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- Mar 26, 2012
- 1 min
Clutter Control x 3
We all know what clutter is, but do you know that there is visual clutter around us that can be eliminated on a daily basis? Easily, with...
- Mar 15, 2012
- 3 min
What is a Domestic Goddess anyway?
When I gave my very first dinner party, I followed the instructions to the letter. I bought exactly a quarter of a pound of green beans...
- Mar 2, 2012
- 2 min
Transitional Decorating
Sometimes, we have to change our homes because something happens that we didn’t expect. A lost job, a bereavement or illness, a...
- Feb 24, 2012
- 3 min
Living in your Rooms
Many of us are tremendously lucky to have more room than we need, but often, we don’t take advantage of that space. We have spare...
- Feb 15, 2012
- 2 min
Juju What?
“Have you heard of Juju hats? I must have one for my house! You must blog about them!”, a friend wrote to me earlier this week. Of...
- Jan 31, 2012
- 2 min
Why Retro?
Have you noticed that television shows, furniture and clothing are all being re-introduced to us with a healthy dose of 1960’s reality?...
- Jan 17, 2012
- 3 min
Buying Furniture (caveat emptor)
I have a confession to make, I am becoming a furniture snob. As you know, I love anything that relates to decorating the home, especially...
- Dec 12, 2011
- 1 min
Supermarket Gifts and Fruitcake
Hostess Gift: (tasteful, edible, re-giftable) Sparkling, non-alcoholic, wine or cider and a box of truffles. A Christmas plant...
- Nov 28, 2011
- 3 min
Have you ever……(staged your own home?)
Even though it is the Holiday season, many people are still trying to sell their homes. Always a daunting process, I thought I would...
- Nov 16, 2011
- 1 min
100th post!
– My upstairs bathroom is painted entirely in chalkboard paint (my daughter and her friend’s draw and write on it all of the time). I...
- Nov 5, 2011
- 2 min
Warming up!
Apparently. I don’t handle the cold very well. During the recent 5 days without heat we became nomads, eating at friends homes and...
- Oct 22, 2011
- 2 min
Curtains 101
The other day I fell in love with a curtain. Yes, a curtain! For those of you who know me well, you know that the curtains in my living...
- Oct 12, 2011
- 2 min
Formal Living in a Casual World
One article in particular really struck me. The home was based on an 18th Century design, complete with spindly chair legs, gilded...
- Sep 22, 2011
- 2 min
Color Wheels and Rainbows
Did you know that the Color Wheel was invented in the 1600’s by Sir Isaac Newton? It was originally based on sunlight – he separated the...
- Sep 16, 2011
- 2 min
Stories and Words
Once upon a time, many years ago………our words were written on pieces of paper. I thought of this line yesterday, as I was reading a...
- Sep 8, 2011
- 4 min
Budgeting for a Quick Fix
Driving around my town the other day, I noticed a lot of houses needed painting.With the price of everything going up, many people are...
- Aug 19, 2011
- 2 min
Nautical and (very) Nice!
A lovely Inn that sits on the sand, overlooking the ocean. For me, this is what dreams are made of; the sound of the waves, salty wet...
- Aug 5, 2011
- 2 min
Easy Dorm Style !
Beige corridors, led to beige doors, that opened unceremoniously into a beige (non air-conditioned) room. Optimistically ready for two,...
- Jul 27, 2011
- 3 min
A McQueen State of Mind
I wanted to write about the Color Wheel this week. My idea was to break it down into simple theory, so that we could all understand what...
- Jul 21, 2011
- 3 min
It’s 97 degrees outside – now what?
When I first moved to New Jersey, I rented a room in a large family home. When the dog days of Summer began to settle in, the curtains...