For an easy room refresh, simply add a new area rug. Unlike the complicated task of a full-room rug installation, all it takes to create a new feel for a room is to unroll an area rug of any size, set it in place and call it a day.
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An energy-efficient house is tantamount to keeping winter heating bills down. By conducting a fall season home energy audit, no doubt you will find ways to save energy at home this winter.
From my perspective, there is quite a gap between what is occurring in the world and the actions, or lack thereof, of the general public in the United States. Even those who understand the severity and potential harm of things like climate change and peak oil often behave as if somehow their personal actions do not matter.
Mornings are often a quiet time in the design industry with clients and designers usually meeting up for lunch followed by a round of browsing through various trend-setting showrooms.
Q: Are there any do’s and don’ts you can give regarding covering plants to protect them from the winter weather here in Las Vegas? I have some small citrus that are in the ground.
I sometimes get angry when I watch HGTV. If it’s not the over-the-top “House Hunters” lamenting that they can’t buy a million-dollar home because they don’t like the wall color (It’s called paint, people, paint!), it’s one of those DIY shows where furniture seems to magically put itself together.
Is an old barber pole or carved cigar store Indian worth as much as an oil painting of the same age? Some collectors today think so.
You would think a girl who went to a Catholic high school dressed in a plaid skirt every single day for four years would shudder every time she saw a tartan. But while things like algebraic equations and American Revolutionary War battle dates have long since faded into the mist (sorry, Sisters!), one thing from high school has stayed with me: A deep and abiding love of plaid. And, this simple equation: Winter decorating + plaid accents = a home that’s rich and beautiful.