Dining Rooms
Dining Room Ideas for Everyday Meals and Bigger Dinners
Twelve dining rooms that work on a weeknight and at a full holiday table, through color, lighting, seating,…
Eleanor Marsh
Eleanor Marsh covers interiors and decor for Room Almanac, with a focus on color, materials, lighting, and the decisions that make a room feel coherent. Her guides look closely at proportion, finish, undertone, and how individual choices work together in a finished space.
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Dining Rooms
Furniture
Mismatched Dining Chairs Need One Thing in Common
Mixed dining chairs look collected when one trait stays constant. Four ways to mix them, where to break…
Color
Accent Wall Ideas, From Paint to Reclaimed Wood
An accent wall used to mean one wall, one paint color, and a hope that it would read…
Entryways
12 Entryway Ideas Beyond the Console and Mirror
The entry is the one room in a house every single visitor sees, and it usually gets the…
Color
Grout Color Changes a Backsplash More Than the Tile Does
Most of the real decision-making on a kitchen backsplash happens before grout ever comes up. The tile material…
Kitchens
15 Kitchen Backsplash Ideas That Do More Than Fill the Wall
Most backsplash advice treats the wall behind the range as a problem already solved once tile goes up.…
Home Offices
Home Office Lighting for Video Calls, Screens, and Long Work Days
A desk lamp that looks perfectly fine in person can still leave a video call looking lit from…
Home Offices
Home Office Ideas for a Room That Has to Be Something Else Too
Almost nobody redecorating a home office is starting from an empty room. The desk has to go somewhere…
Furniture
How to Mix Metal Finishes Without It Looking Accidental
A brushed nickel faucet next to a brass lamp is not automatically a mistake. Leaving every finish in…
Styles & Trends
A Practical Guide to Interior Design Styles, and How to Find Yours
Type “what is my design style” into a search bar and the results split into two useless categories:…
Bedrooms
Bedroom Ideas for Every Layout, Budget, and Style
A bedroom carries less daily traffic than a living room and fewer functions than a kitchen, which is…
Kitchens
Open Shelving or Closed Cabinets: Choosing for a Kitchen You Use Every Day
The real tradeoffs between open shelving and closed cabinets in a kitchen, including where mixing both works better…