Deciding that a room or the whole house is in need of a makeover or update is only the first of many decisions to be made. And maybe the easiest. A reader asked for some help using a bold green in her powder bath makeover. You can see my suggestions in the post Bold Color in a Small Bathroom. Her
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Another installment of WWW as I browse the web in search of the good, better, best of sites to share. You know, I'm discovering there's a lot of junk out there....sites that are boring, poorly written, or personal journals about what somebody had for breakfast -- BUT, there are also lots of sites that are interesting, fun and informative (and talk
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Accessorizing needs its own props. As with cooking, cleaning or gardening, having a few "tools" on hand increases your options, makes the task easier and improves the visual appeal of the final arrangement. The 5 best props to have on hand to create beautiful tablescapes or groupings are:
BOOKS: Stacks of books are invaluable when creating attractive groupings. If you're not a
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posted by Terrie filed under Lighting
Lighting has many functions: task lighting to provide bright light to work under; overhead ambient lighting to make moving through a room safe; accent lighting to brighten a dark corner or bookshelf. Most rooms have a combination of all 3 levels of light.
I've found a couple of great lighting options - just because lighting has a serious function doesn't mean it
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All of us enjoy accessorizing - it's the fun part of the decorating process. We get to shop for all those charming, shiny, silly, beautiful things that we just can't say no to. While the shopping may happen throughout the project, when you finally get to put them in place it generally means the project is done and that's such a
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Family rooms are the rooms we live our lives in. We watch TV, play games, have parties, relax with a book, eat, do homework and more. Talk about multi-purpose! So thinking about a makeover is intimidating to say the least. Here are some of my favorite quick change ideas to freshen the look of such a busy room with minimal effort (it
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