Watching the U.S. Open last week, my husband fixated on the action, while I turned my attention to the sidelines: the notable spectators, their attire, and, was that new courtside furniture? It all looked so much nicer than I remembered. “Are those new chairs?” I ask DC. “Maybe,” he shrugs, then adds with a […]
September 24, 2018 As summer vacation season winds down, all that’s left – once the mosquito bites, poison ivy rash, sunburn and jet lag have subsided – are the memories, and maybe a few gawd-awful souvenirs. I get that we all want to keep that still-on-vacation feeling going once we get home, but there are […]
September 17, 2018 All across America, frantic, frenzied parents are driving their borderline adult children and their stuff to their next station in life. Whether heading to college or to first apartments, the wheels of the bus are going round and round. The highway is a mash up of U-Hauls and SUVs piled with lamps […]
September 10, 2018 When I first heard about a California woman who had turned her life-long habit of Dumpster diving into a business, I had a lot of questions. Don’t you? Although I shop for deals, and have scored some great finds at estate and yard sales, I am a profligate spender compared to Karen […]
September 4, 2018 I get a lot of home design books to review. They flutter into my mailbox like homing pigeons to roost. Most are beautiful how-to books, which is what I expected when I got an advance copy of “Love Coming Home: Transform Your Environment Transform Your Life” coming out this week (Beyond Words, […]
August 27, 2018 A few weeks ago, I was only two mouse clicks away from ordering my family room sectional. Or so I thought. I had even confidently promised to tell you all about it in my next installment. Which didn’t happen. But I was so close. I had found a company that made high-quality […]
August 20, 2018 I am about to make the biggest furniture decision of my life. Big as in takes up half the room. Big as in if I make a mistake, there’s no hiding it behind a potted plant. I’m buying a sectional. A three-piece, L-shaped, place to park six, seven or eight behinds, […]
August 13, 2018 “Let’s just paint it white,” says my daughter Marissa, who is looking at pictures of the one-bedroom condo she will move into next month. The place is over 60 years old, and looks it. The tired tan walls make you feel as if you are walking into a lunch sack. “Honey,” […]
Before After August 6, 2018 The minute my daughter got the keys to her new house in Texas, she began asking how soon I could fly out to help her decorate. “I’ll get there,” I assured. “I can’t just drop everything.” A long pause followed, during which, I’m pretty sure, she was wondering what […]
July 30, 2018 “Our lawnmower broke,” my daughter Paige was on the phone, calling from her new home in Texas that she and her long-time boyfriend, John, just moved into last month. Like many first-time homeowners, John and Paige have big dreams and a dinky budget. “The one you guys just bought?” I asked. They’d […]
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