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Tips for Stripping Wallpaper: How to Get Rid of Ugly Wallpaper! I hate stripping wallpaper! Our Queen Anne Victorian, circa 1878, had layers of wallpaper, painted over, papered over, and painted over again and again. While stripping the wallpaper, I realized that many homemakers get wrong advice for this horrendous task. After years of experience on over 30 houses, I offer my tried and best tips: Prepare Your Roses for Long-Lasting Display Few flowers look as nice or smell as wonderful as fresh roses. They're perfect for cutting and bringing into the house to enjoy, and if you take a little extra care in cutting and preparing them, they'll last much longer in that special vase. Interior Designer Elsie de Wolf - A Rebel in an Ugly World Elsie de Wolfe started out as an actress, making her debut on the stage in 1890 as a member of the Empire Stock Company. In 1935, Paris experts named Lady Mendl the best-dressed woman in the world, which was high praise, coming from best-known the place in the world for high fashion at the time. Interior Designer Dorothy Draper - Inferior Desecrator? Although Dorothy Draper is no longer a household name, she had an enormous effect on American interior design ideas in her day, and though she had her detractors (like Frank Lloyd Wright and others), there's no denying that she was the one who made the profession of interior designer possible for all those who came after her. Decorative Area Rugs: How to Care for Area Rugs A well-crafted, beautiful area rug can not only make a dramatic statement in a room, but it can also be a sound investment, and if you give it the proper care, it can be passed from generation to generation. Create a Luxurious Bathroom with a Designer's Touch It seems as if bathrooms have undergone more radical changes than any other room in the modern home over the past few years. In fact, it's been less than a century since bathrooms were first brought inside of the home, and since that time, their evolution has been ongoing. Modern bathrooms bear little resemblance to their utilitarian counterparts of bygone days. Bedroom Makeovers: Feng Shui, Design Psychology and Bed Arrangement The bed represents the beginning and ending of life. In the past, people were conceived, born, and they died in the same bed. You spend more time in your bed than in any other piece of furniture. So, follow Feng Shui rules or Design Psychology principles and place your bed with the head facing 3 Home Interior Design Styles - Wabi Sabi, Shabby Chic, and Design Psychology Before you relate Wabi Sabi to Shabby Chic style, understand that the Wabi Sabi way of life starts with simplicity, whereas Shabby Chic interiors often fill spaces with a lot of interesting finds, which can end up with too much to care for and eye clutter, according to Design Psychology principles.