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5 Inexpensive Ways to Give your Home a Face Lift
With these great tips from contributor Joyce Del Rosario, there is no excuse for NOT improving your home! Why wait til you’re trying to sell you home? You deserve a lovely home now! ~Susan The...
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Color Trends for 2013: Intersection
Color has a huge impact on us emotionally, physically and yes, even behaviorally. According to the color guru’s at Benjamin Moore, we are looking forward to some connecting trends for 2013. I love how...
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Five Decorating Tips for the Fiscally Responsible
I’m writing this post from my new office with boxes surrounding me. We moved into our new-to-us home two weeks ago, and I’m still feverously unpacking and organizing. One thing I enjoy about moving is...
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Kitchen and Family Rooms That Were Meant To Live As One
I’m only halfway done unpacking, and already I’m dying to play matchmaker and hook up the kitchen and family rooms for a lasting relationship! But in the meantime, I’m finding charm in these two long...
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DIY Bling for a Boring Lamp Shade
When redesigning a room, I first like to look for low-lying fruit – pieces I can upcycle to take on a new life without having to buy all new. Lamp shades are cheap and easy (in a good way)! Here is the...
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Hanging Centerpieces for Fall
I love dining décor and tablescapes. But sadly, most of us don’t have idle surfaces for such lovely expressions. We have a dining room table and buffet in our dining room. That’s it. So I decided to...
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A Seasonal Room Update on a Budget
After 6 weeks in the new home, I’m a little surprised to note that everyone hangs out in the smallest, darkest room. While I have big plans for combining this small narrow family room with the kitchen...
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Five Ways to Decorate with Hanging Windows
If you have any old windows hanging around (pun intended) why not put them to use in a creative way? Great way to upcycle an old window to a higher form! Thanks to guest blogger Jennifer for this great...
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A Flying Pumpkin Thanksgiving Tablescape
I had recently written about ideas for hanging a centerpiece rather than setting it on the already crowded Thanksgiving table. Well, I finally got around to getting it done for my dining room. My...
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What Christmas Looks Like in Our New Home
It’s our first Christmas in our new home! Just thought I would share some of the ideas I pulled together retrofitting (mostly) what we already had. It’s sort of like putting together a puzzle. Our tree...
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The Power of Kindness
I know this post is not about DIY, decorating or upcycling, but since the Sandy Hook tragedy, I’ve not felt much like writing. This is simply my account of that day, and what I’ve learned from it....
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Join the Ryobi Nation (and win!)
It’s a new year, which means new projects! Your next DIY adventure may just be a gleam in your eye right now, but admit it. You’ve got needs, ideas and dreams! Would it inspire you if I gave away a...
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Why You Should Hang Your Curtains High and Wide
As you know, I love using what I already have to create a new space. I call that PRACTICAL! We brought our curtains with us from the last house, and reused them in our Family room. So here is the...
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From Plain to Pesto – an Office Cabinet Makeover
I LOVE this pear wall hanging. Fresh, warm, inviting. I did NOT feel that way about my office, however. So I matched the paint with some pesto green. And decided to upcycle the dreary old cabinet in my...
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7 reasons why this book WILL get you organized!
We all have it. Clutter. Seems like a bad word, but realizing we’re all in this together, let’s do something about it! I just finished reading “Clutter Rescue” from the folks at Good Housekeeping. The...
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Home Office Inspiration for those who DON’T Work at Yahoo
Marissa Mayers sure stirred it up this time! To be completely transparent here, I’m a huge advocate of telecommuting. But I see both sides of this story. The company is in trouble and perhaps time...
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DIY Photography Feature Wall
Got a blank wall that you’re not sure what to do with? Here’s how to build an easy art feature wall using what you probably already have! I dug around the unpacked boxes in the basement and attic of...
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A new living room for $660
A blank canvas – a long room with awkward traffic pattern from the foyer through to the dining room (back left of picture below). The challenges: $600-ish budget, so I mostly had to use the furniture I...
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Easy (Changeable) Zebra Glam Girls Room
My sweet little girl asked for a Zebra Glam room in our new home. Even though I had just redesigned her last room, we’re in a new house now, and the room needed painting anyway. Hmmm. I had previously...
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A Guest Room for Travelers
The challenge – a small, dingy guest room in need of updating, using mostly what we already have. The upstairs of our home is cape style, with 7 foot ceilings and opportunities to bump your head on the...
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