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Why Your House Will Never Look Like a Model

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Real homes are to model houses what we normal women are to fashion models. Supermodel Cindy Crawford famously admitted, “Even I don’t wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. I have fat days, ugly days, blimp days, days that I just feel terrible about myself. I don’t want to have to be beautiful all the [...]

March 21st, 2008 | Tags: book, book review, Decorating, freebie, giveaway, house, model homes, quotes, Real Estate | Category: Book Reviews | Comments (14)

How to Pick Paint Colors

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I’ll admit it. I have a history of picking the wrong paint colors. There was the Craftsman White, which looked completely neutral on the chip but turned a pale yellow in our foyer. The Irish Spurge, which turned our upstairs hallway into a dark, depressing cave. And let’s not forget Compatible Cream, which was a decidedly incompatible yellow-gold in my [...]

March 17th, 2008 | Tags: 2008, book review, books, color forecast, colors, Decorating, freebie, giveaway, house, Marni Jameson, paint, trends | Category: Book Reviews, Contests & Giveaways, Decorating | Comments (11)