The kitchen is a place where we spend a lot of time—preparing food, eating, and just doing life. If your kitchen needs a fresh update, but not a complete overhaul, we have some ideas for you to try. Cabinet Doors Cabinets typically take up a lot of visual space...
Pantone has announced the color of the year for 2020: Classic Blue. Extensive research and discussions go into choosing the color each year and how it reflects our world: intention-setting, nature, generation, fashion, and home. We think their observations are spot-on...
It’s a new year and, if a new kitchen is in your future, we have some great ideas to fit your home. Incorporating some of the current trends can add longevity to your kitchen upgrade. Plus if you are planning to sell in the next few years, you’ll want to know what...
If one of your new year's resolutions is to get a new look in your kitchen, we have some ideas for any size budget. You may not need to rip everything out of your kitchen in order to get a fresh start. From small budgets to large, check out these ideas: Change Up...
In the 20th year of watching and predicting color trends, Pantone has announced a return to simpler and happier times with Living Coral as the Color of the Year. According to Pantone, “Vibrant, yet mellow PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral embraces us with warmth and...
If you know that your kitchen needs an update, but a complete cabinet overhaul isn’t in the budget, painting the cabinets a new color can give your kitchen the lift that it needs. If your cabinets are strong and in good shape, this is a great option. It’s also a...
Appliance finishes have long evolved to meet current home design trends. Remember the Harvest Gold and Avocado Green appliances of the 1970s (with the wall-to-wall shag carpet to match)? The experience of those once-hot-but-now-not colors made appliance companies...
The Pantone Team actively searches general lifestyle and color trends all year long to choose a color of the year. The goal is to communicate a color message that best reflects what is taking place in the world at the time. Having evolved over recent years, the...
Updating the appliances in your kitchen can shift your perspective of your entire home. By making a few simple upgrades, a kitchen is transformed into a stylish and functional room, fit for entertaining instead of just cooking. A few years ago, stainless steel...
More than a fresh coat of paint, these painting trends can update any space in your home. These kinds of trends are great to try in small spaces like a guest bath or on an accent wall in the kitchen. We’ve gathered some of our favorites here for you. Chalkboard...
Laundry rooms aren’t just for washing, drying, and folding clothes anymore. More and more people are making these rooms multifunctional and incorporating organizational ideas to make doing laundry quicker and easier. If you have extra space, you should utilize all of...
The dining room is one of the trickiest spaces to light, due largely to its evolution from a formal dining area into a multi-use space. This article from Angie’s List gives some of our favorite tips for lighting this space that hosts some of your family’s most special...