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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I need a little help
Pin itDear Style Studio, I would like a little help decorating my dining and living area. I have 12ft ceilings and my living is 14×13 and dining is 10×13. I don’t know where to begin!! There are so many beautiful things in your catalog! Do you have any ideas on making these to areas work [...]
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The Willoughby’s Decorating Dilemma
Pin itHow do we divide this room up? Through the doorway on the right there is another living room/office area. What should we do?? Tim Dear Tim: Without the dimension of the room, it is difficult to provide you with a floor plan. However, we can give you some suggestions based on the photo you [...]
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What Size Claire Chandelier?
Pin itDear 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? Mary Dear Mary: Thank you for your questions about what size chandelier your need. Looking at your [...]
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Finishing Touches for a Butter Cream Dining Room
Pin itDear 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 [...]
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Using Accents to Lighten Up Leather Furniture
Pin itDear 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 [...]
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Keeping Room
Pin itHello, 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” [...]
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Accessorizing Living Room
Pin itHi, 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 [...]
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Awkward Living Room
Pin itHi! 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. [...]
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Living Room Issues
Pin itGood 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, [...]
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A Family Room Design Delimma
Pin itDear 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 [...]
