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title: "Home Decor"
url: https://claytonmakes.com/home-decor
description: "Colour, walls and the arrangement of rooms that are actually lived in. These guides assume a household with other people in it, a budget that has a ceiling, and."
published: 2026-09-12
updated: 2026-09-12
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# Home Decor

Published 2026-09-12

The guides below deal with the parts of a room you can change in an afternoon: what goes on the walls, how it is spaced, and which version of a colour belongs on which surface. Each one states the stretch of wall it assumes.

- Entryway · 2026-09-12[The entryway drop zone: hooks at child height](https://claytonmakes.com/entryway-drop-zone)A 711 mm wall that takes coats and bags711 mm / 28 in of wall · One afternoon
- Kids' room · 2026-09-12[A gallery wall of children's artwork that changes every week](https://claytonmakes.com/kids-room-gallery-wall)Eight frames on a line that can be reshuffled1,200 mm / 47 in of wall · One afternoon
- Living room · 2026-09-12[Layering colour in a shared living room](https://claytonmakes.com/living-room-colour-layers)Three depths of one colour, and where to stopAny room with one long wall · A weekend
- Materials · 2026-09-12[Paint finishes explained, and where each one belongs](https://claytonmakes.com/paint-finishes-explained)Matt, eggshell, satin and gloss in plain termsEvery painted surface · Reading, then a weekend