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Decorate My Dining Room, Part 4

By ADD | Published: August 9, 2010
Our new dining room rug arrived from overstock.com yesterday and Scott helped me get it under our huge table.  But before I could get a decent picture, he was already spread out on the table making art, so this snapshot will have to suffice for now. (You should see the other side of that table- [...]
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I’m Finally Decorating my Dining Room

By ADD | Published: August 7, 2010
Thanks to all of your brilliant suggestions, I’ve finally been inspired (and a little bit nudged) to decorate my spartan dining room.  Today’s post is a quick one.  I bought this wool rug to go under the dining table.  Expecting delivery any day.  I thought I would choose another seagrass, but I was struck by [...]
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Flor Corrogated Rib in Cinnabar

Decorate My Dining Room, Part 2

By ADD | Published: July 23, 2010
Following up on my recent invitation for readers to DECORATE MY DINING ROOM, here’s a wider view of the sad and barren room.  I got some great feedback in the comments to my first post and I hope you will keep the tough love coming. First things first, this room needs a rug to both warm [...]
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Natural seagrass herringbone rug in living room.

Natural fiber rugs- love or hate?

By ADD | Published: July 15, 2010
I love seagrass, sisal and natural fiber rugs in general, but I was always cautioned against them by people whose opinions I respected.  Is it a high traffic area?, they would ask.  Do you have pets or children?  Do you eat in that room?  Or drink red wine?  Or even water??  Then don’t get a [...]
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Our "new" sofa. Photo: ©Moya Mc Allister

Granny’s Sofa Gets A Facelift

By ADD | Published: June 2, 2010
Two years ago, when Scott and I married and bought our apartment, neither of us had a sofa that was worth the back ache of moving, so we immediately started shopping for a comfortable, quality, down-stuffed sofa for our living room that would last for years to come.   After test driving snazzy sofas at [...]
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Budget Rug Ideas

By ADD | Published: March 2, 2010
I have several friends who are looking for budget-friendly, traffic-friendly rugs that will pop with color and give dimension to their small spaces. I am also in the market for indestructible throw rugs as our tung oil rubbed,  vintage heart pine floors will need protection in high traffic areas. I’m not usually a fan of polypropylene [...]
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