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For your color palette, think Oreo cookie.
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And use semi-opaque materials to allow light into windowless rooms.
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If you want to make a small space feel bigger, put up a white curtain instead of a new wall.
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Or replace doors with sliding walls.
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Strategically place ONE black-and-white patterned blanket that says "I'm cozy...but not THAT cozy."
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Also, you must buy everything with stripes or plus signs on them.
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To keep the kitchen ~simple~, DIY a breakfast bar in 20 minutes.
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And display everything that's NOT a framed photograph....
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...like paintbrushes and scrolls of paper (even if the last piece of ~art~ you made was finger-painted).
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Or a lone frond and a pair of medieval crutches.
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You can also display coffee table books and throw away that framed Ph.D.
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Expertly curated clothes can also be a wall accent...
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As well as palatable footwear.
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And if you're going to display image-printed papers, use welded wire fence or hardware cloth with binder clips.
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Also, have ONE gold item visible at all times.
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Buy furniture with hairpin legs. Or just screw hairpin legs into your current pieces.
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If you have kids, their toys should be able to pass for whittled folk art of museum quality.
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For lighting, go for a single overhead lightbulb.
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To avoid rewiring your entire place, you can also hang a corded lightbulb off of a wall-mounted shelf bracket.
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Also, lamps with shades are an abomination. KILL THEM WITH FIRE.
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If all else fails, fill your house with tons of mirrors to reflect every particle of light you've got.
