During my recent week off to recover from moving house and getting repairs underway to my leak-damaged home, I continued the work of embracing a big life lesson…
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A Cheap Chic Hardwood Floor Solution
When we saw this Parisian flat in Design Milk, we were intrigued more by the floors than by the slanted shelves built into each “space” of the sprawling apartment. Short lengths of hardwood flooring are almost always less expensive than longer lengths, but, when laid out in the traditional, end-to-end pattern often LOOK cheap and…
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Liberating a Painted Floor
We view painted floors as a canvas that can be embellished or changed as needed. Here are some examples of cool floor patterns you can paint on top of a painted floor, to shift the look or disguise damage or wear.
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repair or chic-up your wood floors with tiles
What do you do when you’ve got a parquet or hardwood floor with patches that are broken or in generally terrible repair? We found a surprising solution via artist Mathias Kiss’ installation Banquise: replace wood rectangles or slats with tile. You don’t have to just stick with rectangles. Paola Navone made a fabulous patch using…
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