I would start with one other thing that you love and definitely want in that room, and then start building your palette and approach from that. In our living room, I started with a fabric for the ...

Yeah, given that you can't get away from the floor or the tiled counter in terms of colors, I would definitely stick with the same palette they establish. Dark chocolate walls might be a bit heavy...

We've had an Ikea gateleg table for years -- a pine predecessor of the Norden -- and it was our apartment dining table much of that time. Now that we have another dining table it's my sewing table...

'Famous' modernist 'scholars' claiming we're still in Modernism? Nothing self-serving in that, is there?

I learned about shirred eggs from an issue of Sunset a while back. I particularly like to add a shredded basil on top, but I hadn't tried experimenting with tomato or mushrooms.

In cold weather if you're having guests over, make mulled wine or mulled cider. The house smells nice, and you have a warming drink to offer your friends. If you're decorating for fal...

Jesus wept. The term Modern is certainly not limited to mid-century designs. The middle of the 20th century was pretty well the end of the Modernism: by then it had been bubbling along as ...

Yes, try the Howards route first by all means. Painting the outside of that piece would be a great shame. If you must, I would limit it to a gloss black on the raised molding, but really, best not.

I think bepsf has the right idea -- paint is easy to change later, so if you slightly shift the paint scheme to suit the chair you can wait until you can afford to reupholster. Or you may find you...

For that matter, French toast and bread pudding are other combination uses for a custard base.

Well, it is arguably just another way of saying 'custard' but how about making quiche?

Lovely chandelier, lovely room. If you really want to create separated areas in the room, your best bet will be to swag the chandelier over the dining table, and then use multiple other lamps to c...

Okay, I've not tried to do this, but I don't think you'll really be able show off the shape of the couch under a shapeless mass-produced slipcover intended for a very different shape of couch. My ...

Shawn- Yes, drafts may move from where it is cold to where it is warmer, but the reason the air moves is because heat moves from the warmer body to the cooler. That is, ...

The way to prevent leakage with an upside down paint can is to use a rubber mallet to set the lid -- tap around the rim of the lid so that it seats solidly.

On how wall curtains and tapestries exclude drafts and make spaces warmer: basic physics suggests that heat moves from a warmer body to a cooler, by the fastest means available. Heat transfer hap...

In the same vein, if you watch older films, you'll sometimes see a curtain rod hung over an interior or exterior doorframe, and a heavy tapestry curtain hung from it, across the door, to cut down o...

Great idea, and fun colors, but one does wonder if 49 chairs won't make for an awfully crowded porch...

Looks like no one lives there. A remarkably bland set of rooms.

Even if you're keeping the wall paper, painting out the wood trim would help freshen up the look. Just a gloss white on all that trim would unify the look of the walls and make the room seem more ...