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One Room Challenge Week 6 Reveal Teen Girl Bedroom

One Room Challenge Week 6 Reveal Teen Girl Bedroom

 It is  finally week 6 of the One Room Challenge and I get to reveal the urban industrial  bedroom makeover I have been working on for my teen daughter. It all started six weeks ago with the bi-annual decorating design event started by Linda Weinstein of...

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Friday Find-entertaining with wood trays

I always love rustic bowls and trays. I use them with small white bowls for snacks of hummus, pita chips, and grapes to munch on while watching TV. Or use a series of them in a table scape of delectable cheeses, dried fruits, cured meats, and olives when we are...

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Meet RH Teen

Meet RH Teen

Friday Find: Meet Restoration Hardware Teen Several years ago Restoration Hardware launched its baby & child line to the yuppie, hipster, design-focused DINKS (Double Income No Kids). See we were cool before all the texting acronyms started flying about. Anyway,...

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Friday Find-home accessories under $50

Maybe you never thought of a gold wastepaper basket. That's why I pop into your inbox with the weekly Friday Find-home accessories under $50. To help you elevate  mundane daily task with functional and pretty items. A little smile while circular filing, turning on a...

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9 decorating ideas for an unusable fireplace

9 decorating ideas for an unusable fireplace

  Her dance is hypnotizing and calls forth the wild within. The smoke from the sweet woodsy aroma curls its finger through your  hair and entices you to come close. Kicking off your shoes and shrugging out of your coat you succumb to the heat.   It's...

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Add a little personality…

Add a little personality…

I don't like critters...of any kind. Usually they send me screaming for my dear life. Then I discovered this lamp. I think its so adorable. I never thought I would find a hedgehog cute. But look at her with her little gold tipped quills.  (Is that what they are...

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7 decorating lessons from Cookie Lyon

7 decorating lessons from Cookie Lyon

One of my favorite shows last season was EMPIRE.  Empire is a modern day soap drama  on Fox TV that portrays the fictional music industries Lyon family. When Cookie Lyon, the diva of the Lyon's family strutted out of prison after an 18 year stint like she was...

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