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 CaptionAnytime you are working with larger items, it's always wise to place them first before you even begin to think about color or fabrics. The design team did a great job in laying out these beds.

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By Vern Yip

With one bedroom needing to hold seven beds and the other three beds, these rooms were challenges most people never have to face. Obviously, the space plan is the first and most important place to begin. Anytime you are working with larger items that require significant square footage, it's always wise to place them first before you even begin to think about color or fabrics. In both bedrooms, I think David, Vanessa and Teran did an admirable job of laying the beds out as effectively as possible.