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Help Me Hide My Back Fat

If you’re self-conscious about the fat on your back, there are several tricks that will help you minimize the look of it. With a few simple tricks, you can hide back fat and feel confident and fabulous in any outfit.   Choose garments that lay flat on your body. Squeezing into a smaller size won’t […]

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Sure Fire Steps To Maximize Your Decorating Budget

Here is a step-by-step budget guide that can help you set up and stick to a decorating budget — without blowing it. Plan for Success What’s the dirtiest word in decorating? That’s right: budget. Whether you have just a few $100 for a room makeover or tens of thousands, you’ll need to plan carefully and […]

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3 Tips To Balance Your Style Sensibilities with the Realities of Living With Kids

My apartment pre kids was pretty stylish, not ready for an AD magazine spread or anything, but the arrival of my first kid, busload of toys and baby furniture that came with him certainly didn’t bring me any closer. Rattles and toy blocks littered around the living room and crayon smudges on the walls, my […]

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History Of The Dogtrot Foor Plan

What is a dogtrot house? Dogtrot homes are characterized by the large, open breezeway that runs through the middle of the house, with two separate living areas on either side, all under one roof. A two-room dogtrot cabin on the Belle Meade Plantation outside of Nashville. Where did dogtrot houses originate? This style of home is […]

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A Fashionable History of First Ladies

Fashion is a powerful tool, especially for someone in the public eye as much as the first lady. For decades, these women have used garments like lace dresses, low-cut tops, or the famous pantsuit (hi, Hillary!) to communicate with the American people. When successful, a first lady can use her clothing to her advantage to relay […]

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Interior Trends 2021 – What’s In and What’s On Its Way Out

Trends are always coming in and out of style. Here from some professional interior designers on what trends will be everywhere in 2021, and which styles will phase out in the next year. I really enjoyed this article and found several trends I agree have been over done. However, there are some newer trends I […]

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6 Easy Ways to Style Small Spaces for Big Results

Choose Only What Sparks You Joy I know, I know — are you already sick about all this talk about tidying up? Marie Kondo has become the cultural lexicon when it comes to tidying up. But there is a lot of truth in it. There is also a reason why the Netflix show has become […]

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What Do You Get When A Fashion Stylist Designs A Home?

A home dressed to the nines full of head-to-toe theatrics! Every morning, designer Fitz Pullins and his fiancé, Steve Williams, are greeted by a barrel’s worth of silver monkeys and dozens of fluttering blue jays. The colorful menagerie-or, more specifically, the Cole & Son wallpaper depicting it-fills their en suite bathroom, visible from the bed […]

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What Your Personality Says About Your Fashion Style

Below is a fun article I found about psycology and our fashion style. It was a fun experiment and think you will enjoy it too. Curious to know if we can apply this same logic to our interior style?   In contemporary psychology, the most widely accepted and reliable model to describe the essential traits […]