Home layouts offer lots of cool possibilities for remodeling existing space, spicing things up and making the rooms more livable. But every once in a while, along comes a really BAD idea and homeowners seem to jump on the plan feet-first without a second thought. Before you know it, you’ve got a lot of homes out there with the really bad ideas incorporated into their blueprints. To ward off making the same mistakes, we’ll show you how to shy away from these design blunders.

#1 – The Great BIG Room

Raising the roof is easy enough to do in these large rooms, seeing as the ceiling is thirty feet high and all forms of noise echo throughout the massive space – the loud television, conversation in every which corner, and of course, cooking clamor. Even if the room doesn’t have dramatically high ceilings, there’s still way too much wasted space. And the openness, not to mention all those windows, make the area impossibly difficult to heat and cool. (more…)

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Brilliant design choices for every room in the house begin with color. Here are some designers’ ideas for livening up your cooking, living and bath spaces.

#1 – Pixilated Naptime

We know more than a few twenty-something year-olds that would barter a limb on the black market to obtain this couch. Designed by Cristian Zuzunaga, this is furniture with a creative purpose. According to the website, Zuzunaga’s infusion of color into daily life aims to “counterbalance present dark and negative ways of seeing and therefore of thinking.” (more…)

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Remodeling a 1970 Travel Trailer

Deb Leblanc lives in a renovated 1970 Airstream travel trailer she bought on Craigslist for $3,700. Purchasing a “home” for under $4,000 is unusual in itself, sort of like living full-time in an Airstream. But what truly delights me is how Deb seemed to say, “Screw it! I’m doing whatever I want to this monster bus!” The woman has transformed her living quarters into an adorable girly paradise.

With only $2,000 put into the redo, she turned the 22’ Land Yacht from “nothing much to look at” to “hey, a really interesting woman lives here.” Nicknamed Jewels, the Airstream’s original neutral pallet is punched up with bright colors, lots of texture and interesting shapes. Though there are some 70s touches, like funky daisy shades, echoing flower motifs, a satiny papasan chair and hanging shell strands, the overall mood is modern and curvy, from the artwork to the built-in work desk. (more…)

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