Laura's Ideas

wallpaper made out of charts

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exhaust fume hood over stove

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sofa cover

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sofa cover

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white metal IKEA shelf on wall

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added a pot light in the shower and replaced the dated dressing room lights over the vanity with an elegant LED light bar that will save energy. Another resource saver is the dual-flush O Jazz toilet from Kollezi. This one-piece toilet has a simple curved skirt that makes it easy to clean.

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For the bathroom floor, Khuong chose a 12-by-24-inch dark gray porcelain tile. “I continued the same tile onto the shower floor because this is a smaller washroom,” she says. Using a different tile on the shower floor would have chopped up the space and made it feel smaller.

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beautiful 36-by-36-inch porcelain tile digitally printed to look like Carrara marble. Note the way the veining pattern here is continuous, making it look as if large marble slabs were used.

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large-format digitally printed porcelain tile that looks like Carrara marble for the shower surround. And a white color palette and LED lighting make the windowless room light and bright.

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blue-green-gray Silvermist by Sherwin-Williams a nice marriage between green and blue

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Purses, computer bags, backpacks, sports bags and outerwear. Closets and coat racks can fill up quickly with these bulky items, with extras ending up on the backs of chairs or draped over bannisters. Often, there are just too many of these items, so consider winnowing your collection. For example, if your child receives a new backpack each year, consider donating the old one. Sort through coats and donate any that no longer fit or you no longer use. Hang everyday bags and outerwear on a coat rack or in a closet near the front door.

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The solution is to simply designate a location so that you don’t have to search for these items every time you leave the house. A kitchen drawer with a charging station is ideal, but if you don’t have one, then simply corral these items in a small basket near an electrical outlet where you can easily grab them when you leave the house.

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hanging drying rack comes out from the wall when in use

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hanging drying rack from wall of laundry room in a hallway

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pull out folding metal clothes hanger in top right of photo

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pull out folding metal clothes hanger in top right of photo

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pull out drying rack (folded up when not in use)

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pull out drying rack

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pull out baskets in bottom left of photo

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pull out laundry drying bars

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slanted pull out laundry dryer bars

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pull out laundry dryer

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under stairs laundry

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under stairs laundry

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under stairs laundry

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under stairs laundry

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storage under stairs

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The double bed is on a platform to differentiate the zones and gain storage space. “This is the second modular element in this studio, but we’ve worked on the modularity so you don’t lose one function to create another,” Guilbault says. A carpenter integrated a 55-by-75-inch frame and slats into the top of the 19½-inch-high platform. The structure lifts to reveal a roomy storage space where the owner can keep his luggage.

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Or he can reach the bed from the foot end. This end also serves as a seat for the built-in desk along the wall. The owner can sit facing the window and work while enjoying a view of the trees outside.

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Behind this partition, the bedroom was designed as a sleeping box. “The difference is that there isn’t really space to move around the bed. Still, this type of alcove is just as comfortable as a real bedroom. The owner can reach the bed from this small passage between the laundry cabinet and the TV.

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Although it’s quite heavy, the wood panel slides easily thanks to a track from Hawa attached to the ceiling. Ir can hide the sleeping area

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shoe shelves against wall

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