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    READ THIS POST BEFORE You Buy Any Gifts (Or Start Decorating For Christmas:))

    November 23, 2023 - By 

    Since a lot of us are prepping for Thanksgiving, we thought we’d write an easy post that’s here to help once the leftovers are securely in the refrigerator. If you use Black Friday weekend to buy all of your holiday gifts but still need some suggestions on what those gifts should be, just below are all of the gift guides we’ve posted so far. Easy peasy. We truly work so hard on them and the recommendations are wholeheartedly endorsed. HOWEVER, we also wanted to give you a little Christmas decorating inspo since we know that decorating will be starting big…

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    My Favorite Christmas Decorating Books

    November 1, 2023 - By 

    Pin on Pinterest Share on Facebook Flip on Flipboard Every year, around the end of October I start to see the first signs that the holidays are approaching. I am sure you are beginning to see them also – like seeing Hobby Lobby and HomeGoods filled with holiday decor and television ads for Christmas gifts from Walmart and other retailers. Or when I see signs hanging from the light poles in my town with the date of an upcoming annual holiday event. When I see the stores filled with holiday items and these signs, I begin to get a hankering…

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    Two Essential Tips for Decorating with Black Walls –

    September 7, 2023 - By 

    Do you know why it’s so important to have a handle on the colour trends? Because knowing where the trends have been and where they are going is the only way to ultimately see what looks good through it all. That is, to know what is actually TIMELESS. For starters, here are two essential tips for decorating with black walls. Stay tuned this fall. You can count on me to bring you my perspective on all the Colour of the Year (COTY) announcements! Behr COTY for 2024 Cracked Pepper via BHG The black paint trend Behr is usually first with…

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    Labor Day Decorating Ideas | 2023

    August 11, 2023 - By 

    The end of summer is fast approaching, but there’s still one more big bash before we all properly knuckle back down to work: Labor Day! Labor Day was set up in the late 1800s as “a celebration of the American labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of workers”. And whilst that of course is a very noble and worthy reason to celebrate, for most of us its primary function is for having fun filled all-American weekends involving picnics, barbecues, firework displays and maybe watching a teeny tiny bit of football!And as such Labor Day is…

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    The Do’s and Don’ts of Decorating a Vacation Home

    July 30, 2023 - By 

      As we approach the dog days of summer, many of us are finalizing plans for Labor Day weekend and squeezing in a few more weeks of fun. For some, this means one last trip to their beach house, lakeside cottage, mountain cabin, or desert dwelling. Whether your vacation home sits atop a mountain in the Rockies, in the desert of Palm Springs, or in a seaside town in Mexico, you likely visit just a few times each year. In the off seasons, your vacation home either awaits your return — vacant and shuttered — or functions as a vacation…