I love the hotel-style bedding that many of the more luxurious hotels I’ve stayed at offer. Many of them have a wonderful colorblock pattern and until now, I’ve never found an inexpensive alternative for the home. Luckily, Beyond Bedding, an online store offers several sleek and unique hotel styles in beautiful colors! Beyond Bedding also [...]
Read More Bedding, Bedroom, Home & Garden, Hotel, Interior design, Pillow, ShoppingYou’ve likely heard of Scentsy. It’s a company that was formed in 2004 that sells wickless candles and decorative warmers. Candles are popular – they set a mood, impart fragrance, and make a celebration special. Why wickless? They’re safer than traditional candles with their open flames. In fact, in 2007, Paul Martin, deputy chief of [...]
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Pantone has been determining the color of the year for years and generally any color they designate becomes a major player at retailers in soft goods like clothing and home goods like china, dishware, cookware, and even makeup. So this year’s designated color has been announced and it’s Tangerine Tango. Described by Leatrice Eiseman, executive [...]
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I love handmade things. I just loving knowing that an item was created first in someone’s imagination and then crafted with their hands. Sure, they’re more expensive, but you’re paying for the craftsmanship and quality, neither of which is generally found in mass-produced items. This distinction is even more important to me when I’m giving [...]
Read More Art, Arts, Christmas, Crafts, Gift, Gift card, Red Clay, ShoppingOur official move to the suburbs of Long Island isn’t scheduled to happen until the end of summer, which gives us plenty of time to plan out the style of the house, inside and out. There are lots of rooms to consider, which is typical for a Victorian home built in the late 1800′s. It’s [...]
Read More Bathroom, Bedroom, Bucket List, Living room, Long Island, New York, New York City, Travel and Tourism, Victorian eraChoosing a ceiling paint color is almost as hard as choosing a wall color. After all, the ceiling is just another wall if you look at your room as a cube. So many times ceilings are painted white because most people feel it gives the appearance of a higher ceiling. While in most cases [...]
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