Month: September 2020

Key Signs You Should Sell Your Home When You Retire

by  on  in Interior Design

Balancing lifestyle and financial issues when you retire can be challenging. If you own your home, then it might seem like the economical thing to do is stay put. There are other factors to consider, though, such as maintenance costs and whether you’re paying a fortune to heat and cool rooms you no longer use.

Selling your home when you retire can also allow you to move closer to your grandchildren or possibly to an area that has more amenities, such as golf courses, the beach or the mountains. Check out these 12 key signs that you should sell your

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4 Ways COVID Has Changed Home Design

by  on  in Exterior Design

There’s no place like home. 

The phrase has always been true, but especially in the last six months. What used to be a place to return to after a long day now serves multiple purposes to people all day, every day. The home is now an office, school, restaurant, gym, playroom and more. 

And with most people around the world spending significantly more time in their homes than ever before, change has inevitably occurred. 

Spending so much time at home leaves people to look at their homes and want to make changes. Research has found that 70% of Americans

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Upgrading your space while stuck at home? Get it insured

by  on  in Home Improvement


  • FILE - In this July 21, 2020, file photo, a homeowner tours their new home, in Washingtonville, N.Y. Home improvement projects and furniture purchases have increased as people spend more time at home due to the pandemic. Some people may not realize that their homeowners or renters insurance doesn’t automatically cover every change. Photo: John Minchillo, AP / Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
    FILE – In this July 21, 2020, file photo, a homeowner tours their new home, in Washingtonville, N.Y. Home improvement projects and furniture purchases have increased as people spend more time at home due to the pandemic. Some people may not realize that their homeowners or renters insurance doesn’t automatically cover every change. less
    FILE – In this July 21, 2020, file photo, a homeowner tours their new home, in Washingtonville, N.Y. Home improvement projects and furniture purchases have increased as people spend more time at home due to … more


    Photo: John Minchillo, AP


Photo: John Minchillo, AP

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jaw-dropping design and DIY mistakes

by  on  in Furniture

Shamefully slipshod home design bloopers

These unbelievable design fails will have you doing a double-take. Whether down to bad planning or terrible execution, these houses have been struck down by shoddy fittings, poor choices and inexplicable additions to rooms. So, take a deep breath before you click or scroll and take a look at our roundup of the world’s worst home design fails…



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A toilet that doesn’t fit

Perhaps the person that built this small bathroom thought that privacy didn’t matter or

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Maria Grazia Chiuri Relaxes Some of Her Design Codes for Dior Spring 2021

by  on  in News

The show notes indicate that women at home served as a point of inspiration, be they poets or intellectuals, “wrapped in infinite layers of color, like Virginia Woolf, or dressed in a simple white shirt, like Susan Sontag.”

Back in June, as the first wave of coronavirus began to recede, Dior held a joint press conference with artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pietro Beccari, CEO and brand president, where they explained why they were forging onward with the Cruise 2021 show planned in Italy that July — the first live runway after Covid-19 dictated the Fall 2020 couture collection

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