Interior Design and other home improvements
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New Year's resolution for 2015: declutter, Marie Kondo style
As I sit here writing this blog, 2015 looms large, just about three weeks away. Maybe you are reading this in January and the holidays have come and gone, your New Year's resolutions are already broken -- or else you… More >>
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Budgets, bookcases, and bargain-hunting advice
When I was growing up, I was fortunate to never want for anything. My parents, who lived through the Depression Era, worked hard, became successful, and had no qualms about spending for what they perceived was "the… More >>
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Cort: not just for furniture commitment-phobics
A few years ago when I moved to this town, I was looking for a few minor furnishings to complete my living space. One day, less than a mile from home, I passed a sign for a furniture clearance center. It turned out… More >>
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Historic home tour voyeur
I grew up in a home that had no one's imprint but that of my own immediate family. There was no history there. It was an ordinary split-level, suburban, post WWII house built on what was once a potato farm -- or so… More >>
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HomeGoods buying spree motivates clutter clean up
I wrote recently about turning a cabinet alcove into a personal office space. There is something motivating about making a change like that, and I've been very industrious lately about de-cluttering and organizing upstairs,… More >>
