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It’s easy to create your own home scents with these simple tips.
Give a small space a big impact with these inspiring tips and tricks.
Create a fresh natural scent – and look – in your home with cedar.
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The latest (and most fun) looks for your child’s playroom!
Get your home summer ready with easy, breezy summer décor updates
Shabby chic is a design style that celebrates the unique beauty in imperfection. It's about blending a light color palate with distressed surfaces or objects that hint at a more genteel past.
By Sara Elliott
Why is it that when we set out to update a room sometimes it just doesn't quite hit the mark? Yes, we can be proud of the new window treatments and the couch has some smart new pillows, but it still has a time-worn feel
By Doug Wilson
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Summer has hit, so let's live it up stylishly in our backyards!
By Doug Wilson
Your child may be outgrowing the nursery feel of his or her bedroom, so while you're thinking of ways to grow it up, consider ways to spring it up, too.
As you go through your home and replace winter accessories for lighter choices in honor of the coming spring, don't forget your tween's room. It needs some fun, bright changes, too.
If you know how to preserve your flowers, they can last well into the winter months. Learn about how to preserve flowers in this article.
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It's easy to learn how to make potpourri and add fragrance to any room or closet. Learn how to make potpourri in this article.
Would you like to know how to choose a new set of speakers for your bedroom? This article will help you learn how to choose speakers for a bedroom.
Your boss is coming to dinner next week and you want to impress him with fancy folded table napkins. Here are two ways to fold napkins.
Your child has been busy making ceramic crafts at day camp and now you'd like to teach her how to decorate them. Read here for some ideas about how to decorate ceramics.
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Did you ever wonder how to tarnish copper to give a copper urn an antique look? This article shows you how to tarnish copper.
It's that time of year again and you're looking for creative ideas for decorating your living room for Christmas. Read here for some suggestions about how to decorate a living room for Christmas.
You want to make painted furniture look old, but you're not sure how to do it. Learn about how to make painted furniture look old in this article.
Sewing is a hard craft to manage if you're stuck in the corner of a room or can only spread out on the dining room table. If you have your own sewing room, you can put everything in its place and create to your heart's content.
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If you work at home, then you probably already know how valuable a dedicated office is. But if you want a room for only reading and writing, then you have to get rid of even more distractions. We'll show you how.
If you have a high-stress job or the pressure of life just seems too much sometimes, a meditation room may be just what you need. But it's pointless if you don't have a room designated to relax.
Whether photography is a hobby, a passion, or a career, it's pretty easy to create your own dark room. This advice can have you developing your own memories in no time.
Silence is golden! But to your husband watching a movie or your son practicing his drums, the louder the better. To lessen the noise level and finally get some peace, consider soundproofing.
By Sara Elliott
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Working from home can be an awesome thing with many conveniences. But if you're toddler is constantly barging in or your spouse asks a million questions, then it's time for you to move into your own office -- with your own door.
By Sara Elliott
If you have a spare bedroom that's sitting empty just screaming for a purpose, why not turn it into an exercise room? That way, you get the convenience of a gym without the people to watch you sweat!
By Sara Elliott