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If you’ve watched a home renovation show in the past 10 years, you know one of the biggest trends in design and decorating is the sliding barn door. These space-saving alternatives to traditional swinging doors offer a cost-effective way to provide privacy without having to frame an opening and install a traditional prefabricated door. They are available in a wide variety of styles and designs, which helps them double as decor pieces. They are also relatively easy to install yourself if you have a high-quality barn door kit. A barn door kit comes with everything but the actual barn door....

Mirrors are almost never a bad idea. I mean, who doesn’t love checking themselves out as they’re heading out the door for the day, coming home or just randomly as you go about your business? Mirrors provide depth to a space and can even make a room seem bigger without adding anything more than a picture-frame-sized accessory. It’s time to take mirrors to the next level and help them achieve a purpose beyond just reflecting back to us what we already know, that we’re fairest of them all. Mirror shelves are both a reflective surface for straightening out that cow...

There’s nothing quite as refreshing as taking a shower. Unfortunately, that good clean feeling is often immediately undone by using a towel that isn’t as fresh as it could be. It can be hard to keep up regular laundering, especially considering that the recommended washing for towels is after every three or four uses. The best way to extend the time between washings is to properly hang your towels. Of all the ways to hang your linens, towel bars are the best way to make sure your towel properly dries. Hooks and rings cause towels to be bunched up, which...