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Interior designers and architects agree: if you’re short on square footage, your furniture needs to work overtime.

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Colorado has faced epidemic levels of bark beetles.

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If you find yourself in an apartment without a closet, you'll learn to love baskets.

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Yes, removable is the easy way out.