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Home Office Organization & Cleaning Tips

If your home office is not organized, then you may be working in clutter and chaos. With a commitment to change the space, invite the kids to help or warn them about the forthcoming flurry of activity. They should know that Mom is ready to tackle the piles of papers, files and books in the home office. You can also organize shared office space, although that needs to be a team effort between spouses. What you think is junk may be your spouse’s sketch for an invention. Whether you are alone or with members of your family, just start and you can transform your home office.

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Star Stylist Gives Thrifty Fashion Tips

Stylist extraordinaire Jen Rade, who has fabulized celebumom Angelina Jolie and celebudad Snoop Dogg, says that great fashion doesnt have to break the bank. She told Los Angeles magazine recently that she finds some of her best pieces in unusual places, but it takes time. The key to bargain shopping is being able to hunt, she says. Jen logs hours sifting through donated clothes at Goodwill and Salvation Army, and calls upon vintage dress shops to see what has been dropped off recently.

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Isabella Rossellini Touts Italian Luxury

Lancome has Juliette Binoche, Marc Jacobs has Victoria Beckham, and now Isabella Rossellini, 55, Italian screen icon and model, and mom to Elletra, 24, and Roberto, 11, is the newest international mom to be chosen as the face of a major advertisement campaign. Isabella will be the spokesperson for her home country’s “Made in Italy” marketing push. Her job? Encouraging Americans to purchase Italian luxury projects–everything from car to jewelry to accessories.