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Spring Porch Decor – French Country Cottage
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Spring Porch Decor – French Country Cottage

Something inspired by lavender and lovely today. And the best part is- this new look on your porch for spring can be put together in just a few minutes.

Spring Porch Decor – French Country Cottage

First up- Thank you for all your lovely comments and thoughts on my post about ideas for adding a sun porch/room. You are definitely my kind of folks! 😊 I will share your notes with my husband as we chat about the possibilities and will keep you posted if that is the direction we go in.

Spring Door Decor

I’m all about simple and easy when it comes to decorating right

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Curbio Appoints Rebecca Levine to Chief Financial Officer
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Curbio Appoints Rebecca Levine to Chief Financial Officer

Published: Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:23 AM MST|Updated: 51 minutes ago

POTOMAC, Md., March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Curbio, Inc., the leading home improvement company for fix now, pay-at-closing repairs and renovations, announced today that it has been appointed Rebecca Levines to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). While this is a new role for Levine, she is no stranger to leading Curbio’s finance team, having served as Curbio’s Corporate Controller since July of 2018.

Curbio Appoints Rebecca Levine to Chief Financial Officer
Rebecca Levine, CFO of Curbio(PRNewswire)

Levine brings more than 20 years of financial experience to her role at

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7 Home-Improvement Projects You Shouldn’t Put Off Any Longer
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7 Home-Improvement Projects You Shouldn’t Put Off Any Longer

It can be easy to procrastinate when it comes to home-improvement projects, especially when the projects you’re considering don’t seem super urgent or necessary. But there’s a short list of updates that you can, and should, consider making, even if you’re able to convince yourself you can live without them.

“Think of it like going to the gym,” says Bruce Irving, a home-renovation consultant and real estate agent based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “It’s about looking good, but it’s also about enabling your body to do some jumping quickly, it should need to.” That is: No one wants to be caught

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Legendary Television Writer and Producer, Matt Williams, Launches Aspirational New Project, “Glimpses”
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Legendary Television Writer and Producer, Matt Williams, Launches Aspirational New Project, “Glimpses”

Published: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:00 AM CDT|Updated: 3 hours ago

In his new multimedia project, “Glimpses,” the creator of “Home Improvement” and “Roseanne” looks to spark kindness, inspire hope, and celebrate goodness.

NEW YORK, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Matt Williamsthe creator of the beloved television series “Roseanne” and “Home Improvement” has launched his newest project Glimpses: A Comedy Writer’s Take on Life, Love, and All That Spiritual Stuff. A multimedia project, Glimpses consists of a podcast series, essays, public readings, lectures, seminars, and a forthcoming book sharing the same title. The

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Planting the Garden for bouquets
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Planting the Garden for bouquets

Planting the Garden

With winter weather outside right now and the greenhouse garden covered up- I am dreaming about warm spring days and pretty little blooms on the plants. And we are planning on replanting a lot of the plants this season, it also offers an opportunity to add more areas of those beauties that are perfect for clipping and enjoying in seasonal bouquets.

Planting the Garden for bouquets

We do have a lot of the English cottage style garden favorites planted already. Garden & iceberg roses, foxgloves, hollyhocks, lambs ear, lilacs and more. With the unusual winter this year, we may be adding more

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8 Purchases Everyone Approaching Retirement Should Make
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8 Purchases Everyone Approaching Retirement Should Make

8 Purchases Everyone Approaching Retirement Should Make

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Certain retirement purchases, such as big houses and expensive boats, are often regretted by retirees.

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However, there are other purchases that act more as investments. Here are eight purchases every retiree should make before retirement.

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Home Improvement Items

Kimberly JC Enders, CFP at Enders Wealth Management, said one of the most common purchases she sees retires making prior to retirement are large home improvements. These are usually items in the

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Amid inflation prices Americans turn to DIY home improvement projects
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Amid inflation prices Americans turn to DIY home improvement projects

As high home prices and mortgage rates force many homeowners to stay put rather than trade-ups, a whopping 90% of homeowners are looking to make their existing living space more comfortable this year, according to a new survey.

But as inflation continues to drive up material costs, many are turning to DIY projects to save money.

For example, while the consumer-price index, a measure of inflation, moderated to 6.4% in January from a year earlier, the cost of floor coverings rose 13.1%, and the prices of tools, hardware and supplies went up by 11.8 %, according to data released earlier

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Treasure Hunt- Antique French Mirror
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Treasure Hunt- Antique French Mirror

Another day… another treasure hunt. This time, it was a gorgeous large antique mirror that stopped me in my tracks.

Treasure Hunt- Antique French Mirror

Antique French Mirror

I have to stop browsing marketplaces. It almost always leads to me saving things and showing my husband something else that we should go pick up. Which, I am okay with. I honestly save a lot more things than I ever asked about or decided to pursue. So, kind of like window shopping right? Just getting ideas and inspiration for decor changes, etc. Unless I find something like this mirror.

Vintage Shopping

It was early in the

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