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  • Frequency: 1/wk
  • Release date: Sundays
  • Moves with art: Yes
  • Moves with multimedia: No
  • Available: International, U.S. & Canada

Design Line

Each week, Design Line uses a colorful photo (a stylish room, a piece of furniture) to launch a conversation with readers about general principles of design. St. Clair then moves to actual planning by answering a related question from her mailbag. Her answers empower would-be designers with solutions, options and the resources to formulate their own plans or explain their needs to a professional designer.

Design Line Samples

Farewell ... and Don't Forget About Lighting

I am not very good at good-byes so I would like to make this, my last column, a farewell.

Living Space Advisory

Tribune Media Services has ended syndication of Rita St. Clair's Design Line column, effective Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

Mixed Metals in the Bathroom: How to Work with Different Finishes

The rule for bathroom decorating has always been to coordinate finishes. Coordinated fixtures. To make the finishes work together, it's helpful to find coordinating elements that will play against them.

Consider the Humble Rocker

The chair may be the most designed and redesigned piece in the entire lexicon of furniture. Question: I am looking for a comfortable chair for occasional use in our family room; currently the room has contemporary upholstered seating.

'Framing' Sometimes Needed to Dress a Glass Wall

It seems that window coverings are again becoming a popular consideration. Question: Our living room, which is large and has a 20-foot glass wall with sliding doors in the center, seems totally undressed.

Design Line Advisory

Tribune Media Services will end syndication of Rita St. Clair's Design Line column, effective Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

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