It’s fireplace season. Should you remodel yours?
A cozy fall night isn’t complete without a fireplace in the picture. Installing or remodeling a fireplace can be a daunting challenge, but don’t rule out how much of an…
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Farmhouse Beach Cottage: Rustic Meets Coastal in Sunny California
On the sunny California coast most people don’t ask for farmhouses. They want the classic Cape Cod style, reminiscent of the ocean, the sand and the sun, with the nautical…
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Why Adding Shiplap Should be Your Next Easy Décor Project
If you want to take your interiors to the next level by adding more dimension and texture, installing wood shiplap wall planks is not only a room changer—it’s a game…
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Design Recipe: Cottage by the Sea
It’s no secret: to us, cottage living brings out the best in home and heart. And for Annie Marlow, the protagonist in New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber’s latest…
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Should your next home tech upgrade be a smart fan?
As kids, we learned about “the future.” We were told that someday, we’d all be talking to our friends on video screens instead of using telephones with cords. We’d have…
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Renovation Diary: Finishes for a Vintage Farmhouse Bathroom
In this week’s blog we have finished up the demolition upstairs and construction is underway! To get the vintage farmhouse bathroom vibe, I chose a combination of brick, shiplap, subway…
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Inside Artist John Derian’s Coastal Cottage
Recently Joanna Goddard and team got a chance to peek inside the home of artist and designer John Derian. You know him from his iconic decoupage art filled with fanciful…
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Give a New Home an Old Cottage Look with Architectural Pieces
Do you think you have to own a historic cottage to get that charming vintage architecture? Think again. Sharon Brandt imbued old-house character into her Redlands, California home by decorating…
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Renovation Diary: How to Carve Out Room for a New Master Bathroom
Now that you have seen some before pictures of “Victory Farms”, in this blog you will see demolition under way and with the walls opening up, I can start adding…
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From Drab to Darling: How to Rework a Layout
When a pair of young homeowners came to Beth Bourque of Beth Bourque Design Studio with a vision for their bungalow-style house in Hingham, Massachusetts, Beth knew they needed a…
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