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Home Office Design

Vern Yip’s “Deserving Design” Hits the Airwaves!

Home Office Design

Yes, I am a Vern Yip fan. I loved his eye-catching designs back during Trading Spaces. So now that his new show, “Deserving Design” is on the air, I couldn’t be happier! Two episodes into it, I just love it! The show bestows gorgeous designs and new rooms on much deserving people. So far, this [...]

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Redesign Your Chair

Home Office Design

So, you’re looking at your dining or office chairs and thinking, “Yeah, I’m not so thrilled with these.” Does this mean you need to go out and buy new ones? Well, that depends on you budget. However, if you would like to keep that budget to a minimum, why not repurpose your existing chairs? A [...]

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Storables is Online!

Home Office Design

Ok, so I wanted to let you know that you can shop online at Storables! This is one of my one of my fave brick and mortar storage and organization retailers – they have high quality products AND staff. They also have several lines which are exclusive to Storables. You can also find a location [...]

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“Start At Home”

Home Office Design

Recently HGTV is touting their new marketing line: “Make life ___________, start at home!”  I LOVE this new line, and it’s such a great thought on how to really change your life from the inside out.  Think about it: home is where you rest, eat probably 2/3 of your meals, store all things which are [...]

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4 Ways to Organize & Decorate With Your Collection

Home Office Design

If you’re a collector …. well, whatever…. maybe you have your prized possessions scattered around the house.  Whether it’s black or white rocks from the beach or vintage apple boxes – bring them together and make a huge impact!  Here’s a few ways to do that: 1. Shadow boxes: Use shadow boxes for big or [...]

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How Cool is This? Me, a Featured Interior Refiner!

Home Office Design

I checked my email this morning and I have been selected as a featured Interior Refiner on www.interiorrefiners.com for the month of June!  I am completely flattered and honored! The Interior Refiner Network has been a wonderful source of camaraderie and information on the interior redesign industry.  Thanks IRN! If you would like to utilize [...]

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Creative Decorating on a Budget!

Home Office Design

Check out this blog I just came across, it’s called “IkeaHacker“.  The idea is to take things you can find at Ikea, which are very clean lined (is that a word?) and make them fun!  I love it when people take something and make it their own.  You could even use these ideas on what [...]

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Vern Yip Comes To HGTV!

Home Office Design

Ok, so being a recovering TLC’s Trading Spaces addict, I have to say I LOVE Vern Yip‘s designs. So, you can imagine how thrilled I was to see that he is coming to HGTV!  His new show, Deserving Design, premiers Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 9 p.m. I know I’ll be tuning in!

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Visual Clarity

Home Office Design

Look around at the room you’re in. Yep, right now. If you were a stranger, and you were looking at that same room, what would your thoughts be? Would you know what your room is used for? Would it be clear, somewhat clear or really unclear? What’s your room “saying” to you? Our rooms say [...]

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Form + Function = Good Design

Home Office Design

I have to admit that although I didn’t watch the episode Monica Ricci was talking about in her post “Form Before Function?”, I just HAD to chime in agreement about form AND function being necessary for good design. You rock on girl! What does the client want? In a recent “Top Design” show, a designer [...]

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