We're remodeling our kitchen and adjacent family room and we need help finding someone in the Rochester NY that can help us pick out and coordinate the colors of our walls, counter-tops, rugs and floors. I've been looking at the web sites of interior designers and decorators and I find them very intimating. It looks like they work on $$$$ projects and we have a modest house and a modest budget. Do you have any recommendations or suggestions?
posted by 14580 on Nov 4, 2009 - 7 answers

Can the interior walls of a log home be plastered smooth? Fairly simply? [more inside]
posted by GuffProof on Oct 10, 2009 - 13 answers

How can I best set up a question regarding furniture rearrangement (in terms of spatially rearranging things, with measurements) on the Internet, and is Ask Mefi the best source or are there other communities that would be better? Are there Flash tools that let you post furniture floorplans and let others come and rearrange things? Alternatively, for advice simply on arrangement of furniture, how much might a professional's advice be, and would an interior decorator be the profession to turn to? (Do they still call themselves interior decorators? It seems a '70s term.) [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Jun 11, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm asking this on behalf of a friend, who's just bought a relatively pricey gallon of interior paint only to discover it's not coming out the color she'd wanted. What would be the best (i.e., most reliable and least expensive) way of fixing this? Can she simply buy a different color and mix her own? [more inside]
posted by zeph on Nov 3, 2007 - 15 answers

Any suggestions for what I can do with two curtain panels that won't work for the purpose I bought them? [more inside]
posted by frobozz on Sep 28, 2007 - 8 answers

Our cats have discovered the joy of shredding toilet paper. Is there a cool and stylish toilet-paper cozy that can be a solution? [more inside]
posted by commander_cool on Mar 27, 2007 - 15 answers

How can I make my house's decor appear sophisticated and interesting? [more inside]
posted by LoriFLA on Oct 28, 2006 - 25 answers

Looking for a unique or stylin' a) table lamp and b) floor lamp. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted by You Should See the Other Guy on Sep 23, 2006 - 8 answers

Help me make my new basement room feel like a non-basement room. Specifically, paint, lighting, and other decorating ideas. [more inside]
posted by PercussivePaul on Aug 30, 2006 - 10 answers

Adventures in home decorating: what kind and color of curtains should I buy? [more inside]
posted by acridrabbit on Apr 2, 2006 - 3 answers

I have several large paintings (5 x 5 or so) and am moving into a new apartment. I know from experience at my current apartment that I like to move stuff around and that I don't like holes in the walls. What's involved in hanging paintings from the ceiling like galleries often do?
posted by dobbs on Mar 27, 2006 - 12 answers

In your, professional or casual opinion, what's a good, inviting and livable color to paint a bedroom? Thank you.
posted by Colloquial Collision on Jun 23, 2005 - 30 answers

I'm moving from a small, really nice place in a sweet neighborhood to a larger, less swank place in a considerably less sweet neighborhood. There are no trees on my street, a lot more trash, and it's noisier. Any tips for making my apartment prettier, a place that I'm just thrilled to come home to? I have a very low budget. [more inside]
posted by jennyjenny on Jun 5, 2005 - 17 answers

I have: A dorm room wall, about 8' x 11', and access to a high quality, 54" printer that prints to a roll. I want to cover my whole wall with one image. Help me, please. [MI] [more inside]
posted by rfordh on Sep 14, 2004 - 33 answers