How to Live With Your Collectibles
Don’t be afraid to use your collections. My 2-year-old granddaughter plays with some of my old kitchen tins. I have an old railroad train bench I inherited from my…
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Hobnail Heaven: How to Decorate with this Vintage Pattern
If you’ve been swept into the wave of nostalgia for midcentury modern artifacts and would like to begin a collection, there is perhaps no better place to start than by…
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Pretty Fab Prefabs: Living Efficiently in a Luxury Home
Building homes so large that cell phones are used as tracking devices have lost their grip on today’s American roads. The world is attentive to climate changes and a weak…
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Green Luxury Homes
Mixing Manolos with Birkenstocks may be considered an odd coupling, but the relationship is clearly working. The luxury green building movement is taking off despite a challenged economy. In fact,…
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Top-to-Bottom Green Cleaning Solutions
We’ve come to rely on harsh chemicals and specialized cleaners for every item in the house when in fact, multi-taskers in the kitchen pantry can do just as good a job…
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Quilt Revival: Update Your Home with Quilts
There are many reasons to love quilts. As heirlooms, these hand-worked linens are like textural storytellers — each color and scrap representing an element or emotion. As a collectible, quilts…
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Unclutter Your Cottage in 10 Easy Steps!
1. Imagine the home you want to live in. Save pictures from magazines and shop your favorite stores for ideas. Once you have pinpointed this visual, you have taken the…
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How to Live Stylishly and Sensibly
1. Start out with a lot of white slipcovers and add color with throws and pillows. This is both child- and dog-friendly because it’s the most washable solution and allows…
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Helpful Houseplants
Sure, that Boston fern softens the corner of the living room, but did you know that it is also purifying your air, ridding it of common household toxins? While it…
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The Natural Science of Laundry
When it comes to your washing, caring for and preserving your favorite sheets, towels and textiles skip the harsh chemicals in the grocery aisle and try something Mother Nature would…
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