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- May 21, 2015
- 2 min
How to Find your Decorating Style
Sometimes, we don’t know what we like until we like it, but, if we don’t know what we like, then how do we know what we like? We are all...
- May 14, 2015
- 3 min
Fun with Chips and Dip
If you’ve been to my house before, you have probably had food served on something that wasn’t meant to have that particular food on it....
- May 2, 2015
- 3 min
5 Spring Things
I never thought I would be so happy to see a dandelion! It is so nice to be able to run outside with no shoes on, and grab the mail...
- Apr 28, 2015
- 1 min
Home Staging Class Tuesday May 5th
To register for this, please click here for the Community School link, or if you have a question just email me at...
- Apr 24, 2015
- 2 min
Cabinets of Curiosity
Did you know that most people will peek into your bathroom medicine cabinet? Apparently, in a survey by someone, more than 75% of people...
- Apr 23, 2015
- 4 min
A Home to Love
When we first started looking for a home, we had no idea what we wanted, other than a low price and the right neighborhood. It turned out...
- Apr 17, 2015
- 2 min
Find the Funny
Yesterday afternoon found me balancing precariously on a stool, skirt tucked into my undies (my outfit of choice when I have...
- Apr 10, 2015
- 2 min
Notes on a Shelf
Not wanting to be ungrateful, I accepted the cabinets for years, because that seemed like the right thing to do; they were good quality,...
- Apr 7, 2015
- 1 min
How to Stage your Home to Sell your House
Classes are being held next Tuesday, April 14th, and Tuesday May 5th, from 7 – 9pm. To register, click here on the Roxbury Community...
- Apr 3, 2015
- 2 min
A Desert Island List
You know when people ask what three things you couldn’t live without if you were stranded on a desert island? I am embarrassed to say...
- Mar 26, 2015
- 2 min
Pretty without Apology
In an ideal world, we want our home to be beautiful and practical all the time, but life is never ideal, and when we have to choose we...
- Mar 20, 2015
- 2 min
I Heart Street Art
Do you remember when graffiti used to be the bad boy of art? The illegitimate way of expressing yourself in a place where no-one else...
- Mar 12, 2015
- 1 min
Take Me With You!
One of the most favorite questions I get asked is, “How do I choose a _________? There are too many, and I don’t know what I like, or...
- Mar 7, 2015
- 3 min
The Pleasure (and Perils) of Shopping Online
After a week with lots of weather (yes, that is what I have decided to call it now; not bad weather, a Winter Storm, or the worst...
- Feb 27, 2015
- 1 min
Home = Past + Present + Future
I read something the other day, and it became one of those Ah-ha moments; not exactly Oprah-worthy, but it definitely made me pause and...
- Feb 20, 2015
- 2 min
Don’t Declutter (yet)
He said that you should have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. This was very sound...
- Feb 12, 2015
- 1 min
Excuse Me? Are You Comfortable Yet?
My cat’s litter box sits at the bottom of a pantry cupboard near my kitchen; it is the second biggest cupboard in my house, and it is...
- Feb 4, 2015
- 2 min
The Brown Leather Sofa
I remember sitting curled up on a brown leather sofa by a big, stone fireplace; the leather was so worn and crinkled from the warmth,...
- Jan 30, 2015
- 3 min
Pretend Trends = Yes + No
I remember helping a friend to paint faux marble veins on her countertops with a feather. It was the days where decorating shows were...
- Jan 22, 2015
- 2 min
Stuck on Design
“I am so annoying; I sometimes give myself a headache”. This is one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite people in the whole...