Requested by zephyr20x6 and OokamiNoSeishin Just in case you all didn't get my notice a couple days ago, I now have all the pictures for these ...

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Start by getting accent pillows made with concealed zippers so you can slip out the down pillow form and insert it into the new season's pillow cover. Before you store away the off-season pillow cover, have it cleaned so it's fresh and ready to go in six months when you transition back to fall. Never underestimate the power of the pillow to transform your home for a new season. If you're not a fan of navy, pair the apple green with robin's-egg blue. Pretty pillows. Pillows are a great way to freshen up a room without going to the trouble and expense of slipcovering a sofa. The traditional but fresh color combination of navy, apple green and white is making everyone's heart rate go up this season. Take time this month to welcome spring by making your home as fresh and pretty as the scenery outside.

Source: Sioux City Journal

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“Don’t limit yourself,” says Lauren Liess, owner of Herndon, Va. ’s Lauren Liess Interiors. “In fall and winter, use pillows with texture — fur, suede, damask,” Pierce says. “Hotels helped people understand luxury and that there is better quality bedding and different layering techniques” says Keith Hagood, president/general manager of e-tailer the Company Store . Now nesters can take what they’ve learned on vacation... “Then for spring and summer, take it lighter with linen or floral pillows. “Gray is the new tan,” says Jonathan Pierce, a Nashville, Tenn.

Source: Express from The Washington Post

Source: gliderforbaby3615's posterous

The question is how to get the best top quality baby furniture, baby bedding, and other baby accessories to make the nursery appealing. Also, look for baby room décor items that will work for your baby as long as she or he is in the crib. Baby themed clocks also make great baby room décor. As the time gets nearer for the arrival of your new baby, baby room décor may be one of your favorite topics. You can find pink or blue ones, or special designs such as a baseball clock for boys The first thing you will want to do is the basic baby room décor. To answer that question, it is a good idea to learn about what kinds of items are available....

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Source: After-Dinner Design

 I just can't believe that this living room is my living room, in my funny, junk-ity tenement building in Brooklyn. It was like it was woven for our living room. It might have been too thin for them, but it was a gem to me. She thought I might be able to use it in the dining room at Fox Ridge, but- oh no- I had other plans. Oranges, neutrals, shades of glassy blue. But then a week ago, like the omniscient super-power that she sometimes seems to be, Mummy showed up at Fox Ridge with a (slightly thinning) oriental rug that she'd just removed from their study at home. It's kind of looking AH-MAZING, if I may toot my own horn, though these most recent changes are more thanks to  The Mother Figure  and serendipity than any skill of my own.  I keep having this moment when I walk in and just have to pause to absorb the room....

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