Q: We are moving into a new house, and the walls will be stark-white flat paint and the woodwork semi-gloss white paint. I hope to paint the walls in earth tones (soft clays and greens). Is there any ...
DEAR DESIGNER: I recently bought a beautiful home out of foreclosure. It has great bones, but feels dark. The ceilings are only 8 feet tall and it has large, dark oak crown moldings, baseboards and ...
Intricate crown molding and baseboards—you know, the kind with scrollwork and dentils and multiple layers—are all well and good in a restored historic apartment in some romantic European city. But if ...