Category Archives: decorating

Whimsical Children’s Bedrooms

Posted on January 22, 2013 | Leave a comment

A Rock Star’s Pad

See decorating photos at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/home/chi-childrens-bedrooms-20130105,0,3291798.photogallery

12 Tips to Clean Up, De-Clutter and Revamp Your Home

Posted on January 6, 2013 | Leave a comment

Create an Outbox

Place a box in an out-of-the-way place, behind a door or in a corner, and start to fill it with the items you don’t need, don’t love or just aren’t sure about. Let it sit for a week so you become fully detached, and then you’ll know whether to toss it, donate it or give it away.

After all the clutter of the holidays — presents opened, guests and family departed — what’s a better way to start the new year than by clearing things out, getting everything back in order and making a few changes to freshen up your home. Away with 2012. It’s 2013!

Our friend Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan from Apartment Therapy gave us some great ideas how to organize and de-clutter, how to use color to develop your style and a few simple cleaning tips to keep everything fresh.

These are simple steps you can take today that will make a world of difference regardless of whether you live a tiny apartment or a great big house

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Budget Finds (Kmart, Marshalls) from Million Dollar Decorators

Posted on December 18, 2012 | Leave a comment

Kathryn Ireland is known for her California casual approach to classic French and English country house decor, and fans of “Million Dollar Decorators” find her excitable demeanor and eccentric proclamations endearing. Strolling the aisles at Marshalls, Ireland suggests looking at whatever catches your eye, even if it turns out to be hideous. “I always say you’ve got to have some bad taste in house,” she says. “I am serious. Because if everything is perfect, the thing that is not takes on its own life. You might buy something on a trip or get something from your grandmother that is not good taste and you should flaunt it.”

Here, with a basket already filled with Le Creuset cookware in a vivid orange-red and a collection of yellow glass bottles, Ireland scans the pillow shelves.