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Decorating with Books
I don’t read as much as I should (or that I think I should) and I am more inclined to curl up with a magazine or cookery book on a Sunday...
Jun 15, 20161 min read
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Design Class on Monday June 13th
There is still time to sign up for our last design class of the season. If you have any questions, just ask, and if you would like to...
Jun 8, 20161 min read
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Designs on Summer
The Perfect Lemonade 3 to 4 cups cold water (to dilute) 1 cup lemon juice 1 cup water (for the simple syrup) 1 cup sugar (can reduce to...
May 27, 20163 min read
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Six Things to Throw Away Now
We are a culture of excess, and while I can’t explain my obsession with vintage silverware (does anyone else sit and lovingly clean their...
May 20, 20162 min read
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Designers are Weird
My very first design conference had me almost in tears with the amount of talent that could fill a room, but from the moment I sat down...
May 16, 20163 min read
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Small Closet Organizing
Even though it is cold and rainy outside, I am optimistically determined to get my clothes ready for Spring. With a closet that is...
May 6, 20162 min read
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The Difference Between a House and a Home
Today was “take your child to work day”, and as part of the deal, I dragged my daughter around a furniture store looking for items for...
Apr 28, 20162 min read
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Curate not Decorate
I can’t take credit for the title of this blog; I read it somewhere recently, and I think my heart actually skipped a beat because I knew...
Apr 27, 20162 min read
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The Joy of Junk Mail
Lots of people I meet have a hatred for the mail; it’s shoved in drawers, overflowing from plastic bags, or abandoned in boxes for days...
Apr 16, 20162 min read
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Fairy Light Tales
Anyone who knows me, knows that I have a slight crush on Nigella Lawson; her cooking style is really similar to mine, and while I will...
Apr 10, 20162 min read
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Invisible Clutter
Just when you thought that you had read everything you could about clutter, along comes another kind ….. invisible clutter. So, now, as...
Apr 2, 20161 min read
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Living in your Living Room
I feel sad for rooms that are left alone and unused. It’s funny, often the largest of rooms are the most neglected; initially praised for...
Mar 24, 20162 min read
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Hazardous Decorating
The other day I went to visit someone, and I knocked the end cap off their gate. Because I didn’t know them very well, and it was in the...
Mar 14, 20163 min read
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How to Sell your Home – Staging 101
Did you know that the Playboy Mansion (above) is up for sale? $200 million is the asking price, with the extremely odd caveat that Hugh...
Mar 6, 20161 min read
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The Exit Strategy
They estimate that 1 in 10 Americans own a storage locker, and that at least 2 out of every 10 lockers will become abandoned and...
Mar 5, 20163 min read
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Designing with Energy
Y’know when you just have a good feeling about a place? It’s that inexplicable thing that is there, that you want, but can’t quite see....
Feb 27, 20162 min read
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Design Classes are Back!
Beginning in March, I will be lucky enough to be teaching more design classes at the Roxbury High School, in Succasunna, New Jersey. The...
Feb 17, 20162 min read
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Selling your home = Pie vs Cake
Pie is a happy word. Isn’t it funny; I actually prefer to eat cake, but the word pie makes me happier to say than the word cake. I find...
Feb 10, 20161 min read
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Hack Your Home
Remember when our dad’s could fix almost anything with a roll of duct tape and some chewing gum? I think some of them still can, but now...
Jan 27, 20163 min read
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Living and Layering
Removing Christmas from my house requires a lot of loud music, comfy clothes, and perhaps the occasional glass of wine. While I love my...
Jan 14, 20163 min read
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