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Aug 19, 20112 min read
Nautical and (very) Nice!
A lovely Inn that sits on the sand, overlooking the ocean. For me, this is what dreams are made of; the sound of the waves, salty wet...
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Aug 5, 20112 min read
Easy Dorm Style !
Beige corridors, led to beige doors, that opened unceremoniously into a beige (non air-conditioned) room. Optimistically ready for two,...
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Jul 27, 20113 min read
A McQueen State of Mind
I wanted to write about the Color Wheel this week. My idea was to break it down into simple theory, so that we could all understand what...
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Jul 21, 20113 min read
It’s 97 degrees outside – now what?
When I first moved to New Jersey, I rented a room in a large family home. When the dog days of Summer began to settle in, the curtains...
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Jul 5, 20113 min read
In the beginning……..The Dollar Days of Decorating
Do you remember when you got your first apartment, or the first space that you paid for all by yourself? No-one to tell you what to do, a...
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Jun 24, 20113 min read
Embrace the Dust-Bunnies?
“You look “very fancy”, my daughter said when she came home from school the other day. There I was, dressed in a skirt, top and cardigan,...
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Jun 14, 20112 min read
Finding the "Why?" to get to the "How?"
As most of you know, I have just added a Monthly (email) Magazine Page as an extension of my website and blog. What most of you don’t...
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Jun 4, 20112 min read
The Television, The Room and The Armoire
Do you remember when Televisions started to get bigger? When we all wanted one, but didn’t want to see them when they were turned...
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May 26, 20112 min read
Industrial Thoughts
Although I live in an old fashioned house, my heart palpitates with the thought of Industrial spaces that have been turned into homes...
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May 18, 20111 min read
Wallpaper Art
I remember wallpaper, growing up, to be either anaglypta (a thick, embossed wallpaper) large brown and green squares or, sometimes, a...
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May 10, 20112 min read
A Moment in Time…
Last week I hated my Living Room. Truly hated it. When I looked at it, all I saw was a sea of brown, surrounded by some brightly colored...
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May 5, 20112 min read
Pic-nic (pik-nik) – an outing that is shared, outside, with food…
What is nicer than a picnic on a Summer’s day? I imagine sitting in an unmown field filled with daisies, the manicured lawn of a historic...
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Apr 28, 20112 min read
Loving Your Old Kitchen
My kitchen is tiny; I am always dreaming of ways to make it bigger (?) and better. I have done almost everything that a normal person...
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Apr 21, 20112 min read
Wide Open Spaces (inside)
I once worked with a woman who lived in a renovated, industrial loft. It was everything I dreamed that a loft should be – huge, tall...
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Apr 14, 20113 min read
Ladies and Red
My mom has a Red sofa. One of the few things that she has bought, on her own, in over 30 years. It was a transitional time in her life,...
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Apr 6, 20113 min read
To Dream of Outdoors is a Wonderful Thing
It’s barely Spring here in New Jersey, and I am itching to get outside. The ground is still muddy, and the garden still seems so...
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Mar 23, 20112 min read
Just do It!
Years ago, when I was taking my Redesign classes, we were each asked to decorate an empty fireplace mantle in a clients home. When it was...
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Mar 16, 20111 min read
Decoratively Speaking.
Sometimes, we are reluctant to give up the much-loved items that we covet. We become disorganized collectors of things that we simply...
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Mar 9, 20112 min read
The "Stuff" We Keep
Hoarding has become the ugly sister of clutter; an in-your-face television representation of lives that have tipped the scales of common...
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Mar 2, 20112 min read
Things that Bling!
Unlike Magpies, I am not attracted to shiny objects. If I buy something new for my house, the next day you will find me sanding or...
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