I am in love with a boat. Seriously. All my life I have wanted to set sail; but being from the city there was not too much opportunity to do that. Instead, I developed a penchant for cruising, until my later years when – after retirement – I finally broke down and bought that sailboat I [...]
When we first purchased this home a large part of the appeal was the home’s huge basement. It was unfinished but my husband and I had grand ideas about finishing this room and making a fun playroom/rec room with a wall to wall bar. Of course, life got in the way of those plans and just [...]
Renovating a home – in any capacity – is no small undertaking. It requires as much creativity and patience as it does money and even the strongest among us often have a difficult time getting through the process unscathed and in one piece. Whether you are tackling a specific room in the home, or the house [...]
Decorating a home is no small task; a lot of compromises must be made between those who live in the home; and ultimately a well decorated home makes use of an interesting color palette, comfortable yet sophisticated furnishings, and pieces that the homeowner truly loves. These specially chosen pieces will offer guests to the home a [...]
We spend a lot of money decorating our houses – a lot of money. Even while the economy struggles money is still being spent on the fabrics, paint, furniture, artwork, kitchen wares, and accessories that make a house a home. And if modern media is anything to go by, the trend won’t be slowing anytime soon. [...]
Truly creative home décor is about thinking above and beyond the parameters of conventional thinking; of finding a way to make something old into something new again, to use resources in an untraditional way, to arrange furniture differently, to identify unusual colors of paint, to mix and match textures; all in all, to think differently and [...]
The term “flow” is often used to refer to a house that is able to – through the use of natural construction or design pieces that trick the eye – lead those who enter the home through a seamless transition from one room to the next. There is a symbiotic relationship between the elements in one [...]
As consumers we are trained to look for particular benefits in using one vendor over another; it doesn’t matter what product or service that vendor is providing – everything from putting new windows on our home to buying furniture; every company with which we choose to do business must be evaluated if we are to have [...]
Having fun with home décor is not something that many homeowners think to do. In fact, decorating a home has become some serious business as homeowners are treated to a plethora of media on the subject; through television, magazines, and the Internet we are taught to not only pick the right color paint but also engage [...]
Soon-to-be college freshman all across the country are beginning their preparation for their first year of college. It may be July but many colleges and universities begin their fall semester as early as August and it will soon be time for college students to take up residence in dormitories and apartments nationwide. There is of course [...]