As the days get warmer, my desire to spring clean gets stronger. Do you have the same inclination? Each year, that process looks a bit different at our home. For 2017, I’m breaking my spring cleaning time into decluttering/garage sale prep and actual deep-cleaning. I love learning what works in other households, so I asked the PH Contributor Team to…
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You know when you’re watching a home renovation show, the contractors do amazing things to a house on a somewhat strict budget, and you think “Hey, I could absolutely do that!” That’s the beginning of our story. My husband and I had been looking for a house with a certain style, some land, and in a particular town for a…
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Here in Oklahoma, spring means frequent storms. Even as I write this, the forecast for the afternoon shows tennis ball size hail, damaging winds, and “a few tornadoes possible”. Yuck! As much as I love flowers starting to bloom and the return of flip-flop season, I rather skip the bad weather and move right to summer. My strategy for spring…
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Greetings! It’s so great to be with you today. As a military spouse who frequently moves, I’ve become very familiar with turning a temporary space into an enjoyable and functional home quickly. There are so many similar eyesores renters face and I’m sharing creative solutions today for turning those uglies into something pretty! Inconvenient placement of something odd. It cracks me up…
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For someone who loves to be organized, I’m a bit of a travel-disaster. I always over-pack because I REALLY like to have clothing options. The idea of only having one thing to wear each day of a trip freaks me out more than it should. I could have gone to therapy about that, but instead, I found a way…
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I’m so excited to be here from Restyle it Wright to share with you the ultimate decor challenge – re-creating a dream room for a fraction of the cost. When I think of dream spaces, Anthropologie often comes to mind. When their house and home catalog comes in the mail, I grab a cup of coffee and sink into the couch…
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I rarely show my living room on the blog, because it’s never felt like my style. From the beige carpet and old under-sized beige rug to the droopy, almost-green couch, not much was screaming Modern Industrial Glam. The lack of style was a minor embarrassment, but the condition of the rug and ottoman had crossed over into the MAJOR embarrassment…
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