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4 Easy Steps to Spruce Up Your Curb Appeal
Cold weather is finally over in most parts of the country, and lots of us are turning our thoughts to landscaping and curb appeal. Winter can take a toll on even the most carefully planned yard, and spring offers the opportunity to start fresh. I'm not a landscape architect (although I work with them often and think they're brilliant), but I've helped my share of homeowners spruce up their curb appeal. Here are four easy tips you can implement this weekend if you want! 1. Trim hedges and clean up perennials Get some clippers and get to work! Your shrubs, hedges, and...
Celebrate National Decorating Month
It's April, which means it's National Decorating Month, a time to celebrate great interior design and look at your own home. Is it time for a refresh? Do you need some more inspiration? Now is the time to act! Here are some ways to get started. Take stock of where you're at now Start where you are by looking around your home now and noting what you love and what you don't. Are there spots where clutter accumulates? Areas you just never got around to decorating? Interior design decisions you regret or that seem outdated? Make a list — we'll...
Dwell with Dignity Thrift Studio, Part 1
[caption id="attachment_15363" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Our completed vignette for the Dwell with Dignity Thrift Studio 2017.[/caption] One of my favorite nonprofits in North Texas is Dwell with Dignity. I am honored to be one of the Dallas interior designers chosen this year to help with Thrift Studio 2017, a design extravaganza and major fundraiser. Thrift Studio is a 30-day pop-up shop created to raise monty for Dwell with Dignity. Dallas interior designers apply to help create one of nine 20-by-20 vignettes. Everything in these vignettes is generously donated and will be for sale: furniture, housewares, accessories, and high-end designer finds to the public. This is its...