Tag Sales

Better Feng Shui This Thanksgiving

November 13, 2010 Accessories

On your mark, get set, go! If you clean out your kitchen cupboards this week you’ll have more space to work and your home will have better Feng Shui this Thanksgiving. Donate, or give friends, any old serving dishes, pots, vases, mismatched glassware and other pieces you haven’t used in the last 5 years; perhaps [...]

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Look, Look, Pull Over!

August 10, 2009 Tag Sales

Do you love junking?  Me, too. I really need a bumper sticker that says, “I Brake For Consignment Shoppes.”  And tag sales – the good ones – just make my little heart go pitter, patter. When it comes to trolling for treasures, my buddy and fellow decorator, Rita, and I, are dangerous together. Fine old [...]

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Use It Or Lose It – Choosing To Live With Less Clutter

September 10, 2008 Accessories

Many moons ago, when my husband and I were getting married and merging households, I was the one who hesitated when it came time to clean things out and get rid of stuff: Old birthday cards, handbags, and books were kept instead of being sold, tossed or donated. Not Joe. His philosophy was, and is, [...]

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Trees For You And Me – Green Home Design

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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