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Designer Baby Room Ideas

A designer baby room needs to balance the immediate needs and safety of the baby with the family’s decor style and taste. The space should match the rest of the house in some way, including color palette, style and arrangement. The room may be designed and decorated for a baby, but the designer sensibility can be brought in by creating a baby room that is a miniaturized version of the other rooms. Blend simple, elegant pieces with sophisticated, exotic or whimsical decor items to complete the designer look.

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Christmas Table Decorations & Crafts

Decorate your table for Christmas to foster a festive mood. Your Christmas table decorations can include store-bought pieces or crafts that you and your children make together. Some crafts can become keepsakes that you can display each year, or simply be the start of a family tradition that brings you all together for more than just gifts and food.

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Valentine’s Day, the Single Way!

Valentine’s Day. Some couples–well, girls–look forward to it for months. The preparation, the gifts, the sweet little nothings that make the evening special…all that is great, but what if you don’t have a special someone to spend the special day with? Are you destined to waste the night away watching cheesy romantic comedies and stuffing your squirrel cheeks with See’s and Dreyer’s? Are you supposed to put on a happy face until you go to bed, when your big brown eyes will cry until your mascara reaches your chin?

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Decorating & Window Treatments

Window treatments beautify your space and provide privacy as well. Tempting as it might be to spend on elaborate custom treatments when you first move in to a home, waiting a while saves you from making expensive mistakes. Make note of your personal needs in a space. Decide whether you need to filter glare, block neighbor’s views or just soften the look of a window. Inexpensive temporary blinds or curtains fill in while you ponder your options.