I am writing this blog on a bit of a self-congratulatory high. I dug headfirst into the home improvement projects I had left over from last year. Late fall was consumed with the downstairs bathroom renovation in which we took down the wallpaper (last room in the house...
I just finished remodeling our downstairs bathroom and choose a light blue for the walls with chocolate brown towels, bath mat and shower curtain. I think the colors are contemporary and really give my outdated bathroom a lift, particularly because our budget dictated...
You are somewhat insensitive toward the offensive odors in your own home but attuned to picking up the offensive smells in others. According to a recent study by Dutch Boy and Harris Interactive, 96 percent of adults have noticed an offensive odor in another person's...
Painting is a great way to improve the look and value of your home. Here are some tips for the next time you decide to brush on another coat from Mrs. FIXIT™, a site of helpful household hints. 1.) If you wear contact lenses, cover your eyes with something...
Anyone who has ever stripped paint knows how unpleasant an experience it can be. To avoid the problems that sanding and stripping paint present, check out Franmar’s SoyGel. The SoyGel is a 100 percent organic paint stripper made wholly from soybeans. This product...
And I thought I was so slick when I put little glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling of my dorm room in college. Star Murals of Beverly Hills makes incredible, moving replicas of entire galaxies on the ceilings of luxury buildings across the nation. During the day,...
Fall is the perfect time for wrapping up projects left undone from the summer. Perhaps top on the list is paint touch-ups. Painting is the perfect way to get up close and personal with your house. Not only do you spruce up the trim and seal any bare spots, but you can...
I have officially seen it all. I was aware of Armani Casa, a relatively new concept within the Giorgio Armani group that extends the fashion company’s reaches into the world of interior design and lifestyle. But Ralph Lauren paint? Is that really necessary? What’s...
Staining the side of our house seems to be an ongoing process. Every year we attack more of it, catch up on some and give an extra dose of stain elsewhere. The challenge was compounded this year when we added an addition that blends new boards with existing 30 year...
Paint colors come and go, that's a fact. My problem is that I seem to be a year behind when I finally get around to changing my color scheme. It's just so daunting to pick accent colors, ceiling tones, shades and hues that work together. Frankly, sometimes I just...
