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05/09/2008 07:43 PM
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Fab Friday Finds - Chill Out
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Spring is the best time of year for eating outside. The weather is not too hot, the fresh air is so refreshing, and the mosquitoes are not quite mobilized. And if you have kids, cleanup is convenient, too: just hose them, the deck, and the patio down and call it good.
The inconvenience often comes in [...]
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04/28/2008 09:37 PM
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Tea Party in Style
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Today is my little girl’s birthday, and it’s pouring rain. Obviously, the planned picnic at the playground is out. I have a hunch that the rain won’t dampen my daughter’s day, however — because rainy days are perfect for tea parties. And my little girly-girl loves tea parties! In fact, on a recent trip to [...]
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04/19/2008 02:51 PM
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Over-Taxed and Under-Organized
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Every year I say the same thing.
“Next year is going to be different.”
“Next year I will have my taxes done early.”
“Next year I will finally get my paperwork organized.”
The problem usually comes in the all-nighters I pull the few days before taxes are due. After digging out from the avalanche of financial papers that takes [...]
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03/19/2008 08:39 PM
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Designer’s Scrapbook: Collections
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Right in the middle of our DesignTalk series on collections, what should arrive in
the mail? The newest issue of O at Home magazine, with this eye-catching headline: “The Collecting Issue: Unleash Your Decorating Passion.”
Here are a few of the lovely rooms you’ll find in this issue — and a few ideas for decorating with collectibles [...]
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02/28/2008 09:58 PM
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Tips for Displaying Collections: Plates and Wall Art
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After pottery, some of the most collected items are decorative plates. As a girl, I remember sitting bored at my grandma’s dinner table, counting the number of her blue-and-white Danish plates on the wall. Today, with three young children of my own, our family seems to be more in a season of breaking plates [...]
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02/20/2008 09:29 PM
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Tips for Storing and Displaying Collections: Pottery
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Of all the collections that we’re featuring in our series, pottery and plates are probably the most frequently collected. From all-white ironstone, to bold and bright Fiesta ware, to blue-and-white ginger jars, the forms and colors of pottery give many lovely reasons to collect and display these treasures.
We’ve found some beautifully traditional, some particularly [...]
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02/18/2008 02:22 PM
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Tips for Storing and Displaying Collections: Jewelry
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Today we continue our series on creative tips for collections with jewelry. Though its parts are small, taken together a disorganized jewelry collection can add up to a big mess.
First, a disclaimer. I don’t know much about jewelry. I’ve worn the same pair of diamond earrings since my sister gave them to me two [...]
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02/12/2008 10:52 PM
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Put Your Collections to Work
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I hate to dust.
Give me vacuuming, dishes, even laundry any day. But, please, don’t hand me the dust rag.
My perennial fear of the dust mite has actually had one small advantage. I am very careful about what I leave out “for display” — simply because I don’t want to dust around it later. For [...]
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02/05/2008 09:27 PM
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Collections: The Quick and Easy Way
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I love collecting. From the thrill of the hunt, to the surprise at finding that one hidden gem in a mound of junk, to the challenge of displaying the collection in a creative way — collecting can be a fun hobby.
But then life gets in the way.
From a busy work schedule, to a new baby, [...]
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02/05/2008 08:36 PM
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Creative Tips for Collections
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Speaking of collections, we’re busy collecting empty moving boxes as we settle into our new home. As we unpack, however, the size of our collections is starting to be revealed. From boxes of books (can you have too many books?) to tubs of toys (yes, we have too many toys), we’re looking for creative ways [...]
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