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Color Game : Viva Magenta / 2023 Pantone Color of Year
Happy New Year! I'm hoping you're feeling as optimistic and hopeful as I am for 2023. After all, don't things have to get better? (I...
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DecorBook Classic : Moody Rooms
Now that I have my rooms light and bright, I'm suddenly attracted to dark and brooding rooms. Maybe it's because the weather turned...
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DecorBook Classic : Exterior Refresh
In my Year of the House (2022), I have been devoted to getting my house shipshape. Besides the fun bits this year, there was a new water...
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Color Game : Here's to Newly Painted Rooms
We had our main floor walls painted when we moved in twenty-two years ago. Various shades of yellow including canary yellow half walls I...
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Color Game : How Can Choosing a Wall Color be so Hard?
May 31st is D-Day for my rooms. Jesus and his merry band of painters will arrive at 7:30 a.m. When Jesus was here last week to finalize...
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Color Game : Very Peri / 2022 Pantone Color of the Year
Dear Readers: I've missed you as my last post was on December 5th. On December 9th, my beloved P was rushed to the hospital with heart...