Tag Archives: Decor

Decorating a Small Bedroom

Space is at a premium in an urban home. Unlike the spacious master bedrooms in suburban settings, this master provides just enough room for a bed and nightstands, but it shows smart ways to make a small bedroom shine. One advantage to this room is windows – two extra-large ones provide plenty of light and [...]
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Choosing The Perfect Kitchen Countertops

Do you have lots of kids with sticky fingers or is it just you and your husband? These are the kinds of issues that you need to explore before you change things up in your kitchen. Sure, those gorgeous white granite countertops look amazing but if there are little ones running around spilling things you [...]
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Visualize your Choices

For most people, it’s hard to take samples of wood, carpeting, stone and paint and truly imagine what a room will look like when it’s done. Understanding that challenge, at O’Krent’s we’ve put together a virtual room designer that does the imagining for you. To begin, choose a room that compares best to whichever room [...]
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Do You Have an Inviting Place to Play?

When the weather outside is cold, it’s nice to have some space that works well for children to play games and entertain each other. A family room can provide enough area for large projects, while still feeling cozy enough for simple card or board games. This room is designed with style and taste. The fireplace [...]
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Make Your House A Holiday Show Home

Walking around a show home is always inspiring, isn’t it? It makes you think that your home should always look so clean, so perfect and well decorated. During the holidays especially, why don’t we take a few ideas from a staged home to make our homes more inviting? A pine cone centerpiece, an evergreen wreath [...]
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Choices to be Made

As this woman thinks about what she wants to do to finish decorating this room, let’s consider her options. She’s off to a good start with the wood floors. The variations in wood tones from medium to light brown add interest and personality. Her choice of sofa and loveseat in simple lines with cotton duck [...]
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Flooring for Teen Rooms

Decorating a teen room can be tricky.  The décor that once suited a child is now too juvenile for the young adult in your house. How to select flooring for your teen’s room is a balance between pleasing their individual tastes and suiting the rest of the home’s décor.  You’ll want to find a flooring [...]
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Its All About the Light

If you love to thumb through lifestyle magazines and see how various decorators fix up rooms and homes, it’s important to remember that those photos are taken by professional architectural photographers. Take a look at the effort involved in capturing a photo of this simple chair. Three lights, two with large reflectors, are perfectly placed [...]
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Simple Solutions To Big Decorating Problems: Part 1

Have you made mistakes in your room and not sure where to turn? Usually there is an easy fix for most problems. Before breaking out your sledge hammer and starting all over, read below for alternate solutions. We swear by the healing properties of paint. If your color scheme has gone wrong, there’s nothing like [...]
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