Design Tips

How to use artwork you love to inspire your room design choices and create a cohesive, well designed room.

Studies show that our spaces impact our emotions, and our emotions impact our spaces.

Often we think,


-"I don't feel like tidying up." 

-"I will fix this place up when I'm out of this funk."

-"I will never feel good in this house."


-"This place is temporary, making it look good just isn't worth the effort."

And we stop. Letting our emotions freeze us. 

But we have incredible power to change 
how we feel in our spaces, by simply, changing our spaces.

The wind is swirling and the pumpkin spice lattes are scenting the air. It's time to get your home cozy for the holiday season. Not only will autumn colors get you in the mood, but shades of green, brown, and rust are the HOT colors in design right now- time to bring the outdoors in.

For some of us, it's the first family gathering indoors in years. You might be looking around at the remnants of 2020-2022, ready to feel good in your home again. Ready for good times with family and friends in your home again.

When we get unhappy with our homes we often think we need something new. New will do the trick! But if we don't carefully curate our homes, we end up on overload. Not appreciating anything we have because there isn't the space to treasure it. To feel it's impact. To give something that is important to us, it's importance in our home.

What spaces need when you crave a reboot or when things get out of hand are the 5 Cs.

Are you feeling it? Sunshine bursts through the clouds reminding us that summer is just around the corner. Kids are making summer plans and parents are coveting their last few days before the chaos. Warm breezes blow through windows and you can't help but want to get out there! The road is calling. Till you get to the gas pump and remember the epic gas prices, crowds and squabbles in the car. Ahhh. Summer.Wanting to get away, get a change of scenery, and get outside is an undeniable urge at the cusp of summer. But not all of us can...

The wall behind a sofa is the most frequent wall requested for artwork at Latitudes. Because it is so common and confuses so many, gallery design consultant, Tasha Cleaveland, devoted an entire day of Makeover May live room renderings to help break down the points to remember when sizing and selecting artwork for this common space.   Here are her guidelines for sofa wall success: 1. Match the shape of the wall left above the sofa, with the shape of the artwork. This leaves a balanced amount of breathing room all the way around your artwork.We use 3 ratios in...