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Does Your House Attitude Need a Paint Job?

by Emily

I have had a bad attitude about my house lately. In the midst of yet another home renovation project, a little too much drywall dust flying and too many unfinished little projects have left me feeling like our house just isn’t good enough. Mostly, this happens when I am having people over. I start to [...]

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Reset a Room: Simplify Your Space with a Fresh Pair of Eyes

by Emily

This past weekend, my husband and I repainted our living room. A few years of kids running around and putting scuffs and dings on the walls, not to mention one major home improvement project, made this painting a necessity. To ease my mind about taking care of the furniture during the process, we moved almost [...]

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12 Ideas for Frugal Artwork

by Tsh

Having moved countless times in the past decade, I’ve grown to appreciate a minimalist look to the decor in my home. The stuff we’ve chosen to keep and hang on our walls is stuff we truly love. There are so many great choices for art, there’s no need to default to cookie cutter motel room-style [...]

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Back to basics: Create a home that will last generations

by Emily

Written by home columnist Emily Walker of Remodeling This Life. New or old, every home has a story.  Every story begins somewhere, and some go back farther than others.  One of the benefits to our recent economy is this: more people are buckling down, staying still, finding contentment with where they are and learning to [...]

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4 Ways To Bring Summer Into Your Home

by Emily

Written by home columnist Emily Walker of Remodeling This Life. Summer is creeping up quickly — long days with early sunrises and late sunsets. Days full of sunshine and endless possibility. Summertime is a time for the outdoors — soaking up sun and recovering from the days of winter of being cooped up indoors. Summer [...]

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Use the Good Stuff

by Tsh

This post was first published on June 19, 2009. I thought it apropos after this past month’s emphasis on decluttering and spring cleaning. Basically, if you’re going to keep it — use it. A few years ago, I read this excerpt from one of Erma Bombeck’s columns, when she discovered she was dying from cancer [...]

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The Blessing of Stewardship

by Tsh

Yesterday I was over at (in)courage, talking more about the internal, spiritual side of spring cleaning.  Specifically, I’m talking about decluttering — why do we hold on to our stuff?  What does it say about what’s going on inside us? From the post: • Do I keep an endless supply of coffee mugs just in [...]

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