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  1. Before & After: A Modern, Art-Deco-Inspired Bathroom Makeover When Brit Arnesen and her husband first bought their Indiana foreclosure home, they intended to flip it right away so they immediately began updating the neglected ranch-style house, room by room, with a budget-friendly approach. Brit, a self-taught interior designer, documented the process on her blog, BritDotDesign. Since they were planning to flip the house when she originally updated the main bathroom, they kept the design simple, opting for a clean, cookie-cutter white look with budget-f...
  2. 6 Small Bathroom Remodel Ideas to Master a Nautical Look Outfitting a small bathroom can be tricky. Along with finding ways to incorporate functional furnishings and decor items into a pint-sized space, you also have the added task of keeping things streamlined and stylish. Victoria Ford, the DIY extraordinaire behind the Prepford Wife knows all about the struggles of upgrading a petite space. Inside her family’s Cape Cod saltbox-style home, she transformed a small guest bathroom with outdated fixtures into a colorful, coastal-inspired kids’ bathro...
  3. 3 No-Fail Ways to Display Wall Art The only thing that looks better than a beautiful paint color on the wall might be topping it off with some of your favorite wall art. If you’re unsure where to start, don’t worry! There’s plenty of gorgeous ways to show off your favorite paintings and prints. We turned to our friends at Minted to come up with bold and playful living room wall decor ideas guaranteed to make your home feel like you. Here are some tips to keep in mind before you even pick up your hammer: Wall Color: Rosé Seas...
  4. This Easy Accent Wall Paint Idea Will Totally Elevate Your Space Get excited about the coolest thing to happen to paint since the accent wall: two-tone, color blocked walls. This painted accent wall idea is a modified version of the classic accent wall, and creates visual interest while adding a splash of color to a room. Also, for renters or newbie DIYers, it’s a cheaper and power tool-free way to cheat the look of architectural details — like wainscoting, paneling, or a chair rail — without dealing with the molding. The one tool you do need: painter’s t...
  5. 5 Ways to Brighten Up Your Bedroom Decor If you love color but don’t know how to incorporate it, we’re here to help you figure out how to step out of the bland zone. One of the best places to embrace vibrant hues? Your bedroom! The oasis of your home, your bedroom should be a space you love to spend time in. A no-fail way to make it feel fun is to add beautiful colors that you love—not all bedrooms need to be neutral. We teamed up with our friends at Annie Selkie to pair our paint colors with their latest collections and created the...
  6. Upgrade Your Bedroom Accent Wall With This Stunning DIY Love bold paint colors but not ready to fully commit? One of the easiest ways to experiment with color is an accent wall! Anyone can add some real personality to their spaces with bold color palettes, unique touches, and inspired themes. When it comes to inspiration, you don’t have to look any further for accent wall ideas than this colorful room created by Liz Rishel, blogger behind Within the Grove for her adorable son Oliver. How to Take Your Accent Wall from Basic to Brilli...
  7. Curation 101 With Grant K. Gibson: Is Less Really More? California-based designer Grant K. Gibson has garnered quite the following due to his pared down, less-is-more aesthetic. He’s a fan of classic, timeless fabrics, crisp, white walls, and adding only objects that have a meaning. His new book, A Curated Home, A Fresh Take on Tradition, centers around the notion that every home should reflect its owners, using thoughtfully sourced and curated objects. Curation is at the heart of what we do here at Clare, which is why we’ve chosen the 55 best pai...
  8. 5 Decorating Comfort Zones To Step Out Of As fun as decorating your home can be, it’s easy to fall prey to everyday décor clichés. Luckily, we have friends in stylish places, like interior designer Paloma Contreras to call upon for help. We asked the woman behind La Dolce Vita Blog for advice on how to mix up some overused décor tactics and she had lots to share. From pleated lampshades to overly match-y upholstery, here are five common decorating traps—and how to avoid them. 1. PERFECTLY COORDINATED BEDROOM OR LIVING...
