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Are You Ready To Kiss Your Books And Bookcases Goodbye?

September 12, 2011 Accessories

Over the last decade deep wall units that once held boxy televisions have become passé as people have switched to flat panel screens and smaller media cabinets. Many older entertainment centers with pocket doors have been converted to provide closed storage or adjusted to accommodate flat panel televisions on pedestals or on wall-mounts. This morning [...]

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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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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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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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