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Digital decorating: Check apps, websites and blogs for design help, inspiration and products

With the rise in popularity of smartphones and tablets, computers are more portable than ever before. This means we can surf websites, open apps and make online purchases anywhere, anytime. Rather than searching through multiple expensive magazines, you can find almost limitless design ideas and resources with a click of a mouse. With all the optio ...

What’s In Your Purse? 10 Feng Shui Wealth-Producing Tips for Handbags

It’s an indispensable tool, a valuable fashion asset and a source of all manner of important things like breath mints, a safety pin to fix a broken zipper, or keys to entertain a toddler. A woman’s purse is a collector of things – and sometimes those things are downright unhealthful. According to recent studies, a woman’s pu ...

Set a Gleaming Table with Silver

Whether it’s a special occasion or you’re setting a holiday table, few things make the meal as special as real silver. Sparkling silver is a joy to behold on the table and lets everyone know that the meal to come will be beyond the ordinary. One of the drawbacks to silver, though, is its care. Many people are becoming increasingly more informal i ...

Hidden Rooms Are Safe and Fun

Everyone has something to hide. Whether it’s a coin collection, guns, silver, artwork or just plain junk, you sometimes need a place to store things that’s out of plain view. That’s the beauty of a hidden room. In Victorian times, furniture was often made with hidden drawers and compartments. I have an old Victorian dresser that has a hidden dr ...

Settling His and Her Design Conflicts

It happened again. I was watching HGTV’s House Hunters, one of HGTV’s most popular shows and there it was – a master bedroom with garlands of roses on the windows and a flowery spread on the bed. All I could think was that there was one unhappy man in that house the buyers were touring. Then we went to the next house tour. The house was a sport ...