Now that the turkey has been stuffed, slow-cooked, and sliced into nice, juicy pieces, and the pumpkin pies are long gone, perhaps along with your guests, I thought I'd get the intel on your Thanksgiving décor. If you were a host this holiday, how did you decorate? Did you simply dress the dinner tables, or did other areas of your home undergo a festive facelift as well?
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Like a lot of you, I love Ikea. I would never want to outfit my apartment solely with Ikea products, but there are a lot of items in the store that are so versatile that I can easily integrate them into my house. The issue with Ikea products, for me, is that there's often a huge range in quality among items.
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In the San Francisco Bay Area, I rarely have to worry about a frost, which means that I can leave plants out all year round without incident. I know that's hardly the case with readers living in the Midwest and on the East Coast, though.
Steve, over at Gardening Gone Wild, recently wrote, "I overwinter a host of plants in my cold dark basement.
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Now that Halloween has passed, and your face paint and witch hats are inevitably bound for the costume closet, it's sweater time! Fall is finally upon us, and I'm sure you all have your own methods for preparing for it. Last month, of course, was House Warming month, and I showed you a plethora of ways to keep your toes warm at home this month.
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Home theaters have almost become a requisite for Americans building mega-McMansions, and they're quite common in the homes of the Hollywood elite. Personally, I just find them excessive. And since going to the theater is one of my favorite pastimes, I'd never give up popcorn and Slurpees in favor of a leather La-Z-Boy, even if ticket prices are well above $10 these days.
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Last weekend, I found this very cool Danish dining chair at a flea market for the low, low price of $2.50 (yes, it was that cheap!). Right now, I'm in the middle of taking all of the staples out of the chair's ugly, tweedy beige upholstery and reupholstering it in something more updated.
What projects are you working on?
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In the New York Times article "The Bed, Remade," the lengths, depths, and heights of bed fashion are definitely overwhelming. Celebrity caterer Serena Bass, who was interviewed for the article, describes her bed's accessories thusly:
She quickly ticked off the other items: four sleeping pillows, two European squares, a "mysteriously cheap" duvet from Costco, an Indian textile stitched with mirrors as well as a mustard-colored one for the foot of the bed, a mohair throw, a raft of embroidered and crushed velvet decorative pillows made by her sister, Gaynor (that's Minnie Driver's mother, as Ms. Bass pointed out), and finally, laid out somewhere in the middle, a white silk bed scarf embroidered with a coral motif.
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As temperatures drop, our homes' thermostats creep up, and with those rising thermostats come rising bills. This week, I offered you some advice on keeping your house warm while keeping your costs down. From wearing layers to household fixes, there are actually some easy ways to make your house more efficient and cozy, that will also help you lower those heating bills.
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I'm sure that, like me, you've been following the news of the mortgage crisis in the United States, and the drop in home prices due to it. Even if you don't want to follow it, you can't help but hear the coverage! While lower home prices are potentially good news for home buyers with stellar credit and a down payment, it's not so great for folks who bought their houses during the housing boom.
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I heart magazines. I heart and star and rainbow and unicorn them. Especially shelter magazines.
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