Tag Archives: Design

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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How I Live – Home Quiz

When you begin dreaming about a new home, or upgrading your existing abode it’s so easy to visualize what the finished project will look like. You know exactly what color scheme you like, the light fixtures you want and the perfect area rug to finish up a room. What may seem perfect in your mind, [...]
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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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This Blue Room Works

Is this room to your taste? It’s traditional in style and very blue. While most people would not choose to decorate a room this way, it’s worth paying attention to because it uses some basic design techniques very well. Creating a room with a strong color emphasis is hard to do. One trick used in [...]
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Two-level Countertop

One design choice that has become more common recently is the multiple-level countertop. This approach is particularly advantageous in an open living environment, because the raised section will help hide the more untidy elements in your kitchen. While an open living area creates the opportunity for everyone in the family to stay connected, whether cooking, [...]
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Design Resource Center

One of our favorite website features is our “Design Resource Center”.  Here, we want to help you find the right product for the right project.  If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you’ll see the “Design Resources” tab. We offer a variety of tools on this page including: Visualize- Visualize different products in [...]
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