Author: Marni Jameson
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At Home: Seven steps to styling your bed like a pro
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some things I will never understand. One of them is minimal bedding. I see these modern and contemporary homes that parade their restraint like a badge of pride. Why, oh why would anyone want a…
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At Home: 10 spots to spiff before holiday guests come
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The busiest days of the year for Ryan Knoll is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, followed by the day before Christmas Eve. On those days, business for TidyCasa, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based house cleaning service he started…
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At Home: Readers weigh in on 20 years of columns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thanks to all who sent in congratulatory notes after my column from a few weeks ago announcing my 20th anniversary of writing this weekly missive. I almost let the milestone pass without mention, but then I thought, heck, if I don’t give a shoutout, who…
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At Home: In ‘Authentic Interiors,’ author features rooms that tell stories
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I like interesting stories and I like interesting homes. I also like to believe I tell the former and have the latter. So, when the book “Authentic Interiors: Rooms That Tell Stories” hit my radar,…
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At Home: For podcaster, home is the open road
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save So, while talking to the host of “The Midlife Makeover” podcast, who is interviewing me over Zoom about rightsizing, I notice that this host, Wendy Valentine, is recording from inside an RV trailer. Though she’s…
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At Home: How to let go of what we cherish
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Today I am going to try to lead by example. That’s pretty funny as I am neither a leader nor a good example setter, but as the hero of this story, I believe I am both. The lesson deals with getting rid of a cherished home furnishing, one that you have a great fondness for,…
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At Home: 20 years, 10 homes, 1,040 columns later, a writer reflects
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Warning: I might get a little sentimental today. This is the 20th anniversary of my, well, really our, weekly column. In addition to feeling old, I also feel grateful. The milestone marks the first week of March 2004 when the New Orleans Times-Picayune became the first newspaper to run my syndicated column and continues to…
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At Home: 20 years, 10 homes, 1,040 columns later, a writer reflects
Warning: I might get a little sentimental today. This is the 20th anniversary of my, well, really our, weekly column. In addition to feeling old, I also feel grateful. The milestone marks the first week of March 2004 when the New Orleans Times-Picayune became the first newspaper to run my syndicated column and continues to…
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At Home: Cleaning closets can aid kids in Africa, animals in shelters
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On a recent bike ride with friends, the subject of what we were each going to do the rest of the day arose. One friend groaned, “I’m either cleaning my linen closet or doing my…
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At Home: Guys, is your place date bait? Gals share biggest turnoffs
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“I need your help,” my good friend Susan texted from the Denver airport. She was dashing off to visit her son in Los Angeles. He needed emergency decorating intervention. Austin, a 29-year-old data analyst, was doing well for himself financially, but his apartment was a barren den of neglect. His excuse: He’d been busy and…