New Year, New Trends in Color and Design

We’re well into the new year, and the Chinese New Year has just kicked off as well. As the fashion world starts to look ahead to spring, they release their predictions and pronouncements for the trends of the upcoming year. 2014 will prove to be fast moving light-hearted and fun if these newly announced trends […]

Holiday Preparations

Reclaiming Your Guest Room, Part 2 In our last newsletter, we gave you suggestions on how to convert your junk/storage/office/exercise room back into a real guestroom. Since you made such great progress, we’ve provided various options for temporary beds as well as ideas to enhance lighting in the room: Temporary Beds. If your guestroom doesn’t […]

Teach ’em young!

Teach ’em young! That’s my new motto. After babysitting my grandson Everest (age 2) over the weekend, his enthusiasm for fix-it projects was motivating. He loves helping ‘Papa’ out in the garage build and fix things. I figure if you enjoy and learn the process while so young you will most likely be comfortable with […]

The Wonders of Spring

Are You Growing a Home You’ll Love? Despite all the wetness, or perhaps because of it, spring brings us new thoughts of growth, yard work and making our homes, inside and out, be all they can be. It is important that you value what you have, and keep it looking fresh, and in tune with […]