Category: Exterior Design

Drew Barrymore’s Flower Home Fall Collection Just Dropped and It’s Amazing

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Photo credit: Courtesy of FLOWER Home
Photo credit: Courtesy of FLOWER Home

From Good Housekeeping

Drew Barrymore launched a daily talk show last week, but that hasn’t stopped the star from keeping her FLOWER Home collection for Walmart at the top of consumers’ minds. The stylish furniture and home decor line’s fall offerings just dropped on Walmart.com, and as to be expected, every item reflects Barrymore’s vibrant, boho aesthetic. And like previous home releases, she turned to everyday wonders to fuel her creative process. “Inspiration comes from everywhere,” Barrymore said in a press release. “Something that you love in life can become something you love in

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23 Genius Home Improvement Projects You Can Do in an Hour (or Less!)

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Remodeling your home doesn’t just cost a pretty penny—major home improvement projects can take months to complete, often throwing your home into disarray in the process. However, you don’t have to spend an inordinate amount of time amidst chaos and clutter to achieve the magazine-worthy home you want.

With the help of top contractors, flippers, and interior designers, we’ve rounded up the best home upgrades you can tackle in under an hour. And for more ways to make over your space, check out these 50 Affordable Interior Design Tips for a Gorgeous Home.

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Add a peel-and-stick backsplash.

modern kitchen with dark cabinetry, white stone counters, and gray chevron backsplash
modern kitchen
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See inside this customized tiny home that’s complete with a patio and garden

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In Dream Big, Live Small, we visit tiny home-dwellers, discovering why they choose to live this way, how they manage it and the possibilities to do things like travel, learn and grow that have resulted from downsizing so significantly. In the long run, living small is really about living big.

For some, deciding to live tiny means

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Design, Retail, Lifestyle Pioneer Sir Terence Conran Dies, Aged 88

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LONDON – Sir Terence Conran, the designer, retailer, restaurateur and lifestyle pioneer who changed the way post-war Britons furnished their homes, has died aged 88, according to the London Design Museum, which Conran founded in 1989.

Conran, who believed in design as a life enhancer, died on Sept. 12 – a few weeks shy of his 89th birthday – at home in west London, following a career that began in the late 1940s and spanned more than half a century.

“He was a visionary who enjoyed an extraordinary life and career that revolutionized the way we live in Britain. He

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How COVID-19 is fueling a new wave of Bay Area transplants to the Sacramento region

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Jesse and Shanni Burke were working on their laptops a few feet apart in their cramped Silicon Valley apartment this spring, sweltering without air conditioning, when it dawned on them.

The coronavirus pandemic that was virtually imprisoning them in their tiny downtown San Jose walk-up also offered an unexpected escape option. No longer tethered to the office, they could live almost anywhere outside the pricey Bay Area and keep their jobs.

Last week, the couple moved into a 2,700-square-foot home on a leafy street in the suburban Sacramento community of Fair Oaks. It’s their first home purchase. They’ll turn two

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