Ideas from Pasadena Showcase House Some of Southern California’s top designers did it again, whipping up their magic at this year’s Showcase House, after a 3 plus month remodel and make-over on a 1940’s home. So many ideas you can borrow from this home yourself: 1. Garden labels A wine cork on a fork to [...]
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Top Essentials for Decorating
Here are the ways a designer thinks. Try these 12 steps and you’ll always have that classic look in your home. Decorating your home is like finding the perfect outfit… Before you go out and buy new things…you should check to see what you have and what you can mix up to make something work…BUT [...]
Got Gunky Grout?
Solutions to Get it Looking New Again How to Clean the GROUT on your floor – Tile/ Porcelain Tile/ Stone No one enjoys cleaning grout, particularly when the grout contains many old stains that are difficult to remove. By following the steps below, your grout will look as clean as it did on installation day. [...]
Color Palette Pointers
How to Surround Yourself with Your Personal Rainbow Before you put a new coat of paint on the wall, you need to consider what colors you want for your palette. Don’t be overwhelmed because it really can be as simple as these 8 steps! And afterall, it is only paint, and so transforming. Here are [...]
Where to Donate Your Stuff
Once you’ve gotten the courage and the time to downsize your stuff, (your closets, the garage, that junk drawer,) getting your junk that you know is someone else’s treasure into the right hands, makes the de-cluttering process so much easier and so much better. Here is our Home Wizards list of where and how to [...]
Your Own Cutting Garden
Who doesn’t love to receive fresh flowers? When I recently got a vase of Peruvian Lilies, aka Alstromeria, I realized, it’s time to plant a few of them in my garden to have fresh flowers that really last. These stay fresh up to 3 weeks! First, to begin your cutting garden, figure out the location, [...]
Aromatherapy for the Home
Bring the Scent of a Spa to Your Rooms The secret to giving your home that spa like scent is as easy as these 5 oils you can keep in a spray bottle mixed with water, an oil diffuser or cotton balls in a dish. Here we talk about how the different scents will make [...]
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