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Get More Out of Vacation: 4 Promises to Make Before Your Next Trip

Whether your next vacation is in a foreign place with lots of exotic plans or somewhere a little closer to your own backyard, before you leave for your next trip, consider making these four promises to yourself. You just might find yourself not only enjoying your vacation more, but getting more out of it, too. For your next trip, promise that you… This is a tough one (and one that I fail at miserably). This could be your first and last time in _______ city, right?

Adrienne Breaux

May 13, 2015

Carolyn’s Bedroom Makeover: Shopping and the Budget

Planning a room makeover can be fun, especially when it comes to sorting through inspiration photos and figuring out what elements you like most. But it can also be frustrating: developing a budget, thinking about needs, considering design constraints. It was all necessary, but once the planning was out of the way, the fun part of this makeover could begin: shopping!

Carolyn Purnell

May 13, 2015

Don’t Leave Dishes in the Sink & 4 Other Ways You Know You’re a Grownup

(Image credit: Leela Cyd) From The Kitchn → 5 Grown-Up Things You Should Be Doing in the Kitchen by Age 30

Apartment Therapy

May 13, 2015

Before & After: Historic Rowhouse Ditches Sad Siding

Abigail’s fixer-upper stood out—and not in a good way. Sometime during its 100-year history, someone had slapped putty-hued vinyl siding on the front, which would be less jarring if it wasn’t one of many attached brick rowhouses! See how she and her husband restored the curb appeal: From Abigail: When we bought our hundred-year-old fixer-upper in downtown Frederick, Maryland, the first thing we planned to revitalize was its exterior.

Tara Bellucci

May 13, 2015