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Since relocating his one-man... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27289332/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g2/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ 15 Ways to Get Your Home in a Summer Mood The days are lengthening; the nights are warmer — it’s time to start thinking summer. From white curtains billowing in the breeze, sleeping porches, shell collections and wildflowers to fresh juice in the morning and... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/26699920/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g3/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Houzz Tour: From Burned Down to Done Up in Las Vegas Before furniture dealer Ian Anderson decided to buy a burned-down 1960s Las Vegas house, he broke into it with his architect, Craig Sean Palacios. You know, just to check things out. Palacios was skeptical. For one, he... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27879972/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g4/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Genius Home Prep: A Guest Room in a Box Last month I got in touch with a friend to tell her our family was coming to her city for a few days and wondered if we could get together for dinner. She wrote right back and invited us to stay. They had plenty of room.... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27528693/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g5/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Houzz Tour: 2 Wings for 3 Generations on a Vermont Lake When an extended family opted to share a lifestyle by living under one roof, they turned to architect Lee Grutchfield, a principal at TruexCullins Architecture+Interior Design, to design a comfortable, spacious home for their... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27593186/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g6/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ 5 Risks in Buying a Short-Sale Home — and How to Handle Them Short sales can be great opportunities for home buyers to maximize the bang for their buck. But much like foreclosures, they can have hidden problems that can erase or even cost more than the potential savings. A short sale... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27687468/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g7/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Room of the Day: Proudly Pink in San Antonio Jamie Hernandez’s home office was such a mess, she was afraid to let anyone see it. Which can be a problem when you’re an interior designer and you work from home. Hernandez commandeered the ground-floor bonus room... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27658327/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g8/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ A Fine Mess: How to Have a Clean-Enough Home Over Summer Break I awoke at 1:00 the other morning to my niece Grace's soft voice informing me my daughter Eden was, as they say in the U.K., "being sick." And boy howdy, was she ever! My husband, Paul, and I have a team approach on these... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/13002787/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g9/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ 9 Self-Seeders Capture Chelsea Flower Show Magic The paving finish may be exquisite, the water features entrancing, but above all it’s the magic of the planting that really says Chelsea Flower Show. The designers weave the plants together, giving the impression that they... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27350017/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g10/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Houzz Tour: Touches of Frank Lloyd Wright in Colorado During her time as a real estate appraiser in Boulder, Colorado, Laurie Carlton-Marez saw a lot of homes. But the Prairie-style ones, with their hipped roofs, horizontal lines and broad overhangs, always stood out to her.... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27628287/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g11/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Collecting Rainwater and Eggs From a California Chicken Coop When Teddy, Laura and their daughter, Ellie, decided to add chickens to their small ranch in a canyon in Santa Barbara, California, they tapped their creative friend, artist and designer Alex Wyndham, to design it for them.... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27584108/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g12/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Get a Grip on Kitchen Cabinets With the Right Knobs and Pulls You might think that after making dozens of tough decisions during your kitchen remodel, something like choosing handles for your cabinets would be easy. Yeah, so not the case. You’ll soon find out that there are more cabinet... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27372883/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g13/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Houzz Tour: A Portland Bungalow Gets a Major Lift Designer Michelle Ruber lived near this two-bedroom, one-bathroom house for 20 years and never even noticed it. “It was neglected; the windows were broken, and it had no curb appeal,” she says. However, when she got the... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/26754637/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g14/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Edible Gardening Essentials: Tips for Traditional Hand Watering In this day of elaborate drip and irrigation systems, it can be easy to dismiss old-fashioned watering by hand as too time consuming and not water efficient. Those concerns are valid, and a drip system is certainly the system... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27360353/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g15/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Insulation Basics: Heat, R-Value and the Building Envelope Adding insulation to your home’s building envelope (the walls, slab and roof that protect your home from the outside) can be one of the most cost-efficient ways to reduce your heating and cooling bills. In new construction,... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27323723/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g16/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Simple Pleasures: Beat the Heat With Water From sprinklers, mist gardens and swimming holes, to early-morning beach walks with waves lapping at your feet, water provides some of the best, simplest pleasures on summer days. Being mindful of the joy water brings can... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27402873/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g17/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ How to Turn a Vase Into a Lamp I have a thing about lamps. It’s my grandmother’s fault. She was an art professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the 1950s and ’60s. She had wonderful taste and an eye for beauty. Any object she... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27632356/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g18/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ 9 Ways to Dress a Four-Poster Bed Affectionately known as the king of beds and the bed of kings, the four-poster is often associated with romance and fairy tales. Its kingly reference is quite accurate, as the four-poster bed was originally created for nobility... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/26915431/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g19/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Great Design Plant: Golden Alexanders for Early Spring Color I’m a big fan of native plants. I’m a big fan of having my garden in bloom every day of the year. Early spring to midspring often presents a challenge regarding those, but there are plenty of choices — one being cheery... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27580140/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g20/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Mix Your Lamp Styles for Major Interest Poor, dear, neglected lamps. By the time we get to them in the design process, our brains are fried and our budget is exhausted. So we settle for “Any old lamp will do.” Although I’m always saying that lamps are the... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/26856334/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g21/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ 7 Magnificent Oversize Backsplashes As far as kitchen trends go, few are as currently as pervasive as the oversize backsplash. Designers are using materials such as glass mosaic tile and marble in backslashes that stretch from ceiling to countertop or wrap... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27294331/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g22/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Guest Picks: Dip Into an Undersea Kids’ Bathroom My husband and I have decided to update our 3-year-old son’s bathroom. It won’t be anything big, just a few new accessories and a fresh coat of paint. We’re hoping to bring an under-the-sea theme into the space and... http://www.houzz.com/r/1/27056732/ZGVkY2Fl/n524/v1/nllc/g23/u/_fsLJ1FmDPQ4ngYZJwIqQg ------------------------------ Don't want to receive Houzz updates? unsubscribe here: http://www.houzz.com/optOutEmail/oo=newsletter/uname=jeeproject/sig=NzY2NTE5MjRhYzU4ZTJkZDk3NGQyNjAyZTRjYmU2OGE=. View our privacy policy here: http://www.houzz.com/privacyPolicy (C)2014 Houzz Inc.