Townhouse to Your House from Design Star Challenge 1

For their first Design Starchallenge, the 10 designers had to turn an empty townhouse in New York City into their "home away from home." Here are my tips for some things they did right and wrong and how apply them to your space.

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Hide CaptionShow CaptionA rug with some color and texture can help inject character and life into the room.

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By Vern Yip

A rug can define a seating area, and is also an important way to ground a space and warm it up. If you're working with a primarily neutral palette, a rug with some color and texture can help inject character and life into the room. Pulling those rug colors into throw pillows on sofas and chairs and into floor-to-ceiling drapery is also another great way to inject color inexpensively.