From the monthly archives:

January 2010

About Face

January 28, 2010 Interior Decorating and Redesign

Use What You Have will be unveiling a new website shortly and the pressure is on for me to “get with the program” and sign up for Facebook in order for the new link to work (our redesigned site has actually been ready and waiting for a while). Although I’ve received email invitations from people [...]

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Designs They Are A-Changin’

January 19, 2010 Interior Decorating and Redesign

Everything changes, doesn’t it? Here are 10 ways the interior design industry has shifted over the past decade: 1. There are more home design-related retail stores than ever before. 2. Many trade-only showrooms have opened their doors to the public. 3. The Internet has provided endless resources for purchasing furnishings online. 4. There are more [...]

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Nancy Knows

January 11, 2010 Interior Decorating and Redesign

Have you seen It’s Complicated, the new film from Nancy Meyers?  She’s the writer/director who gave us Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday and (with her ex-husband), Father of The Bride. In a recent New York Times cover story, Meyers quoted French filmmaker, Francois Truffaut as saying: “Making movies is an accumulation of details.” Anyone who [...]

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