House Design

Hello everyone! This is Anna-Malin Lindgren from Helt Enkelt visiting decor8 today for my once monthly column, Handmade Home! Thank you for all your wonderful comments on my first post! You made me really glad to be here and I feel so welcome. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day so I thought I’ll share a romantic project for the dinner table that you can try for any celebration in your life really – maybe an upcoming anniversary? My inspiration began with a photo I took a couple of weeks ago of a flower and I liked it so much that I used that as my base to inspire a table setting.

After taking the photo, I uploaded it to my computer and made some edits to it, then I decided to trim the photo and use it as part of the place setting. I mad

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AKRON, Ohio — Matthew Pickston thinks of himself as a detective.

But instead of searching for clues to crimes, he looks for the causes of problems such as chilly rooms and damaging ice dams.

Pickston is a home energy auditor, a professional who scours houses for issues that can harm structures, drive up energy bills and just make the occupants uncomfortable.

The process surprises some clients, who think an energy audit is concerned mainly with electricity use. “Most people think I’m going to show up and start looking at their light bulbs,” he said.

Instead, energy auditors such as Pickston look at a house as a system. T

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Hello friends! I simply must tell you all about the Decorate press breakfast in London last week, it was a huge success and I had a very good (somewhat surreal) time mingling and sharing my book for the first time – what a high! After flying home the same evening I kept thinking, “Did all that really just happen to me!?” — pretty funny to admit but it’s true, it was such a whirlwind filled with emotion. But I have to show you the beautiful UK cover in-situ, of course, on my desk at home. It is so

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Kitchen remodeling is always a huge endeavor since the kitchen is the hub of activity in the home. Being without the kitchen during remodeling can be a real pain in the neck. Morning coffee and newspaper will take on a whole new meaning when workers are in your house each and every day. Even a patient person will be driven out of her mind waiting for normalcy to return. Never fear: Here are a few tips to make the remodeling process fly by.

Start with a plan — a detailed road map, if you will. First think of what you want your kitchen to look like and what amenities you wish to include. Aesthetics are important, and functionality is imperative. M

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IRVING, Texas – Former Western Michigan University star Greg Jennings is a star for the Green Bay Packers, but he has to swallow some pride when he’s surrounded by rivals on his own team.

Jennings is forced to listen to former Central Michigan University stars Cullen Jenkins, Josh Gordy and Frank Zombo.

Jennings endures it however as the Packers head into Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who feature another former Chippewa, receiver Antonio Brown.

usatoday.com: Asked by a reporter how it felt to have three former Central Michigan players as Packers teammates, Jennings smiled widely before drawing in a deep breath and

“You know what, it really sucks, but I’ll take it,” he laughed.

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