Articles filed under Room for Living
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Home office makes cluttered first impresssionOct 15, 2017 6:00 am - This is what you see when you walk into my house. Love (not) the scallop wallpaper border; I meant to remove it before we moved in but didn't have the time. The window t...
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Open space needs to be more containedOct 15, 2017 6:00 am - We have lived here for 11 years and tried to add furniture to decorate this space. However, when we do, it never looks good. We have never had drapes. This is a smaller ...
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Blank slate perfect for rustic-chic lookOct 15, 2017 6:00 am - I just bought my home and there's no money left for updating right now. This living room is from the 1970s with paneling, super-padded carpet (the curio cabinet can't st...
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Is it time to give your room a little lift?Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - It's funny how you never seem to notice the imperfections in your home - until you do. And then you can't stop seeing them. How did my curtains get so shabby? Is that a ...
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Room for Living winners enjoy their makeoversMar 12, 2017 6:00 am - Three Daily Herald readers received big upgrades in their homes over the winter, thanks to the generous sponsors of our fall Room for Living contest. All had written in ...
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Room for Living winners eager to see makeoversNov 27, 2016 5:00 am - Most people are realists. If they enter a contest, they might spend a few minutes daydreaming about how nice it would be if they won, but they are simply taking a shot. ...
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Helpful hints from decorating elvesNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - You don't have to make yourself crazy over Christmas, according to Laurie Kane, owner of Treetime Christmas Creations in Lake Barrington. "We can show you how to add a f...
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Enhancing your decor can be a new holiday traditionNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - Christmas is a joyous time of year with lots of decorations, shopping, gift wrapping, baking and parties. But it is also a lot of work. All of the elements that give ple...
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Living room lags behind rest of houseNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - My husband, Ernest, and I have lived in our house for 30 years. We still have the same furniture and decor in the living room that we had when we first moved in. Anytime...
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A fix for the 'hand-me-down' roomNov 13, 2016 5:00 am - Although we love our "hand-me-downs," it's time for our family to have a living room/dining room that we can call our own. We use this room for entertaining when we hav...