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Archive for December, 2009

Dec 22 2009

Lighten Up!

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Seems like we’re in good company with our dining room chandelier choice. Two of our favorite bloggers, Brooke and Nicole have decked theirs out for the holidays in a similarly skyward style. Ours is festooned in a more dangly downward design, but we love all three variations. Brooke’s… Nicole’s… Ours… Have you dolled up your [...]

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Dec 19 2009

Heirloom or Hairloom?

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In our family, we have a joke about hand-me-downs from days of yore. If it’s a keeper, then it’s earned the “heirloom” moniker. If it’s a doozy, but must be retained due to some type of familial guilt, then it’s dubbed a “hairloom”. We’re sure you have a few hairloom gems in your holiday storage [...]

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Dec 17 2009

Recycle Your Holiday Wrapping Scraps With Style

About this time of the holiday season I find myself surrounded by piles, rolls, and heaps of discarded wrapping paper. I save the cast offs in the hopes that the perfect little bauble box might find it’s way into my to-be-wrapped pile–a pile which seems to multiply at night while the sugarplums are dancing merrily [...]

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Dec 15 2009

Pull Up a Chair

category: Bargain Hunter,Holiday Decor author:

Are you finding yourself extending invitations for dinner over the next few weeks, only to find that the guest list exceeds your seating scenario? Never fear, we’ve compiled a list of inexpensive folding chairs so there’s room for everyone to pull up a chair. For your Bali inspired holiday dining experience, this bamboo duo fits [...]

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Dec 10 2009

In Need of a Neutral Nursery

category: Room Reinventions author:

Who doesn’t find out the sex of their baby these days? Sure, all the baby bedding and nursery boutiques out there claim to have “unisex” products available, but it sure is tough to find something cute and unique for your precious little one that doesn’t scream BOY or GIRL! Liz is a mom-to-be that wanted [...]

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Dec 09 2009

Tales of a Very Ugly Kitchen-Chapter 9 “Chalk it up to Done!”

I’m always a sucker for the “In” and “Out” lists that appear right around the New Year. Will skinny jeans be in? Are Uggs on their way out? (Never here in Colorado!) So I naturally was intrigued by the predictions Apartment Therapy had for the new year. Hey, if they’re declaring chalkboard paint “out”, then [...]


Dec 01 2009

The Holiday Mullet

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Do you secretly wish you were married to Clark Griswold (of “Christmas Vacation” fame) when it comes to Christmas decorations but you’re worried about what your neighbors (or family!) would think? We’ve got the solution for you: the Holiday Mullet. You can have the best of both worlds with Business in the Front and PARTY [...]

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