Problem Solved: Transform your Hearth
White Out By Larissa Lytwyn/Life@Home Problem:With limited natural light, this Wilton living room featured dated woodwork that also darkened the room. Solution: Erika Gallagher of Plum & Crimson...
View ArticleProblem Solved: Updating a downstairs half-bath
By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home The problem: Updating a downstairs half bath to a more contemporary, customized design. The solution: The first stop, says Mary Korzinski, co-owner of Custom Design...
View ArticleProblem Solved: New windows, more space transforms kitchen
This Little Light of Mine By Larissa Lytwyn/Life@Home Problem: This dark, cramped Delmar kitchen needed to open up. Solution: Patricia Miller of Patricia Lauren Miller Designs replaced the space’s tiny...
View ArticleProblem Solved: From dark flatness to bright colors
The Sheetrock Solution By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem: Outdated wood paneling made this living room dark, and the absence of a mantel meant the space looked flat and untextured. Solution: Stacy...
View ArticleProblem Solved: Disaster Plan
By Bryanna Snyder/Life@Home Problem: This small guest bathroom in Loudonville felt crowded by a big, standalone closet, which took up about a third of the space. Then, after Hurricane Irene sent two...
View ArticleProblem Solved: A shabby-chic makeover is easier than you think
Vanity Fair By Bryanna Snyder/Life@Home Problem: This old vanity was built somewhere between 1910 and 1930, so the finish was worn, dull and tired. Solution: Worn furniture doesn’t have to be tossed or...
View ArticleProblem Solved: Sometimes curtains don’t have to be functional
Through the Looking Glass By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem: The curtains on the back door and surrounding windows of this Halfmoon house were dated and the color a little dark. Solution: Because...
View ArticleProblem Solved: A boring staircase gets a new life
Stairway From Heaven By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem: The Niskayuna staircase was outdated, and the homeowners wanted to update it to make a more exciting entryway. Solution: Denise Maurer, of...
View ArticleProblem Solved: Can’t find what you need? Make it instead
Making It Work By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem In trying to decorate the shared bedroom of two young girls in this Altamont home, finding the right fabric to upholster the cornices was a challenge....
View ArticleProblem Solved: Creating a bright, inviting place to hang out
Sunny Days By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem: This sunroom in Loudonville wasn’t being used and so it became a junk and storage space. Solution: The homeowner wanted this to be a room the whole...
View ArticleProblem Solved: Your backsplash is no minor detail
Behind the Sink By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home PROBLEM… When this Latham homeowner replaced her formica countertop with quartz, she realized her backsplash needed redoing, too. With the new counters, the...
View ArticleProblem Solved: A Niskayuna kitchen gets a makeover … and a lot of cabinet space
Making Spaces By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home PROBLEM: This Niskayuna kitchen was 15 years old and the client wasn’t happy with its cabinets. “There were cabinet structural issues and inefficient uses of...
View ArticleProblem Solved: Window treatments can be lovely without stealing the stage
The Soft Sell By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem: The window treatments in this Gansevoort country home were old and the homeowner wanted to update them without overspending. Solved: Because the...
View ArticleProblem Solved: Sometimes what’s in fashion just doesn’t always work
The Color-Block Botch By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem The owner of this East Greenbush home hired the wrong interior designer who didn’t do work the owner liked. The failed attempt at color...
View ArticleProblem Solved: A staircase gets a do-over
Up & Down By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home PROBLEM This Tannersville house had been used as a summer retreat until Paula McCormick of PMI Interiors in Loudonville was hired to update its decor to suit...
View ArticleProblem Solved: How to redo a foyer without tearing it apart
Looking Up By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem A foyer’s ceiling tiles and the pink wallpaper in this 1920s Albany home were dingy and dated. Solved Mary Korzinski of Custom Design Associates in...
View ArticleThink replacing your kitchen cabinets is your only update solution? Think again.
Reface It By Lee Nelson/Life@Home It didn’t make sense for Donna and Richard Pavlovic to gut their entire kitchen and start investing big bucks to modernize it. “We are retired and live in a townhouse...
View ArticleProblem Solved: Making old chairs new
Piecing it Back Together By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem When Karyl-Lynn Desrosiers, owner of Playing on the Furniture in Troy, found these old chairs, they were “in multiple pieces,” she says....
View ArticleProblem Solved: A neat solution to a cluttered fridge
The Art of Displaying Art By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem This Saratoga kitchen was looking cluttered with the kids’ artwork and miscellaneous invitations and cards stuck to...
View ArticleProblem Solved: Modernizing a modest kitchen
Back Country By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem When Leanne Goldberg first moved into her house in Alpaus nine years ago, her kitchen had “white vinyl floors, which were all dirty, blue laminate...
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