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Jun 20, 20152 min read
What Every Room Needs
You know that I cringe at rules, but now and again we all want a simple answer to something that we can’t quite figure out. We want to...
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Jun 12, 20152 min read
Take A Picture
My phone is not very smart, and I still have to open it up like an old-fashioned, mirrored compact; it isn’t in a hurry, can take several...
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Jun 4, 20152 min read
Blending Houses into Homes
I don’t like labels at all; they make me feel confined, and I don’t want to assume that something is the way it is just because we have...
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May 28, 20153 min read
A Change of Plans
Over ten years ago we had a sun-room added to the back of our house. I was lucky enough to be able to design it, and it instantly became...
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May 21, 20152 min read
How to Find your Decorating Style
Sometimes, we don’t know what we like until we like it, but, if we don’t know what we like, then how do we know what we like? We are all...
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May 14, 20153 min read
Fun with Chips and Dip
If you’ve been to my house before, you have probably had food served on something that wasn’t meant to have that particular food on it....
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May 2, 20153 min read
5 Spring Things
I never thought I would be so happy to see a dandelion! It is so nice to be able to run outside with no shoes on, and grab the mail...
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Apr 28, 20151 min read
Home Staging Class Tuesday May 5th
To register for this, please click here for the Community School link, or if you have a question just email me at...
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Apr 24, 20152 min read
Cabinets of Curiosity
Did you know that most people will peek into your bathroom medicine cabinet? Apparently, in a survey by someone, more than 75% of people...
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Apr 23, 20154 min read
A Home to Love
When we first started looking for a home, we had no idea what we wanted, other than a low price and the right neighborhood. It turned out...
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Apr 17, 20152 min read
Find the Funny
Yesterday afternoon found me balancing precariously on a stool, skirt tucked into my undies (my outfit of choice when I have...
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Apr 10, 20152 min read
Notes on a Shelf
Not wanting to be ungrateful, I accepted the cabinets for years, because that seemed like the right thing to do; they were good quality,...
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Apr 7, 20151 min read
How to Stage your Home to Sell your House
Classes are being held next Tuesday, April 14th, and Tuesday May 5th, from 7 – 9pm. To register, click here on the Roxbury Community...
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Apr 3, 20152 min read
A Desert Island List
You know when people ask what three things you couldn’t live without if you were stranded on a desert island? I am embarrassed to say...
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Mar 26, 20152 min read
Pretty without Apology
In an ideal world, we want our home to be beautiful and practical all the time, but life is never ideal, and when we have to choose we...
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Mar 20, 20152 min read
I Heart Street Art
Do you remember when graffiti used to be the bad boy of art? The illegitimate way of expressing yourself in a place where no-one else...
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Mar 12, 20151 min read
Take Me With You!
One of the most favorite questions I get asked is, “How do I choose a _________? There are too many, and I don’t know what I like, or...
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Mar 7, 20153 min read
The Pleasure (and Perils) of Shopping Online
After a week with lots of weather (yes, that is what I have decided to call it now; not bad weather, a Winter Storm, or the worst...
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Feb 27, 20151 min read
Home = Past + Present + Future
I read something the other day, and it became one of those Ah-ha moments; not exactly Oprah-worthy, but it definitely made me pause and...
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Feb 20, 20152 min read
Don’t Declutter (yet)
He said that you should have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. This was very sound...
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