Domino Book Giveway!
Look what I’ve got!!
The good people over at Simon & Schuster have offered TWO lucky Design Milk readers a copy of Domino: The Book of Decorating: A Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home That Makes You Happy. Many of us were devastated upon hearing the news of Domino Magazine’s demise. I have to say I am included in that many. I looked forward to my Domino every month, and had a difficult time reading the last issue knowing that would be it.
However, Domino can live on in this book and beyond! So, here are the rules:
Rules: Comment on this post with your decorating dilemma. We will randomly choose two winners. Contest runs 4/6/09 through 4/19/09 and winners will be contacted the week of 4/20/09.
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Hi, thanks for doing the giveaway! I could use some help with a long, narrow room with wall cutouts that needs to be a living and dining room — and on the cheap.
I live in an apartment and the landlord has blinds up over all the windows (the wide, metal kind). What’s the best way to cover these without removing the blinds.
My house is small with awkward rooms.Very hard to make them comfortable someone is always left out of the conversation or can not see the tv or get to the lamp for reading.I need some help making these rooms work.
next decorating project is my washroom. i want a retro storage unit, also i need to make some fresh cushions for these cheap tulip chairs i found.
Hey-
In June, I’ll be starting med school and I’ll finally have a new apartment to decorate all by myself. I need as many ideas as possible and within a budget. Thanks for doing the giveaway !
I’m still crying about Domino…
I have a 1950′s house that was given a horrible makeover in the early 1980′s and I need help bringing it back to that lovely Danish Modern glory of the 50′s. Thanks.
My design dilemma is how to incorporate an elliptical machine, mini-gym and my craft table & supplies in the same room, in some reasonably attractive way. By the way, I was a Domino subscriber and was very disappointed when it was no more. Thanks for the chance to win this book!
I am in desperate need of help! I am one of those people who is mocked for my lack of daring design, and have just bought a big house (read blank canvas) with my new husband. He likes colour! *gasp* I admit I like the idea of colour, I just don’t know how to incorporate it, make it amazing looking, and have it work harmoniously in many rooms.
Thanks for your blog – it is my daily dose of design inspiration!
Perfect reason for me to finally post for help with my long, narrow living room. It’s got a gorgeous fireplace with built ins along one of the short walls, but our couch is too big to make it the focal point of the room.
What a great giveaway! My living/dining room area needs serious help… It’s in the shape of a capital “L”, so I thought when we purchased the house it’d be easy to segregate the 2. I was wrong
domino was a great magazine. it offered realistic tips and inspiration for home design
my current design dilemma is how to use my space efficiently… but beyond that, i need some easy (and cheap) window treatments that give me privacy, but also dont block out all the light.
Amazing giveaway! I need help with wall coverings and paint colors. I think this book would do just the trick…and I miss Domino dearly!
Ohh… I want this.
My decorating dilemma has got to be trying to combine my roommate’s furniture with mine. Mine is all white and bright and her’s is all beige and dour. I’m moving away soon so I guess this dilemma is soon to resolve itself!
I’ve been moving every year since 2004. One was a big move from Illinois to California, and then after that I started college in Boston and had to move from dorm to apartment every year. My decorating dilemma? I want to be able to make a new room/apt my very own in a short period of time even when I’m on a budget!
I just inherited a mid-century coffee table from my grandmother. I’m in love, but it’s huge–taller than the seat of my couch and 4.5 feet long. I need to figure out how to keep this gorgeous heirloom from overwhelming my modest living room.
In my one-bedroom condo, there are a *number* of things I wish I could change (more kitchen counter space…more bookshelving…and, like Krissy, a better way to separate the living and dining room [I'm using a standing screen!]), but I suppose the one thing I dream about most is having a more party-friendly space.
We’ve fit a good amount of people in here for wine, cheese, and mini hot dogs, but I always wish there was more space for seating, or at least more space for people to put down their plates of food. Perhaps our layout is not optimal?
Oh Domino, how I miss ye…
I rent; my bathroom is a mint green/chocolate brown/tan nightmare! Some is fixable (i could paint the mint green cabinets) but most isn’t (mint green floor tiling and tan/chocolate brown wall tiling). I LOVED DOMINO!
Great, great giveaway! Well, my decorating dilema is wheich kind of table to get for my dining room. A big and confy one, or a small that will leave some space to go around!
Love the giveaway – I always look on my past issues of Domino for inspiration! I’m having problems with our L-shaped living/dining room. With a fireplace at one end of the L and the dining room at the other and a ton of windows, we are having problems with where to put the TV. Not a bad problem to have, I suppose.
this is a real scoop, thank you (i’m crossing my fingers and toes for this one…).
unfortunately i live in a fully furnished apartment that is so not my taste – any tricks and ideas on how to turn someone else’s taste into my own, would be great!
Free stuff woohoo!
My dilemma continues to be keeping up with my changing tastes. Right now, I want to give my classic and antique pieces a more modern flare without taking either style to the extreme. It is time-consuming and expensive to shift one’s style, however. Domino helped me discover the beauty of blending the two, but I am still working on it.
I recently purchased a second-hand ikat sofa and need to figure out how to incorporate it into my living room. What kind of accessories can I use to bring an eclectic feel to the room?
