Terms of Service

Welcome to Caroline at Home, available at roomandrhythm.com. These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of our website, services, and content. By accessing or using roomandrhythm.com, you agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our website.

Last Updated: January 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing roomandrhythm.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. These terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Caroline at Home website. We reserve the right to update or modify these terms at any time without prior notice, and your continued use of the website following any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

2. Description of Service

Caroline at Home provides interior design guidance, soft-furnishing advice, decorating inspiration, and educational content through roomandrhythm.com. Our services include blog posts, design tips, product recommendations, consultation information, and other resources related to creating beautiful, livable homes. The content reflects professional interior design expertise delivered through a warm, accessible Southern perspective that distinguishes real homes from catalog staging.

We may offer various services including design consultations, e-books, courses, or other digital products. Specific terms for paid services or products will be provided at the time of purchase and are incorporated into these Terms of Service.

3. User Accounts and Responsibilities

Certain features of roomandrhythm.com may require you to create an account. When creating an account, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.

You agree to notify Caroline at Home immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these security obligations.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree to use roomandrhythm.com only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Service. You agree not to:

Use the website in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation
Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the website
Transmit any advertising, promotional materials, spam, or any other form of unsolicited communication
Impersonate Caroline at Home, our staff, or any other person or entity
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the website or any systems or networks connected to the website
Use any automated system, including robots or scrapers, to access the website without our express written permission
Collect or harvest any personally identifiable information from the website
Use the website to transmit any viruses, malware, or other harmful code

5. Intellectual Property Rights

All content on roomandrhythm.com, including text, graphics, logos, images, photographs, design concepts, and software, is the property of Caroline at Home or its content suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

The Caroline at Home name, logo, and all related names, design marks, and slogans are trademarks or service marks of Caroline at Home. You may not use any trademarks, service marks, or logos displayed on roomandrhythm.com without our prior written permission.

You may view, download, and print content from roomandrhythm.com for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. You may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, publicly display, or commercially exploit any content from our website without our express written consent.

6. User Content and Comments

Caroline at Home may allow you to post comments, questions, reviews, or other content on roomandrhythm.com. You retain ownership of any content you submit, but by posting content, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.

You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to post your content and that your content does not violate any third-party rights or any applicable laws. You agree that your content will not contain material that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties.

We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to monitor, edit, or remove any user content that we determine in our sole discretion violates these Terms of Service or is otherwise objectionable.

7. Third-Party Links and Resources

The roomandrhythm.com website may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services that are not owned or controlled by Caroline at Home. We provide these links for your convenience and do not endorse or assume responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. You acknowledge and agree that Caroline at Home shall not be responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused by your use of any third-party content, goods, or services.

8. Disclaimers

The content on roomandrhythm.com is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. While Caroline at Home strives to provide accurate and helpful interior design advice, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, or availability of the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website.

Interior design involves personal taste, individual circumstances, and specific home conditions. Any reliance you place on information from Caroline at Home is strictly at your own risk. We recommend consulting with qualified professionals for specific design projects, structural modifications, or technical installations.

THE WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Caroline at Home, its owners, employees, agents, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from:

Your access to or use of or inability to access or use roomandrhythm.com
Any conduct or content of any third party on the website
Any content obtained from the website
Unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content

In no event shall our total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action exceed the amount you paid to Caroline at Home, if any, in the six months prior to the claim, or one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is greater.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Caroline at Home, its owners, employees, contractors, and affiliates from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of roomandrhythm.com, your violation of these Terms of Service, or your violation of any rights of another person or entity.

11. Termination

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to roomandrhythm.com immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including but not limited to breach of these Terms of Service. Upon termination, your right to use the website will immediately cease.

All provisions of these Terms of Service that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including but not limited to ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnification, and limitations of liability.

12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any legal action or proceeding arising under these terms shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Charleston County, South Carolina, and you consent to personal jurisdiction in such courts.

You agree to attempt to resolve any disputes with Caroline at Home informally by contacting us before initiating any formal proceedings.

13. Changes to Terms

Caroline at Home reserves the right to modify or replace these Terms of Service at any time at our sole discretion. We will provide notice of material changes by posting the updated terms on roomandrhythm.com with a new "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

We encourage you to review these Terms of Service periodically to stay informed about our terms and conditions.

14. Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these terms unenforceable or invalid as a whole. Such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

15. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Service, together with our Privacy Policy and any other legal notices or agreements published on roomandrhythm.com, constitute the entire agreement between you and Caroline at Home concerning your use of the website and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.

16. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about these Terms of Service, please contact Caroline at Home through the contact information provided on roomandrhythm.com. We value your feedback and will make every effort to respond to your inquiries in a timely manner.

Thank you for visiting Caroline at Home. We look forward to helping you create a home that feels beautiful and lives beautifully.