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I AM NOT MY HOUSE! Kitchen Design Mistakes Are Not A Reflection on YOU! design mistakes designing on a budget how to start designing a home kitchens Jun 03, 2022

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I made a video this week for my Youtube channel about the 3 biggest mistakes I see in kitchens. These mistakes drive me bonkers because they are easy fixes, amateurish mistakes.  

Isn’t that so snobby, designer a-hole ish of me to say? 

Yes. But, I’m not a snob.  I know real people make real choices in real kitchens based on size, location, budget an...

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HIRING A CONTRACTOR; Choosing the Right One for Your Home Renovation, Remodel or New Construction Project be your own interior designer beach living budget budget and design budgeting for construction building a home building tips for first time homeowners coastal design custom home building design a home design process designing on a budget first home floorplans hiringacontractor home building and design how to start designing a home mistakes in construction tips for interior design Apr 28, 2022

 

DAY 1 Renovation Log

I just gave a couple of guys in flip-flops I met for 15 minutes several thousand dollars, the keys to my brand new house and it’s not the first time.

 

I left town, heading 1800 miles away.   All of my hopes and dreams for a new house fell into these contractors' hands.  One of them, I can’t even remember his name.

 

What do you...

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7 TIPS TO BE YOUR BEST DESIGNER; Get the Confidence and Skills to Design and Build Your Home be your own interior designer building a home building tips for first time homeowners communication with builders construction construction costs custom home building defining your style design design mistakes design tips for first time homeowners designing for the beach house designing your home diy designer do it yourself design floorplans home building and design home building tips home plans how to start designing a home interior design interior design help interior design tips mistakes in construction Jul 30, 2021

It’s 90 degrees. The humidity is so thick it’s hard to breathe and the air conditioning has just crapped out.  Summer in the city. 

I sit in my big powerful truck, powerless and sweaty, I watch the mechanic leaning over a running engine with a lit cigarette butt hanging precariously from his lips. 

 

‘About an hour’, he says and I’m grateful. 

 

I have...

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ARE YOU PREPARED TO DESIGN AND BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME? Get Started with a Plan for your Future Home. building a home custom home building design design a house home design how to start designing a home interior design lifeskills planning interior layouts shop class understanding blueprints Jul 06, 2021

   

How the heck do you entertain 18 yr old's at a high school graduation party?  The DJ was a start.  But what else?  Even briefly?

I thought I had the answer!

It was this awesome, go anywhere s’mores tray on Etsy for my daughter’s party.  It was perfect.  Not too young for the crowd.  Who doesn’t love s’mores?

But it was not to be.  COVID strikes ...

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LANDSCAPE YOUR YARD AND GARDEN FOR A HEALTHY LIFE; Design the Exterior of Your House for Allergy Free Outdoor Living! allergy free garden allergy free landscaping allergy in dogs asthma and allergies beach living building a home coastal design construction custom home building design styles designing your yard exterior home design exterior planning healthy gardens healthy yards how to garden allergy free how to start designing a home landscaping around the house landscaping ideas landscapingyour front yard low allergy garden opals scale planting a garden planting a hedge plants that cause allergies reading plans thomas ogren May 29, 2021

“Mary, Where are you, Mary?” 

 Jimmy Stewart is running down the streets, grabbing at those giant gnarly looking tree trunks, searching for Mary. Who can forget that fabulous street, those big old trees and the canopy it made over the streets of Bedford Falls.

Did you know Capra, the director, brought in 40 mature trees for the shot to mimic the streets o...

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3 STEPS TO DESIGN AND BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME; How to Define your Style to Make your New House YOUR Home building a home communication with builders construction custom home building defining your design style design styles home building and design how to start designing a home interior design making concept boards for home design new construction reading blueprints reading plans Mar 14, 2021

DREAM, DOCUMENT AND DELIVER!

There is an endless amount of documented research on the power of visualization and manifestation.  From Maxwell Maltz's famous "Psycho Cybernetics" to every modern thought influencer, envisioning how you want to end up gets your brain working on how to get you there. That's a fact, Jack!

Michael Jordan made it real when I was ...

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