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Friday Feature #5Visiting Friends“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”

October 2, 2015

Okay, what happened to summer??.....We left on Friday September 25th for a few days of vacation down in warm sunny South Carolina....Came back on Wednesday and summer's door was slammed shut! Its cold, grey and rainy..... and everyone is stocking and gassing up for.... Hurricane JOAQUIN but enough of things that are out of my control....... We were able to [...]

A Project In Ortley Beach An old vintage piece turns beachyWorking at the beach

September 22, 2015

I am so very fortunate in the work that I do....I get to make people happy...It is pretty amazing!!! As I have developed and grown I have learned many things...One important thing that I have learned is that with every piece of furniture that I have painted, waxed, buffed and presented back to the owner; has a very personal story attached. [...]

Harmonize HomesOur Pricing GuideSince 2009 ~ Corinne Kaas~

September 18, 2015

Welcome Friends! We are so very excited about finally being able to publish our our pricing guide... The guide is actually a book like document however for posting purposes we have attached a PDF for online viewing....This guide will also be available in print if you are interested. We are also very excited to announce that we will be doing kitchen and bathroom[...]

Autumnal WarmthPersimmonThe warmer colors of fall

September 10, 2015

One of my favorite go to colors is orange. A spicy orange hue can add an unexpected sophistication to your space and wardrobe. Now that we are closing in on the fall season, more and more people are receptive to the color orange. They are buying pumpkin lattes, eating pumpkin ice cream and pumpkin spice muffins. Wearing knit orange sweaters and carrying [...]

Staging at every levelA look into the Broderick’s HomeSome times it only takes the perfect piece of Art

September 8, 2015

I hope you all had a nice relaxing Labor Day Weekend! We had our annual white party ( which is all about wearing white and eating a lot of food). This year we celebrated my brothers 50th birthday at the event with lots of surprise guests.....The rest of the weekend we just hung out at the beach with friends and family. I spent a bit of time g[...]

Pillow Talk BeddingAddressing a place where you spend a third of your life

September 3, 2015

Well, its 20 days until fall.... It is the end of the free flow of summer time fun and the start of one of the most beautiful seasons Fall! The cooler weather brings out warm blankets, comfy pillows, socks and sweaters. I remember my mother would change her drapes and bedding every year for the fall and winter months...she still does at age 90 God bless her.[...]

Decorating with Black and WhiteFriday FeatureFloor Plan Give Away

August 27, 2015

My inspiration for this weeks Friday Feature came from the lady below! Craig and I lived in NYC for seven years and when you looked in my closet there was nothing but Black and White clothing..... We sold our apartment in 2012 however, I still go to my physicians in the city, which was were I was going when I had to snap thi[...]

Habits of a Professional OrganizerOrganizationTips for keeping up with everything

August 26, 2015

One of the hardest things when you work at home is to stay focused. I make fun of my self a lot because I really battle with the word focused. I have anywhere from 8-10 browsers up on my computer at any time and I have an ongoing list of things that pop into my head. A few things to help stay focused is to keep as organized as you can. Here[...]

Research Framing CompaniesOnline FramingMy journey to framing on line

August 24, 2015

Back in I want to say 2001, which was a few years after the Bosnia /Serbian war; I traveled from Bosnia to Croatia while working for the International Rescue Committee. Our final destination was in Dubrovnik Croatia which is an amazing walled city on the Adriatic Sea. Before leaving I wanted to buy something to remember this beautiful city b[...]

Blue and WhiteFriday FeatureFloor Plan give away

August 21, 2015

Friday Features is something new that I am introducing - It will be a day where you can ask random questions and we will reply? The questions do have to be design related i.e. furniture placement, paint colors, staging, etc...From the question's asked we will randomly pick one winner and give away one free furniture placement floor pla[...]

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