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Feb 10

Want to Love Your Yard? PART 2 – Dream First, Budget Second

Do I need to sell one kidney or two? That was the main question I had as we waited for our landscape designer to send over his estimate o...

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Feb 3

Want to Love Your Yard? Make a Plan – Part 1

The mud started it. Our three dogs kept tracking it in from the yard. The yard was muddy because the lawn wouldn’t grow. The lawn wouldn’...

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Jan 27

The Color of the Year is… Confusing

In announcing Classic Blue the Color of the Year for 2020, Pantone Color Institute, a leading authority on color trends, stated: “Instill...

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Jan 20

A Cure for the Holiday Hangover: Own Less Live More

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough. Enough buying and spending, getting and giving, eating and, well, consuming in general. I am...

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Jan 13

Lessons Learned from 2019 — Part 2

Last week, as we looked back at our first six months of 2019, we talked about inspiration, love, archaeology, blended families...

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Jan 6

Lessons Learned from 2019 — Part 1

In keeping with tradition, at the end of every year, I look back on columns I’ve written, the roads we’ve traveled...

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Dec 30, 2019

When Holidays Collide: How to Decorate the Blended Tree

He wants a real tree. She wants fake. She likes white lights. He wants colored. She wants her carved wood folk ornaments...

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Dec 23, 2019

Faux Firs: New Trends in Trees

90% of artificial trees sold are pre-lit. The 10% who didn’t buy a pre-lit tree are in counseling.

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Dec 16, 2019

Seasonal Scents That Pass the Sniff Test

We go through the house opening doors to closed off rooms sniffing like police dogs. We are a short parade: my husband, myself and...

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Dec 9, 2019

“Gatherings” Elevates the Everyday Place at the Table

Home blogger Bre Doucette had just propped the last mini pumpkin on her dining room table for her Thanksgiving-themed staging project, when

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