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Imagine this, you’ve just spent the last year or so working on your home renovation, putting in countless hours and (more importantly) money into the project. You’re in the final stages of the project which should be the easy part. Just needing to complete the finishing touches like installing your light fixtures, figuring out furniture placement, and placing your cabinetry hardware. Then you go to actually install said hardware and you think, but wait where should it go?? Emily always refers to hardware as the “jewelry” of the home, like the cherry on top of an ice cream sundae. Basically...

  1. MyGift MyGift Black Metal Kitchen Countertop Scrollwork Design Paper Towel Holder Bar with Condiment Shelf Rack MyGift - Scrollwork design towel bar and storage shelf that will bring organization and style to your bathroom or kitchen Approximate dimensions in inches 125 w x 15 h x 775 d Perfect for holding reusable cloth towels or a roll of disposable paper towels Hang a roll of paper towels from removable bar while storing spices or condiments Hang a hand towel from the horizontal bar while storing shampoos lotions soaps or other toiletries   2. mDesign mDesign Stackable Plastic Tea...

Designer Beverly Baribault helped her clients locate a ranch house where everything would be on one level.Photograph by David Cannon Whether you call it downsizing, rightsizing, aging-in-place, or  just retiring, more Baby Boomers are creating homes that will make life easier in future years. “What we’re seeing is people making a conscious decision before it’s too late to get their stuff in order,” says designer Beverly Baribault. “It’s the difference between having to do it and choosing to do it.” A flat trail leads from the Evanses’ new home to their former residence, where their son’s family now lives.Photograph by...

A couple years back, I wrote a post about 9 quick and affordable organizing hacks. Because while certain retailers would have you believe that you need to spend a fortune to get properly organized, I personally couldn’t disagree more! In fact, there are so many creative and affordable organizing hacks out there that I decided it was high time to share some more of them with you. Today’s post will be a follow-up of sorts to one from last year I mentioned above, so be sure to check that out if you missed it! And for more simple and useful...

I distinctly remember unscrewing the lid to my mom’s jar of apricot face scrub and sniffing the contents, or smearing some on my hand. I was maybe six or seven years old—old enough to know there were tubes and bottles in my mom’s bathroom cabinet that were technically off-limits, which made them all the more alluring. The apricot exfoliating scrub was my favorite: I loved the smell (like earthy, pulverized stone fruit) and I loved the texture (simultaneously creamy and gritty). Exfoliators are still my favorite kind of skin care, so I get really excited when I discover and fall...