Spring 'trends' in home decor
I don't know about you, but when I think of spring I think of renewal. Renewal in the garden. Renewal in outside sounds and smells (birds...
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Dani
- Feb 11, 2021
- 4 min
The Trouble with 'Color of the Year'
Have you seen it? Pantone's Color of the Year? Sherwin William's Color of the Year? Behr's Color of the Year? The number of companies...
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Dani
- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min
I went thrift shopping. Now what?
Going thrift store shopping can be such a fun way to spend an afternoon. The thrill of the hunt, not knowing what you’re going to find...
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Dani
- Jan 29, 2021
- 5 min
Love Your Home Challenge
Sometimes finding things to love about your home can be tricky because it’s easy to focus on all of the ways you’d like it to change....
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Dani
- Jan 21, 2021
- 5 min
The ONE thing you can do to elevate the look of your home THIS WEEKEND!
If you were to do anything this weekend to make a drastic difference in your home - dramatic enough to elevate it to the next level, what...
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Dani
- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
5 ways you CAN compromise your home style with your opinionated partner!
So you’ve bought a house. Yay! You have all sorts of ideas about how you’re going to decorate because you and Pinterest are now BFFs and...
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Dani
- Jan 6, 2021
- 4 min
Ready to try wallpaper?
Wallpaper. Yay or nay? This feels like a design decision that you are either enthusiastically for or vehemently against. So, which side...
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Dani
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
Couch Pillow Formula: how to choose the right pillows that reflect your style
The idea of changing textiles, like blankets and throw pillows, with the changing seasons is a good one to be sure but isn’t always easy...
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Dani
- Nov 24, 2020
- 7 min
How to choose the right curtains for your room
There’s so much information about this topic I could seriously write a novel. That was a fair warning. Grab your cup of coffee, sit back...
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Dani
- Nov 12, 2020
- 1 min
It's that time of year!
What a year it's been. I don't need to tell you...we've all lived it. But whether you're ready or not, or you've lost track of the date...
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Dani
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
How to paint a piano
I know. I know. I’ve heard it all before when it comes to furniture. ‘Why on earth WOULD you paint wood furniture?’ Well, how much time...
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Dani
- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
Fall Decorating: Three Ways
Fall. It’s a time that ignites and engages the senses at every turn - from the leaves turning vibrantly from summertime greens into reds...
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Dani
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
Mixing Old and New...Is it Possible? Part 2
Disclaimer: My use of the word ‘old’ is referring to furniture that is either vintage (older than twenty years) or antique (older than...
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Dani
- Aug 10, 2020
- 4 min
Mixing Old and New...Is it possible? Part 1
Note: My use of the word ‘old’ is referring to furniture that is either vintage (older than twenty years) or antique (older than 100...
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Dani
- Aug 3, 2020
- 4 min
Are there limiting beliefs keeping you from loving your home?
As a home decorator I’ve heard many reasons a home owner (or renter) inadvertently chooses not to take active steps to love the house...
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Dani
- Jun 24, 2020
- 4 min
Does your home serve you?
Are you serving your house or is your house serving you? Is there a difference? Does it even matter? These are the questions I’ve been...
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Dani
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
DIY - Almost Pom-Pom Pillow
Not quite a pom-pom. Not quite a pouf. In all actuality I’m not entirely sure what this thing is called, but I’m pretty sure that “Mini...
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Dani
- May 12, 2020
- 8 min
A new room for under $300? What the what?!
A room makeover on a budget of $300? Surely that’s not possible. It was. It is. And it can be for you, too. The trick isn’t necessarily...
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Dani
- Mar 30, 2020
- 6 min
Bookshelves: A Love Your Home Story
Loving the home you’re in, whether an apartment you rent or a home you own, isn’t always a guarantee for each home dweller. Compromises...
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Dani
- Mar 7, 2020
- 6 min
What's the worst thing that can happen?
If you know me at all, you know that I love paint. It’s transformational in more ways than one and paint played a pivotal role in my...
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