When I saw this post on StumbleUpon, posted from ZDouf, I thought this would be wild and wacky but worth thinking about for a perfect follow up to my last Compart-ment-alization post. This post is about "31 Insanely Clever Remodeling Ideas for your New Home." See what you think. Some are are Wild. Some are Wacky but when you think twice, some are very doable. I also Continue Reading
Designer Ideas and Quotes
Designer ideas and quotes give lots of interior design inspiration.If you see something of interest in a magazine, clip and save for you never know when you will reference it later, especially if you are renovating or moving into new digs.HGTV magazine editor, Sara Peterson recently said, "This is the second year in a row that I've delivered a design Continue Reading
Personalizing An Internship
The transitive verb, personalize, means to mark (something) in a way that shows it belongs to a particular person. Wikipedia defines personalization as using technology to accommodate the differences between individuals. Once confined mainly to the Web, it is becoming a factor in education, health care (i.e. personalized medicine), television, and in both "business to Continue Reading
Dresser Do-overs With Casart
I saw a great article by Jessica Dodell-Feder in the October issue of HGTV magazine that offered several suggestions to make over a dresser, depending on how much time you had to devote to the project.If you had a weekend, they suggested decoupage plus a monogram.If you had a day, paint stripes.If you had a few hours, stick on decal Continue Reading
Patterns
As we go about our day, we see patterns everywhere: in chairs, pillows, drapes, even oven mits and dog toys, but do we know their names? See how many of these you can name:1. Zigzag stripes used on heraldic banners, military insignias and seen on pottery as early as 1800 B.C.2. Inspired by the costumes of early comic performers, this is a repetitive Continue Reading
