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When creating a beautiful interior design, the main focus tends to be to generally make the design both attractive and functional over all. In some people’s eyes, however, ensuring the colors are well-coordinated is a big step. Color is, in fact, a major component of an interior design. Apart from ensuring colors match or complement one another in an interior design, it is important that there is a healthy amount of contrast. Contrast can be described as a visual difference that …

If there’s anything you know about wallpaper, it’s that it’s been used for over a century but tends to be used less today. But back in 18th century, things took a positive turn for the then-popular paper when a color printer for wallpaper was developed in 1785 and a machine was patented for producing continuous lengths of wallpaper in 1799. Wallpaper was a major component of interior design. Without wallpaper, walls were essentially naked and quite boring. While wallpaper was popular “b …

When it comes to interior design, blue is an important color. For one, it is neither too masculine nor too feminine. It’s also a color that is widely common. On top of that, blue is very calming and is most people’s favorite or at least top favorite colors. Another benefit of the color blue is also that there are also many relevant shades to pick from to add to your interior design via candles, couch pillows, plant pots, throw blankets, vases, light fixtures, you name it. Overall, th …

The month of October is here! This is the month of candy corn, scary witches, pumpkins, haunted houses, and the festive night of “trick or treat”! And speaking of October, it's time to accommodate your home with all sorts of fun halloween decorations, whether it´s inside or outside, to set just the right ghostly mood for the entire month. And since lighting is the perfect element to capture a particular feeling or mood, lighting would be ideal to set up a scary scene in your front yard or to ent …

1. Tell us a little about yourself.I live in Austin with my husband, two daughters and Maltese. My background is in Fine Arts, which has greatly influenced how I view spaces - treating each space as a unique piece of art. I play tennis regularly and travel as often as I can. Carrie Keith Design could not exist without the help of my good friend and talented assistant, Janet. I like to compare the two of us to “Ethel and Lucy” as we tackle design challenges together.2. What would you say your pre …