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Screen Test

A quick trick – Pull out your phone and take photos of the room you’re decorating. You can look at a photo and tell if something is wrong more easily than if you’re just standing in a space. Positively Purging-I … Continue reading

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Tea Towel Curtains

Dress your windows quickly and smartly with tea towels turned into cafe curtains. Simply clip drapery rings to the top edges of the towels, and thread the rings onto a curtain rod. If necessary, trim the towels to length and hem … Continue reading

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Designing a Bookcase

Design in thirds for a balanced look, fill to thirds of each shelf with books. Then add bookends, framed pictures, and other personal items like objects from your travels in the remaining space. Switch the sight line mixing horizontal stacks … Continue reading

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Oasis Spaces

In an extended essay published in 1929 Virginia Woolf advised women writers to create “a room of one’s own” …Having your own room or nook can reduce stress and bolster our quality of life. It can take a meaningful difference … Continue reading

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Bundles of Energy

Some countries in Africa have barred the importing of used garments because they were destroying local textile industries. Its crazy to think that our cast offs could have greater value to other people than new things in tier own culture. Positively Purging-I welcome … Continue reading

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