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Recent TIps & Ideas
- Is it clutter, a collection, or hoarding?
- All the feels: when letting go is hard
- The emotional cost of inaction…
- God is in the details. Or maybe the devil?
- If you’re bored with collecting ceramic frogs…
- Clutter-Clearing: Baby Steps or the Full Kondo?
- The elephant in the room…
- Paint colors: how to lead the eye and set a mood
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Ronnie Noize, Marketing Coach, Vancouver WASo many great colors! The painters are in heaven – the head guy said, ‘this is the coolest place I ever painted.’
Cassandra Sagan, writer, Portland ORJoy's creative color choices transformed a former warehouse into a cheerful workspace that really supports our call center staff in the stressful work they do.
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Category Archives: Before and After: Homes and Workspaces
Clutter-Clearing: Baby Steps or the Full Kondo?
Did you resolve to simplify for New Years? It’s a brand new year and we’re bursting with resolve to be better, do better, feel better. “This is the year I will finally _____.” (You fill in the blanks. My own … Continue reading
Paint colors: how to lead the eye and set a mood
Visual trickery is so much fun! I live in a 730 sq ft condo in a hundred-year-old converted warehouse. It’s basically a studio apartment because the bathroom is the only space with a door. When I moved in, the walls … Continue reading
Refreshing a tired exterior
This cute bungalow was in need of woodwork repair, new front steps, and fresh paint. The owners liked the original colors but thought it was time for a slightly more sophisticated version of them. The white was a little harsh … Continue reading
Portland Craftsman before and after
Inexpensive makeover for a Portland Craftsman, mostly done with paint and rearrangement of furnishings, creates a warm welcome. Continue reading
Throw a “come and get it” party! Offloading for charity
How do you make disposing of your treasures easy and fun, while also benefiting a favorite charity? When I was preparing to downsize to a smaller home, I sold what I could on Craigslist, but still had way too much stuff that … Continue reading
French kitchen color makeover
Colorful makeover of a French kitchen. A wonderful backdrop for food fun. Continue reading
A Down-Sizer’s Blessing
Down-sizing necessitates a great deal of reflection about what is and isn’t important, and about what our Stuff means in the grand scheme of things. Here’s a blessing for the process. Continue reading
French chef + handy husband = Amazing Kitchen
We dined the other night at the home of Hervé and Chantal, a retired couple who live in Besançon, France. Chantal is a wonderful cook, and her husband likes to build beautiful things. Their kitchen was typical 1980s ugly, of … Continue reading
How to personalize your chateau with paint
Chateau Lalande, now Le Stelsia, is the most colorful chateau in France. It is bright, bold, brave and fabulous. Let it inspire you to be bolder too. Continue reading
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