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Feel-Good Home
How to Buy a Bed Frame
By Erin Carlyle
Before shopping for a bed, consider your space, style and how you want your bed frame to support your mattress
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Vintage Style
9 Old-School Furniture Pieces Poised for a Comeback
By Laura Gaskill
These throwback furnishings offer modern function with vintage style. Do you have one at home?
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Living Rooms
Lay Out Your Living Room: Floor Plan Ideas for Rooms Small to Large
By Charmean Neithart
Take the guesswork — and backbreaking experimenting — out of furniture arranging with these living room layout concepts
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Living Rooms
Why a Sofa Makes a Room and How to Find the One for You
By Gwendolyn Purdom
With TV and movie season ramping up and cozy weather coming, here’s what to consider as you pick your perfect couch
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Decorating Guides
10 Reasons to Love Wingback Chairs
By Laura Gaskill
This cozy, versatile and forever-classic chair style makes itself at home in every room. Here’s why
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Living Rooms
Will a Colorful Couch Put You in Your Happy Zone?
By Laura Gaskill
A bold sofa can wake up a too-neutral room, personalize a rented space and more
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Bedrooms
These 7 Hardworking Headboards Double as Storage
By Amanda Pollard
Besides being a backrest, a headboard can act as a bookcase, desktop, nightstand and more
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Bedrooms
7 Ways With a Canopy Bed That Don’t Involve Frills
By Kate Burt
The modern four-poster bed is more streamlined than its elaborate ancestor but still brings the drama
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Your First House
8 Pieces of Furniture You’ll Keep Forever
By Yanic Simard
If you’re just starting out in a new place, consider these furniture options that you can take with you to any new home
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Decorating Guides
Design Recommendation: A Classic Brown Leather Sofa
By Mitchell Parker
We pen a love letter to the versatile, comfortable and stylish piece found in so many homes
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Tropical Style
Spotted: A Cane Comeback
By Kate Shaw
Warm and natural cane furniture and accessories lend a laid-back feel inside and out
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