Decor
Create a warm space for your family. We've got ideas on kid-friendly decorating and more.
Top Stories
- A Kid-Friendly Loft
Contemporary design combines with old-fashioned comfort to create an eco-friendly home that's all about family.
- Refresh Your Rooms
No major makeovers here, just small changes that make a big difference.
- Hidden Treasures?
Find out what that hand-me-down family heirloom is really worth.
Kid Rooms
- Gotta Have It: Kid-Cool Carpet Tiles
- Gotta Have It: Target for "It" Baby Gear
- Kids' Room Makeovers
Kids' bedroom design is all about modern right now. Get by inspired these cool, uncluttered spaces that their child...
- Decorating the Nursery with Silhouettes
Create a vintage-cool, personalized look in your baby's room.
- Gotta Have It: Playspot Floor Tiles from Skip Hop
- Splurge vs. Steal: Cool Baby Gear You Can Afford
Can't swing a super-chic nursery? Check out our budget-friendly versions of the splurgiest stuff around.
- Big Ideas for Little Kids' Rooms
Furnishings and fabrics that make decorating easier than ever.
- Maximizing Space for Your Kids
- The Room of Their Dreams
Get inspired by these magnificent kid spaces -- winners of CHILD's annual Home Contest.
- CHILD's 2004 Home Contest Winners
Creativity, love, and plenty of paint helped these parents turn ordinary children's rooms into charming havens.
- Kids' Room Themes
- Imaginative Playhouses
- Shared Kids' Rooms
Check out our tips for creating fabulous shared spaces for siblings who bunk together.
Family Spaces
- A Lofty Ideal: Creating a Stylish, Eco-Friendly Home
Contemporary design combines with old-fashioned comfort to create an eco-friendly home that's all about family.
- Gotta Have It: Babyproof "Candles"
- Kitchen Confidential
What's cooking in family kitchens? Loads of storage and multiple workstations -- plus environmentally friendly deco...
- Fresh Start: Creating a Kid-Friendly Home
An adventurous couple transforms a less-than-spacious house into a perfect family home with a creative renovation, ...
- A Family Home -- For Nine
- Family-Friendly Floors
- Create a Safe Haven
- Kid-Proof Your Carpet
Home Projects
- Decorate Your Own Stationery
Log off from e-mail and consider the timeless appeal of hand-writing a letter or thank-you note. With an ink pad an...
- Tree Trimming 101
These clever products and expert tips will help you trim a lovely holiday tree -- and stash and organize the decora...
- Decorate a Sparkling Holiday Home
'Tis the season to add sparkle to your home -- from a shimmering wreath to silver stars -- with these easy-to-make ...
- Holiday Decorating with Nora Napientek
A designer spreads holiday cheer all through her family's house with an easygoing approach to decorating.
- Season's Greenings: Decorating with Holiday Greenery
Spruce up your home for the holidays with touches of fragrant fir, cedar, and pine.
- Revamp Your Flea-Market Finds
Turn salvaged finds into one-of-a-kinds using these easy ideas from New York City decorator John Loecke.
- Autumn Flower Arrangements
Get inspired by the bounty of the season with floral arrangements in a harvest of rich fall hues.
- Beach Beauties: Beach-Inspired Decorating Projects
Try these easy decorating projects. All you need are seashells and a little imagination.
- Off the Wall: Decorative Wallpaper Projects
Need an easy way to dress up your room? Check out these gorgeous wallpaper projects -- it's easy, once you get the ...
- Spring Decorating Ideas
When spring's first warm breezes inspire you to embrace the new season, use these decorating ideas to freshen up yo...
- Refresher Course: Little Changes to Renew Any Room
Give any room a renewed personality without a major makeover -- just a dash of color or a fabric switch.
- Festive Holiday Decorating
All that glitters is gold? This holiday season, silver shines too -- on plates, goblets, and everything glamorous f...
- Mum's the Word
The traditional fall flower takes on a stunning new look grouped in tiny pots, tucked into wreaths, or simply arran...
- Into the Woods
- 5 Easy Renovation Tips
- Beautiful Bed Makeovers
- Blue and White Armoires
- Bringing Summer Indoors
- Butterfly Topiary
- Color It New
- Create an Elegant Tiled Wall Relief
- Furniture Face-lift
- Floor Painting Projects
- Folk Art Flag
- From Store-bought to Beautiful
- Glass Etching
- Lighten Up
- Cottage Romance: A Stylish Home on the Oregon Coast
On the Oregon coast, a designer creates a stylish family home where the living is easy and sandy feet are welcome.
More Decor
- Lighting Tips for Your Home
Set the mood in your backyard or brighten the path to the patio -- there's nothing to it. Just try these illuminati...
- Personally Decorating
- Vintage Decorating Tips
- Shades of Inspiration
- Appetite For Color
- Hidden Treasures: The Real Value of Your Stuff
We asked readers to tell us about their favorite things, then had appraisers weigh in. What the experts said was su...














