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When NOT to Stage Your Home

February 20th, 2012

Yes, I know, how shocking that a Stager would actually suggest there are times when you can skip the expense and time of Staging your home in order to sell. It’s not very common but here are the three times you get a free pass. #1. Your Home or Location is so incredible, unique or sought [...]

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3 Tips to Achieving a Decluttered Look Without Giving Up Collecting

February 13th, 2012

We all know the big buzz word for 2012 is decluttering. Everyone is talking about cleaning out, living with less, downsizing and getting organized. The fact is though most people still love to collect (myself included). So the big question is, how can you continue to collect (or even keep your existing collections) and achieve [...]

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What Did Color Do To You?

February 6th, 2012

“Other than music and body language, color is the only form of expression that does not require words.” Leatrice Eiseman One of my big takeaways from Lee Eiseman’s color class was the fact that we all have deeply embedded color memories. In most cases we are not even aware of these [...]

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Are you A Pinner?

February 2nd, 2012

Do you Pin? It seems it was just yesterday the question was, ”are you on Facebook?” Today however the new question is, “are you on Pinterest?”. Just about everyone I know is hooked on the site so imagine my surprise when I attended Leatrice Eiseman’s Color class last week and discovered that not a single person [...]

LA Bound Courtesy of COLOURlovers

January 24th, 2012

Tomorrow morning I fly from Boston to Los Angles to spend 4 days studying with international Color Guru Leatrice Eiseman. Leatrice is a world renowned color titan, the director of the Pantone Color Institute and one of the key people responsible for picking the much anticipated color of the year (Tangerine Tango for 2012). It has been a dream [...]

How Do You Take Your Trim?

January 16th, 2012

Many of you may not remember but back in the 1990′s a very popular paint trend was white walls with very dark green trim. In fact, my husband and I painted the living room in our very first house that exact combination and I loved it. Of course way back then, I knew nothing about [...]

2 Design Trends that are Here To Stay (in my humble opinion)

January 9th, 2012

At the start of every New Year, Design magazines and bloggers love to discuss Design Trends. The one good thing about Design trends is that they have a longer life span (8-10 years) than fashion trends (1-2 years). However, depending on what part of the country you live in will dictate if a particular trend [...]

A New Year, a New Name and a New Clarity

January 4th, 2012

Happy 2012! I hope you all had wonderful holidays. After two weeks of “all family all the time”, I am looking forward to getting back into my work routine and continuing my blogging journey. Like so many of you (whose posts I have read over the past few weeks) I am so excited about 2012 and all [...]

Low / No Cost Holiday Decor Storage

December 30th, 2011

I know there are two kinds of people when it comes to holiday decorations. Those that love their decorations and keep them displayed through most of the Winter and those that can’t wait to clean up and put everything away. I am one of the latter. By the time Christmas rolls around I am so [...]

Christmas Tradition Holt Style

December 23rd, 2011

Here we are; less than 48 hours to go and this is what my kitchen island looked like as of 7pm last night. (notice the Christmas cards on the back side. While the cookies bake, I address the cards..quite efficient don’t you think?) Christmas would not be the same without my huge [...]