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You are Dr. Design. What is your best quick fix for a home emergency?
“Paint! It can cover a multitude of sins quickly…with minimal effort and expense.” Read full bio. Her HomeGoods: Tustin, California HomeGoods Shopper Since: I've shopped HomeGoods from the very beginning of time. HG Openhouse Blogger Since: February 2007 Contributes to: Diva Decorating What room is your favorite room in the house? My casual living room. It's my go-to place to relax, read and unwind at the end of every day. What’s your favorite part about planning a dinner party? Planning the menu and decorating the table and room to infuse ambiance and mood. If your decorating style were a song, what genre would it be? Soft, contemporary instrumentals. Something you might hear in a boutique hotel—calm, classic but with a little edge. Top 3 most important pieces of furniture. • A classic, neutral-colored, high-quality sofa. It will never date and never go out of style. • A beautiful well-designed chair. It’s functional sculpture in the room. • A comfortable bed with high quality linens. Without a good night’s sleep, nothing matters. What’s your favorite fallback for organizing a cluttered counter or closet? De-clutter first. Then store necessities in clear, stackable, plastic containers for quick visual access. You are Dr. Design. What is your best quick fix for a home emergency? Paint! It can cover a multitude of sins quickly with minimal effort and expense. What piece or room do you update every season? The living spaces. I keep anchor pieces of furniture the same, but change out accessories—pillows, flowers, nature elements, table books, dishes, area rugs and even some art. |
Formal Rooms to Fun Rooms (part 2)
In my previous post, “Formal Rooms to Fun rooms, part 1“, I wrote about rooms we have in our homes that get little or no use. You might call them “trophy rooms”, mostly for show. My friend had 2 rooms with little use, but needed more family activity and entertainment space. So she asked me
Posted by: Cathy 3/12/10 at 3:17 pm
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Formal Rooms to Fun Rooms (part 1)
I have a dear friend who has a beautiful home. The problem was, she needed more casual space for family and friend related activities. Living in California, most homes here don’t have basements (I guess it has something to do with earthquakes??), so we can’t expand to lower levels, we have to use our above ground or outdoor [...]
Posted by: Cathy 3/2/10 at 5:33 pm
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Find Your Niche
We all have them, those great little nooks, crannies and quirky spaces in our homes. They’re not big enough to be a room, but not small enough to have the extra space go unused. These spaces pop up in garage entryways, hallway dead- ends and cut-outs, landing lay-overs, under stair spaces, bathroom bump-outs, kitchen cut-offs, or plump passageways. Don’t [...]
Posted by: Cathy 2/20/10 at 10:19 pm
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Sweetheart Ice Cream Sandwiches
I’m posting early this week because I wanted to share a yummy, easy Valentines Day dessert. These are Sweetheart Ice Cream Sandwiches. They are so easy to make, but they look and taste divine.
I started by making my own chocolate chip cookies, but you can buy them (or any) cookie, in a heart shape. I simply [...]
Posted by: Cathy 2/10/10 at 1:38 pm
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One Color Stenciling
Are you looking for a fun, easy, super cheap decorating project to scratch that decorating itch during these cooped-up days of winter? I’ve got just the thing. (click on photos to enlarge)
Dust off that old stencil brush, grab a bottle of craft paint and buy or cut out a simple stencil. Oh, I can hear [...]
Posted by: Cathy 2/6/10 at 10:27 pm
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