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Making Bookshelves Pretty

Posted in Décor, Organization, Reinvent It on August 11, 2009 | 9 Comments »

A couple of weeks ago, I had a chance to spend the better part of a day with my good friend Marianne, helping to create a beautiful, practical space in her home.  About year ago, Marianne and her husband Jim had a carpenter build three walls of bookshelves in a small pass-through room that would become part-playroom, [...]

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Avoiding a Hostile (Toy) Takeover

Posted in Organization, Reinvent It, Shop It on August 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Today, I’m sharing my latest contribution to the stylish and sophisticated BostonMamas.com, *the* resource site for moms in Boston and beyond.  Enjoy! Before I (or any of my friends) had children, I remember walking into the houses of those who did and being horrified…blocks in a tumbled-down heap on the kitchen floor, dress-up clothes strewn all [...]

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Fashionable fix

Posted in Décor, Organization, Reinvent It, Walls on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Have an empty wall in need of some color? Here’s a quick fix: hang up an under-$10 pegrail from your local home supply store (I got mine from Lowe’s for $8), and resurrect some of those scarves that you collected during the pashmina-craze of the late ’90s that work with the colors in your décor. In addition to brightening up your walls, [...]

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Putting it all in one basket

Posted in Organization, Reinvent It, Shop It, Tabletop on July 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Although I try to eat veggies and fruit as much as possible, all too often our weekly produce ends up withering away in our ancient fridge “crisper” drawer.  I spotted a better way to store those fresh peaches and get a summery design kick to the countertop at my stylish friend Marianne’s house this weekend.  Placing produce in a [...]

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The Beauty of Built-Ins

Posted in Furniture, Make It, Organization, Reinvent It, Walls on July 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I’ve been in love with built-in bookshelves for as long as I can remember.  Maybe it’s that they remind me of my childhood home, or maybe it’s just that I knew from early on, without really knowing, that built-ins can be a beautiful way to maximize a space and make it feel positively custom.  Whatever the reason, [...]

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Mudroom Shoe Rack

Posted in Inside the Mudroom, Organization, Shop It on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I had been planning on waiting until next Fall to re-think the “mudspace” at my back entry, but with all this ridiculous rain flooding us in New England, I think I might need to figure out a better system for our family of wellies before October.  This simple, utilitarian, yet handsome boot rack from Winsome Wood should do [...]

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Controlling Clutter, Upstairs and Down

Posted in Organization, Reinvent It, Shop It on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Being a family of two working parents and two active kidlets, one of our main jobs in life is keeping clutter under control.  Generally I feel like we do a fairly good job of clutter-busting, mostly due to some simple systems we’ve put in place.  The simplest of all?  A basket that waits at the bottom of [...]

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Stylish Food Safety

Posted in Organization, Shop It on May 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I know, I know, I’ve heard it a million times — when prepping ingredients to cook, it’s really important that you keep your meats, fish, poultry and veggies separate.  But honestly, with the mayhem of life, I just can’t seem to remember whether I use my white cutting board for salmon or chicken.  And the [...]

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