How to Style a Sideboard

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A good sideboard is more than just a storage solution – it provides an opportunity to showcase your style and the things you love including beautiful décor, personal collections, books, art, and so much more. In today’s post we’ll go over what you can include when styling your sideboard to begin transforming your space into a seamlessly curated design.

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Cotton Lamps

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Recently I’ve noticed an increased use of cotton lamps in Scandinavian home decor. I’m not quite sure yet how I feel about them being used in small rooms to be honest, but aesthetically I find them to be so very lovely.

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A Steamy Affair

ARCTICdeco.com: A Steamy AffairI wanted to quickly share with ya’ll one of my favorite little household contraptions. It’s one of those things that makes my life infinitely easier as it prevents me from having to do a chore I least enjoy – by making it slightly more enjoyable. It’s My Little Steamer® Go Mini Hand Steamer! (more…)

Lovin’ the Geometry

ARCTICdeco.com: Loving the Geometry; geometric decor ideasI’m gravitating towards geometric design and shapes a lot lately.

Here are a few of the interesting geometric accents I’ve been coveting this week. The lamp and console I’m looking at getting for the living room, and I’d SO love a brass wire frame bear head for the dining room wall. One day. (more…)

Kitchen & Living Room In Progress

ARCTICdeco.com: Kitchen. Living Room.DuringAfter having been away for work over the last couple weeks, J has been diligently working on the kitchen and living room renovation to get the walls up and plastered. If you remember the living room earlier there was a half wood-panelled wainscotting wall that I really wanted to get rid of.

After pulling off several of the panels, however, we realized that they weren’t just nailed into place, but also reinforced with industrial glue – so that when pulled off the wall they took half of the drywall with it. Once it was started it was too late to stop (though we’ll be thinking twice before tackling the hallways). We removed it all and then stared at the mess of a wall that was left over. We then had a choice of either trying to plaster over it and take a LOT of time trying to make the wall look smooth again, or tear it out and re-drywall. After having some contractors come and take a look, they strongly recommended we re-drywall, and so it began.

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