When Rachna Patel and her husband, David, bought their Los Angeles home they embarked on a complete reno. "We loved how it turned out," says Rachna, "but it felt dark and masculine. We needed help bringing in the prettiness." This was exactly the sort of cheery style she'd seen on Emily Henderson's show, Secrets From a Stylist. So she shot the star an email, and Emily was game for the job.

To make this room warm and inviting, Emily picked an assortment of pieces with rounded edges. The pouf is from Garnet Hill, and the coffee table and the teal armchairs (a steal at $450 for the already upholstered pair) were flea market finds. The color scheme — a mix of blues with a few pops of yellow — is repeated all around the house. "When I first walked through the house with Rachna, I totally understood what she wanted,” says Emily. “The industrial elements looked awesome, but the house seemed very ‘dude.’”

The key to a great gallery wall is varying frame sizes. "Add one or two really big frames — like 16 inches by 20 inches — and an art wall immediately looks high-end," says Emily. Then mix up the other sizes, and hang some horizontally, some vertically.

Emily hung inexpensive frames that she spray-painted white (Gloss White by Krylon), then gold (Gold Rush by Rust-Oleum Metallic) around the corners. Eli's artwork is taped directly to the wall, so it's easy to switch out. The wall itself is 100% chalkboard (specialty Chalk Board paint by Rust-Oleum). The blue chest has names of Indian spices written on it and filled with crayons and coloring books.