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5 Ways to Add Traditional Style into a Modern Minimalist Home

December 31, 2023 in Decorating, Designing, Shopping, Trending

While the design trend in recent years past has been leaning more modern minimalist, sort of a “Studio McGee” look, these days tradtional design seems to be making a comeback. So, if you’ve gone in on a pretty minimal style, how do you infuse some traditional elements into that interior?

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Tags: traditional design, 2024 design trends, minimalist decor, vintage decor, design style, interior design trends 2024

Holiday Home Tour - Decorated for Christmas!

Holiday Home Tour - Decorated for Christmas!

December 23, 2023 in Holiday, Decorating, Trending

Come and see some of the holiday decor that is up in my home right now. I think I’m more than ready for Christmas and hope you are too!

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Tags: holiday home tour, Christmas decor, Christmas 2023, Christmas home tour, Carla Aston holiday home tour, 2023 holiday home tour

3 Design Challenges - Come and see the recommendations!

December 20, 2023 in Decorating, Furniture, Reader Advice, Q&A

I’m sharing 3 fairly recent design challenges today, I just love a Q&A! I want to know with these, what would you recommend?

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Tags: decorating challenge, Q&A, design challenge, Subscriber, Instagram question, furniture arrangement, awkward wall, where to put the tv, move tv from fireplace

Designing a Home Office for Retirement

December 16, 2023 in Decorating, Design Plans, Furniture, Reader Advice, Q&A

As you head into retirement and don’t need that home office set up for zoom calls and such anymore, it might be time for a redesign of that space.

Such was the case for this homeowner, who wanted to make space for crafting and storage and didn’t need the two desks anymore in hers.

Come and see the recommendations I made to create a more useful and homey space…..

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Tags: home office, retirement, boomers, designing for boomers, craft room, storage, organization, spare room

Pantone's Color of the Year and 6 Colors I'd Never Paint My Walls

December 13, 2023 in Color, Trending

Pantone’s Color of the Year 2024 was just announced and it is peach. Peach Fuzz to be exact!

I have to say, I’ve been wanting to write a post on wall paint colors I’d never use, but I’ve been sitting on that for awhile. Well, here it is…..

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Tags: Pantone color of the year, COTY 2024, color of the year 2024, Paint colors, picking paint color, colors I hate, ugly paint colors
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