Transform your bedroom or living room into a sanctuary with helpful tips for colors, decor, organization & creative ways to make them look and feel larger.
Guest Blog Entry #23, Entry #274, September 13, 2010 It always is surprising to see how many different functions a room can carry on. Your kitchen becomes the entertaining, family, cooking, and recreational area for the kids and it’s a direct sign of the times. Similarly, the dining room can take on many functions and…
Entry #116, June 19, 2010 In honor of Father’s Day tomorrow, I thought I would showcase a room that Father’s like to call their own. Entertainment Rooms or affectionately called “Man Caves”. Traditionally, DIY Saturday’s focused on projects and resources to help you start and finish a home project. Today – let’s see what items…
Guest Blog Entry #5 – May 24, 2010 In a past blog post we explored the idea of downsizing from the family home. Family of the elderly have to think about lifestyle changes, and so do the people who interact with them. Having your home comfortable and safe for the Aging, is a concept that…
Feature #43, April 16, 2010 A few days ago I had a blog post on 12 ways to unclutter your life, from an O magazine article. One of the 12 areas is your closet. Closets are a catch-all for everything. Don’t have time to hang up your shirt? Throw it in the closet. Can’t find…
Feature #42, April 15, 2010 Headboards come in all types from wall stickers to now this unique upholstered one with hidden storage! Apartment Therapy has an article on this beautiful headboard that doubles as a place to put books, remote controls, and anything else you may want out of sight. – Article by Colleen Quinn…
Feature #38, April 7, 2010 Shelving in itself is natural storage. To add some visual interest, and to house items that don’t need to be seen, how about open storage? Open storage includes bins and boxes, and Apartment Therapy shows us some great examples. Look at these wood open boxes. These aren’t your usual office…
Entry #58, April 6, 2010 Hallways in the home never get thought of as a room, until you have your carpets cleaned, and they charge you as though they ARE a room! Hallways have unused potential for storage, display, and even as mudrooms. Let me show you how you can maximize your hallway usage, and…
Feature #36, April 6, 2010 For the first time, since I lived in Colorado have I owned a fireplace. Living in Florida, fireplaces are popular, but I’ve never been fortunate to buy a house with one in it. We finally have settled into our new house, and it has a wonderful mantel! I love this…
Entry #55, April 1, 2010 Are you ready for color choosing for your home? Last week I touched on some great color combinations ideas, and what colors look great together. How about choosing colors in the same family? Instead of doing a soft pink and a deep chocolate brown, how about a robin egg’s blue, and a…
Entry #50, March 26, 2010 What is a home office makeover? It’s not taking your laptop from the dinner table to the couch! It’s taking your existing home office area and improving it. Improvements can range from adding additional storage, to painting, to remodeling your space from floor to ceiling. Whatever it means to you…
Entry #48, March 24, 2010 When you think of benches do you think picnic or garden furniture? Benches are still used outdoors, but they’ve also been gaining greater fanfare inside. Use them for seating in a mudroom to a beautiful tucked away niche in a bay window, as window seating. Let’s show you how benches…
Entry #46, March 22, 2010 We’ve talked about wallpaper, and different ways to use it, in past posts. I’m still miffed as to why people don’t do more with wallpaper. You don’t have to use it for every single wall in the room, or you can! Let’s show you some ways to use wall paper…