Mid-Atlantic resident Mandi Ehman will help you organize every part of your home and life with her blog, Organizing Your Way. There are some great seasonal tips on her blog right now, including plan...
Wreaths have become our 2009 holiday obsession, from the wreaths of Annapolis, to book-page wreaths to unconventional wreath placement &mdash and now an ornament wreath. We saw this how-to on CB2's ...
One of the reasons that Jill Vegas' book is a great one to have on your shelves is that she has a ton of lists that help with last-minute makeovers. We love her quick and inexpensive last-minute coc...
A reader humbly let me know that my wish list strategy of pasting URLs into Google Docs is outdated. Instead, the reader says, use Wishpot.com (thanks JaneG23!). I tried it out over the weekend, and...
Like Leah's nieces who string together fall leaves for her mantle, gathering pinecones and placing them into a serving bowl is one of the easiest ways to bring fall into the home. ...
How many times have you clicked on a Craigslist ad to see an item and seen this instead?: "Camera broken, promise good quality?" Maybe you should send that person these Craigslist Rules to get it so...
Tablescapes are a great way to show off your most cherished items or collections. Be it art, books, family heirlooms, or vacation souvenirs - tablescapes are just a pleasing arrangement of objects....
A big part of creating a healthy home is eliminating unnecessary stresses and clutter — mental and material— before they disrupt your peace. To help you accomplish this, we've rounded up ...
We're all in favor of displaying things we love, but we also know all to well how innocent little collections can morph into obsessions that threaten your sanity (see above). If you're there already,...
We're on a plant kick recently. Maybe that's because it's near time to enjoy plants indoors rather than outdoors? Recently, we talked about hard-to-kill houseplants, and now we come at you with plan...
Yesterday we reflected on inspiring examples of painted concrete floors, and today it's time to get down to business. Having recently had our concrete floors painted, we have some inside tips to shar...
Setting up a new home rarely equals instant gratification. And all that cleaning, unpacking, and rearranging — often with no end in sight — can lead to one particularly hazardous form of ...
Alex let us tag along on his shopping excursion, where he showed us how to bring granny style to the home. We loved his granny chic style as seen in House Tour: Alex's Granny Chic and he showed us ...
When you move into your own place, you value Mom's homemaking advice more than when you were a child who didn't want to make the bed. Now that I'm married and in a brand-new apartment, I have decide...
Most of us have experienced a less than desirable living situation. Maybe your idealistic side convinced you that you could flip a house HGTV-style in seconds flat, or maybe you were broke and livin...
One-of-a-kind finds make a home stand out from its neighbor's, especially when they are collected from your travels &mdash not found in a nearby big-box store. A home comes to life with these painti...
As a very visual person, I'm often torn between wanting to be surrounded by an array of inspiring decor and simultaneously desiring a serene, un-distracting environment. It's not an easy balance to s...
Garden expert and author Debra Prinzing shares her top 10 tips for making an outdoor shed, hideaway or room go from dusty and boring to fabulous. Sigh not, apartment-renters with balconies, there a...
A carpet?! Yes, that's what my (most likely horrified) husband will surely ask when I propose the idea tonight. Laure's post on painted patterned floors got me thinking. We have an addition with a ve...
As newlyweds with a clean slate &mdash meaning, an empty, unfurnished apartment &mdash we decided to buy a platform wood bed frame before anything else, but then were left with the question of how t...
One of our colleagues has been in the midst of a bathroom renovation for almost 10 months now. That's right- 10 months to gut and recreate a small bathroom in her 1920s home. She's been through th...
We were going on day six (no, that's not a typo!) of living with the horrific lingering smell of burnt popcorn. The usual drills of opening the windows, spraying air freshener, and lighting candles s...
The ceiling in a previous home was a complete nightmare with water stains and popcorn tiles galore — not what you like to see while lying in bed. No paint short of a Sistine Chapel-esque ceili...
It seems like we get new phone books delivered to our door about as often as the weather changes, which in DC — as you know from the 20 degree to 70 degree jump this past week — is quite...
Fancy, bold, and interesting pillows can be expensive and hard to come by. Fabulous artwork is something most of us desire but often, can hardly afford. After viewing this AT:SF post featuring art...
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