Your interior design is more than the sum of its parts. Your floors, walls, window treatments, and furniture can come together to create a feeling of elegant comfort – or they can clash and make your home seem gaudy or disjointed aesthetically. What makes a difference is how well you can balance and complement the different elements of your home.

Using white in your home design may sound simple, but white is more challenging than you think.  There are many different shades of white.  There’s bright white and off white, cream and stark white, and whites that have a cool tone or warm tone.

Whether you’re looking to sell your home in the next 12 months or in 5 years, finding ways to increase your home’s value can have a big payoff. Even if you’re not selling for a few years, you can enjoy any upgrades you make before you turn over the keys.

Have you ever walked into a room and wondered why it felt so cozy? Or maybe you’ve visited a friend’s house who had gorgeous furnishings but the room felt flat and sterile. Chances are your feelings in both places were heavily influenced by one thing: lighting. Light is a powerful element of home design that greatly affects our moods and shouldn’t be overlooked. There’s two types of lighting that affect your home design and feeling: natural light and artificial light.

Do you have a chilly spot in your home next to your windows that you avoid? Or do you feel like your heater is constantly on, even when it’s not that cold outside? There’s no need to feel chilly when a little home winterization can go a long way. One of the first places to start is with your windows.