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Discover the latest trends in interior design, from décor essentials to pattern mixing. Our team of experienced interior designers provide their insights and expertise to help you stay ahead of the curve and infuse your space with style. So whether you're a seasoned design enthusiast or just starting your journey towards creating a beautiful home, we invite you to explore our blog and let your imagination run wild.

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Dining Room to Entertainment Hub: Designing for Gathering in 2025

Summer months often include entertaining, indoors and outdoors, for everyone in your family. From neighborhood…

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A Beginner’s Guide to Layering Rugs for Depth and Style

If you have never thought about layering area rugs, give this trend some thought! Not…

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Open Concept Living: How to Make Large Spaces Feel Cohesive

Open concept living can be great for entertaining, but without strategic interior design, it can…

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Top Interior Design Trends for 2025

What are the top interior design trends for your home in 2025? Dwell Home Furnishings…

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Declutter, Redesign and Reimagine Your Home After the Holidays

What do you do after the holiday decorations come down? This time of year is…

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Warm Winter Interior Design Inspiration

Our Midwestern winters can seem long and dark, but just like layering up with warm…

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How to Brighten Up a Dark Basement

Is your basement dark? Is your lower level lacking light? Brighten it up with smart…

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Finding Cohesion in Your Home

Cohesion is what makes a house feel like a home. Cultivating cohesion in your home…

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Dwellians Dish on Diverse Designs

Have you ever wondered what it’s really like in an interior designer’s home? Ready to…

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Color Drenching—Could it Work for Your Space?

Filling a room with one primary color—a.k.a. color drenching—is fun to implement in a variety…

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Design Concepts for Exterior Spaces

Iowans love the idea of a patio or deck, but when faced with how to…

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Alternatives for Compact Spaces

Compact spaces can be challenging to furnish with functional items, but never fear! Dwell Home…

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Design Considerations for Your Three Season Room

Is it time to rethink and refresh your three-season room? Whether you’re an empty nester…

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Designing for Masculine Spaces

Who says a man cave can’t have some style? Masculine spaces can have an interior…

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Well-Rounded Design Execution

When Eve joined Dwell as a design partner, she would often switch between various projects…

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Intention Behind Every Selection

Alex and Sabrina began their partnership in 2021 when Sabrina joined the Dwell team. After…

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Balancing the Small Details and Big Picture

Jackie and Timothy’s partnership began before their time at Dwell. The two had collaborated at…

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3 Décor Essentials for Your First Home

When you get the keys to your first home, those first few weeks and months…

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Ambient Lighting is In

One of the most important aspects of interior design is lighting, and ambient lighting is…

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3 Approaches to Your Spring Room Refresh

We’ve all spent so much more time at home in the past couple of years,…

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Interior Design Tips for First Time Home Buyers

Have you just purchased or moved into your first home? Are you ready to make…

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To the dads, bonus dads, father figures, and two-dad households: Your love builds the kind of home that truly matters.

From all of us at Dwell,
Happy Father’s Day.

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🍽➡️🎉 The dining room isn’t just for dinner anymore...

It’s the game night central, holiday host zone, and morning coffee corner and it deserves a design that does it all.

Our latest blog dives into how to turn your dining space into an entertainment hub made for gathering in 2025. From flexible furnishings to lighting that sets the mood, we’re sharing everything you need to know.

Tap the link in bio or comment below to read more!

Project Designers: @jackiekiracofe_interiordesign
@timothyvanrheenen
Video: @luminarycreative

#DwellHomeFurnishings #DiningRoomDesign #EntertainInStyle #InteriorTrends2025 #MultiPurposeSpaces #DesignForGathering #ModernHomeDesign #HostWithStyle
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No worries here.

You can choose style that will survive real life! Thanks to durable, cleanable performance fabric from Crypton fabrics.
Because your home should be lived in — not stressed over.

✨ Beautiful. Durable. Kid-proof. Dog-approved. Dwell Designed.

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Where style meets scale and function creating beautiful spaces that truly work for you.

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🚛 We’re Hiring! Join our team as a part-time Warehouse Associate in Coralville!

We`re looking for someone reliable, hands-on, and detail-oriented to help us deliver the Dwell experience—literally.

If you’re all about keeping things organized, love working with furniture, and enjoy being part of a team that brings beautiful designs to life in clients’ homes and businesses, we want to hear from you!
✨ Responsibilities include:
✔️ Receiving & inspecting incoming products
✔️ Assembling and delivering furniture
✔️ Supporting showroom setups
✔️ Keeping our warehouse clean and running smoothly
✔️ Being a friendly, professional face of Dwell during installations

Sound like a fit? Apply now and be part of something stylish.
📍 Coralville, IA
📩 tara@dwellhomefurnishings.com or via our website
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EXPLORE OUR FJORDS COLLECTION TODAY AT DWELL. MAKE THIS FATHERS DAY MEMORABLE WITH FJORDS, ...

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Come see what thoughtful design really looks like! We’re proud to have helped stage this stunning home at 478 Rebekah Court, Coralville, for this weekend’s Iowa City Area Parade of Homes with Elevation Homebuilders.

From the custom finishes to the elevated furnishings, every detail was chosen to reflect the architecture, enhance the function, and make it feel like home from the moment you step inside.

Want to see more? You`ll have to stop by this weekend. We are not sharing any more until then! (Well maybe....)

Head over to @icareahba for more info!!

Home by @elevation.homebuilders @_kim.marshall
@n.knause

Listed with @lkr_iowa @adampretorius
@rich_hatch_homes

#ParadeOfHomes #IowaCityDesign #InteriorDesignIowa #DwellWithUs #CoralvilleHomes #ElevationHomebuilders #DesignThatWorks
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