9 Designer Decorating Tips

Picture Perfect

Smythe Park House: Charleston, S.C.

If you've got an open floor plan, make sure to break up the space into cozier, more intimate living areas. Here, a 40-inch-high divider wall separates the family room from the breakfast room. On each side, framed photographs hang on iron rods suspended from the ceiling beams, adding a personal touch and further dividing the rooms visually.