Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Published!

I’ve FINALLY achieved my goal of being published in a magazine! Yeah! A couple of months ago, I did a phone interview with Patrick Langston at the Ottawa Citizen for a story he was writing about decorating for Christmas. I gave him some decorating tips and sent him some pictures, and this morning there they were in Ottawa Citizen Style magazine!

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And my friend, Sarah Kidder of Sarah Kidder Design also has a great tip for decorating a condo for Christmas:

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You can read the whole article online here. And if you’re an Ottawa Citizen subscriber, you probably received the printed version with your paper this morning.

Thank you Ottawa Citizen Style!

What are some of your favourite Christmas decorating tips?

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Looking to stage or decorate your home on a budget?

Then Barbara Pilcher’s blog DIY Home Staging Tips is the place for you! Barbara’s blog has all sorts of great information and tips on how to stage your home on a budget for that quick sale. She also shares lots of simple and inexpensive DIY projects that you can incorporate into your home staging.

What I really like about Barbara’s blog is that although her focus is on staging, the information that she provides is helpful to anyone, not just people who are trying to sell their homes.

With Christmas a month and a half away, you may be looking for some projects to do and ways to dress up your home, either for staging or for your own enjoyment. Barbara has a tutorial for creating this cool square pine cone wreath.

And I love this nautical Christmas wreath that she created:

Want to change up your family room or living room? Check out Barbara’s Five Rules for Staging a Mantel.

Not sure how to combine textures and patterns? Barbara has that covered with How to Make Patterns Work for Your Home Staging.

On top of providing a wealth of information on her blog, Barbara has also written two eBooks on home staging.

If you order either of these eBooks, Barbara will include her eBook on furniture arranging for free! She focuses on using what you already have, which is the best way to decorate :-)

Go check out Barbara’s blog and be inspired!

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Monday, November 11, 2013

Remember

The 11th month on the 11th day at the 11th hour…

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In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.

- John McCrae