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Archive for April, 2010

Apr 29 2010

Reader Reinvention: Bathroom Glamour

This bathroom had me at “Hello…Yellow.” I discovered it at the home of our friends, Bill & Shirli. Their house is filled with gobs of creative energy, whimsical art, eclectic furnishings, and a friendly floor plan. Then it’s doused with the high octane levels of four kids and a collection of dogs and cats running [...]

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Apr 28 2010

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

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That’s the magic of Kindergarten isn’t it? Check out what the kids in my son’s class did. They gussied up these plain pine chairs for their school’s Home Tour and Silent Auction. Ok, they did have a little help, but this project was pretty easy. The hardest part was to make sure all 75 Kindergarteners [...]

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Apr 11 2010

I’m Dreaming of a Fabulous Foyer Part 2: Tiling the Floor

Whenever I get a chance to sneak away for the weekend, I know that part of the price I’ll pay upon returning is a messy house. My husband is amazing in so many ways, but when it comes to cleaning up, I’m a team of one around here. So imagine my surprise when I returned [...]

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Apr 06 2010

Melamine: Must Be Spring!

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For some it’s that first robin sighting, for others it’s the daffodils and forsythia that are blooming, for us it’s the abundance of melamine dishes we’re spotting that is signaling warmer days ahead. Melamine is a resin material that is shatterproof and inexpensive. Translation: you have permission to splurge on some affordable and fun new [...]

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