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Creating an effortlessly chic living room on a budget is easy when you know how. Why wait until you’re selling to get the designer living room of your dreams?
It doesn’t need to cost a fortune if you know where to splurge and where to save. And the best thing
The key is mixing high with low by combining budget buys with designer pieces. The other secret is having an overall look in mind before you start. The goal is composition
Since the beginning of my blogging days, I’ve been fortunate to meet and make friends with some very talented and generous people. I was lucky to start blogging at a time when readers could sign up to follow their preferred blogs and before the days of the big newsletter blasts. There was more of an intimacy to the process, and the blogs were read differently, as our audience popped around to visit each of their favorite blogs each day. This is one of the big things about blogging, the way that it draws people together.
Between women bloggers there has
HGTV has a new show and design superstar in the making: Galey Alixhost of “Home in a Heartbeat With Galey Alix.”
The schtick? Alix is a Wall Street executive who, due to her day job, completes her renovations in one weekend. She also allows her clients to decide the budget they want to spend.
Given this weekend warrior is calling all the shots with the design without the homeowners’ input, that leaves a lot of room for error. Does she deliver?
In the series premiere, “Dallas Palace,” Alix travels to Boca Raton, FL, to help a married couple Rachel
April 30, 2023
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Runs in* it’s a bank holiday weekend for us in the UK. Yasss!!!!!
I am soooo happy to get the extra day off. We are seeing Grandparents, getting out in the fresh air, and I’m hoping to keep going with pen and paper as I’m on a writing roll at the moment. What are you up to?
This week I’m linking up to the
Heavy
“Rock the Block”
“Rock the Block” season 4 saw four teams of HGTV superstars – Jonathan Knight and Kristina Crestin from “Farmhouse Fixer”, Page Turner and Mitch Glew from “Fix My Flip”, Michel Smith Boyd and Anthony Elle from “Luxe for Less”, and Bryan and Sarah Baeumler from “Renovation Island” – competed to complete the design and construction of four nearly identical homes in Berthoud, Colorado. With a starting value of $1,900,000 million and equal budgets of $250,000, each team was able to add nearly $1 million in value to their homes, with Michel and Anthony’s “Mountain Modern” home
“When this place popped up, it felt like the perfect renovation challenge”
(Photography by David Nikolic)
When a 130-year-old church in Princeton, Ontario, went up for sale in 2018, Jonathon Harmer couldn’t shake the idea that the place would make a beautiful family home. An iron-and-woodworker by trade, Harmer had driven by the building with white front doors and an emerald steeple countless times while growing up in the nearby town of Drumbo. He was visiting a friend in BC when the church went on the market, so he enlisted his partner, Lynn Perreault, who lived nearby, to scope out
Decorating a bathroom is all about the details. Most things in your bathroom, like your tiles, fixtures and utilities, are not replaced without considerable effort or cost. But with smartly selected bathroom accessories, you can get that fresh new bathroom feel quickly and on a budget.
And even better – with a few different sets of accessories, you can easily update your design whenever you feel like it. When September rolls around, break out the autumn colors for a cozy mood. Match accessories, colors and decorations during holidays to maintain a cohesive, festive feeling in your home.
With some style,
This paper unicorn basket project will put a smile on your face! The enchanting basket is made of sturdy paper and is decorated with a whimsical unicorn design. It’s the perfect size for holding small items like jewelry, coins, keys, or other tricks. Use it for Easter, or just because it’s for the kids to play with, and see a touch of magic added to any room in your home. So go ahead and let your imagination run wild with this paper basket
Who doesn’t love unicorns? They are so magical and of course, the mythical creature
