Hurricane Preparedness Safety Tips
It’s official-we’re on Hurricane or Tropical Storm Isaac watch and hurricane-tropical storm preparation mode is in full effect at Places In The Home. This is not our first time at the...
View ArticleFind Your Perfect Fit For Your New Home With Apartments.com
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of apartments.com. All opinions are 100% mine. Plans, jobs, and college majors change. Getting one’s apartment living arrangement ducks in the...
View ArticleOn The Market: Tips For Showing Your Home
You know what they say about first impressions. Never is a first impression more important than when selling a home. From curb to master bedroom, potential buyers closely examine every nut and bolt of...
View ArticleHoliday Hints and Tips
Home for the Holidays comes with its joyful share of pulling out all the decorating, baking, entertaining, and celebrating the season stops. Here’s a few holiday hints and tips that may prove to come...
View ArticleIce Ice Baby It’s Too Cold! Preparing Your Home For Cold Weather
Thank you, Vanilla Ice, for your catchy lyric and befitting words. This blast from the past catchy little lyric keeps on giving, and it could not be more appropriate than at this I’m freezing my...
View ArticleWhat Items Make Your House Your Home?
Past the design, past the paint, past the walls and windows- what items make your house your home? Creature comforts, particular points of decorative interest, memorable mementos, and those I love my...
View ArticleHoliday Open House
From our holiday open house to yours ~ may I present a glimpse into the holiday life lived within at Places In The Home. The dining room is holiday decked and detailed in the new color. Our one more...
View ArticleEaster 2015 Plans, Prep and Pastels
Recently I was interviewed for an interior design and decorating publication. One of the questions asked was how would I describe my design style. Traditional with a classic twist answers the question....
View ArticleDo Drop In: Entertaining With Ease
The welcome mat at Places In The Home is working overtime. Several of our family members are taking to the spring holiday road, and our house is do drop in central. Good visits begin with good hosting...
View ArticleFor Rent: Rental Refresh Upgrades
Today’s blog post is brought to you by the letter R for rental refresh upgrades. The conversation of late between mama and papa Places In The Home and our soon to be college graduate son heading up to...
View ArticleFood For Thought
Food, cooking, and the gathering together of family and friends is an essential source of sustenance and life beyond the kitchen and dining table. Consider the role food plays in our all things house...
View ArticleFeathered Friends On A Cloudy Afternoon
Storm clouds are hanging heavy over our part of the world this week. What’s up with this weather pattern? Houston, we have a problem took on a whole new meaning and a whole lot of water Monday...
View ArticleSage Advice and Astute Observations
Sage advice and astute observations to ponder on this first Friday of fall. What Mr. Lagerfeld said. I simply can’t argue with this observation. I miss the days when no one gave a thought to licking...
View ArticleTropical Storm and Hurricane Preparedness Safety Tips
Floridians, Georgians, North and South Carolinians and the Mid-Atlantic Coasters are paying close attention to directions, weather conditions, and social media reports in regards to Hurricane Matthew...
View ArticleDeliveries. Issues. Solutions. That’s the Way It Goes With Major Home...
My posting plan to bring you the companion piece post to Do You Know What It Means to Love the Decorating Styles Characteristic of the New Orleans Garden District didn’t quite make it to deadline....
View ArticleA Dream Home, Weddings and a New Baby Boy: Love is Blue
Love is Blue wedding week officially kicked off yesterday when the bride and groom to be dropped by to put a bow on last minute it’s all in the details wedding planning. They love the wedding week...
View ArticleA Most Fetching Friday First Day of Fall Autumn Home Tour
Today’s A Most Fetching Friday greets the first day of fall by welcoming you all into my home for a fall autumn home tour. I try not to complicate the art of seasonal decorating. Decorating is meant...
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