Entry #872, January 1, 2012 Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed your holiday season with friends and family and you are ready to start off the new year with gusto. Just like everyone, who makes new years goals, and resolutions, Stagetecture has ‘grown up’ over the last 2.5 years and is giving back to…
Your basement is one of the few rooms of your home that may or may not have seen a lot of activity this holiday. If you are cleaning up from the holidays and beginning to put holiday decor away, have you thought about where it will all go? Even if you have a place, is…
Guest Blogger #309, Entry #854, December 22, 2011 Unless you want toys littering the living room and homework piling up on the dining room table, it behooves you to set up a kids area they can use to play and do homework away from the common areas of your house. While you might not want to…
Guest Blogger #297, Entry #836, December 15, 2011 The movement to live a greener, more earth-friendly lifestyle is growing. There are lots of little things we can do to reduce our carbon footprint. We can make more of an impact by thinking big and concentrating on our own environment. If we make an effort to…
Guest Blogger #261, Entry #768, November 18, 2011 Many homeowners and families have a garage filled with clutter and since a garage isn’t part of a main home, it’s easy to ignore a growing mess. The following guide provides several simple tips for maximizing one’s garage space with shop shelving units. 1. Throw out anything…
Guest Blogger #259, Entry #766, November 16, 2011 Is it that time of the year already? To be honest, it feels like I was just saying that for last year’s holiday season. For a couple years it seemed to rush right by, with me missing out on the fun and beauty of it all. There’s…
Guest Blog #225, Entry #722, October 25, 2011 Organization is right up there with dieting and weight loss in the New Year’s resolutions department. They’re a lot alike, really as they both require motivation for success. Our psyches need a reason to carry through on our good intentions; if you don’t have one, your motivation…
Guest Blog #213, Entry #707, October 17, 2011 This is essentially the nightmare scenario of the sofa world, you have just bought a new sofa and settled it into your home and somehow you have managed to get a stain on it. Fear not there a few ways in which you can rectify the issue…
Entry #700, October 12, 2011 Today is Stagetecture’s 700th blog post! I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than to bring you the color forecast for home interiors for 2012! In February of this year, I was fortunate to have Dee Schlotter, Brand Manager for The Voice of Color – PPG Pittsburgh Paints…
Entry #672, September 23, 2011 When I decided to start having Guest Blogs on Stagetecture in December of 2010, I didn’t exactly know how the turn out would be. I figured I would get a few every few weeks or so, but the recent feedback and requests to be a guest blogger has been overwhelming…
Guest Blog #168, Entry #644, September 5, 2011 There’s a stubborn mindset out there that thinks if children are living in your home, your style has to suffer. The truth is this: kid-friendly furniture doesn’t mean you have to consider ‘safe’ and boring furniture as opposed to the style, brands, and decor you really love….
Guest Blog #117, Entry #581, July 8, 2011 How many of you have recently realized that summer clutter is no different than winter clutter? From recreational equipment in the garage piling up, to seasonal clothes for the kids that no longer fit, it’s time to start thinking about getting rid of it! Home storage and…