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• Scavenging and Borrowing for Holiday Decor

  I agreed to put my house on a Holiday Home Tour for a charity I support. I love to decorate for Christmas and have what I consider lots of ornaments and decorations for my one tree. But then I started realizing that some of the houses on the tour are... Posted Nov 12 2010, 06:02 PM by Anne Cross with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: home decor, holiday decorations

• Lowered expectations: home edition

  I've been in my house for eight years. I bought it as a fixer-upper and my hope was to get everything renovated in ten years. So far, so good. When I first moved in, I did a major renovation of the ground floor, which included installing a kitchen... Posted Feb 02 2010, 05:50 PM by Anne Cross with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: home improvement, budgeting, home decor, spending

• Winter greens decoration -- free!

  As I was planning to sell my home, I sort of let some maintenance go. But now that I have recommitted to my abode, I swept up the stoop the other day and noticed the two planters on my front stoop were rather bare. I went to the local public park and... Posted Nov 29 2008, 05:16 AM by Anne Cross with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: do it yourself, home decor