Yikes! This is the halfway mark of the Fall 2020 6 week One Room Challenge to redo my office and I’m feeling the crunch! I came across this pinned to a bulletin board during my great office purge of 2020 and it sums up how I’m feeling…
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One Room Challenge OOO Week 2
Well, it’s week 2 of the Fall 2020 One Room Challenge - our Overdue Office Overhaul! or #OOO, and I’m dreaming of running away to a beach…So, what’s happened this week at the ORC OOO? Well, CHAOS. Chaos is what has happened this week. You know how they (whoever “they” are?!) say “it will get worse before it gets better”? Well, I don’t think worse was possible, but we have definitely not arrived at “better” yet either.
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Fall 2020 ORC Week 1 Overdue Office Overhaul
It’s that time of year again…already!! By which I mean time for the biannual One Room Challenge, and the space I’ll be redoing over the next 6 weeks is my home office….well perhaps not so much reDOING as reCLAIMING…
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Modifying a builder kitchen plan
Today I’m sharing a project in progress! My clients just closed on their new house and I’m sharing some of our design and decision making process for the kitchen in this new build in a planned development…
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Project in Progress: A Vacation Home Family Room
We are currently working on a vacation home project for some lovely clients. We helped them with the living room and dining area previously and now they have asked for help refreshing the much used family room…
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One Room Challenge: Week 1
Welcome to Week 1 of the One Room Challenge! The one room challenge this spring lasts for 8 weeks this time - it’s usually 6 weeks, but it has been delayed and concessions made to lengthen it because of the current pandemic crisis. If you are…
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How to Mix Patterns
Mixing patterns requires a delicate balance of just enough of the right ingredients. Too little pattern and your room is YAWN inducing, too much or clashing pattern and your room is chaotic and demanding like an enthusiastic toddler yelling LOOK AT ME over and over!
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Project Preview: A Lake House Bedroom
Nothing says lake house like watery shades of blue with a hefty dose of neutrals. Our client was a busy executive with a job that required a lot of travel, and she wanted her petite home by the lake to be a retreat with a touch of glamour.
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Get your Apartment Balcony Dressed for Summer
Spring (and possibly we skipped that and moved right to summer…) has FINALLY arrived here in New England…and it’s ABOUT TIME…. so, it is time to get your outdoor space ready to enjoy the season! Even the smallest balcony should be outfitted comfortably to enjoy every precious moment of beautiful weather.
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Planning a Kitchen Renovation
What is the MOST important thing when planning a kitchen renovation? Space planning. This is THE most critical aspect of design. – especially for renovation projects. it’s kind of like putting lipstick on a pig to put
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Seen Around Town: New Tile Showroom
Just a quick post to introduce the new and improved Fitzgerald Tile showroom! The huge warehouse and showroom recently moved
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Holiday Decorating Projects; before and after Part 2
Shortly before Thanksgiving, I got a message from an innkeeper who had just discovered that we offered a holiday decorating service. She was wondering if it was too late to hire us for an installation that needed to be done the week after Thanksgiving in order to be ready for the local Christmas Prelude celebrations which include tours of the historic inns…including hers. We were able, with some juggling, to squeeze in a site assessment visit, a couple days of shopping and her installation just in the nick of time!
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