Lara Spencer

Lara Spencer talks design on MyFixitUpLife talk show

Lara Spencer talks family, how scale and symmetry are everything to her design eye, Housing Works’ ‘Design on a Dime‘ event, strategies for hitting a flea market, her NY Times Best-Selling book: ‘I BRAKE FOR YARD SALES,’ and what she’d do if she could tweak the design of the Good Morning America set.

Wellborn Cabinet Henlow Square Inset in hickory.

FixitUp Find: Door, Drawer, & More

  When I enter  a kitchen—especially a new one—the cabinets are among the last things I look at. Reason is, I want to savor them. And when they deliver an unexpected experience, I’m happy. I’d love to say I’m particular to a style but I’m not. And Wellborn Cabinets‘ Henlow Square Inset doors and drawers deliver a [...]

Installing a thermally efficient Therma-Tru fiberglass door.

Tips for Shaking Up Your Home’s Exterior with Color

If you’re eager to add a splash of color to your home’s exterior, try starting small by adding color accents outside your home. Select a color you love and then paint a bench, your door knocker or flower planters in that color. Live with the ‘burst of color’ outside your home for awhile before adding [...]

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Color. How do you decide? Here are a few tips.

Color is so very personal and expressive. Hitting the right hue can actually help keep you mentally-centered to handle all of the stress that–unlike color–is not controllable. With so many options, selecting livable color choices for your home can seem overwhelming, but it can be really quite simple. If you look at your favorite basics [...]

Leviton Renu: Snap on, snap off, clean, replace---cool.

Switched at Birth: Leviton Renu

  Leviton’s Renu line of switches, dimmers, and outlets literally put a new face on lighting and room design. Removable and replaceable, Renu devices are installed once just like any other electrical device but—and this is the awesome part—you can simply snap the face plates and switches off. Renu’s 20 colors give you the ability [...]

Michael Murphy

Interview: Design Resolutions and Hot Trends with Michael Murphy

Lamps Plus designer Michael Murphy talks 2013 Design Trends with Mark & Theresa.  Mark: You are back inside MyFixitUpLife with my wife Theresa. Theresa: And my husband Mark. I’m so excited to be in the new year with you. Mark: I am happy to be here with you as well. I love putting the old [...]

Formica Anniversary Collection

Formica Designs: Zelig-Style

Zelig? ZELIG!! Zelig is a character able to be completely at home in any setting, any place. It’s a primo one-worder for Formica and it’s expanding collection of tones, hues, colors and looks. At 100 years old—Formica brought laminate surfaces to market in 1913—they’re diving even deeper into the confluence of tech and texture, conjuring [...]

DaVinci Roofscapes FRESH guide

FRESHen up Your Home’s Exterior

Updating your home to reflect your personality and current design obsessions gives most of us glamour-visions of our kitchen, bathroom, media room… But when it comes to the exterior of our homes, it can seem a little daunting. It’s just not as easy to update the materials and colors on the outside of our home [...]

Beverage Containers Upcycle Man Cave Decor Pinterest

Upcycled Beverage Containers into Man Cave Furnishings

The preferred source of nourishment inside the Man Cave is not only powering the men inside the cave, those beverage containers are being upcycled into furnishings for future Man Caves. Check out these upcycled stools from a keg and wine barrel, and lighting created with beer bottles that we’re enjoying on Pinterest.    

Car parts Man Cave decor Pinterest

Car Parts Upcycled as ‘Man Cave’ decor

Man Caves are ginormous opportunities to suspend disbelief and go to the limits of what men love. In 10 seasons of DIY Network’s ‘Man Caves’ Jason Cameron and Tony Siragusa have proven that there are no limits when it comes to creating the ultimate Man Cave. Check out these car parts that have been upcycled [...]

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