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Beautify & Personalize Your Home Office: 7 Design Tips

June 4, 2008

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This guest post was written by Angela Todd of Angela Todd Designs.

Chances are good that your home office is one of [...]

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Lauri Ward’s New Book, “Downsizing With Style”

November 12, 2007

Ready to downsize?  The pioneer of one-day interior redesign, Lauri Ward, has a new book out!  It’s called “Downsizing With Style“.  The book is about living well in smaller spaces.  Mine is in the mail, and I can’t wait to read it.  I’m all about living well with less (space, stuff, whatever).
Have you read the [...]

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Simplify Your Life: Getting Those Pesky Projects Done!

August 30, 2007

I decided to take a few days off and get some projects done around the house.  It’s been a nice time for me to decompress before the school year starts (since my little one is starting Kindergarten this year!).  The particular project I am working on has been on my mind for about three [...]

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Redesign Your Chair

August 6, 2007

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? [...]

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Don’t Make Product Part of the Problem

July 2, 2007

Products are only part of the solution.
Have you ever started an organizing project at the store?  “I KNOW this box is going to be the answer to my prayers…” you might have told yourself.  Now, before I go any further, let me just say that I have no issue with products (as you can [...]

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ReDesign Project: Kids Activity Center/Sideboard

June 28, 2007

Have kids? Or have a need for a sideboard? Love antiques, or want to use what you already have? Here’s a project for you. This was using existing furnishings and accessories, with a few extra supplies.
This is the picture of the desk, with the organized contents below. This particular desk [...]

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To DIY or not to DIY

June 19, 2007

Should you do it yourself or hire it out?
Ok all you Do-It-Yourselfers out there.  Here is a great article from Real Simple magazine about when you should get out the tool belt, and when you should hire one who wears said tool belt.  Whether you can’t figure out whether to go with sage green or [...]

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Creative Decorating on a Budget!

May 9, 2007

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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Selling Your Home?

April 12, 2007

Getting ready to sell your home? Not sure where you should start to get it ready? Check this out:
http://www.homegain.com/tool_center/home_sale_maximizer/checklist
This checklist is quite comprehensive. It includes checklists for:
Carpet & Flooring, Clean & De-Clutter, Exterior Painting, Interior Painting, Kitchen & Bathrooms, Lighting, Plumbing & Electrical, Staging and Yard
Work your way through the lists and you [...]

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Monogrammed Hangers & Organized Closet Bliss

March 2, 2007

Ok, so I ran across these monogrammed wooden hangers on-line …. I’m a big advocate of ditching the plastic hangers and going with sturdy wood. I transitioned our hangers over a two year period (keeping a few for the laundry room for drip-drying and donating the rest to a local charity), but you can [...]

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