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  1. How to create an inviting guest bedroom for houseguests Whether you’re hosting festivities over the holiday season or regularly house out-of-town visitors, a warm and welcoming guest room is essential for your houseguests. In addition to cleaning and organizing your guest room, you’ll want to spruce up the space with some fresh guest room décor and make sure you have all of your houseguest staples handy. From plush bedding to bedside water carafes, here are nine affordable guest room décor ideas that will ensure your houseguests have a comfortable...
  2. 5 Inviting Fall Spaces That Will Inspire Tons of Cozy Home Ideas Each season ushers in subtle decor changes that reflect both the weather and the upcoming holidays. Come fall, the name of the game is cozy. From warm paint colors to plush throw blankets, cinnamon-scented candles and seasonal garland, fall is all about creating a nesting space for the colder months ahead. If you’re stumped on how to update your space for the season, consider the below cozy homes designed by Clare customers. From festive yet modern paint colors like Current Mood to plenty of ...
  3. This Dining Room Invents the Subtle Painted Statement Ceiling When Joanna, of the home decor blog Jojotastic, decided to tackle her soon-to-be father-in-law’s Craftsman home she had her work cut out for her. Sure the space had the bones, but the home had become a “dumping ground” for a plethora of clutter and needed some cosmetic updates. The goal: revive and restore the classic home to a comfortable, cozy space for the retiree. Her solution involved a bold gesture: a colorful painted ceiling. Here’s how she made it work while still keeping the room neu...
  4. How to Master the Perfect All-White Bedroom When you’re the mother of an interior designer, you don’t just get flowers as a gift—sometimes you get a whole room makeover. So when interior designer, Sam Cram of Sam Cram Interior Design wanted to do something nice for her mom, she decided to surprise her with an all white bedroom refresh. “She’s a single mom and has done everything for us (her four kids) and owns her own business,” she explains. “The house was built in the nineties and basically hasn’t changed. The room was painted a butt...
  5. Summer Vibes: How To Get Them Any Time, Anywhere Summer never feels long enough. Just when we’ve settled into our tank tops and brand new sunglasses, fall weather comes rolling in, killing our cheery summer vibes. Luckily, there are still plenty of ways to keep the summer feels flowing all year long—all you need is a little inspiration. So before you call out from work and head outside to soak up the last few weeks of sun, read ahead for a handful of things you can do to create some instant summer vibes at home—no FOMO included. 1. Drink Ro...
  6. Painting 101: How to Clean Paint Brushes A good paint brush should be an investment; trust us, it’s worth a little bit of extra money to get a brush with quality bristles from a brand you trust. When painting a room you certainly don’t want to use a flimsy little craft paint brush, or even the tempting dollar options at the hardware store. With the right maintenance and cleaning techniques, quality brushes will last you several paint projects. Not only do they add a pro-level finish to your paint job, but they also help reduce singl...
  7. 8 Fun Backgrounds for Zoom to Upgrade Your Video Calls When you’re working from home a little fantasy about your surroundings never gets old—especially if you’ve been staring at the same space day after day. Did you know you could easily add a virtual background to change up the scene on your next Zoom call? We came up with some fun backgrounds for Zoom featuring some of our most popular paint colors to help you transform your space. Dial in from an insta-perfect living room or host a virtual happy hour with a photo worthy bar cart as your backdr...
  8. 8 DIY Projects You Can Tackle in a Weekend — Just Add Paint! No walls to paint? No problem. The right shade can transform an old piece of furniture or a small accent area, adding a welcome and invigorating dose of color to a room. So if you’ve got some leftover paint around, get creative with these DIY projects. The ideas are quick and easy, but are guaranteed to make your home more beautiful. Perfect when you’ve got a gallon and some extra time at home. Add an accent wall Feeling a little blah about your bedroom? Transform an all white room into a se...
  9. 5 Budget Small Bathroom Ideas to Upgrade Your Space in One Weekend Once Danae Freihoff of The Homebody House decided it was finally time to update her guest bathroom, she had an assortment of budget bathroom decorating ideas in mind. “We went into the makeover with the intent of spending as little time and money as possible while achieving a look that would hold us over until we had the budget for a bigger renovation,” she explains. With little more than some leftover paint and a handful of clever DIY ideas, Danae transformed the outdated guest bathroom into...
  10. 6 Ways to Create a Healthier Home Chances are you know about outdoor pollutants and irritants, but did you know that the air inside our homes can get polluted too? In fact, according to the EPA, the air inside your home can be up to ten times more polluted than the air outside. Chemicals from household cleaners, dust mites, pet dander, mold, pollen and VOCs all contribute to poor air quality inside your home, especially during winter months when the windows stay closed. But don’t worry, there are several ways to ensure better...
  11. 6 Stylish Rooms on Instagram That Make a Strong Case For Pink Walls While "millennial pink" may have kickstarted the saccharine pink paint trend, when it comes to interiors, pink walls have obvious staying power. Designers and DIY enthusiasts alike have embraced the playful shade with open arms, using touch of pink walls in bedrooms, dining rooms, bathrooms, nurseries, and more. We’ve rounded up our favorite pink spaces on Instagram, painted in our fan-favorite shades of pink, each with its own unique vibe and proves that this shade can be sophisticat...
  12. Two Tone Walls Helped This Woodland Nursery Bring the Outdoors In When Camille Simmons of Planning Pretty began planning her first child’s nursery, she had a lofty goal: capture the magic of hiking in the forest. With an apartment in Los Angeles as the setting, she had her work cut out for her. But by using natural, textured accents and one unexpected design choice — two-tone walls with a bold ceiling paint color — she found a way to create woodland nursery decor that’s airy, serene, and incredibly stylish. For her gender-neutral nursery, Camille chose a ...
  13. This Art Deco Bedroom Is Brimming With Budget-Friendly Decor Hacks If we had to describe Angela Sprinkle’s design style in one word, it would be “whimsical.” The actress and lifestyle influencer has a touch of pale pink in nearly every room in her Sherman Oaks, California home, and her new art deco bedroom is no exception. “White walls scare me,” she says, laughing. “If I can paint something, I will.” That’s exactly what she did when revamping her bedroom, opting for Dirty Martini on the walls and Wing It on the ceiling. “I love the added warmth and dimensio...
  14. Our Most Buzzworthy Shades of Green Paint It's no surprise that shades of green are some of our most popular paint hues. Why? Because green paint colors range from versatile, to cheery, to invigorating and moody – they can express so much! Plus, green paint always feels timeless and fresh. Read on to see some of our best-selling green colors. They'll have you planning your next paint project, stat. Dirty Martini @brooklinteriors For those who like it shaken or stirred. This cloudy olive green makes a sophisticated stateme...
  15. 4 Black Designers You Should be Following on Instagram Interior design moves nearly as quickly as the fashion industry these days, with new color palettes, floor plans, and aesthetics going in and out of style every few months. While we have social media to thank for this overwhelmingly fast-paced culture, this medium also paves the way for promising and important new talent. Take the below interior designers, for example. Not only have these four women made a name for themselves in the historically homogeneous design industry, they’ve worked on ...
  16. This Inviting Guest Room Makes The Case for Black Accent Walls in Bedrooms Black may be a neutral color, but to many it can be an intimidating wall color choice compared to clean whites and airy shades of greige. It makes sense: the bold hue commands attention and can easily become the focal point of a space. But for interior design lover, Mariah Shealy, a striking statement was exactly what she was looking to make. A bold juxtaposition to her all-white home in Aiken, SC, Mariah was surprisingly drawn to the idea of a black accent wall in a bedroom — especially for...