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Tag: home design
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Nesting Season Is Arriving, and We’re Loving our Bay Window Update
We all love a good Cinderella story and, when it comes to the home, a bay window seat is ready for some fairy godmother attention. The structure is there with some of the best views in the house, while it does not demand a major overhaul or expense like a sofa. There is something nostalgic…
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Room Planning 101: Show Some Restraint
If you’re decorating a new home or redoing a space, resist that click-happy impulse to fill shopping carts with a load of stuff you may not need. (Sorry Amazon). A skilled room planner knows that restraint is necessary for a clean arrangement that leaves more room for design creativity.
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How the Home Has Evolved After Shelter-In-Place
After living in shelter-in-place, we have our own takeaways like the war-era granny who maximized the lifecycle of soap. 2020 has become the most challenged year in most people’s lifetime but there were positives from a year of adversity (without undermining the loss of life). Lessons from an Efficient Quarantine Home: Respectfully connect with the household…
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See Ya Clutter: Taking Inventory of Your Spaces
Tripped on your kid’s chrome book yet? Have the conversation with your husband on his need to use a noisy pencil sharpener in a digital age? Taking Inventory of your spaces applies to all facets of living: home, mental, relationships, diet and health. Not to get overly existentialist, this is a forum that covers how…
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New Year Goals: Simplify with 2019’s 4 Best Finds
There’s a lot of chatter about goals this time of year that come with a flurry of hashtags. Here’s one that takes minimal effort with a big payoff: Simplify. And we’re not just talking about pairing down the living room in muted colors. The decade has provided on-demand inspiration through the growth of social media.…
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Annual Holiday Gift Series: The Ultimate Everyday Blanket
Holiday gift series, give an affordable luxury with the ultimate velvet blanket.
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For Adults Only – a Design Story – Styling a Master Bedroom Dresser
When you live with kids, sitting on lightsabers and bins of toys that mysteriously chime at random times is customary. There’s a lot of branded textiles, gear and explosions that happen in the kitchen sink. Our home is a colorful one, on all terms, but particularly because of its creative dwellers who are always nudging…
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Tackling a Guest Bedroom Makeover
There’s a lot of head scratching that happens when you are given a room that in no way represents what it will become. It’s like cheating off an exam from someone who will receive a F. Start fresh and study the space. This bedroom seemed smaller than its true size because of a clutter of…
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The Charms of Disconnecting: Creating a Simple Country Home Retreat
While influencers continue to squeeze the hype out of hygee, here’s another back-to-basics Norwegian discipline to follow with catchy phonetics: Hytte, simple country homes that urbanites escape to from the rigmarole of city life. They are basic structures, with minimal electricity and furnishings, which is deliberate. The no-frills appeal dissuades you from a material mentality–enticements are found…
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Annual Fragrance of the Year Awards – And the Winner Is….
Awards have brought rise to red carpets and laminated restaurant reviews. Film, food and fashion all vie for recognition and we’ve honed in on a category that peaks the senses or, specifically, the nose. In our annual Fragrance of the Year Awards, a lot of sniffing happens so we can honor the year’s best scent.…