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Downsizing

Time To Pare Down? You Know You Want To

July 15, 2010 Accessories

“I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me – American closets. I cannot believe one can dress well when you have so much.” – Iconic French Designer, Andree Putnam This summer quite a few of my friends and relatives have been working on clearing the clutter [...]

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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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Trés Bon

June 21, 2010 Accessories

Besides never being too thin or never having too much money, there are a few things that could instead fit into the home decorating category of “never having too much or too many.” One of these is a tray! It’s great for displaying a small collection on your coffee table or for neatly stacking your [...]

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Much Smaller Than A Breadbox

March 4, 2010 Accessories

Whenever I walk into a client’s home and see one of those large floral boxes of tissues in the living room, I ask, “Do you really need to have those out on the coffee table/end table/media cabinet?” I realize that I sound like a la-di-da decorator but why oh why does anyone require a big [...]

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L-Shape Bad, U-Shape Good!

December 14, 2009 Downsizing

If you are downsizing to a smaller home and own a sectional sofa, consider removing one or two armless seats to create a better-fitting unit. A couple I consulted with last week had an L-shaped sectional that was not working in their new living room. While the sofa was attractive and fit the space, the [...]

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Moving Memories

October 9, 2008 Downsizing

A client was helping her parents prepare to sell their family home when she called me to assist her with redesigning her own smaller house and incorporating as many of her mother and father’s mid-century furnishings as possible. We met in the morning and, by dinnertime, we’d successful figured out where almost every piece she [...]

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Living Really Well In A Smaller Space

September 2, 2008 Downsizing

I’m honored to be invited back to The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., on September 13th, this time to speak about How To Downsize Your Home With Style, a topic dear to my heart.  And, no, I will not be discussing Candy Spellings move from her 56,500-square-foot French chateau-style home in Los Angeles with its [...]

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More or Less Simplified

July 28, 2008 Accessories

When I wrote my newest book, Downsizing Your Home With Style, it was based upon my observation that many of my baby boomer clients were moving into smaller houses and condos because of too big and too empty nests and, also, in preparation for retirement and the desire for a simpler life. What I did [...]

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