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In the cooler winter months, bring out your warm throws in jewel tone colors to warm up a room. Add draperies or at least fabric panels on the sides of windows. Velveteen options for draperies are available for inside and out. There are wonderful outdoor textured fabrics now for a...

Do you spend long hours sitting at your computer? Stability balls have been around for some time, but computer use is making them more popular. The Technogym, Wellness Ball, Gaiam, Buoy from Turnstone, Muvman and Swopper from Aeris are some ergonomic options for increased well being. Exercise ball vs Office...

  If you or a friend have a putting green, add this great lighted flag for evening play!  Available at Hinkley’s Lighting Factory.  Ask for Eric! More details in this spec sheet.  

  Sherwin-Williams “Exclusive Plum” color is a gray/violet is subtle and intriguing!  

Stark Carpet manufactures this black wool carpet embedded with Swarovski crystals. This is a very popular area rug for powder rooms and is also used as borders on larger rugs. Yes, it can be vacuumed. Always use a self-adjusting vacuum as the vacuum should not drag on your carpet or...

Restoration Hardware is having an impact on the furnishings industry as a whole! At recent lighting seminars I attended, the reps were talking about their fixtures compatibility with the Restoration Hardware look. Scottsdale has a gallery. Others are in Boston, MA, Santa Monica, CA and Corte Madera, CA and Houston,...

Apparently! Francis Bacon’s Three Views of Lucian Freud just sold for $142.4 million at Christie’s in New York City! At Sotheby’s Andy Warhol’s “Liz #1” sold for $20,325! We’ve heard the recession did not affect everyone! Do you have a favorite piece that you bought many years ago from a...

      This picture from J Tribble Collection offers many choices for special small spaces with interesting details.  

If looking at the black screen is not desirable, there many options for integrating your TV using wood framing or stone. If you want to hide it completely, cabinetry such as this one from Horchow or an antique cabinet won't call attention to the TV. On the other hand, this...

Have you tried Chalk Paint? It has been popular in the U.K. for twenty years. Now it is trending in the US as an inexpensive way to give furnishings a fresh look! It can be a do-it-yourself project or achieve the look through others painting. The thirty colors can be...

    Multiple patterns are used to create this tile rug.