Helpful Articles

home office window treatments
May 10, 2017

The Best Home Office Window Treatments

Home office window treatments can be a tricky design challenge. You want your office to be bright enough that it doesn’t feel like a cave, but not so bright that you’re faced with constant screen-glare issues. The goal is to incrementally filter light, but a lot of […]

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garage renovation
May 2, 2017

Garage Renovation Wilmington NC

Get Started With Your Garage Renovation At Strickland’s Home, our designers and installers work with you to create your dream garage renovation from start to finish. We consider your personal inventory, needs, and style in order to design an organized, attractive space. If you’re considering a garage […]

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bonus rooms design ideas
May 1, 2017

Man Caves and She Sheds: What to Do with Bonus Rooms

Sometimes, we have more rooms than we have a specific need for. It’s a blessing to have them, but the truth is, figuring out how to decorate these bonus rooms can be a challenge. Will they be all-purpose rooms? Guest rooms? Hobby rooms? Junk rooms? What about […]

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April 26, 2017

Don’t Side-Eye Your Eyebrow Window!

We admit, the eyebrow window is seen as a bit of a curiosity in modern housing. Found primarily in late 19th-centruy Queen Anne homes or early 20th-century Craftsman bungalows, the eyebrow window fell out of favor in the mid-to-late 20th century. What makes a window an eyebrow […]

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Murphy bed
April 15, 2017

4 People Who Could Really Use a Murphy Bed

The Murphy bed: enemy of Charlie Chaplin, minimalist’s best friend, space-saver extraordinaire! You might know the Murphy bed best as a mainstay of silent movies. In recent years, though, it’s seen an upswing in popularity, due to the rise of minimalism, global work schedules, and the massive […]

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