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Michelle Conrad loves her husband on every day of the year except for the ones that land on gift-giving holidays. On those occasions – anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas and St. Valentine’s – she hates him. Or at least she used to. Michelle (not her real name) was like a lot of women whose otherwise thoughtful partners
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Lowe’s, Home Depot and Ace Hardware sell their home-brand paints for about $30 to $45 a gallon. Farrow & Ball prices its posh paint at £63.00 for a 5-liter container to its UK customers. If you live on this side of the pond and order Farrow & Ball through your interior designer, expect to pay
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Poor Mother Hubbard. No wonder her cupboard was bare. When she got the bill for her kitchen cabinetry, she probably couldn’t afford to stock it with potatoes, much less bones for her dog. If you’re planning to remodel your kitchen and want to upgrade to custom, handcrafted cabinetry, prepare for some sticker shock. Some luxury
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Some of us are career remodelers, always looking for the next room — or house — to renovate. Others want simple improvements. They don’t necessarily want to tear their entire home apart, but they do want a few things to look and function better. As the holiday season approaches, one room in your house will
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October is here, which means that summer is really, really over and it’s time to revisit two kitchen appliances that may have gotten scant use in the past few months: your range and cooktops. And, if the allure of baking delicate browned brioche and simmer soups to slow-cooked perfection has made you yearn for an
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If you need to cut costs during a home remodel or renovation, cheap out on a bathroom rug or living room sofa. But go for quality when it comes to lighting fixtures, says Vanessa Bell, co-owner of Omega Lighting Design in Berkeley, CA. I can happily rave about the aesthetics of Vanessa’s custom lighting
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