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Tips 'N' Tricks: How to Make Your Kitchen and Outdoors Pop!

Using Trays to Decorate Indoors and Out It's that time of year when all the patio doors open and our living spaces double.  I want to give you some quick tips and tricks on ways that you can easily decorate indoors but make it something that can translate to your outdoors entertaining easily. Start with a Tray For starters, I wanted to share an idea about one of my favorite decorating tools - trays. This is a fantastic tray; It has a nice, cozy, rustic charm to it.  Because it's a metal t ....

How to Style A Bookcase

Welcme to the Furniture Mall of Kansas Tips & Tricks.  I'm Sarah Williams, visual story teller and today we're talking about simple ways to style a bookcase.  We're going to start with a clean canvas, so clear off your bookshelf and wipe it down. First, determine your shape or pattern.     Today on this shelf, we're going to do an asymmetrical styling, and we'll arrange the items using a hopscotch pattern.  We'll arrange the books around some vintage artwork.   We've laid a foundati ....

How to Style Your Home Office Bookcase

Welcome to the Furniture Mall of Kansas Tips and Tricks.  My name is Sarah Williams, visual storyteller.  Today we're talking about how to style a bookcase for your home office.      Step One: Choose a pattern.  In this room I'm going to use a very simple, balanced, orderly way to contain all of the items so we have a serene space within to work.  Just set the books in an easy to understand way, but change the direction in a couple of spots to keep it interesting.  Step Two: The ne ....

How to Decorate your Family Room in the Modern Farmhouse Style

How to Decorate your Family Room in the Modern Farmhouse Style Know Your Purpose: The first step in creating a cozy family room is to know your purpose, know the function of the room.  The example here is an open concept room where you have a dining area connected to a living space.  It's going to be a great place for families to gather together, or for friends to come over and watch your favorite teams or movies.   The purpose of our room will be to maximize space and create conversati ....

How to Create a Modern Farmhouse Living Room in 3 Easy Steps

Hi, I'm Sarah Williams, Visual Stylist with the Furniture Mall of Kansas. Today we're going to talk about how to create a modern farmhouse living room in three easy steps. The elements of a modern farmhouse living room include texture, a neutral color scheme, and all of your favorite things. Step 1: Texture To begin, let's look at the textures. You have a lot of rustic elements, including beautiful wooden floors, the tile that runs up the modern fireplace with a rustic wooden beam mantel. Y ....

How to Style a Farmhouse Bedroom in 3 Easy Steps

Farmhouse decorating is warm, cozy, and exudes a sense of character from a simpler time, but still eschews modern sensibilities.  What better place to display this style than the bedroom, but how would you start?  Let us help guide you on how to style your perfect farmhouse bedroom in three easy steps.   Step 1:  In With the Old One of the elements of a farmhouse bedroom is rustic accents.  In this bedroom we have some beautiful ceiling beams, wood plank wall, and wonderfully rustic wo ....