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The Designers’ Guide to Choosing the Right Bar Stool
The Designers’ Guide to Choosing the Right Bar Stool The walls have been painted, the kitchen counters have been installed and the new range hood

2019’s Color of the Year: Living Coral
2019’s Color of the Year: Living Coral Finally! The color of our dreams! Living Coral has been named the 2019 PANTONE Color of the Year

2018 Ciao Interiors Wish List and Gift Guide
2018 Ciao Interiors Wish List and Gift Guide The stockings are hung, and the tables are set, decorated to the nines in our Downtown, Kalispell

Lightening Up a Dark Room
Lightening Up a Dark Room With the winter blues hitting hard this season and the clouds locking in place from now through February, we’re determined

The Future of Interior Design – Brutalism
The Future of Interior Design – Brutalism As most of you already know, we spent the middle half of October down at the Fall 2018

Small Prints with a BIG Personality
Small Prints with a BIG Personality After what was a whirlwind of a week down in North Carolina at the Fall High Point Market, we

The Kitchen Triangle
The Kitchen Triangle You may have never heard of such a thing (unless you are a designer yourself, a chef, a contractor or a kitchen

The Edison Light Bulb
[vc_column width=”1/1″] The Edison Light Bulb Although around since the turn of the 20th century, Edison light bulbs have only recently made their way into

Three Design Traits of Traditional Mountain Homes
Three Design Traits of Traditional Mountain Homes and How to Get Them in Your Own Home One of our favorite things about Montana is the

Orange is the New Grey
Orange is the New Grey Orange may be the new black on TV but, in our case, orange is the new grey. For years, we

7 Home Organization Hacks Everyone Should Know
7 Home Organization Hacks Everyone Should Know Our homes are representative of who we are. The things inside them and how we decorate them are

Picking the Perfect Paint Sheen
Picking the Perfect Paint Sheen Let’s be honest. Paint color trumps a lot of the other more finite details in a design. It’s what you

Black and White and Effortlessly Chic
Black and White and Effortlessly Chic Summer may be high time for bright hues and elegant florals, but right now many of the leading fabric

Everything you Need to Know About Duvets
Everything you Need to Know About Duvets A couple of years ago, we posted a blog about the best way to get dream worthy hotel

Outdoor Entertaining Tips for the Design Savvy
Outdoor Entertaining Tips for the Design Savvy We’ve finally surpassed the winter gloom around here and are heating up to warmer temps, meaning summer is

The New Trend – Freestanding Bathtubs
The New Trend – Freestanding Bathtubs Before tackling that bathroom reno you have been longing to do, there is one critical question you need to

How to Style your Living Room
How to Style your Living Room While designers often are tasked to focus on a kitchen or bathroom remodel, we oftentimes head into a project

Lighting Basics – The Three Main Types
Lighting Basics – The Three Main Types In today’s home design, lighting is one of the biggest factors to make a home look and feel

Upping your Curb Appeal for Spring
Upping your Curb Appeal for Spring Summer and winter curb appeal is easy. I mean, in the summer, all the trees are beautifully green, the

Acacia Haze – Color Pick of the Month
Acacia Haze – February Color Pick of the Month It is official! We have been pounded by snow this year in the Flathead. It seems