The first house my husband and I bought had 7 rooms of dated, hideously ugly wallpaper. Every room was covered in a busy print of flowers, birds, or fruit. It took weeks and weeks of labor (steaming, scoring, scraping) to get it off. I still remember the agony and saying at least a hundred times how I [...]
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Do Your Home’s Colors Support Your Body Type?
Okay, I know it sounds crazy but hear me out. The American Formulating and Manufacturing Co (AFM) has introduced a new line of no-VOC, toxic free paint based on the East Indian alternative medicine of Ayurveda . Ayurveda, which means longevity in Sanskrit, divides people up into three different body types, or doshas; the Vata, the Pitta, and the Kapha. You can [...]
Saturday Morning Inspiration with Holly Becker of Decor8
This past Saturday I was one of the lucky dozens who had the opportunity to meet Holly Becker at Anthrolpogie in Boston. Holly is the founder of the widely popular blog Decor8 and the author of the best selling book Decorate. She currently lives in Germany and is on a US book tour and chose Boston as her first stop. Holly lived in Boston for [...]
Do You Follow the 80/20 Rule?
Yesterday I watched this video posted on Apartment Therapy about an 80/20 color rule. The video explained that when designing a room you should use 80% neutral color and 20% accent color. I do remember learning in design class about the 60/30/10 rule (60% main color, 30% secondary color and 10% accent color) but 80/20?… this I have a [...]
Don’t make these 3 mistakes when Staging your own home
Most sellers today realize the imporatance of preparing their home for the market or what we call Staging. I see a lot of homes for sale and more often than not, I see three mistakes that sellers continue to make. 1. Assuming buyers won’t notice something. Sloppy D.I.Y. paint jobs, a sticking basement door, a [...]
What gets me up at 5am on Sunday
Not too far from where I live is a Sunday morning secret that everyone, yet no one, seems to know about. Most of my friends have never heard of it (even the ones who live nearby) yet it is always crowded. I forget how I first heard about it but I have been going on [...]
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