  9. This six week DIY bathroom remodel is major inspo! When it comes to bathroom renovations, many believe it’s a job for the pros. That’s not the case for Elizabeth Rishel, blogger from Within The Grove whose bathroom remodel before and after will make you want to upgrade your own bathroom pronto. What’s most impressive is that Liz did everything herself in order to save on her bathroom renovation costs ... from gutting the bathroom down to the studs, to knocking down ceilings and installing tile. This brilliant DIY bathroom remodel proves that ...
  10. Dark Green Paint is the Perfect Complement to a Vintage-Filled Space Renovating a historic home is not an easy process. But somehow, blogger and creator Kate Pearce of @katepearcevintage manages to make it feel seamless—and wildly chic. A native of Long Island, New York, Kate and her family recently moved into a 1899 Queen Anne-style home in Chicago. Filled with expertly curated antiques, tons of color, and eclectic accents, it’s the vintage-lover’s dream. Her curved living room is the latest to receive a makeover, and our dark green paint Current Mood provide...
  11. Get in Project Mode: Two Fun Ideas for Painting a Dresser Have an old dresser sitting around that doesn’t feel quite right in your space? Don’t kick it to the curb. Give it a new life with a new coat of paint—a DIY you can easily pull off in a weekend. Plus, it’s the perfect project if you’re on a budget—just pick up one of our quart-sized cans of paint, which will only set you back $24. And if you need extra motivation, we have a couple of bright ideas for painting a dresser here, all thanks to talented Clare Collective ambassadors Ashley Whitesid...
  12. This DIY Geometric Accent Wall is the Happy Medium Between Minimalist and Maximalist Clare Collective ambassador Lauren Hom doesn’t shy away from bold hues—and has the colorful rooms in her home to prove it (a green and yellow kitchen, to be precise). “I’m normally all about adding energy to my spaces, but the exception in our home was the living room. With so much going on in the rest of the house, we wanted a space that felt calm,” she says. “Plus, my partner is more of a minimalist, so the goal became to combine both of our styles.” Before The couple started out unsure o...
  13. This Pink Bathroom is Brimming with Functionality Working at Semihandmade as the Brand Marketing Director, Samantha Cuello sees more design and renovation projects than most during her day-to-day. Inspired to revamp a tiny guest bathroom in her family’s Beacon, New York home, Samantha called on designer Jacklyn Faust for help renovating and updating the space. Samantha knew the first order of business would be maximizing the pint-sized existing bathroom. “The original footprint of the bathroom was tight and hardly functional,” she says. “The...
  14. Move Over White, It’s All About the Colorful Kitchen Lauren Hom, of Hom Sweet Hom, never shies away from repurposing paint. In fact, in the face of a few spare gallons of leftover paint from a mural project, she decided to makeover her kitchen. A few months and several coats of our Golden Hour and OMGreen later, the result is a colorful kitchen that’s bursting with retro charm and a truly unique color palette. “My natural inclination is always color,” says Lauren. “And after seeing so many neutral kitchens become the norm, I wanted something th...
  15. This Breezy Blue Dining Room Makes Every Day Feel Like a Summer Friday When blogger and decorating pro Kate Dreyer set out to redecorate her dining room, she knew she wanted a few specific things. First: She wanted the space to pull double duty as a craft room for her two kids when not being used for entertaining a crowd. And second: She wanted to bring in bright, sunny vacation vibes and punch up the space with a bold blue hue. Enter Summer Friday, a breezy medium blue that helped Kate pull off the blue dining room of her dreams. Ready to learn how she did it? ...
  16. 5 Ways to Maximize a Neutral Color Palette When Alex Nino first laid eyes on the three-bedroom Manhattan apartment she’d been tasked with designing, she knew the first order of business would be brightening up the space with a neutral color palette. “It was a large space for a New York apartment, however it felt quite dark because of the deep brown floors,” she says. To start, she painted both the living room and main bedroom in Classic, a crisp light shade of beige, to create a clean backdrop for the scheme “I love this color becau...