January was all about starting 2012 off right — we cleaned and rearranged and organized the heck out of our home. Most of all, for my fiance and I, there was purging. We've spent weeks culling out the unnecessary and curating our collections, and we have a ton of stuff to get rid of! Before we donate our belongings to charitable causes, we're going to have a yard sale! Here are some tips we've learned about throwing a successful yard sale! More

For me, it was a pair of scissors. I spotted them across the store and bee-lined to the counter. They were everything I'd ever wanted in scissors but didn't know it: hand-forged carbonized steel blades, handsome brass handles and just enough patina to recall their Indian heritage. More

Last week I wrote about my upcoming move. I've looked at a few places within my budget and one things for certain...I'll be downsizing. Moving into a studio doesn't bother me. In fact, I'm excited about a smaller place because it'll force me to be neat and tidy.

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My man loves music: he works in it, is obsessed with it, and owns a whole lot of it. Over 10,000 pieces of vinyl, cd's and box sets are sitting in boxes in our home. He collects the music and the artwork (posters, album covers, etc.) so tossing out albums and cases to save space is out of the question.

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If you're as obsessed with collecting as I am, you'll be very familiar with the phrases I tell my partner (and myself) to justify the oh so frequently arriving packages: "it was too good a price to pass up," "these aren't made anymore," "I've been looking for this one forever,"... But what I love about this collection is that they not only display beautifully but are usable, dishwasher-safe and most pieces are affordable! Now who can argue with that? More

Q: I have a question I was hoping for some help with. My mother bought me this Pantone postcard set for Christmas. I have some other Pantone products at home and I would like to use the postcards in my home in some way. I had thought about using them like paint chips in various projects I have seen around the web, but I like the text on the bottom of the cards. I also rent so I can't do anything that involves sticking them to the walls.
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On the spectrum of keeper or purger I fall clearly in the camp of purger. There are, of course, a few exceptions to this rule. Here are five questions I ask myself to decide what to keep or purge during each clean out. More

If your shopping eyes are bigger than your budgetary stomach, you'll be pleasantly surprised at what you can pull together just by rethinking how and where you display what you already have. More

Ditch the flip-through album and put your snapshots and photos up on the wall — en masse! Perfect for non-committers, constant art changer-outers, or photography enthusiasts — or any combination of the three — a huge collection of photos makes a stunning statement. Bree Hester from the Creative Mama shows how, linking the photos together to form one big tapestry of memories. More

I only subscribe to three magazines, but the coming of the new year means that my mailbox is stuffed with "Last Chance!","Final Offer!", and "This Really Is The Last One We Mean It" re-subscription notices. I'm leaving them all in my mailbox until I decide what to do. Perhaps you all can help... More