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How To Choose The Right Window Covering For Any Room
Baffled about how to choose the right window covering for any room? Do you want a window treatment solution that also solves a few problems? Is there a way to cover the windows on a budget? You are in the right place for the smart way to make your best window dressing decisions.

How To Update Your Tired Decor To Look Great
It’s time to update your tired decor, BUT…
Are you baffled about what to do or what to do first? Is it possible to just “spruce the joint up” without a major overhaul? Can “sprucing” be done on a budget too? Absolutely ! Learn how to really see what you’re looking at to make your best, smartest decisions.

How To Create The Best Lighting Solutions For Your Home
Creating the best lighting solutions for your home will not happen by accident. Armed great advice and a little forethought, it’s easier than you think.

How To Choose Terrific Home Paint Colors You Will Love
Choosing paint color for your home can be very confusing. Where do you start to figure out what color, which shade and where it should go? How do you know you have “it” out of thousands of paint color options? Here is the ultimate step-by-clear-step guide for selecting perfect paint colors for every room.

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My name is Cindy Bergersen. As your Home Design Professor, I’ll tell you how, step by step, to use universal design principals logically, to create the home you love to come home to.
My Mission, with the Design Reference Library, is to help you, help yourself to a more beautiful, comfortable home, without feeling confusion or overwhelm about where to start and how to proceed.
THERE IS MAGIC IN THE LOGIC OF DESIGN.
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About Decoding Decor…
The basic principals of good design hold true regardless of the style and provenance of your furnishings.
The Decoding Decor Design Reference Library has been developed to be your most reliable resource for the “Why’s” and “How To” to design and style your home for the way you live.
You will find all you need to know about easy-to-execute home design principles that will apply to any style of decor or size of budget.
You will be delighted when you understand how to decide on the best solutions, as you set out on the adventure of creating the home you’ve always wanted.
At last, Home Decor Decoded into actionable data that you can use whenever you are ready.