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Whenever I go to an estate sale and come across a bin or jar of buttons it immediately brings me back to my childhood days of spending time with my grandmother. She had a great big tin canister of buttons and when I visited she would let me play with them. FULL STORY...
Germany is accredited with the origin and proliferation of the traditional Christmas tree. Many people claim that Germans created the Christmas tree by combining Paradise tree and the Christmas light, which consisted of a small pyramid frame with a candle on its top. The custom of illuminating and decorating the Christmas tree by that way was passed on to Finland, Norway, Sweden and many other European countries. FULL STORY...
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As new homes are being built many of the old classic hardware characteristics we grew up with are disappearing. Front doors with mail slots, sinks with separate hot and cold faucets, and metal floor grates are no longer a part of standard building practices. There's a good reason for this. FULL STORY...
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to oversee a complete bathroom renovation. FULL STORY...
Outdoor patio set finds home indoors with fresh makeover FULL STORY...
Diane Bush is an award winning photographer and artist known for her political and satirical imagery capturing the people, places and emotions that have informed her life in Buffalo, New York, London, UK and even her living room in Las Vegas, Nevada. FULL STORY...
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Cottage chic isn't about matching, clutter and frills. Cottage chic is a look that has evolved over the last decade from flea market and slipcovered "shabby chic" to a blend of casual and elegant, fresh and traditional, simple and ornate, plain and patterned, rumpled and tidy. Casual cottage can range from classical Swedish Country Cottage to clean lined Beach Cottage to chintz-layered and overstuffed Victorian Cottage. FULL STORY...
There is a constant summertime party dilemma at our household. Plenty of food but not enough table space to put it on. And to accommodate my troublesome problem I end up schlepping furniture from all rooms of the house for outside entertaining. FULL STORY... |
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