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HOUSE & HOME

Small Projects with Big Impact

April 17, 2010
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Crochet has to be handmade. To date, no fancy schmancy machine has been devised that can duplicate it. That’s why any piece adds instant charm to a wardrobe or an interior.

Tree trunks for feet and rope for yarn, these amazing pieces can be coffee tables, footstools or (depending how strongly made) additional seating in a [...]

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A Lovely Dream Kitchen

April 3, 2010
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My biggest problem as an amateur interior designer *cough, cough* is that I like everything. I like red, but I also like neutral creams and greys … or is it grays. I like rustic, but I also like glitzy sparkle. I like Old World charm, but I also like whimsical cottage. Show me any design [...]

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True Confessions from the Tiny Townhouse

March 27, 2010
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Peruse, if you will, my most recent reading stack. There you’ll find creative endeavors of all sorts as well as a few clues on my day job.
One topic that has been strangely missing is – dom, dom, dommmm – home decorating. Normally, shelter magazines and home design books  dominate my reading stack. Always have. Sadly, [...]

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Super Treasure

February 28, 2010
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While the entire planet was watching the Super Bowl a few weeks ago, I went to the antique mall. My “real” reason for visiting was to pick up my 1099 (a type of W2 for dealers), look around a bit and then show up as late as possible to a Super Bowl party.
Then I saw [...]

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Wall-to-Wall Yuck

January 8, 2010
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When my husband and I bought our tiny townhouse 3 years ago, we got a flooring allowance from the sellers, because the carpet looked like a dozen people from a dozen keg parties threw up on it.
The allowance was just enough to buy the cheapest wall-to-wall carpet on the market. I argued, stomped my feet, [...]

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Foreign Language Decorating

October 4, 2009
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What I love most about the worldwide web is access to foreign websites and blogs.
Though I read only English and a smattering of German, pictures say a lot.  I’ve been following several needlework and decorating blogs from France, Russia, Italy and Brazil – just to name a few.  I’m learning a few key words here [...]

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Tiny Townhouse Patio

September 27, 2009
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Giving up my garden was perhaps the hardest change when we downsized into our tiny townhouse.  Well, okay.  Giving up half the living space was mighty painful, too.  We’re still purging stuff  more than 2 years later.
But I have my tiny patio here at the tiny townhouse to enjoy the great outdoors.  Now that it’s [...]

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Decorate The Technology

August 8, 2009
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Filed under if-you-can’t-hide-it-decorate-it category goes this image of crazy, decorated satellite dishes.  See more at Design Swan.  I’m betting the apartment complex had a contest of some sort.

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