Comfortable Gathering
Two upholstered wooden armchairs and an ottoman serve as a gathering area.
Caribbean Comfort
To avoid overpowering the room's graphic architectural details with excessive pattern and color, designers chose neutral tones punctuated with blue accents: the palette of sand, sea, and sky. Vases, plush pillows, and a striped throw coordinate with the Caribbean blue-painted rafters above.
Great Divide
To define the kitchen as its own space within the great room, the designers separated it with architectural detailing. Caribbean-inspired decoration such as the turned pine posts and scrollwork over the stove adds interest.
Family Gatherings
The family room is a warm gathering place for families on cold winter days. The texture of fabric-covered love seats contrasts nicely with the cultured stone of the fire place.
Fabric as Art
Adding style to an empty space doesn't require a trip to an upscale art gallery or a visit to the bank. Head to your local fabric and art-supply stores instead. This simple project takes only an afternoon and will add instant color and personality to your walls.
Bold material and blank canvas offer a low-cost solution for dressing up bare walls.
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For this project you'll need blank canvas, fabric, scissors, masking tape, and a staple gun. For complete instructions read the entire article from Southern Living.
Smoky Mountain Retreat
Design elements and accent pieces in rich earth tones and vivid fabrics prove that Western style is alive and well in this log cabin retreat. Cowhide furnishings and hickory floors blend well with the wooden tables, chairs, and desks fashioned by local craftspeople. Pillows and throws exude festive colors and patterns indicative of American Indian and Western life.（家具太牛乐）
The combined kitchen, family room, and dining area allows the whole family to be in the same space while doing a variety of activities.
Western-style furnishings, architectural details, and a nod to local craftspeople give this cabin a warm, inviting appeal.
Stacking rock, as seen in this mantel, is a widely used building method native to the Appalachian Mountains. Sometimes called the "pancake method," this technique uses mortar that isn't visible, because stonemasons apply it behind the rock.
Holiday Dressing
The Christmas decorations in this Beaufort home, including local greenery and folk-art, reflect the area's coastal heritage. In the living room, shown here, fresh magnolia and cedar drape the mantel. Antique stockings stuffed with vintage tokens hang above a cozy fire.The Christmas decorations in this Beaufort home, including local greenery and folk-art, reflect the area's coastal heritage. In the living room, shown here, fresh magnolia and cedar drape the mantel. Antique stockings stuffed with vintage tokens hang above a cozy fire.
Blue Garden
This garden room, saturated in blue and trimmed in bright white, hosts white furniture and accessories as well as light wood pieces. Above the sofa, a painted-frame mirror and a pair of candle sconces add to the conservatory feel of the room.
In this garden room, two cane-back wing chairs flank a charming, distressed six-drawer chest. Two wood urn lamps and pieces of coral bring the look together.
Vivid Family Room
In the casual living area, a blue leather sofa, a tufted leather bench, and armchairs provide seating. Two square, glass-top lamp tables push together to form a long cocktail table with a shelf underneath for storage. Above the sofa, paintings, in yellows and oranges (by artist Sid Smith) lend a sunny disposition.
Stripes bring a nautical feel to this family room overlooking the water.
Perfect Composure
This home's loft overlooks the second-floor living area. The room's fireplace was kept simple to avoid clutter and a painting above it brings the colors of sand and water indoors.This home's loft overlooks the second-floor living area. The room's fireplace was kept simple to avoid clutter and a painting above it brings the colors of sand and water indoors.
Interesting objects collected and displayed on a table can be simple decorations to any room.
Nautical Touch
In this den, broad blue-and-white stripes form nautically inspired walls.
An antique model ship softens the lines on newly painted walls.
Shells provide fitting beach house decor and can bring lofty designs back down to earth.
Gathering Place
A creamy silk sofa and matching love seat provide ample space to sit and visit. Taupe chairs complete the U-shaped arrangement.
Inner Garden
This modern garden sculpture adds color contrast and a focal point to this cream-colored living room.
Sculptured detail on a fireplace mantel adds interest.
This modern garden sculpture adds color contrast and a focal point to this cream-colored living room.
Strike a Chord
In a living room filled with sunlight and a color scheme of neutrals and blues, a piano adds a traditional note and a strong black accent. A collection of photographs on top makes it feel like home.
Love That Red
Bring a favorite color into your home through accessories or accents such as pillows and throws. Slipcovers offer a dramatic change. Be sure to prewash your fabric before the slipcovers are made to ensure a perfect fit after laundering.
"This room looks completely different in the summer months, when the deep red covers are replaced with ones in lighter shades," the homeowner says.
French Look
A break in the dunes provides beach views through French doors in the living area.
Flowers and shells from the seashore bring the outside in.
Cool and Contemporary: Family Room
Bold color contrasts reinforce this family room's spare, contemporary lines. The cantilevered gray mantel appears to float in front of the red wall. Bold terra-cotta red surrounds and frames the fireplace wall, which is cast concrete tinted olive gray. The concrete hearth extends along the wall to the right to become a window seat. A plasma television hangs on one wall to free up floor space. Four area rugs were bound together to form a large abstract design that anchors the space.
Sleek Living
An obsidian-black leather ottoman serves as a sleek cocktail table.
Two sets of walnut-stained doors lend visual balance. One opens to reveal a bar with a sink and wine chiller.
