EEEEEEK! It is week 6 already in the Dressing Room Do Over project and that means we are down to the wire! But YAY for progress! Here is what’s happening this week…
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Decor Trends for 2022 Spotted at High Point Market: Part 2
MORE home furnishings trends from Highpoint Market…
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One Room Challenge: Windows and Wallpaper
It’s been a couple of weeks since I reported in on the Once Room Challenge Dressing Room Do Over activity…and that is because not much happened last week! I was at Highpoint Market scoping out the latest home furnishings trends, but I came back to hit the ground running! Here is what has happened this week on the project…
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Decor Trends from Highpoint Market: Part 1
A recent visit to Highpoint Market gives us a clue to the upcoming home furnishings trends. Here’s a peek at what we saw…
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Thoughts on Design: From the hotel room at Highpoint Market
I’m at Highpoint Market AKA Disneyworld-for-designers this week. But my less than stellar hotel accommodations have prompted me to think once again about how much design matters…
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One Room Challenge Dressing Room Do Over Week 3: The Window Saga
It is already week three of this round of the One Room Challenge and we’ve hit a few hiccups…pivot seems to be the word of the year, so here is what happened to the ‘best laid plans’ in our Dressing Room Do Over..
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One Room Challenge: Planning a Closet Layout
Well…we are in the second week of the Dressing Room Do-Over ORC challenge and we’ve made some progress! This week was all about planning and measuring for personalized storage and selecting some neat components to make the most of the available closet space…here is what we decided on…
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#vodkasauce #weeknightsupper #weeknightgourmet #pastasauce
A Pasta with Vodka Sauce recipe, only better
There was a birthday at our house this week, and for my son, that meant he got to choose what to do for dinner. He chose to pick some of his favorites from the menu at Chez Lorusso. This decadent but easy pasta was what he chose, and it is one of my favorites too…
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One Room Challenge: Dressing Room Do-Over
Wow, it’s that time of year again already…time for the One Room Challenge! AKA the ORC, the One Room Challenge is a highlight of the season and a motivator to get. stuff. done. Here is the sorry state of the current Dressing Room in desperate need of a Do-Over…
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See what's new for 2022 from Design Edge Boston
I had the opportunity to attend Design Edge Boston this week and see what the luxury home furnishings industry is up to….here is a peek at what I saw at the show…
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Color of the Year 2022 Announcements
It’s THAT time of year…the season when all the major paint manufacturers start announcing their 2022 Color of the Year…guess which colors the first two have chosen…were you right?
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The Joy of Weeds
Plants and flowers add so much life to a room! This week we discovered a new source of unexpected free cut flowers and greens, right under our nose…
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