3 Tips for Home Accessory Shopping on a Dime

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When decorating any space, the best place to start is with the big pieces; a sofa, rug or bedding for example. These larger elements are the base around which you layer your room’s look. Generally the next step is choosing paint colours or other wall coverings. All of the accents and accessories in a room [...]

Welcome Home eBook – Now Only $4.99!

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We’ve lowered our eBook pricing! Now you can get a your own pdf or eReader copy for only $4.99! Creating a cozy home for our family and helping others to do the same is my passion. I want to guide you to your perfect home. Not THE perfect home. Just one that’s perfect for you. I [...]

Tips for Styling Bookshelves

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When we first posted about our Restoration Hardware inspired industrial shelves, some of you mentioned you’d like to see us break up the book rows a bit more with some accents. Well, we aim to please! So we shuffled some things around and re-styled our bookshelves. Notice how, in the before photos, all the books [...]

Photography Tips {A Different Sort of Friday Five}

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On Fridays we have a little extra fun at {aka}|design because we share five random things from our week. This week we’re sharing 5 simple photography tips. Sparked by a twitter conversation yesterday morning (hi Sarah & Layla!), I thought it’d be fun to let others know about some photography tips I’ve learned over the last few [...]

Spring Cleaning: My Top 5 Tips {Plus a Free Printable Checklist}

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It’s finally almost SPRING! Can you believe it? Even though winter wasn’t actually bad in our neck of the woods this year, the so-called winter months seemed to drag on forever. Anyway, since it’s just about Spring, it’s just about time for Spring Cleaning too. I don’t know about your house, but our house seems [...]