Advice and Inspiration from the Pros

From our special Room by Room Columns feature

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A lovely border paper with a dark-brown background sprinkled with a variety of neutral leaves, pine cones and berries was the inspiration piece for decorating a room with an outdoor theme.
Matt Fox and Shari Hiller of Room by Room share their decorating expertise in columns about everything from getting started to the science of color:

Decorating Worksheet
Vignettes in the Kitchen
Don't Take a Decorating Theme Too Far
The Life of One Sofa
Water Themes for the Bathroom
Everybody Needs a Baker's Rack
It's Tough to Redo a Room on $500
A White Color Scheme
Wallpapering a Bathroom

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