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Even just from the song ‘Uptown Girl’ by Billy Joel, it’s clear there are distinctions between uptown and downtown. Even  though the terms often have different meanings today, ‘uptown’ used to signify a middle to wealthy class neighborhood while ‘downtown’ was deemed a poorer side of town when compared to its uptown counterpart. If this is still difficult to put into perspective, think of the Great Gatsby where East Egg represented where the wealthier elite resided while West …

Most people admire having a beautiful backyard, even if they own little land. Often, less is more when it comes to beautifying property, but to some people, a complete backyard is nothing more than a table and a few chairs and maybe a barbecue. Is this truly the backyard you want to have? Do you truly believe this would give your backyard its best potential? If you’re hoping to maximize your backyard to make it the most purposeful, attractive, and exhilarating as possible, it may be …

Walk-in closets: they’re many people’s dreams. In fact, when purchasing a new home, it’s a deal breaker in some people’s eyes if their master bedroom lacks a walk-in closet. The idea of sharing a wardrobe or non-walk-in closet with a partner is not ideal in many cases, especially if one or both partners has a lot of clothes and shoes. But when your bedroom does offer a walk-in closet, even though it may appear large from the start, it can easily get cramped and messy. You may think th …

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 …