Daylight Savings Time begins this coming Sunday, March 14th ("spring forward" - move your clocks ahead one hour) and that got me thinking about clocks. I need one for my office so I decided to do a quick check online. Boy was I surprised as my "quick" shopping trip got sidetracked big time.
I've never shopped for a wall clock so I was amazed by
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St. Patrick's Day, a national holiday in Ireland, is an annual feast day celebrating the most commonly recognized patron saint of Ireland. It's less than a week away - but I'm ready!
Although I'm not Irish St. Patrick's Day provides a great excuse for hosting a theme dinner. It may not be considered a feast since it only dinner for two - but my table
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A reader facing some decorating dilemmas in her living room emailed Your Decorating Hotline for help. She and I corresponded about the room and I'm sharing the results here as you may find the information interesting and applicable in your home.
Dining Room Dilemma
"I have a question regarding my dining room. I have attached some pictures for you. I want my dining room to
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Recently I wrote about the proper placement of art - fitting the space (vertical placements on vertical spaces and horizontal placements on horizontal spaces), proximity to furniture, proximity to other art, etc. I also recently posted instructions on how to glaze a wall while working on the walls of my master suite. Low and behold, the topics of these two posts collided in the toilet room of my
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Yesterday a reader asked if she could update her bathroom colors by painting the tile and today a reader struggles with tile color and selecting a wall color that works with it.
A Reader Asks "What Color Walls Go With My Tile?"
"Help! I have a master bathroom with light gray tiles with a few (random patterned) cobalt blue tiles. The tub and pedestal sinks are white and the
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A reader struggling with the color of her bathroom tile inquired about the possibility of painting over it. Old, outdated tile colors in a bathroom or kitchen is not an uncommon problem. Ceramic and porcelain tiles wear so well they generally outlast color and style trends. There are options to ripping out ugly tile - but there are some limitations too.
A Reader Asks
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