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Carrie’s Brownstone, v.2.0
There were a few audible gasps in the movie theater during Sex and the City: The Movie. Relax, I’m not giving anything away for the four of you who read my blog and haven’t seen the flick yet. I’m talking about the response to Carrie’s apartment remodel.
The audience, 99 percent female, lived through six [...]
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Yes, let’s do it. According to cheap-apts.com, a Stockton two-bedroom apartment can go for $675 a month. What! I think that’s what I spend in shopping per month…okay, hopefully not.
But I am excited I found this little gem of a site through Apartment Therapy (of course) that finds “inexpensive rents in expensive places.” Supposedly, these [...]
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Ode to Organization
Since January is the month designated for tax preparation, self-loathing, football and cleaning out closets, it’s only natural the topic of organizing one’s crap has been circulating amongst my friends and family this week.
During these conversations, I’ve decided Sterilite boxes are absolutely the most ineffective way for me to organize myself. You know, the ones [...]
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Tags: Domino Magazine, flylady.net, Lifehacker, organization, Real Simple
I heart d*s
Apparently, I’m on a blog-posting roll today.
Last one, seemingly dedicated only to my love of Design*Sponge…how I love thee…let me count the ways.
No one else can make me feel giddy about ottomans and existentially happy about rocking chairs. If you’re not reading, start. It will get you going on that early-in-the-year feeling [...]
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How to paint a "headboard"
The new year is all about setting really unrealistic goals for yourself that you might not meet, but they were pretty fun to make. Like “get abs of steel” or “clean out my scary closet.”
So I’ll just go ahead and qualify my excuse as “I live in an rented condo” for why I can’t make [...]
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Since I’m just copying CasaSugar for the time being, let’s also point out they are giving us tips on how to copy Carrie from SATC’s home style. Hey is it just me, or did you ever notice the heinously Southwestern/1980s rug in front of her bed? How did that get in there? And I [...]
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Shabby Chic, Literally
There are many things I will not do. I will not buy a perfume made by Paris Hilton. I will not put garbanzo beans on my salad. And I will not live in a trailer park…or would I?
For most of my adult life, I’ve thought the idea of inhabiting a trailer park might be one [...]
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