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by Domestik Goddess on August 12, 2008
You know how the other day I went on quite a bit about personal taste in decorating? And about how some people manage to pour all kinds of money into making their home look… well, quite hideous, really?
Cartoon: Robert Weber
The New Yorker, April 3, 1989
by permission
That whole discussion of “good taste” in the [...]
Tagged as: cartoon, decorating, magazine, manners, travel
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by Domestik Goddess on August 8, 2008
You know how real estate agents are always rattling on about their professional expertise in showing off a home to its best advantage?
Curb appeal?
Staging a home so it looks good to potential buyers?
I’d always half-suspected that they were just putting fancy names to common sense, to encourage home sellers to hire them. [...]
Tagged as: bedroom, decorating, home staging, ugly
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by guest on March 17, 2008
If you’ve been following along with “Educator” Dan’s home renovation adventures, you’ll know why I keep threatening to drag him out east here and put him to work at my house: This man knows his way around a sheet of drywall — and now, as it turns out, he’s got a bit of a [...]
Tagged as: colour, decorating, flooring, rug
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