many demands in more visible and public parts of a household that it is easy to forget the potential for small spots such as mudrooms, screened-in porches and pass-through laundry rooms. Many ...

Small Spaces: Fork and Spoon Wallpaper

Nifty built-ins were the crown jewels of Mid-Century Modern homes. These were typically small houses when built-in tracts that ranged from 900 square feet to around 1,400 square feet, so the improved function gained by using custom built-ins made ...