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Keeping Your Accent Tables Looking Like New By Jennifer Akre Quality accent tables can be a big investment in your home décor. Even though you've taken every precaution to keep them looking like new, inevitably someone is going to scratch them, a stain will appear or you'll find some discoloration that makes your once beautiful accent tables candidates for the dumpster. The good news is that they don't have to suffer this fate. With a little elbow grease, the right cleaning agents and some helpful household tips, you can restore the beauty of your accent tables, even removing large scratches with relative ease. First, let's look a the small nicks and scrapes. These can usually be covered up easily with a product you can purchase at any home improvement store made expressly for this purpose. You can also use some shoe polish or use Sharpie markers. Color in the scratch and watch it disappear. You'd be amazed at how well this works. You can also use an empty shoe poli...

Great Ideas for Arranging Living Room Furniture By Jennifer Akre Getting great ideas for arranging living room furniture is something of a lost art. At one time, living rooms were the formal entertainment spaces, akin to parlors back in the Victorian age. It was used mostly when guests and visitors came by. Today's living room is much more multipurpose, especially with modern open floor plans where the living room is often connected visually with the kitchen, dining room and perhaps even a family room. As such, thinking up smart ideas for arranging living room furniture is a bit more challenging as it must not only serve in a more formal role, but be useful day in and day out for the family. But getting ideas for arranging living room furniture isn't as hard as it seems. The first thing you want to do is decide if your room has a strong focal point. It could be the fireplace or a view window, but just as likely these days it's a large screen plasma or LED TV with a home th...