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Decorating

White Out

August 8, 2015

Don’t get me wrong. I like color. I really do!  As an art major and a watercolorist, just using the color white isn’t really an option.  But when it comes to our home, there is something about a coat of fresh white paint that makes everything feel clean and makes accessories and art sing.…

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Decorating

Loving the new floors

July 12, 2015

I must admit, as excited as I was to replace the old flooring, the linoleum in the kitchen, and wall to wall carpeting in the bedrooms, I was dreading the actual process. What was going to be a 2 week project turned out to take almost a month. My husband who works bi-coastally (is that a word?), decided it would be best if he stayed back on the East Coast during the process.  As much as I would have loved…

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Landscape Design Outdoors

Bye bye lawn, hello gravel!

July 12, 2015

As the drought wears on, lawns are going from green to brown and water bills are rising. I decided that we definitely didn’t need a lawn in our front and side yards. Being from the East Coast where lawns are a homeowners pride and glory, it took a bit of convincing for my husband to trade gravel for grass. Having the yard torn up for weeks wasn’t a picnic, but the end result was certainly worth it. Neither of us miss the lawn one bit. And…

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