Archive for June, 2007

June 25th, 2007

Better Homes & Gardens has done it again

BHG.com has a new free decorating visualizer just for window treatments.  Man, I wish that visualizer was actually a word, but I suppose that I’ll just keep saying it like it is a word, & hope for the best. It only took me about three hours to figure out that very few window treatments look good on french doors.  However,  it was a lot of fun.  It’s definitely interesting to try out as you can change the color of the walls, the color of the windows, & even the patterns. Window treatments can be a big investment if you are doing several rooms, but it  makes any room feel more like home.

June 25th, 2007

A Decorating Must

If you work from home, I really do think that you need to have blackout blinds in your bedroom. Most of us work very late at night, I don’t know why that always seems to be the case with IT people. I guess because we like to work on our sites when the rest of the world is sleeping. That way, if we accidentally “break” something, we still have plenty of time to fix it before most of the world sees it.

However, this often means that the sun wakes up before I do. This means that my last few hours of sleep are quite fitful as the sun passes across my face. I could change all of this if I just had blackout blinds. It really is a decorating must.

June 24th, 2007

Mary Tyler Moore’s Apartment

I’ve been watching "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" & it seems like her apartment should be outdated, & the shag carpeting probably is, but I still like the overall feel of it.  I think all of us have wished for such an apartment at some time. Here are some decorating tips to having a modern day MTM apartment.

1. Studio apartments can be cool.  It’s better to have them look like a living space, than just have a bed sitting in the middle of nowhere.

2.  Have your signature.  For Mary it was a big "M" on the wall.  This meant that even though she lived in a rental, it felt like hers.  It also meant that when she left, she could take the important part with her.

3.  Every girl needs a closet as big as the rest of her place.

4.  It helps if you have quirky neighbors who are always popping in & being hilarious.  Granted, it doesn’t happen a whole lot in real life, but when it does, it really makes a place feel like home.

Mary Tyler Moore’s apartment wasn’t great, but it was her first "real" place all by herself & she didn’t care that it was only a rental.

Tags: decorating, home, mary tyler moore, the mary tyler moore show

June 24th, 2007

Blogging Fever

I love my home office. I spent a lot of time decorating it just so. My only complaint is that I always seem to be in here. It doesn’t even seem like I can get through a movie unless I watch it in this room. My work is definitely starting to suffer because I have “blogging fever”, like cabin fever, except with a blog. Even if I make a lot of money, my friends don’t seem to remember who I am.

When I try to work on a different computer, I find out that I’m addicted to bookmarks, & can’t remember the url’s that I need in order to do my job. I start missing my home computer. This is why RemotePC is so cool, you can access your home computer from anywhere you have an Internet connection & it’s just $4.95 a month, & there’s even a free thirty day trial. This costs a lot less than gotomypc, it’s compatible with Vista & 10 users can share the same desktop. I definitely need to consider remote access so that I can actually go outside again. This way I can have a life to actually blog about.

June 23rd, 2007

Free Wedding Favors

Wedding FavorThere are only about a million things to remember when planning a wedding.  It seems like something is either forgotten, or the budget just won’t stretch anymore.  This doesn’t mean that you have to forego wedding favors.  One of my favorite wedding favors was also a place card.  On the inside of the place card the bride or groom had written a personal note.  The note told us why we were invited to the wedding & the effect we had on their life.  It’s one of the few favors that I’ve kept. Yes it takes some work, but it’s virtually free, & definitely something that will be remembered

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