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Creativity On The Fly – Part 1 – Furniture & Thinking Out-of-the-Box

Everyone is creative in one way or another and has her or his own special way about doing things, whether it’s a flair for putting together a great outfit, hosting a fantastic party, planting a colorful garden or decorating a home. But sometimes we need to pull it together on the fly, which can cause [...] [...]

To Reupholster or not

DEAR GAIL: We have a sofa and chair that have seen better days and we’re considering reupholstering them. Is it better to reupholster or just buy new? ROBIN S.
DEAR ROBIN: Reupholstering is one solution to refresh your sofa and chair, but you need to take a couple things into consideration first [...] [...]

Bins, baskets, boxes help organize stuff

DEAR GAIL: I just started back to work and it has become overwhelming for me to keep things picked up, especially in our family room. Do you have any tips on ways to reduce or at least control everyday clutter? Thanks — Joni
DEAR JONI: It is so hard to keep up with our homes when [...] [...]

Interior Arranging

DEAR GAIL: I love watching HGTV and especially enjoy watching how they move the furniture around and give the room a whole new look in just a couple hours. I’ve been having trouble placing the furniture in my living room and would love to rearrange it. Would you share how it’s done? [...] [...]

Moving to a Smaller Home

DEAR GAIL: We will be moving to a new, smaller house soon. I have to decide what to take and what to get rid of. I would like to inventory my furniture piece by piece by size in order to place it. Is there a source for a furniture-placing guide of [...] [...]

Focal Points

DEAR GAIL: How do I place my sofa in a room that has two focal points, my TV and fireplace? They are on right angles to each other and not the same wall. BETTY I.
DEAR BETTY: The two focal points that you have are also two different types. Your fireplace [...] [...]

No Room for Coffee Tables

DEAR GAIL: We have a very small family room. Along with a fireplace and sliding glass doors, we have a sofa, chair, ottoman and TV entertainment unit. There is not enough room for any coffee table that we have found and we could use tables for the extra chairs that we pull [...] [...]

Basement Family Room

DEAR GAIL: We’ve just moved into our new house and have a basement that we’re going to use as a family room. We’re going to make it multi-purpose with a separate TV area, game table and quiet sitting. The only natural light that we have coming in, is from a couple [...] [...]

Brighten Up the Family Room

DEAR GAIL: We thought by adding can lights in our family room it would brighten up the room and be all we would need. Wrong. We have a vaulted ceiling that goes up to the second floor and just don’t know what to do. Before we go out and buy more lighting, we’d like to [...] [...]