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Displaying a Collection

If you have several things that you would like to display around your home but don’t know where to begin? Accent pieces can really give a living space the final finish. Before you start arranging an rearranging your stuff until it looks good, why not take a look at a few guidelines? Find a spot to group your items. If they can’t be hung, look for a table or a chest to group them. This will give you more impact over scattering the objects around your home. Groups of objects generally look better when they are in odd numbers. Odd … Continue reading →

Scrapbook the Snips and Giggles

Next week, my soon-to-be third grader will visit the salon to get her annual back-to-school haircut. Nothing drastic; the hair stylist will simply clean-up her existing bob. I’m not anticipating any tears, though you never know with my scissors-fearing kid. This is a child, who has never once felt the sting of a wayward clipper, blade or stylist’s fingernail, but freaks out whenever we enter a hair salon. It’s been this way for years; however, she’s gotten a lot better in the last 18 months. Still, if you look through old scrapbooks documenting my daughter’s visits to get her hair … Continue reading →

Genealogy Podcast Roundup – Week of December 12, 2011

Once again, it is time for the Genealogy Podcast Roundup. As always, this is a great place to find the newest episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. Since it is December, there will also be a few Christmas related podcast episodes for you to check out. The Genealogy Guys released a new episode on December 4, 2011. This episode is number 228. They have announced that there have been over 1,000,000 downloads of the podcast since it started on September 5, 2005. I think that is impressive! In their current episode, they discuss plenty of news, including a grassroots group … Continue reading →

Festive Backgrounds

Christmas is coming; the geese are getting… put in the background. Geese, swans, turtle doves, and poinsettias galore are featured on dozens of different seasonal scrapbook paper right now. As we countdown to December 25th scrapbook retailers around the globe are showcasing huge selections of holiday-themed paper. My scrapbook supply shop is drowning in holiday paper. In addition, practically every major online scrapbook retailer is currently displaying mountains of new seasonal designs, including Collected Memories, which has an incredible collection of Christmas-themed paper featuring everything from snow-covered pine trees, holly, and mistletoe to Santa, wacky elves, and snowmen. Over at … Continue reading →

The Walt Disney Family Museum

To keep many of his animators from being drafted, Walt Disney struck a deal with the government to create promotional material during the Second World War. I’ve written twice now about things relating to The Walt Disney Family Museum, but I realized that I’ve never covered details about the museum itself. Before it opened it was examined here on the families.com Disney blog, but now that it’s been in operation for over a year let’s look at the institution again. The Walt Disney Family Museum was co-founded by Diane Disney Miller, eldest daughter of Walt Disney, and Richard Benefield in … Continue reading →

Decorating with Upholstery Nails

It used to be that upholstery nails were used for just that, upholstery. Remember the old heavy brass nails used for overstuffed leather furniture? Well, times have changed. Today upholstery nails come in all sorts of colors, sizes and designs. This fact makes it easy to use upholstery nails to decorate in Your home, Try one of the following projects. Dress up a mirror with upholstery nails (You’ll need a mirror that has a wooden frame) Dress up a picture frame with upholstery nails Create a border of upholstery nails near your ceiling in place of crown molding Create a … Continue reading →

Shopping for Your Home Online

Shopping for home furnishings, appliances and more is now becoming more popular than ever. Shoppers no longer feel a need to touch and examine items first hand, preferring the ease of picking out their purchases from the comfort of their homes. New, easier policies, such as being able to order online and pick the item up from the store, or being able to return an unwanted item to the store instead of shipping it back, has made shopping for large items appealing. Still, there are some things you should know when shopping online for furniture, fabrics and more. Here are … Continue reading →

Warm Up a Room

Warm up your home even in the middle of a winter chill with these great tips. Modern homes boast cathedral ceilings and more space than ever before. The possible downside to these larger spaces is a possible loss of warmth to the space. Sometimes even smaller rooms can feel cool because of color and design choices, and sometimes even the furniture arrangment. There are ways to to make a room cozier, even if it currently seems overwhelming. Warm paint colors, such as reds and oranges will instantly warm up a room. They will also make the space seem smaller. In … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: January 7 – 13

As things wind down and we begin a new year, trying to get back to normal, there are lots of things we may want or need to do around our homes. Mary Ann and I hope you’ll find these articles useful: Organizing the Family Room (3) Don’t miss this great series: Organizing the Family Room (1) Organizing the Family Room (2) Organizing the Family Room (3) Organizing the Family Room (4) Organizing the Family Room (5) We’re still in holiday mode to some degree. Considering Post Holiday Let Down and taking care of those Returns and Refunds may leave many … Continue reading →

Pop Culture Potpourri: Checkered Flags and Checkered Pasts

CHECKERED FLAGS I couldn’t be happier for actress Ashley Judd today. Her husband, racecar driver Dario Franchitti (also known in the tabloids as Mr. Ashley Judd) won the 91st edition of the Indy 500 yesterday. Judd was there cheering him on the entire time, but the moment that remains with me is the shot of her soaking wet in her flowery summer dress hurling herself over the pit wall and dashing towards her dear hubby. The couple has been married for six years now, though I still don’t understand how they ended up together. They seem like such an unlikely … Continue reading →