Decorating Dilemmas
Our stylists answer your questions, so you can tackle your home decorating project with complete confidence. Email your decorating dilemmas to the Style Studio Design Team.
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What Size Claire Chandelier?
Dear Ballard Designs,
I have a 44 inch wide dining room table. Picture of my dining room is attached. Is the 9 arm chandelier too big for this area? Or should I go with the 6 arm?
MaryDear Mary:
Thank you for your questions about what size chandelier your need. Looking at your Dining Room and the [...] -
Finishing Touches for a Butter Cream Dining Room
Dear Style Studio:
I am having the best time looking through your design help section (to the point of no sleep). I’m looking for help in my dining room. As you can see we have the butter cream striped paint look which we love. We have found curtains we’re happy with and love our furniture. I [...] -
Using Accents to Lighten Up Leather Furniture
Dear Style Studio,
I need help to decorate my family room. I have been through the Ballard Designs’ catalog and there are so many items i want to order but don’t know how to pair them. My primary design challenge is this: I am stuck with the furniture you see in the attached photos – all [...] -
Keeping Room
Hello,
We moved into our home 2+ years ago, and our keeping room has been the center of our daily activities, but it’s the least favorite spot for most of our family of five. It adjoins our kitchen and breakfast area and should be the center of our daily routine, but it’s not “homey” and [...] -
Accessorizing Living Room
Hi,
I really need some help choosing new artwork and accessories for our living room (see attached picture). I have recently painted it — Benjamin Moore’s Hepplewhite Ivory (1/2 strength) and really like the Jardin Botanique I and II canvas prints but wondered if they would look lost on the light paint. I have ordered two [...] -
Awkward Living Room
Hi!
I recently purchased some black key west wicker chairs for my kit table and had fantastic service(to which my hubs said, “let’s buy more!”. I was super excited to find the design service on the website. I really need your help in determining the layout and fabric/furniture choices for my awkward living room. There [...] -
Living Room Issues
Good Morning,
My wife and I are in the process of redecorating every room in our house. Our first room that is giving us problems is the living room. This is a long room with dimensions of: L=21′ and W=13′ 4″. The biggest problem is the placement of the living room entrance, picture window, [...] -
A Family Room Design Delimma
Dear Ballard,
I recently moved into my new home and am having lots of difficulty arranging my furniture in my family room. As you will see in the pictures I have attached, I’m having such difficulty mainly due to the fact that I have 3 entryways/exits off of the family room (1 from the front [...] -
Storage Solutions for a Laundry/Craft Room
I really love the laundry room designed by Suzanne Kasler.I was wondering if I could do something similar with my laundry/craft room, even though it is probably somewhat smaller…
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Help with Wall Decor
I need help decorating the walls of my living/dining room. As you can see I’ve already purchased a few of Ballard Designs’ beautiful prints but need to put something on the adjacent walls.