I currently have colors in my bedroom I like: french blue and light yellow with black/brown furniture and accents. I am moving and want to freshen the look in my new bedroom. Any tips for recreating a room using your old stuff in a new way would be greatly appreciated
How do I keep my old pieces looking new and stay on a low budget? I\’ve inherited a lot of old peices and love their style, but they don\’t seem to flow with a modern look. Where can I find good, but cheap upholstery fabric?
Ah! I could totally use this!! I recently moved into a HUGE loft in Asbury Park, NJ. At first I thought all the space was going to be exciting, but with running a company (feyhandmade.com), I have no money to decorate what so ever! I almost despise my gorgeous apartment because it feels like it’s mocking me with it’s (empty) spaciousness! Sigh!!
(Great blog by the way. I love seeing what you come up with!)
xo
What a great giveaway. I miss Domino terribly. My dilemma is what color I should paint my upstairs hallway–we have stained wood molding and I don’t know what color walls would go with it.
I love designing on a budget so when I got the April 2008 issue, I sold my huge sofa, replaced it with 2 pre-loved Victorian sofas (3-,2-seaters) found on Craigslist for a steal. Then…oh no…what to do now. How do I choose the fabrics to reupholster knowing the existing curtains won’t match. I do really hate our window but how to camouflage it so I will love it again??? Then the wall colour? Head spinning, seeing doubles… And all this on a recession budget.
My problem now is the bathroom in our condo . It’s small and irregular shaped, with lowered ceiling. And in Major need for reno and redecoration. Waht do you do in order to make a tiny bathroom look airier, but still have counter space and shelves for all the stuff?
My dilemma is trying to incorporate my husbands tools (currently in a pile in a corner) and a comfortable place for guests to stay overnight. We have no choice but to keep his tools in the extra bedroom!
My bedroom is my biggest design dilemma. I just don’t know what to do with it! With a small budget and a large room with not a lot of furniture, it’s hard to figure out what I can do to make it look better. I need inspiration!
The walls in the bedroom are dark brown and light blue and the artwork is colorful (blue, green, orange.) I need a duvet/bedspread to pull everything together.
Our bedroom needs some serious help. It’s too large for the items we have in it and I am not sure I configured it properly. I don’t know what to do about our headboard either.
The whole thing just needs an overhaul!! I would LOVE this Domino book as I too was sad to see it go!
My wife is frustrated with our office. We share a huge DIY desk but we have no storage space aside from a small file cabinet.
I would love to give this to her as an Easter present and to work with her on making our office a great place to work.
my dilemma is the very best kind – my guest room is a blank slate and i don’t know where i want to start!!
xo
Kelly
Is this giveaway for just U.S.A residents? I’m not living there…
Anyway, I have some plans about my bedroom. Need more storage; want to change my wardrobe (I don’t like it’s style) and colourful decals for wall… It’d be perfect but I have to wait for my sis’s mariage
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Moving into my first house this spring and I have not earthly idea how to even begin to decorate and paint it. The walls are currently all white and I want color, color, color! Help!
My dilemma is that my living/dining area has dark wood down one wall and on the ceiling and I don’t mind it, but I need help brightening the area. Thanks for the giveaway!
i love to entertain, but i don’t have much space in my city high-rise apartment. is there a creative alternative to having all my guests huddle around my separate kitchen & coffee tables to share a meal?
thank you for this fun giveaway!
oooh, i have a doozy! i painted my kitchen and dining room with the wonderful no-VOC freshaire paint… but, i absolutely hate the color on my walls (maybe it’s the lighting in there). i bought 2 gallons of “of the earth” thinking it was rather taupe-y… but, alas, it looks grim grey on my walls… rather prison like, i think. i have an extra gallon and am wondering if i could take it back to home depot and ask them to mix a bit of color to make it warmer… not sure what to even ask for in terms of color, or if they can add color given that it is specialty color (the freshaire brand)… help?
[thanks for the give-away opportunity, too
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Hey,
I’ve just ran into dilemma like this – my boyfriend is moving in to live with me in my room, of course with all his stuff and boyish things.. and I really need help and cool ideas to redecorate “our new home”
Good luck for everyone!
Lina
My decorating dilemma is walls. I live in a small, studio apartment, and my usual style is to put a mish-mash of pictures in vintage frames at varying heights, all over the walls. My mom tells me that’s too cluttered, and thinks I should leave entire walls blank, but then the apartment doesn’t look lived in. What’s a happy medium?
My husband and I have done the whole college “posters tacked to the wall with IKEA furniture” look, and we want quality items that will last for many years. Domino magazine was a great inspiration, and this book would really help us finish.
I am a recent college grad living in a small apartment with orangish brown carpet. I can\’t convince the landlord to put down new carpet, the place is that affordable
I need ideas for the small space, low budget, and horrible carpet.
my dilemma is that i want to take out the stinky carpet from my house and put lovely hardwood floors!!
Thanks for the giveaway! I could use some inspiration and help for my bedroom. It’s just way too incomplete.
We’ve got a very unique living space and are always looking for creative storage ideas (since we have virtually none). I’m sure this book is chock-full of ideas and I’d love to get my hands on one!
Hopefully I’m not submitting this twice – my Internet crashed just as I was hitting send! My dilemma is that I’m moving into a studio for the first time ever and I’m not sure how to tie the space together given my color schemes (blue and yellow in the “bedroom” area, white and red in the living area). Help from Domino would be great, thanks!
oh yay! living in a rented home where you’re not allowed to paint or do much else? that equals one complete house FULL of dilemmas.