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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Ode to a washing machine
Life does not always go as planned…today was a reminder of that. Last night, for better or worse, my washing machine gave a strange series of beeps and ceased to work somewhere partway through a giant load of whites…mostly towels. Of course it was towels…
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How to Create a Magnetic Feature Wall
A focal point in a room is one of the basic elements of a well designed space, and the easiest way to create a focal point is with a feature wall. But what if your feature wall could be not only a beautiful focal point, but hard working too?
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Our Favorite Taco Recipe
Summer is definitely here, and in the lineup of grilled foods and salads we love to mix it up with this tasty taco recipe! Our very favorite tacos are this vegetarian version containing black beans and roasted sweet potato.
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Decorating with plants
Every room could be improved with a dose of plant life. Our innate craving for a connection to nature (biophilia) means that decorating with actual nature (like plants), or even references to nature makes us happier, and who doesn’t want to be happier?
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Seen Around Town: Gorgeous Rugs
A visit to one of our favorite Boston area rug dealers, Landry and Arcari…. there were so many beautiful and interesting things in the showroom, I thought I’d share some of my finds!
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Upholstered Closet in the Diva Vintage Glamour Den Project
So we finished the One Room Challenge Diva Vintage Glamour Den bedroom makeover last week and posted all the pretty pictures, but one DIY project got squeezed in at the last minute between weeks 7 and 8 and so we didn’t write about it during the official challenge posts….
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ORC Reveal! The Vintage Diva Glamour Den
Finally! The reveal post we have all been waiting for! Read on to see the secrets of our feature wall, our gorgeous window treatments and custom bed, the fab closet, and what we did with all the vintage hats….finding a place for the tiara was easy…
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Roasted Potato Salad Recipe
Grilled meat with potato salad is a staple for the summer holidays in nearly every household in America! Just in time for the 4th, here is our favorite, much requested, Roasted Potato Salad recipe…
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Simple Joys: A Kitchen Cutting Garden
One of the greatest pleasures of summer in New England is access to fresh herbs and produce! And one of my favorite ways to have easy access is to keep potted herbs right outside the kitchen door…
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My Design Hero: Wayne
By design heroes, I don’t mean heroes who are designers, although I have a wide assortment of those, I mean the unsung heroes who make great design possible…
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ORC Week 7 plus...we're almost there!
Since our final reveal post for the Spring 2020 One Room Challenge will be just the pretty pictures, I wanted to bring you this interim post to show you some of the behind the scenes happenings…
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