Archive for the ‘Creating Character’ Category

• DIY: Finding & Creating Cleaver Hidden Storage

  11 Apr 2013

  It doesn’t seem to matter if you live in a 500 or 5000 sq. ft. home, you can never have enough storage. Assuming you’re not a hoarder and you’ve spring cleaned your way to next to nothing, hidden storage can offer valuable square centimeters, inches or feet. Here are a few ideas that got my creative juices flowing.

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• DIY: Make Your Kitchen Sizzle With Personality

  14 Mar 2013

  Recently, I’ve been enthralled with a friend’s extensive, and well-documented, Facebook kitchen remodel. This got me thinking about the current trend of the all-white kitchen with marble counters. While clean and pretty, it’s been so played out by the flippers du jour that it almost doesn’t turn my head anymore. If the kitchen is the heart of a home, shouldn’t that heart beat loudly and strongly–and not Home Depot stock?

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• One Minute Video Tip: Live Within Your Means

  21 Feb 2013

  Do I really need a bigger house? Not if Amelia Meena of Appleshine Lifestyle Organization can help it. I recently gave up organizing my space because frankly, I was tired of shoving unused items into empty nooks throughout my house.

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