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Interior Decorating and Planning

October 6, 2009

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We’re entering in on another several months of winter, where we Northeasterners are holed up inside our half-renovated homes (well, I am, anyway), researching and planning for a new renovation season come spring. I used to get most of my ideas and information about home improvement and interior design from magazines, but now I get most of it from the Internet. The Japanese style decoration is hot right now; I like it because of it’s emphasis on natural products and simplicity.

One very cool website I’ve recently spotted is Interior Decorating Homes. Nice! They have articles full of photos and info, like how to clean hardwood floors and simple tips for installing wainscoting to your interior walls. I like it that the site has loads of good photos– interior decorating ideas are very difficult to visualize without photos (I think). Their ideas for creating a Tuscan-style kitchen are fabulous! I love kitchens like that– full of warm colors, clean lines, soft lights. And there’s a good article about home office makeovers, which I am currently looking into. I work at home, in the living room… yeah, amongst all the Legos, the schoolbooks, the ringing phone, the children’s arguments conversations… a home office is looking REALLY good right about now! I need some tips!

So anyway, this site is a nice one for those days of cabin fever, when your hands are itching to pick up the paintbrush and you can’t yet.

Remember, I’m a pro-blogger and I am sometimes compensated with stuff or money to review products! This was one of them. You can read more about my blog policy on my “About Us” page.

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Oh Hey, I Fixed It!

October 1, 2009

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Ooooooo my word. To anyone who owns an old house, THESE ARE FOR YOU. These photos are from the website There I Fixed It, and OMG!!! I can honestly say that I have found something similar in my house from those first two photos…

Just a little duct tape here and there… what else is duct tape for, right? (P.S. Tape is also handy for fixing plumbing leaks. Temporarily. That is, until some time after the unsuspecting homeowners buy the house! hahaha…h…a…. :( )

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Wall? What wall?

An adjustable furnace vent! Now who’da thought?

Stairs is stairs! [...]

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Nightmare on Elm Streets

December 9, 2008

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I just love the Home Inspection Nightmares section at This Old House. Wow. For some reason, looking at these photos makes me feel a whole lot better about my house. I am a little paranoid– I’m afraid the government gestpo will come strorming into my house, throwing me in prison for not having my light switch EXACTLY four feet up from the floor. Then I look at these photos, and waves of euphoric relief wash over me.

Check this out.

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Wow.

Just wow.

And this one. Um, what’s the use of having and maintaining gutters of you’re going to do this?!

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Oh there are many more goodies at the website. Browsing them is almost as good as browsing I Can Has Cheezburgers!

This photo and this photo courtesy of This Old House.

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