Design

Before there were blogs to view there were magazines.  I adored Country Home (so upset when that disappeared I wrote the company - to no avail).  I had a subscription from 2002 - until it's demise.  I have loved Country Living for over a decade.  Remember when Country Living used to put out a separate Christmas Issue in October?  Adored that and started haunting stores for it in early October just to get a copy as they usually went fast. Here in Canada I have had a subscription to Style at Home for about 13 years too.  So.... what this means is I had a lot of magazines.  When I moved, 3565 km to be exact, it was a paid for move so I didn't care what I packed.  Coming back home to beautiful Alberta was on my dime so I had to reduce the pounds.  The best place to reduce was my collection of magazines.  I'm sure I had about 100 + pounds.  So before the chaos of the move set in I started cutting. I discovered by cutting out th...

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This is a beautiful garden design and cool. One way to enhance the beauty of the home is to attend a garden in our yard. Houses become barren and gives the impression of calm. Especially when summer comes. For this reason Lutsko Associates made a garden in an urban housing in San Francisco. The concept of this project is an open architecture for daily life, maximizing the impact and experience of a small space. The breakthrough of this sunlight can park with ease because there is no roof in this park. Another advantage is that we can enjoy the garden from the balcony of the second level instead of the inside of the house. Design pays attention to the sensory experience of materials and planting, which contributed to the richness and beauty of the park. Description: This city park in the Pacific Heights district of San Francisco around a single family home. The house was designed in 1990 by noted Bay Area architecture firm EHDD under the guidance of the late Joe Esherick. When viewed f...

Funky Junk Donna asked us to post "all about me" stories... not sure if this is ALL about me,  but here is what I think shaped the person I am today: I am the oldest sister, one of five kids  and grew up happily  in the 60s and 70s... I grew up traveling the world at age 5  and living overseas because of my dad's job. Our parents did a great job raising their kids. We first moved to Brazil. Our belongings were shipped via freight ...my toys were finally here! I've also been to the Coliseum in Rome.... and I've been to Tibet... I lived in Pakistan for 2 years... where we had elephant rides instead  of pony rides at our birthday parties  I also lived in Thailand for 3 years.... and sported a Mia Farrow hair cut. Ugh. I visited the walled city of Jerusalem... love those "60's" clothes. and rode in rickshaws around Cambodian ruins... I vacationed on the idyllic coast of Thailand....   then finally went home to live in the States  but t...

We had a dinner party the other day and we found that everyone just gravitated toward the kitchen, and stayed there! If you think about it, the kitchen is probably one of the most used rooms in the house. Well, in our house anyway. Since we're feeling lazy this week, we thought we just lift material from other sources and show you some amazing kitchen designs.  Hope you'll enjoy them! Source:  myhomeideas.com, elledecor.com.

Pleasing environment of your home relaxes your mind and gives you the energy for the next day. People spend lot of time and money on buying home decor accessories. Really with all kinds of changes, new and positive energy is given to home. Scented Candles Nothing more romantic than scented candles. Moreover as the festival season is approaching so you can put the bright scented candles anywhere in your home. These are great addition on dining table, center and consoles. Also there is an option of floating scented candles that gives the feeling of paradise. Scented candles are also used to welcome the new season with fervour. So you can decorate any place without spending much. Cushions There is nothing more colorful and bright than the bold cushions with thick and bright fabric. You can decorate the cushions as per your choice and match these with any theme you want. Also there is a great choice of fabric in these cushions. Place these with in bedroom, living room or on couch and feel...