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8 Tips for Creating an Organized Home Office That Works

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Need-to-know facts the editors of domino magazine wish someone had given them. From Domino: The Book of Decorating: A Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home that Makes You Happy.

Building a Home Office: Very Important Tips

CHAIRS

Form + Function If you use your home office full-time, find a chair that provides support and style. A modern ergonomic chair can be chic in a traditionally furnished space -- think antique desk paired with Aeron chair. The opposite can be true too.

Smooth sitting Casters on office chairs are great, but make sure they’re given an even plane to roll across.

The High Life: Virgin America and Method Home celebrate Earth Day

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Flying may not be the most eco-friendly of endeavors (to put it mildly), but it is one of those necessary evils. I live in San Francisco but I have to be in New York (at Domino) and in Los Angeles far too frequently. Ever since Virgin America launched I have been unable to fly anything else. The service, chic design and awesome entertainment make it irresistible. Now I can assuage my eco-guilt a little because two San Francisco based companies have come together to make Earth Day travel a little bit lighter. The trailblazing "people against dirty" over at Method Home will be providing their cool "Plastic Bag Rehab" tote filled with their easy-on-the-planet, easy-on-the-eyes cleaning products to every passenger on Virgin America's flights this Earth Day, April 22nd.

20 design essentials for under $100

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As with most things in life, when it comes to decorating, the devil is in the details. The good news is, that means you don’t have to spend a fortune to make your place look damn good. Here, Domino rounds up the (blissfully affordable) items that will give your home maximum hotness.

Invaluable resource: Domino painting guide

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If only every decorating decision were as easy to reverse as painting a wall. (Can you imagine? "I really regret purchasing this awful, uncomfortable couch. I know—let's paint over it!") And yet, the potential impact of a drastic (or even subtle) color change in a room can scare people away from the brush. Fortunately, dominomag.com just published a beautiful and comprehensive primer to all things painting—and not just walls.

What we loved in magazines this week

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In New York:

The Umbra paint-by-numbers clock in Best Bets. (I smell a D.I.Y. project...)

In O at Home:

A buying guide to white and off-white sofas, featuring 18 styles to choose from (and "accident-friendly" labels where appropriate).
Larry Sparks's brilliant repurposing of spring-loaded-roller maps as window shades.