DESIGNING MORE OPENNESS WITHOUT AN EXTENSION: GENIUS INTERIOR IDEASWHY LIGHTING SHOULD BE A FOCUS IN ANY RENOVATION 74

Sometimes you miss the moment your space starts feeling off for you. It's not like the roof caves in (hopefully). It's a slow burn. A window that won't close, the light switch you have to fiddle with, the bathroom that fogs up even with the window open. Little annoyances, really. But they accumulate.Then one day, you're stuck in your living room �

It began with a shelf idea. Or maybe not even a shelf — more like the feeling of one. My husband said we needed “a better place for the keys,” and instead of doing the obvious, I decided I'd create a solution. Wall-mounted. Minimalist. Functional. Or whatever people call it when they're about to poke holes into a wall.I marked the spot beside