By Joanna Tovia Moving to a smaller home can come with unexpected challenges along with a bounty of benefits. Your kids have moved out, and you’ve traded in the family home for a smaller abode, one that’s closer to the action (or the beach). Along with the memories you’re leaving behind, about which you’ll have mixed feelings, your new home...[ read more ]
By Laura Gaskill It has happened to the best of us: You’re fed up with the unused exercise machine, broken toaster, outgrown baby clothes or fill-in-the-blank taking up space in your home, so you pick it up and take it to storage. Whether your storage area is in a basement, an attic, a backyard shed or a rented unit, chances...[ read more ]
By Melisa LaBancz-Bleasdale It’s the time of year when the crisp evening air gives way to frosted morning windowpanes. It’s a season of get-togethers, hopefulness, wonder and warmth. At least it should be. If you’re not feeling the whole warm winter mood, perhaps you need a little change to your environment. From piles of pillows to extra softness underfoot, here...[ read more ]
By Laura Gaskill As the place you go to unwind, chat with friends and family, and entertain, the living room has to walk the line between great style and utter comfort — not always such an easy task. Whether your living room just needs that finishing touch to bring everything together or a bit more help, these 15 decorating ideas...[ read more ]
Whether you favor contemporary, classic or beach reads, do the long and lazy days of summer bring out the lit lover in you? by Stacy Briscoe Self-proclaimed foodie, wino, book-nerd, and gym bum I studied literature so I could read my way through college. During those years I often found myself cooped up in a dorm, geeking out in a...[ read more ]
