The Redesign Habit

10/02/2026

10/02/2026

Want to decorate pumpkins without scraping seeds, carving faces, and balancing candles? Check out these pumpkin decorating ideas to make your home festive for fall!

10/01/2026

Picture a white sofa on pristine oak floors. A soft white area rug. Flowing white sheers framing the windows. A carefully placed throw draped just so. On the coffee table, three perfectly curated, never touched collectibles. Lovely? Certainly.

Now, before entering the room, please shower and change into approved clothing. Children are restricted. Pets strictly forbidden. Family members carrying beverages denied entry. Don’t touch that vase, sir! Back slowly away. No sudden movements. Relaxing? Riiiiiiiiight.

Picture a white sofa on pristine oak floors. A soft white area rug. Flowing white sheers framing the windows. A carefully placed throw draped just so. On the coffee table, three perfectly curated, never touched collectibles. Lovely? Certainly. Now, before entering the room, please shower and chan

09/24/2026

I have nothing against a good old-fashioned jack-o'-lantern. But the minute you cut into a pumpkin, the clock starts ticking. Suddenly that perfectly good pumpkin has a much shorter decorating life - and after all that scooping, carving and seed-covered-kitchen-counter business, it seems a little rude.

So a few years ago, I started playing with another idea: What if I decorated the pumpkins instead?

I have nothing against a good old-fashioned jack-o'-lantern. But the minute you cut into a pumpkin, the clock starts ticking. Suddenly that perfectly good pumpkin has a much shorter decorating life - and after all that scooping, carving and seed-covered-kitchen-counter business, it seems a little ru

09/17/2026

There was a time when furnishing a family room was straightforward. You bought the sofa and matching loveseat. Maybe you added a matching chair. Then came the coffee table and two matching end tables. If you were furnishing a bedroom, you brought in five pieces of matching cherry furniture that were arriving on the same truck. Matchy matchy. Not that there’s anything wrongy wrongy with that.

There still isn’t. Matching pieces can make sense for a room. But not everything has to match exactly to work together. In fact, things can get a whole lot more interesting when they don’t.

There was a time when furnishing a family room was straightforward. You bought the sofa and matching loveseat. Maybe you added a matching chair. Then came the coffee table and two matching end tables. If you were furnishing a bedroom, you brought in five pieces of matching cherry furniture that were