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Home for the Holidays Gifts (for me!)
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My wishlist includes a couple photo related items (of course) and then some magazines and a book that are really great at helping me hone my home design senses and refresh me so I can get some more posts onto Curbly!
- A digital frame to show all the photos that don't fit on my photowall.
- The Home by Design: Transforming Your House Into a Home book is along the same lines as the book my house is based on The Not So Big House (that's it » READ MORE
Inexpensive Low beds
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Why is it that all the beds I see that are low to the ground, modern, and minimalist are $3000? Anyone seen any cheaper ones? How about ideas for crafting a bed like these for a lot less. I really like this bed from Design Within (read Just out of) Reach but would like something a bit lower to the ground. I almost want to just put my mattress on the floor, but think that lacks a certain element of style I am looking for. Any ideas » READ MORE
Easy Photo Wall on a Shoestring...er wire Budget
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A couple years ago I attended a play at The Theater in the Round in Minneapolis (really bad site) and in the lobby they had this cool system for hanging cast bios and other info that consisted of wire, pulled taut across a span, in this case from floor to ceiling, with small hardware holding some photos and glass in place.
I inspected it and it seemed like something I could do at home. So next time I was at the hardware store I » READ MORE
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