Terilyn Adams Blog

Decorating

Color, texture and the things that pull a room together.

The right curtain hem depends on the room below it as much as the window above it.

A curtain can extend the wall or become its own feature. Choose that role before comparing dozens of fabrics.

Two rugs should solve a proportion or comfort problem, rather than create another obstacle under the furniture.

Measure the seating arrangement you use, not an empty rectangle in the middle of the floor.

Keep the pillows that make the sofa more comfortable, then decide which of the remaining ones add anything.

The best place for a blanket is usually the place where someone reaches for it, not the most photogenic corner of the sofa.

Judge the art with the sofa, side tables, and surrounding wall in view. The picture is part of a larger arrangement.

Small pictures gain presence through their relationship to one another, not through a crowded frame around every inch of wall.

A collected group can use different frames while repeating just enough shape, color, or finish to feel settled.