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Karen Olsen

Color Trends: What’s New, What’s Next?

By Karen Olsen – Glorious colors like emerald, ruby, amethyst and sapphire, golden yellow tones and exotic coral shades, vivid turquoise combined with tender ivory and cream colors, elegant silver, light gray and warm whites are the modern interior design trends for chic style in 2012.   Purples Purples are making

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Palma Hansen

Bringing Italy Home

By Palma Hansen – Our house is in California, but our hearts are in Italy. Though we enjoy our daily life in the southern California desert eleven months a year, it is where we live until we can go “home” to bella Italia! Over the past ten years of our marriage,

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Karen Olsen

Before Meets After…

By Karen Olsen – Giving New Life to Old Things. Make your home look just as good as a magazine and without breaking the bank! Get your creative juices going, with guilt-free finds and dirt cheap décor. Found items should be repurposed with a purpose. Some items are begging for

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Karen Olsen

Finding Fabulous for Less!

By Karen Olsen – My name is Karen…and I’m a thrift-aholic!!! I am one of those people who is not afraid to stop my car on the side of the road to pick up other peoples cast-offs. It’s adventuresome, and best of all it doesn’t cost a thing. I love

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Alesha E. Churba

Mature Women’s Guide to Creating a Cozy Room through Color

By  Alesha E. Churba, CAPS, CD – Creating a cozy home that is inviting using color when you are in your prime can be accomplished using some tried and true guides. Follow along as I share some principles home decorators and designers use to make a room look great every

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Karen Olsen

Not Your Momma’s Gunny Sack Anymore…BURLAP

By Karen Olsen – Burlap is making an appearance all over the home décor scene. It’s rustic, textural and charming all at the same time. Burlap is one of my “must haves” in decorating. Burlap evokes a time when a trip to town meant brining home bags of goods and

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Kristin Salazar

Your Mantel is not for Stockings Only

By Kristin Salazar – Back in the day mantels were used for heating and cooking. Today mantels are the main focal point in many homes and enjoyed for their architectural details. I enjoy making an extra effort to change our mantel with the change in seasons. It really showcases such

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Patti Johnson

Mirror Mirror on the Wall…

By Patti Johnson, CID, IDS – Or, on the floor… Or, on the furniture The fact is, there are many ways to decorate a space with mirrors, even if you can’t find the wall space.  Most of us know that having a mirror in the room reflects light and gives

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Patti Johnson

CHATTI PATTI TALKS DESIGN…

By Patti Johnson – What is an Interior Design Inspirational Board? For starters, think of it as a collage or a collection of clippings and images of everything you love or interests you for your home.  These collages are referred to as “Inspiration” Boards because their purpose is to inspire

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