July 2011

Clean Green Design: Kripalu Center For Yoga And Health

July 28, 2011 Flooring

Last week, I spent a few days at the Kripalu Center For Yoga and Health, for a girlfriends’ retreat. We stayed in the new Annex building that is a state-of-the art, environmentally green structure. The outside is constructed of wood salvaged from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and the interior has a cool European aesthetic. [...]

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Before And After Decorating: A Contest Winner’s Room Redesign

July 21, 2011 Accessories

If you love seeing before and after room redesign in real homes  – and, seriously, who doesn’t like a good decorating makeover? – here is a story about a redecorated living room that was done a few months ago for the Use What You Have Interiors contest winner at FabOverFifty.com. The room was completed in [...]

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Battery Operated LED Lighting: Lighting Kitchen Countertops, Storage And Closets

July 12, 2011 Art

If you have a dark closet, storage room or kitchen countertop that could use better lighting, now you can get battery operated LED strip lighting or individual battery operated LED puck lights at Home Depot, Lowe’s and other home improvement stores. (There are actually a number of other styles to choose from, too, including utility [...]

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Working Out A Fit Solution For Storing Exercise Equipment

July 6, 2011 Accessories

“Where is the best place for storing exercise equipment?” That question came up this morning when my client told me she needed help in figuring out where to keep her apparatus so she’d actually use it. She had been stowing her gear in her bedroom closet and hadn’t touched it in ages. We gathered her [...]

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