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Quick & Easy Decorating Ideas

Here are a couple “Quick & Easy” Decorating Ideas you can do every month, without spending a lot of Time, Energy or Money.

Candles – Decorated Tapers or slide on Flower Rings
Change out your Candy Dish – Valentine Hearts, Jelly Beans, Jaw Breakers, Candy Corn, Ribbon Candy
Have a Small Table Top Holiday Tree and Change the [...] [...]

Celebrate Every Month

There is a reason to celebrate every month.  So if you like to celebrate every month, here are a few things that you can add to your accessories.
ANY MONTH – Birthdays, Nationality, Home Town, Current Town

Old Birthday Pictures
Dutch – Tulips, Wooden Shoes
New York – Statue of Liberty, Jacks, Picture Books
Las Vegas – Playing Cards, Dice, [...] [...]

Simple, Quick & Inexpensive Decorating Ideas

Are you bored with a room? Would you like to add a touch of interest into your home? How about a little color boost? But you don’t really have the time or money to do anything elaborate or make a bunch of complicated changes. Well, here are a couple simple, quick and inexpensive ideas to [...] [...]

The Ins and Outs of Summertime Decorating

Summer is here in the Las Vegas Valley and we’ll be spending more afternoons indoors and evenings outdoors. So why not decorate for the season and bring the indoors out and the outdoors in and change the look of your home and enjoy the summer, in and out of your home.
When I think of summer, [...] [...]

Decorating Options for Your New Home

Buying a new home is an exciting time. It’s also wonderful that most builders allow you to customize your home with numerous upgrade options to choose from.   You’ll want to make the right decisions and spend your upgrade dollars wisely.  So let’s take a look at the different options and upgrades available and make this [...] [...]

Secrets to Furniture Shopping

We have all gone out furniture shopping and have found it a frustrating and overwhelming task. We’re not sure exactly what we are looking for, how much we want to spend, where to go or if what we are buying will really work or fit in the room. Furniture shopping is different than looking for [...] [...]

FALL in love with your home again

As I’m writing this in August, I’m thinking about when this will come out and I’m looking forward to the crisp clean air of fall.  We had some extra hot days of summer this year, at least I thought so.  Many days the cooler that I took in the car for in between appointments, just [...] [...]

Change Your Decor with the season.

Fall is a wonderful time for renewal and revival for your spirit and your home. Fall brings the excitement of the holiday season, time spent with family and friends, memories of years past and for us here in Las Vegas a welcomed relief from the heat. Even though I don’t like the cold of the [...] [...]

Create Your Own Designer Room

Is there a picture of a room from a magazine that you have torn out, in hopes of someday having in your own home? Well, it’s time to take your picture out and bring it to life, because you can create the room of your dreams!
Designer-rooms can be re-created for a fraction of the [...] [...]

Creative Storage Solutions

Spring is here already and it’s time to open the windows and start enjoying our beautiful weather before it turns too warm. It is also time to do some spring cleaning so that we can spend any extra time we have outdoors; even if it is just five minutes to ourselves in the morning before [...] [...]