Living Up To Your Full Potential

The Most Common Decorating Mistakes: A Helpful List

October 21, 2011 Accessories

I love lists. I make a list every night before going to bed so I can sleep better. It really helps. The List Producer blog has posted my 10 Most Common Decorating Mistakes, in case you need a reminder and want to fix up your home in hours, without spending any money. Check it out: [...]

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Steve Jobs: A Fearless Original

October 6, 2011 In Memory Of

From Steve Jobs address at Stanford: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow [...]

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For Good Feng Shui: Bedrooms Without Desks

August 4, 2011 Feng Shui

When I founded Use What You Have Interiors my desk was set up in my bedroom. This was in 1981, a few years before Sarah Rossbach and Professor Lin Yun introduced Feng Shui (pronounced “Fung Shway”) to the West with their book, Interior Design with Feng Shui, and I learned that placing a workstation in [...]

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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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