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DEAR GAIL: I’m always walking through model homes and looking at how they’ve been accessorized. When I come home and try to rearrange mine I just get frustrated. I have a lot of wonderful and different accessories, but when I put them together on my coffee table they just look like a bunch of things [...] [...]
Here we are again, the holiday season. I say it every year, so why not again, “Where did this year go?” I am so over the summer heat, as I know all of you are too, but I’m sure as heck not ready for the holidays. I don’t know why I’m feeling that it snuck [...] [...]
Now that you have all of your furniture in place, let’s finish up your rooms with more creative ideas.
The five-minute floral arrangement
Here are four down and dirty steps to create a floral arrangement on the fly.
Step 1: Take out a clear vase, you know the one under your kitchen sink that you kept from when [...] [...]
DEAR GAIL: My husband and I have started collecting old luggage. It all started when we were given a piece of my grandmother’s that she used when she moved here from Germany. It is now almost an obsession and our home is becoming overrun by them. We have so much fun looking for them when [...] [...]
DEAR GAIL: We are avid wine drinkers and, like most, save the corks. We’ve filled up jars, large wine glasses, bowls, drawers and lots of plastic bags. What can we do with them besides start throwing them away? — Katie P.
DEAR KATIE: I, like you, have lots of wine corks as we enjoy a bottle [...] [...]
DEAR GAIL: We have a wall unit in our family room with a set of bookcases on each side of the TV armoire that’s just been junked up with books. We have a lot of books we’d like to keep but some can go. How do I go about decorating them so that they look [...] [...]
DEAR GAIL: We are avid wine drinkers and also have wine tasting parties at our house. We have a thing about saving the corks, but now have drawers full of them and not sure what to do with them all, plus we’re out of room. Any creative ideas? Dottie M.
DEAR DOTTIE [...] [...]
DEAR GAIL: What are your thoughts on decorating with plants? Should we get real ones or silk and what type and where? Suzanne
DEAR SUZANNE: I love decorating with plants. They bring the outdoors in, breathe life into any room and soften your décor. Green represents life, nature and growth. It [...] [...]
p>DEAR GAIL: We have a large collection of musical instruments. We would like to display them without having them become overwhelming in our home. They are not our life, but we do have many nice pieces that are just in the back of a closet right now. What ideas can you share [...] [...]
DEAR GAIL: I so love walking through model homes and looking at how they’ve been accessorized. Then I come home and try to re-arrange mine and just get frustrated with what I end up with. I have a lot of wonderful and different accessories, but when I put them together on my [...] [...]
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