Piled-up Nightstand

DEAR GAIL: HELP! I love my husband but I am tired of arguing with him over the pile of stuff that he places on his night stand. His night stand has drawers but he just refuses to use them. So I’ve decided to give in and give him additional piling space [...] [...]

Bigger Bed, New Headboard

DEAR GAIL: We have an older bedroom set and originally had a full size bed and headboard. We’ve moved to a new house and our bedroom is now large enough for a king size bed. The furniture is no longer available to purchase a matching headboard. What else can we do for [...] [...]

College Student Needs More Space

DEAR GAIL: I want to put my bed up on the wall so that I can make more room underneath for my desk to do my college work. I was wondering how this could be done? Jenn
DEAR JENN: Floor space in any room is a priceless commodity. We never seem to [...] [...]

Master Bedroom Flooring

DEAR GAIL: We’ve just bought a wonderful new home and I love our master bedroom entrance. We actually have two areas that you have to walk through before you enter the bedroom. The first area has an arched opening and we have a large linen cabinet and counter in there. Then the second [...] [...]

Painted walls help unify different themes in twins’ room

DEAR GAIL: I have 15-month-old boy/girl twins. Right now they are still in cribs and sharing a room. One has a baby Noah’s ark theme in pastel colors; the other has zoo animals in blues, neon greens and different animal colors with lions, zebras, giraffes. The bedding would be too much for us to change [...] [...]

Select most limited items first

DEAR GAIL: We want to redecorate our master bedroom and don’t know where to start. Do we buy things as we see them or is there a specific order? — Agnes
DEAR AGNES: It’s always best to start with a plan that includes what you’re going to keep, what you’re going to buy and how much [...] [...]