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E-BOOK: DIY Decorating Ideas to LOVE the Home You Live in!

I’m SO stinkin’ excited! As promised (albeit a few months late), I’ve finally published my newest e-book – THE 5 ROOM FIX: LOVE THE HOME YOU LIVE IN Click HERE or on the above image to get your copy! This e-book is FULL of great ideas to reclaim your home and embrace your space – […]

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How to Mix, Match and Coordinate Wood Stains / Undertones

  How to Coordinate and Match Wood Stains- Oak, Maple, Cherry and More What makes one wood finish clash with another? What makes one stain look fabulous and another look fugly? And how do you coordinated existing wood stains with NEW ones? It all comes down to undertone. Now, this can get tricky as wood […]

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The 8 Best Benjamin Moore Paint COLOURS for Home Staging, Selling

  The Best Paint COLOURS for Home Staging or Selling Partner post: The Top 8 Light Paint Colours for Home Staging To be honest with you, I’m not a consultant who believes that all homes sell better when painted light, neutral colours. In fact, many homes sell faster and for more money because the colours in […]

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The Best Paint Colours to Update a Brick Fireplace

  The Best Paint Colours to Update and COORDINATE with Your Brick Fireplace Partner post to How to Update Your Fireplace – 4 Fireplace Update Ideas If you’ve been following my blog for a while (bless your lil’ heart) you’ll know that I LOVE to paint anything that men HATE to paint -brick, wood, you […]

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BIG NEWS: 2 Home Staging E-Books

My FIRST E-Books…and there’s more to come!  I’m so friggin’ excited I can hardly type straight (either that or I’ve had one glass too many…again)! Seriously, I love to hear myself talk SO MUCH, that I thought I should not just have a BLOG, but I should write e-books too! Actually, REALLY seriously, I friggin’ […]

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4 Ideas: How to Update Oak or Wood Cabinets

  How to Update Wood Cabinets Partner post to The Best Paint Colours to go with Oak / Wood Oak cabinets – you either love them (if you’re a man) or you hate them (if you’re a woman). And yes, I’m labelling here, but I come across the same gender divides again and again when it […]

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The 6 Best Paint Colours for a Bathroom Vanity – Including White!

  Popular Paint Colours for Bathroom Vanities (or even a kitchen island!) When it comes to painting a bathroom vanity (or island for that matter), there’s no need to stick with white when there are SO many awesome colours to choose from! And a vanity is a GREAT place for some depth or a splash […]

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The Right Height to Hang Artwork and Mirrors – Tips and Ideas

  The Right Height to Hang Artwork Above Anything There is an art to hanging artwork and mirrors. However, it’s not rocket science and if you follow some basic guidelines you’ll get it right every time! Now, for the sake of my sanity – which is questionable on a good day, I’ll be referring to […]

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The New Era of Laminate Countertops and Why They Rock: Review

  A Review of the 4 Best Laminate or Formica Countertops Back in the day (you know, 20 years ago) having laminate countertops meant having a surface that scratched easy and looked like a cheap reproduction of…I don’t even know, something butt-ugly and boring. Nowadays, laminate countertops ‘rock’ because not only are they super durable – […]

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The 8 Best Light NEUTRAL Paint Colours for Home Staging, Selling

  The Top 8 Light NEUTRAL Paint Colours for Home Staging: Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams Did you know that other than decluttering and cleaning, paint is the least expensive way to add value to your home? It will add monetary value as a home that looks well-maintained is FAR more appealing than one with scuffed and dinged […]

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How to Reduce Echo in a Room

  How to Reduce Echo and Improve the Acoustics (without being technical and scientific) Hello hello hello! In the good old days (you know, the 90’s) echoing didn’t seem to be such a big issue for homeowners – wall to wall carpeting, upholstered furniture and 8′ ceilings made a big difference in the sound absorption of […]

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Marble – Get ‘The Look’ Without the ‘The High Price’

  How to Get The Marble Look for Less I love marble. Its timeless and classic style makes it a top choice for many bathroom and kitchen renovations. HOWEVER, it’s freakin’ expensive and a big ole pain in the rear end when it comes to maintenance. I was going to go on a big ole Ginger […]

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4 Subway Tile Ideas for Your Kitchen Backsplash and Bathroom

  4 Tips & Ideas to Jazz Up a Simple Subway Tile As far back as the early 1900s, subway tile has been a top choice for tiled surfaces. Why? Well, there are a few reasons… Subway tile is budget-friendly The average kitchen needs 30 sq ft of backsplash. You can easily find FABULOUS subway […]

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Paint, Light, Decor and More: Basement Decorating 101

  Everything You Need to Decorate a Dark Basement or Family Room When I look at my analytics, the thing that tells me what a lot of you are searching for on my blog, there are 3 main topics that come up every week… How much wine is too much wine? How much wood would […]