Mary Daniels

DILEMMA "We are having a 16-foot-by-30-foot room addition (we call it a conservatory) built on the back of our home overlooking our back yard and a creek. Will white wicker...

Rory Jaros Illinois Maker of fine riven "sitting structures" Branch office: When Rory Jaros first came to Southern Illinois in 1976, he saw people burning walnut trees as firewood. A...

Want to spark conversation when you invite guests into your living room? Try a stunning trunk as a coffee table. These trunks-cum-tables have graduated with honors from their college-dorm days.

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Guest designer Joan M. Kaufman has a solution for your decorating dilemma. DILEMMA How do you update a room inexpensively without buying everything new? SOLUTION "I think I do this...

DILEMMA How do I incorporate an Art Deco motif in the kitchen and master bathroom? SOLUTION To bring a clean, streamlined architectural look into the kitchen, Hudok would choose cabinetry...

Daniel Pohl Wisconsin Maker of furniture with fantasy finishes Focus pocus: Although Dan Pohl has been making furniture for only 3 1/2 years and is shy about showing his work,...

DILEMMA How do you make a house flow colorwise? SOLUTION "Start by using an 80 percent/20 percent color scheme in one room. Then vary that color palette throughout the home,...

Guest designers Joan Blutter and Janet Blutter Shiff have the solution DILEMMA Our family room layout forces the furniture to the center of the room. This causes problems with lighting...

DILEMMA How can you make a small foyer more interesting? SOLUTION Caicedo has dealt with many an undistinguished foyer including one that was so small the door opened out into...