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house tour {the living room}

The house tour continues today. I’ve already showed you my foyer and explained a bit about my home. Today we move on to the living room. The whole main floor flows very nicely with the living room directly off the foyer. The living room then connects to the dining room, which leads you into the…

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No. 29 Design on Apartment Therapy!

I can now take one thing off my checklist. No. 29 Design is on Apartment Therapy! I entered my daughter’s bedroom in the My Bedroom Retreat Contest. I got an email from Apartment Therapy today telling me my entry was selected. It is such a fantastic site and is actually my homepage. Seeing one of the…

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because it’s pretty…and a giveaway too!

I have a new sponsor, GoldenAge USA, with some gorgeous items for all tastes and design styles. Here are a few I’ve been wanting for my own… amy butler rug lacey pendant lamp ampersand box etched round mirror surya rug The last rug in particular has me thinking of spring. What about you? Can’t you…

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house tour {the foyer}

I’ve always shared my current projects in various rooms of my home through posts, but I’ve never actually showed you my home from top to bottom. Today I’m going to begin a house tour. Every Friday I’ll be sharing another room. Most are finished, for now at least. A space is complete only until I…

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keeping track of library books…

With a busy house of five, keeping track of our own items can be a challenge. Then add to that all the items that come from other people or places and you have a whole new problem. Case in point, library books. We go to the library, picks out books or DVD’s or CD’s and…

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lining a bookcase with wrapping paper

One of the projects I tackled to customize the bookcase in my daughter’s room was lining the back of her bookcase with wrapping paper. I’ve been looking for quite a long time for that perfect paper to line the back of the bookcase with. I was willing to use craft paper, wrapping paper, wall paper,…

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pin it…

Are you a Pinterest user? Then you will like the new feature I added to No. 29 Design. If you see an image you like, just hover your mouse over it and wait for the Pinterest butter to magically appear. Then click and pin it! Go ahead, give it a try with these random pictures…

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the cloffice reveal

The cloffice is officially finished! I first started off with a closet with sliding doors. I painted it using chalkboard paint and then added some storage. I then built a floating desk and added some wall mounted lighting. After adding some office accessories from The Container Store and Home Goods it was done. Let me…

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some rugs to get your sew on…

A while back I showed you my trick for creating a rug that best fits your space simply by sewing some smaller rugs together. While looking at today’s sales at One Kings Lane I came across some fantastic rugs that can easily be transformed into larger ones… Brighten up your home and get sewing!

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how to hide the cords from a wall mounted light fixture

The cloffice in my daughter’s room has two wall mounted fixtures which I purchased from IKEA. The are classic and elegant without being too “girly”. The head is adjustable and it is the perfect amount of light for the small space. IKEA Arstid I didn’t want to spend any money on electricians to install fixtures…

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