Great Save! HGTV Star's Decorating Intervention

HGTV Magazine features Meg Caswell, host of Meg's Great Rooms, as she swoops in to rescue a bare-bones living and dining room space.

By Stephanie Dolgoff
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Filed under: Decorating, Dining Rooms, Living Rooms, Green

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Before: A Blank Slate

The soon-to-be-married Kevin Kaduk and Mary Beth Summins didn't know what to do with their big open blob of a space, a split-level living/dining area separated by a railing. They liked the openness and the pretty bay windows that looked out on their leafy street in Lisle, Ill., but the two-tiered layout had them stumped. No matter what they tried, they wound up with pockets of unused square footage.