My Picks From Artcessorie.com: An Online Shopping Adventure!

Artcessorie.com is a high-end online boutique that features modern furnishings and accessories for the home.  Owner, Connie Dixon, uses her discerning eye and impeccable taste when selecting elements for her site.  Connie has a very colorful personality that lights up any room she enters!  Much like the furnishings and accessories her online boutique features, she is as much unique as she is classic.  There...

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My Decorating Madness: It's Time To Let Go and Move On

What a terrific weekend I had!  I totally and completely unplugged and I am so much better today for doing so!  Before I turned off all electronic devices on Friday evening, I let my parents know they would have to call on the land line if they needed me.  I think they knew I was done and needed a serious break!  I've not ever cut myself off in this way before!Anyhoo, I had so many moments of clarity over the weekend! ...

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Time To Chill: A Weekend To Unplug!

You know, maybe A Time To Chill isn't the most appropriate title for this posting, but that's exactly what I'm doing today and for the rest of the weekend.  A few days ago I was chatting with a friend of mine, Angela, and we were catching up on what's been going on in each other's lives, when I began to vent about how I feel as though the magazine collection I've amassed through the years has taken over my house, and...

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Variety Is The Spice Of Life And Creating A Collected Home

Hi, my name is Rhonda and I have dual personalities.  Yes, I am admitting it.  My husband calls the other personality, Heather!  Heather is the free spirited, fun loving, spontaneous, fly by the seat of her pants kind of girl!  She reacts more on impulse and emotion, without forethought.  Rhonda, on the other hand, is somewhat regimented and methodical in her thinking and the way she does things. ...

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Modern Basement Bathroom Renovation

Renovation has finally begun on a basement project that I mentioned a little while ago in an earlier posting.  We are more than excited about all of the possibilities!  Here is a look at what is in the works for the bathroom...One of my inspiration photos is of a bath designed by architect Scott West.  He was the grand prize winner of the Twenty-third Annual Bath Contest sponsored by Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles magazine. ...

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Stylesetter Aerin Lauder's New Manhattan Office

I've been an admirer of Aerin Lauder for quite a while now, and when Architectural Digest featured her new Manhattan office in their June issue, I knew that at some point I would have to talk about it!  The new office is a collaboration with acclaimed French designer, Jacques Grange.  I don't have to tell you, because I'm sure you've seen images, of what an absolutely stunning space the two of them have created...

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My Decorating Madness: Making Progress!

I thought I would kick this week off showing the progress that I've made over the last few days in my family room!  If you'll remember in an earlier posting, My Decorating Madness, I spoke about the anxiety I felt over pulling together a plan for this totally huge wall!  Well, I think I'm off to a great start and I'm feeling really good about it!  A colleague of mine, Terrell Dinkins of Posh Interiors, stopped by last...

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Blogging Mistakes To Avoid!

via PinterestWe all tend to think that blogging is easy.  It is for the most part!  All one needs to do is sign up on your chosen platform, decide on a name, what your blog will be about, and start typing! But blogging has become much more complex and a huge platform for social networking and marketing. With web technologies advancing and becoming more and more complex day by day, it is time to evolve and become...

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5 Pinterest Creative Ideas

Check out these 5 creative ideas I pinned on Pinterest! From time to time, I will stop into The Dollar Tree to see what things I can score for arts and crafts projects for the kids and me to do.  I will be making a trip there to get a couple of silver trays to use chalkboard paint on!  Think of all of the creative ways you can use something like this!  This crafty project involves a couple of coats of chalkboard...

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