I recently received this cry for help:
Dear Abby (I mean Julia),
I know you’re into decorating with black and white, but can you offer any advice for those of us that are stuck with navy blue carpet - yuk- in the master bedroom?
Sincerely yours,
Stuck with the Blues
Dear Stuck with the Blues,
I’m sorry to hear you have [...]
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The new People magazine issue is on newsstands now, featuring Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s twins Max and Emme. You’ve got to check it out, if only to get a look at that nursery. Wow. It’s like Versailles in there with crystal chandeliers and everything.
Jennifer Lopez–a mere month after giving birth to two babies–is perfectly [...]
You guys leave the best comments–I really love reading them. As I say on the About Me page–Hooked on Houses is 100% ad-free, so comments are the only payment I receive, and I appreciate every single one! Here are a few that were interesting or made me laugh this month:
I love lists. I love making lists, reading lists, and checking things off of lists. So I always enjoy seeing which posts were the most popular for the week, and then making the Top 10 list for you.
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I thought I’d try something different for our Top 10 list this week. Instead of telling you what they were, [...]
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“I still close my eyes and go home–I can always draw from that.” -Dolly Parton
I just got home from our Spring Break vacation in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and thought you’d like to see the souvenir I brought back for you. You didn’t think I’d come back empty handed, did you?
We went to Dollywood yesterday, and [...]
It’s finally Spring, and I’m craving color. I thought it would be fun to look at some rooms that are bright and bold thanks to some daring paint choices.
This colorful room, for example, was inspired by a Roy Lichtenstein painting, with the colors outlined in black electrical tape to capture the effect of the artist’s 1990s “Interiors” series. Interesting how it [...]
“Beauty doesn’t lie in the expenditure of much money, but in the artistic disposition of little.” -The Mothers Magazine, 1917
Here’s an excellent example of how a little time and effort can make a big difference. I don’t have a “before” photo of this small mudroom, but it was filled with trash, covered in dirt and [...]
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Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger’s mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut is now on the market for $27.9 million. I found the MLS listing for it and had to share it with you. It’s always fun to look at famous peoples’ homes to see how they live.
“Stone Hill” is a 20,000 square foot estate, with 7 bedrooms, 9 [...]
As promised, I’m now going to tell you how I used those black-and-white pillows that I found at Ikea.
I had an empty corner of my master bathroom underneath the window, so I had added a bench there with a couple of pillows. The seat of the bench opens up, adding handy storage, but the natural [...]
I’m broadcasting from the mountains around Pigeon Forge, Tennessee this week. Take a look at our view!
When we asked our son what he wanted for his 13th birthday, he said “All I want is to take a family trip to Gatlinburg.” Now that he’s a teenager, who knows how much longer he’ll think of family togetherness as a gift? So we’re taking advantage [...]
