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  • The Essentials of a Great Dining Room

    Your dining room is a place where you entertain guests and spend time with your family. It should be a special, beautiful part of your home where you can make memories for years to come. To give your dining room the ideal atmosphere, keep these basic home design ideas in mind when decorating your home in Connecticut.

    Rich Colors
    Your kitchen can be an informal space where you eat on the go, but your formal dining room should give your guests a

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    sense of opulence and grandeur. Using bold, rich colors like red and yellow will help you to do that.

    The colors you pick are up to you, but deep-hued colors and saturated colors tend to work best. Generally, you should avoid cool colors in your dining room, though certain shades of silver and gray can work.

    Proper Lighting
    Proper lighting in a dining room helps to set the mood. In a dining room, harsh lighting can make your food look unappetizing and make people feel like they’re in a sterile doctor’s office.

    Choose soft, warm lighting for your dining room. An overhead chandelier and a few wall sconces will provide you with enough light in a formal dining room without spoiling the mood.

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    Summer brings with it long days, vacations, ice cream cones… and storms.  Summer thunderstorms are common this time of year, and most of them are nothing to worry about.  However, summer is also hurricane season and, as we learned last year, the northeastern coast is not immune to the damaging effects of these super storms….

  • Remodeling Ideas That’ll Make Your Home Feel Bigger

    Gaining more living space in your home is not always about increasing the actual square-footage. Often times, remodeling a room so that it can serve double duty can effectively make your home seem a lot bigger and more functional. Here are some suggestions for remodeling your home to appear larger without actually adding on to…

  • The Benefits of a New Custom Home vs an Existing Home

    When searching for a new home, one of the earliest questions you need to answer is whether you want to buy an existing home or build a custom home.  Both have their benefits, but in many cases the benefits of custom building outweigh those of buying an existing home. When you search for existing homes,…

  • Has Marble in the Home Lost Its Luster?

    The use of marble in the home is a centuries old tradition. It’s beauty in the kitchen, bathroom and as floors or walls cannot be denied. But times do change. Once a sign of affluence, the allure of this natural stone has decreased dramatically as it has found its way into a high percentage of…