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Art

Photo, Photo On The Wall

August 4, 2010 Accessories

Since I will likely have a number of memorable photographs from my daughter and son-in-law’s recent wedding, a friend just told me about a company that specializes in converting an image into beautiful stretched canvas artwork. The firm, ChicCanvas.com, will even create multiple panels from one photo, large enough to serve as a nice big [...]

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Thinking About Selling Your Home? It’s Time To Get Moving

June 25, 2010 Art

At dinner the other night a friend told me that she and her husband would like to downsize to a smaller house. They want less responsibility, less maintenance, and less expense. Many of my baby boomer clients have been expressing the same sentiment for more than five years, which is why I wrote Downsizing Your [...]

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Are You High?

June 18, 2010 Art

Here are a couple of suggestions for hanging art that are especially useful if you have high ceilings: 1. Gather several photos or drawings to create the effect of a single large piece. You can do this with three matching pieces or with a few that have the same theme.  Tie the collection together by [...]

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Artwork With No Hang-Ups

September 21, 2009 Art

Whether you rent or own your home an easy way to display your artwork and collectibles and also avoid making holes in many of your walls is to install an art ledge where you can simply prop up one or more pieces against the wall. One or two simple wooden shelves, painted or stained to [...]

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What Are You Staring At?

April 1, 2009 Art

If your room does not have a natural focal point such as a fireplace, a lovely view or even a pair of French doors leading outdoors, then you can create one with artwork, especially if your sofa is against a wall. Generally, the art needs to be fairly large and somewhat elegant – an oil [...]

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Chain, Chain, Chains Of Love

November 11, 2008 Art

As the sun came up the other morning I found myself standing in line to see the Chanel Mobile Art exhibit in Central Park, along with my daughter, Tracy, and her boyfriend, Matt. We had invited Joe, my husband, to come along but he opted to sleep in. Why on earth would I stand out [...]

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Trees For You And Me

July 25, 2008 Accessories

One of the lead stories in today’s Weekend Journal (WSJ) reports that the price of most antiques has dropped to roughly one half to one third of what they cost only a year ago. A 19th century mahogany table that would have sold for $10,000 now sells for $3,500. The reason, which I have also [...]

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Making Room For Baby

June 20, 2008 Accessories

Have you noticed that there’s a big baby boom going on? Maybe it’s just our family – 7 of our first cousins are about to have babies, and 4 of them are due the same week in mid-August! (Note to self: Start scouting for gifts.) If you are expecting a little one, here are a [...]

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