An interior designer shares 11 things she'd never have in her own home

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Some interior designers have a few styles, furniture pieces, and trends, they will always try to avoid.

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Interior designers share the 9 biggest mistakes people make when decorating a living room — and how to avoid them

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A few simple design mistakes could be ruining the look of your living room.

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6 home-decor items you should always buy at TJ Maxx, according to an interior designer

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From wooden accents to throw blankets, these are the home-decor pieces an interior decorator buys at T.J. Maxx.

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Slate's design chief explains why the startup built its electric truck without screens, stereos, or power windows

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Slate is betting on manual controls and stripped-back displays as it prepares to launch its electric truck.

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Meta hires longtime Apple design leader Alan Dye to run a new Reality Labs creative studio

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Meta hired Alan Dye, vice president of human interface design at Apple.

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The founder of $2 billion AI website builder Framer says this is what designers should focus on to thrive in the age of AI

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Jorn van Dijk sitting on a black sofa with Koen Bok.
Jorn van Dijk is the cofounder of Framer, an AI website builder. He said designers should continue to refine their taste in the age of AI.

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Here's how Figma's founders inspired an early investor

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Figma founders Evan Wallace Dylan Field
Evan Wallace and Dylan Field are the cofounders of Figma.

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Can AI take your order? Welcome to the restaurant of the future.

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A robot serving popcorn

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I'm a Gen Z interior designer. Here are 4 trends I absolutely love and 4 I think are dated.

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Living room with colorful patterned pillows, white walls, curved boucle couch
I love how Gen Z uses color in a lot of their designs.

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Honk if you hate Elon: how protesters are jumping on Tesla's biggest weakness

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People participate in a
 No big car lot gets between angry protesters and a New York City Tesla outlet in early March.

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