So what if Martha Stewart isn't the most nurturing woman on the planet - she's not our mother or wife. She's our inspiration - impeccable taste, unlimited imagination and a lot of hard, hard work. ...

My 50s ranch bedrooms have wood floors that somehow escaped varnish or urethane (probably because they were covered in broadloom at some point). Having just cleaned, reoiled and waxed them I unders...

You have a lovely apartment and gorgeous wood floors and fireplace so I am loving gray but what gray and even what color depends on other factors - your furniture and the amount and quality of the ...

Your panelling seems nicer than most and your fireplace being very much of its period is uglier than most. If you were to paint the panelling white the fireplace would stand out even more, so paint...

Since light is not the problem continue with the blue-grey to tone down the presence of the cabinets and cozy up the dining area but add pops of mustardy yellow- maybe on picture frames and tea tow...

Lathe-type trellises from Walmart for $12 or twig ones inserted into planters (if there is no soil near that bare wire fence) could be used to start fast-growing annual hops (or maybe perennial sil...

J.C. Penney's catalog use to carry foam bolsters and covers for them in a variety of colors, I have some in a cheery cherry red over placed on a khaki comforter against which I have several plaid p...

The brick is ugly so paint it or put just a wash of colour over it. See how you like it before you move on to something else. Lower the mantle and try to find a more contemporary firescreen in stee...

I'm guessing that you favoured one sofa over the other because of the proximity to natural light and also because you had a view of the world out that window.

Please - ignore your mate (I'm guessing the one who likes the unpainted cabinets) and PAINT those cabinets. Stylist Elizabeth Mayhew in her new book Flip... suggests B.M.'s pale green Potpourri 20...

Please consider donating your old towels and sheets to the local SPCA, Humane Society or similar organization. We use dozens of these every day so our dogs don't have to sleep on bare concrete.

Though I never actually purchased anything from these folks I still get their beautiful yearly catalogues and other costly promotional materials so I am not surprised they are suffering financially...

Stop! Don't paint yet! Like others here I usually abhore wood panelling but there is something special about yours. If you paint (as I have done in the past) I think you will get a country vibe. Ch...

I would like to NOT recommend the Tempurpedic if you wish your new mattress to last 10 years. After the initial period of acclimation, the mattress will be bliss but I have found the shelf life of ...

How about both white and yellow? Agree that there can be too much yellow but white often comes out sterile and cold. Like the idea of cabinets and appliances being white but how about making the wa...

Just experiment sagekitten85 - yellow is the way to go for dark gloomy rooms which is why it is so popular in Ireland and Scotland. Sounds like you need to go a LOT lighter. Try the Benjamin Moore ...

I would feel uncomfortable in this Swedish home - it's not the presence of color, but these particular colors. Also, the white here feels very sterile and cold probably because the photo was taken ...

NEVER had a pleasant or even neutral experience ordering from these folks.

Those are some powerfully ugly colors you have to work with - how about some eggplant on the walls and towels?

Had a big, very dark kitchen with northern light and eastern morning light. I went with a BM buttery yellow strip for the walls and lower cabinets that bounced back far more light than a white, but...