home decor

Museum hangers never line a frame up with the top of the sofa or the middle of the wall: the one height that stops the room looking bare

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Museum hangers never line a frame up with the top of the sofa or the middle of the wall: the one height that stops the roo...

There’s a number that professional curators and framers swear by when hanging artwork: 57 inches. It’s not the top of your sofa, not the middle of your wall, but the precise height where the center of any frame should sit to create that calm, polished museum feeling. Here’s why this one measurement fixes the single biggest decorating mistake in American homes.

I painted my bedroom walls deep red just to follow the trend: on the very first night, I understood what that colour was doing to my sleep

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I painted my bedroom walls deep red just to follow the trend: on the very first night, I understood what that colour was d...

Following the viral color-drenching trend, one writer painted her bedroom walls deep red only to discover her heart racing at midnight. What does this trending color actually do to your body—and nervous system—when the lights go out?

We all insist on hanging the rod just above the window, when it’s these 20 centimetres on each side that decide how tall the room looks

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We all insist on hanging the rod just above the window, when it's these 20 centimetres on each side that decide how tall t...

Most people hang curtain rods directly above windows, but interior designers know a different secret: those extra 20 centimetres of wall space on each side fundamentally change how a room feels. The placement of your rod—both width and height—creates optical illusions that make windows appear larger and ceilings feel higher.