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Good Morning!  Just 14 more days until Christmas!   We're very excited and our biggest wish is for a white Christmas!     I just wanted to pass on some latest updates on the Candlelight Tour of Homes, our invitation to the Washington Hospital Center, and thank all of our greatest clients and supp...
12/10/2007
It's literally a Stage!  I was selected to decorate for the 37th Annual Tour of Homes - how exciting.  When I first saw my "home" I got excited and a little worried.  First of all, there wasn't a home owner, as typical with Tour of Homes - you get occupied homes with families that have furnishing...
12/06/2007
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Happy Holidays Ya'll! As with most people, I've been busy sending out Christmas cards, quickly unboxing and wrapping presents that arrive on my doorstep, getting the house all decorated for the holidays, planning the menus for parties and sleeping arrangements for guests, attending various cookie...
12/04/2007
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I recently watched a segment on the NBC Today Show about remodeling to sell.  It made me think about our remodeling experiences.  We remodel not to sell, but to improve our home for ourselves.  With the real estate market being in a lull, many people are updating kitchens and baths - a great deci...
11/04/2007
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Simply Beautiful Spaces http://www.simplybeautifulspaces.com/ Great News!  We've been selected by the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation for the 37th Annual Candlelight Tour of Homes on December 8th and 9th.  Our "Home" is located at 900 Barton Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia.  Formerly the Maur...
10/07/2007
Many homeowners have decided to take out home equity lines of credit to finance remodeling in their homes.   There are many benefits to remodeling and upgrading homes and I encourage it!  But recently I found myself in the home of a family frantically trying to get a basement turned into a mother...
08/21/2007
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It's just paint.  That's what I found myself telling my husband and our contractor when I told them I wanted the ceiling of our billiards room painted a deep amber.   Well, I wanted deep oranges, reds and purples in the paint scheme as well - I could understand their fear, their uncertainty, and ...
08/10/2007
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My home is my canvas.  With that said, I have to tell you that each time I start a new project, I can't help but think about the condition it was in when my husband and I first looked at it, and then the condition is was in when the owners moved out.  The home was only four years old, so one woul...
08/08/2007
As we all know, home sales are slow these days.  I recently went to a home with a realtor friend of mine to assist her with taking photos to list online for the property.  I simply could not just let her point and shoot... there were packing boxes, left over food items and dirty dishes on the cou...
08/03/2007
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