Tag: At Home
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At Home: 10 spots to spiff before holiday guests come
The busiest days of the year for Ryan Knoll is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, followed by the day before Christmas Eve. On those days, business for TidyCasa, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based house cleaning service he started almost 10 years ago, doubles. “The pre-holiday cleaning overdrive is real,” said Knoll, whose company services about 600 homes a…
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Get your home ready for fall but don’t rush
As a girl, whenever I was impatiently looking forward to a special day, such as the end of school, the start of vacation or my birthday, my mom would always say, “Don’t wish your life away.” Decades later, I’ve finally figured out what she meant. She wasn’t trying to dampen my excitement; rather, she was…
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At Home: When is an area rug too small and how to fix it
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Your living room rug is too small,” she said. “No, it’s not,” I said. “Yes, it is,” she replied. “So what if it is. I’m not getting rid of it,” I asserted. We fight like sisters, my friend Susan and I. We disagree on about…
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At Home: Do you need stuff to store your stuff?
In my finger-wagging moments, when I am chiding folks for buying too much stuff and not getting rid of enough, when I am preaching about purging and organizing, these words fly out of my mouth: Don’t buy stuff for your stuff! Most of us have no trouble going out and buying products we think will…
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At Home: 10 tips for November to getting organized before the holidays
Here they come again. The holidays are here along with the gift buying, home decorating, present wrapping, card sending, cookie baking, guest hosting, year-end tipping, party going, and all else that accompanies the holiday hustle. As I have learned the hard way, if you’re not on top of the season, falalala quickly becomes bah-humbug. See,…
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10 hostess hacks to make your food look better than it is
I’m not a cook. I do, however, love to entertain. Because having guests to my home typically involves feeding them, I try to compensate for my lack of culinary skills with stylish presentation. With a few hostess hacks, I can elevate the most humdrum potato salad from the grocery store deli, chicken wings from the…
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At Home: Going from owner to renter takes some adjusting
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“Ugg,” came the text from my daughter, “I’m not used to having a landlord.” I could sense the steam coming through the phone, so I called. She unleashed a litany of frustrations: a towel bar falling off the wall, a ceiling fan not working, windows that won’t open, unsightly nail holes from the prior tenant.…
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At Home: Design podcast pulls back curtain on TV home makeover shows
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Those TV home makeovers that happened in a one-hour episode? People don’t realize, I had a crew of 100, and it took us a week to do one house.” I am talking with Mark Brunetz, the Emmy-winning co-host of “Clean House,” a series that ran…