Tag: marni jameson
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At Home: Cleaning closets can aid kids in Africa, animals in shelters
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 taxes.” “For sure the linen closet,” I said, offering my unsolicited opinion. “Not to guilt trip you, but children in…
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At Home: Do you need stuff to store your stuff?
In my finger-wagging moments, when I am chiding folks for buying too much stuff and not getting rid of enough, when I am preaching about purging and organizing, these words fly out of my mouth: Don’t buy stuff for your stuff! Most of us have no trouble going out and buying products we think will…
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At Home: What’s cooking in kitchens? Open floorplans and bigger islands, study finds
I know we’re not supposed to care, but don’t we kind of want to know what’s going on in other people’s houses? As least decorwise? Last week, the 2024 Houzz Kitchen Trends Study came out, and I was eager to peek. I wanted to know what was cooking in kitchens not only because I like…
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At Home: Want the next generation to embrace old furniture? Try paint
At every talk I give on downsizing, the subject of handing furniture off to grown kids comes up. And every time I deliver the bad news: The kids don’t want your stuff. Invariably, parents moan and adult children cheer. “Don’t believe me?” I ask. “Just walk through any secondhand furniture store or visit Facebook Marketplace.…
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At Home: Best-selling novelist’s homes are the stuff of fiction
Walking into Breeze Inn or Ebbtide, two vacation rental cottages on Georgia’s Tybee Island, is like stepping into one of Mary Kay Andrews’ popular beach reads. And that is exactly what the New York Times bestselling author of 32 books intends. Literally the stuff of fiction, Breeze Inn is named after a hotel in her…
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At Home: Expert offers tips for how to choose a faucet
Every home has one. Many have several. You touch it every day. It promotes hygiene and hydration. Yet how many know what goes into making and, more important, choosing a bathroom faucet? Curious, I decided to get a better handle on these hardworking household fixtures and called Noah Taft, co-owner of California Faucets, the company…
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At Home: Where do you live and why? Is this the year for change?
A new year brings a clean slate, a fresh start and a sobering perspective: The gluttony has ended. The blooms are off the poinsettias. The holiday lights suddenly look stupid. And the number on the scale is real. What better time to take a wide-eyed inventory of, well, everything in our lives — our finances,…
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At Home: Lessons learned in another year of renovation, part 2
As we wrap up the year, one where in the last half alone we moved my daughter and her husband into their new home, fended off mosquitoes, sent houseguests to charm school and renovated my kitchen, I want to share with you a handful of lessons learned along the way. Last week, I shared highlights…
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At Home: In the world of area rugs, knockoffs have a home
Having a baby and moving into a new house are pretty stressful events. Recently, my stepson Brett and his wife, Tara, did both. In the same week. To see how they were holding up, and to see the new baby and house, my husband, DC, and I paid them a visit. As Tara and I…
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At Home: Dinner party marks end of an era, helps put pandemic in the past
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The occasion for the dinner party was simple enough: our friend Hakan Zor, a rug merchant from Turkey, was visiting. However, the implications were more momentous. “We aren’t in the market for more rugs, but we’d love to see you,” I wrote in response to…