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Design Dilemma

Design Dilemma: City Living

October 28, 2011
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Big city living usually equals small spaces, noisy streets, and spending as much time OUT instead of IN!  But, for those times you just want to stay IN, why not come home to a place you love?!?  Our next design dilemma is from a YB&D guy in the big city of Chicago. I couldn’t help but be a bit [...]

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Design Dilemma : Renting

August 26, 2011
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So many dilemmas!  This week the dilemma comes from a YB&D gal who is feeling slightly restricted when it comes to decorating her studio apartment.  Why, you ask? Because she is a renter!  I think we can all relate! “My greatest design dilemma is how to decorate my north wall [headboard wall].  As a renter, I’m [...]

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Q&A: Kitchen Backsplash

July 17, 2011
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A Design Q&A.  From a YB&D gal in Chicago.  The question: which tile to choose for her new kitchen back splash.  The answer: oh if only it were as easy as just picking one.  The glass tile will definitely bring some life to this kitchen.  But, I had a question of my own.  The question:  are you keeping [...]

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Design Dilemma: Balance

July 9, 2011
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I received an email this week from a friend in ATL!  A fellow southerner who needed a little advice on how to give her living room some much needed dimension and texture. “I need more dimension…more picture frames on my wall, maybe?  More pillows?” She also mentioned that she is not totally in love with the frame on her current piece [...]

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Design Dilemma: Blank Walls

April 15, 2011
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This week it is another design dilemma from a local Los Angeles gal who found YB&D through a network on Casa Sugar!  Our gal was drawing a blank. “I’m looking for a reasonable solution for my big blank wall inside my bedroom.  Hoping you have some neat ideas.” Have no fear, YB&D is here.  Let’s [...]

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Design Dilemma: Tiny Room

February 25, 2011
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Dilemma?  Who, me?  Yup, this week, it’s my dilemma.  I have the smallest bedroom ever!  Literally I can only fit a bed.  A nightstand.  And well, that’s all folks.  I have been on the search for an interesting detail to use as a  headboard.  There is no space for a traditional bed frame and to make matters worse the breaker box [...]

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Design Dilemma: Bachelor

July 23, 2010
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Oh the boys!  So clueless sometimes, yet so stuck in their ways.  One such bachelor emailed me last week in need of a little design advice.  It’s free.  Smart guy.  He recently moved into a one bedroom apartment here in Los Angeles and found himself with a dilemma.  A design dilemma.  A funky shelves design [...]

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