Design Tips: The Entryway
In the old French Opera houses, a foyer was the space where actors relaxed when they were offstage. Since actors were accustomed to...
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Working With What You’ve Got: Awkward Layouts
In this series, we’ll be talking through styling spaces that have features out of your control, such as awkward layouts. Whether it’s a...
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Outdoor Design Trends for 2021
Outdoor spaces and design have been front and center for a while now. While this category in home design was arguably already on the rise...
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Try the Trend: Mix Metals
We love to mix metals, and frankly this trend is probably going to be around for a while! Matchy-matchy has given way to more organic and...
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Color Trend: Styling with Green
Maybe you’ve noticed it as well, but GREEN is all over the place, and has been since 2020. In everything from wall paint to fall jackets,...
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HOW TO: Refresh Your Space With Any Budget
Spending all this time at home has maybe stirred a desire in you to change up your space. We’re noticing things we had glossed over...
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Why You Still Need Staging in a Sellers Market
Selling your home is a big deal, and can sometimes be stressful. Between deciding when to list your home for sale, for how much, and what...
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How to Lay Out a Living Room
As home stagers, we at HAVEN have styled LOTS of living rooms in all shapes and sizes. Each has its own pros and cons in terms of layout,...
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4 Ways to Use Mirrors in Your Space
Mirrors are great. Like, really great. Of course we use them in the usual places, like bathrooms or in closets, but mirrors can transform...
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How to: Design Loft Spaces
Loft spaces are so fun to work with, but they present some really intense design challenges. Here’s some things to consider when you’re...
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HAVEN’s Commitment to Beautify Chicago
We all could use a little more beauty in 2020, and HAVEN is rising to the call. Since HAVEN’s mission is to beautify interior spaces in...
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8 Places To Clean & Organize for That Zen Feeling at Home
We may not be in full quarantine lifestyles now, but we’re still spending much more time at home than before, which means that the closet...
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9 Ways to Maximize Your Small Space
Small spaces can be really great if you know how to make them work to the max. It takes some planning and a bit of patience, but overall...
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Fireplaces 101
Fireplaces are such great opportunities to give some oomph to your home decor. Whether you have a small gas fireplace or a massive stone...
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Trends vs Classics: Keeping a Space Current Without Regret
It’s the age old question: what will last and what will fade out of style? And how do you tell which trends will become classics?...
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ECO-FRIENDLY Textiles & Accessories
There are countless ways to incorporate eco-friendly materials into the design of your home. This post will specifically focus on home...
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ECO-FRIENDLY Furniture
Ideally we would all live in perfectly sustainable green homes, but it’s not something that happens overnight. One of the easiest but...
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ECO-FRIENDLY Mechanicals, Flooring, & Lighting
If you’re working on home renovations or even just wanting to swap out an appliance or two, you may be considering how to be more earth...
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Lighting 101
Need to address some light fixtures in your home, but unsure where to start? In this post we’ve rounded up some of the ultimate...
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Fall & Winter Trends for 2020
With all this time spent at home, we’ve noticed a higher interest in home design in general, and transitioning to some chillier weather...
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