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Three common design mistakes involving scale, balance and proportion can make a room feel uncomfortable. Fortunately, they have quick and easy fixes. An interior designer offers her solutions.

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Fixes for 3 common home decorating mistakes |

Interior designer had managed the Baltimore Museum of Art’s gift shop Nancy Christie, a retired interior designer and manager of the Baltimore Museum of Art ’s gift shop, died of Alzheimer’s disease complications July 21 at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. The former Roland Park resident was 85.

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Nancy Christie dies at age 85 |

Modani Furniture is rapidly becoming a common name for ultra modern and chic decor. The concept of combining e-commerce with brick-and-mortar business, where designer styles are offered at an affordable price via the internet and showroom is taking over the web and trendiest cities.

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E-commerce Meets Brick-and-Mortar Business: Modani Modern Furniture Concept Thriving Online and Opening its Third … |

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c3b5d1/building_type_basi) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools, 2nd Edition” to their offering. Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools, Second Edition is your one-stop …

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The name Korakrit Arunanondchai may not ring many bells to Thais, but on the international stage this 23-year-old Thai is making a name for himself in the world of design and fine art.

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Aspirations in Art |

You may need to be logged in to see stories listed here that are in our archives. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The worst of the recession may be over, but that doesn’t mean consumers will soon return to the rampant spending of years past.

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Interior painting the real deal for frugal consumers |

Until recently, I was a ding-dong about interior decorating, thinking it was frivolous, superficial: a silly pursuit for rich socialites, O.C.D. neat freaks obsessed with appearances and superior magazine-design twerps. I was proud to have no idea what chintz, sconces, William Kent tables, Queen Anne chairs, trellises and porticos were. I happily wallowed in hellholes, pigsties, rat traps. All I …

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The Dunce of Chintz No More |

NEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal has named Deborah Needleman to a newly created role in which she will serve as editor in chief of WSJ., the Journal’s glossy lifestyle magazine, and editor of a new weekly Saturday lifestyle section in development for the Journal for the fall.

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Wall Street Journal Appoints Deborah Needleman as Editor of WSJ. Magazine, New Lifestyle Section |

I’ve always had a passion for decorating and interior design, but as a bartender for 25 years, and being a single mom for half of that, I felt my role was just to provide and survive. My husband, Danny, had a career on Wall Street for 20 years up until March 2006, when he was laid off in a downsizing. This happened when we were in the midst of building our dream home, so the timing was the …

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Home stager wanted to do more than just survive |

What’s old — centuries old, even — is suddenly new again in home design. Wood, that ancient staple of interior decorating, has been getting fresh attention in every room of the house. Designers are mixing salvaged barn doors with new synthetic flooring that looks strikingly like the real thing. At the same time, faux wood-grain wallpaper and upholstery offer a nod to nature without hiding their …

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Homes: Wooden splendor |