Holiday Mantel Decorating Guide
Begin your holiday story from the heart of your room: the mantel. With a combination of delightful details, your hearth can really shine through the whole season. From a design overflowing with color and texture to spare minimalism, there are endless styles, colors, and themes you can incorporate into your composition. read more »
Door Decorating Guide
The front door is the focal point of a home's exterior, so you'll want it to look the best it can, especially during the holidays when neighbors, friends, and even the delivery driver, come knocking. Extend a warm holiday welcome before you even open the door by taking time to decorate your entrance in style. read more »
Designing with Patterns: Mixing Colors, Motifs, and Textures
Pattern is one of the most important principles of interior design. When the right combination is achieved, a room is taken from satisfying to splendid. Whether you have a decorator or you are the decorator, here are some concepts to consider as you begin to mix your home's pattern palette. read more »
Spruce Up Your Christmas Tree and Home Décor This Season
The most treasured Christmas memories come to life with decorations and details. Traditional displays make for memorable holidays, and building on an existing collection can make for even brighter celebrations. A gracious reboot of tried-and-true holiday decorations can be easy and have a dramatic effect, even in the most well-designed home. read more »
Quick Tips for Successful Holiday Entertaining
With the holidays around the corner, it's time to start planning get-togethers with family, friends, and colleagues. The key to being the best host or hostess is to be organized and prepared in advance. These helpful hints will help you stay en pointe, so you can relax and be your most charming self on the day of the event. read more »
Bar stool Buying Guide
Bar stools are fun and functional pieces of furniture that can be found in many rooms of the house, including a kitchen, bar, or game room. Once just simple wooden stools, they now come in hundreds of appealing designs. However, the purchase of a bar stool involves more than just selecting a style. read more »
Selecting an Artificial Christmas Tree
Rich traditions begin around a beautiful Christmas tree. Family members gather and Santa delivers presents beneath branches filled with keepsakes and ornaments, making memories to be treasured for years. Why not enjoy a tree that lasts just as long, is more hassle-free, and doesn't shed needles like a natural tree? read more »
All the Right Tools: must-have grilling equipment
The right outdoor cooking tools can turn grilled meals into alfresco feasts—with less effort. The fine art of grilling is much more than lighting a fire and throwing meat onto the grate. read more »
Under Cover: proper care keeps your outdoor furniture as good as new
The outdoor entertaining season extends into crisp fall evenings, yet it’s during this time that you should to start prepping your outdoor furniture for colder weather. read more »
Turn up the Heat: grilling tips
Flags are flying overhead, ice-cold beverages are in the cooler, linen-clad guests are arriving for your summertime soirée. Before you fire up the grill for your next outdoor cooking venture, make sure you're prepared with all the barbecue wisdom you need for a successful, and delicious, dining experience. read more »
Outdoor Signature Color Palettes
Rejuvenate your outdoor living area with fresh color pairings carefully selected by Frontgate designers. From crisp and simple to muted and earthy, these color palettes create sophisticated, nuanced spaces. read more »
Curved Modular: the new gathering space
Since its heyday in the 1970s, sectional seating has gone from mod to mainstream, firmly establishing its place in family rooms, on outdoor patios, and in nearly any area in which family and friends congregate. Now, this modular seating arrangement has taken on a new twist for social gatherings: the graceful curve. read more »
Pop of Color
An unexpected splash of vivid color set against a monochromatic base is a bold look in apparel that easily translates to decorating an outdoor space. In fact, playing with colors in this way inspires countless possibilities. read more »
Hand-painted Artistry
With summer fast approaching, it's time to translate the way you live indoors to the open air. One of the newest and freshest trends we're seeing, hand-painted textiles is cropping up everywhere - on pillows, umbrella canopies, draperies, and much more. read more »
