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Husband Painting Dining Area
Asked by T.M. from San Antonio
on April 29, 2008
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Hello moms, I don't know if this was done in purpose or not but I have been nagging on my husband to help me in painting the inside of the house among other things tha...
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- Go with it--that whole thing sounds too cute! Too often, we wives control how the house is decorated and such. Just keep in mind that it's his house, too, and let ...
- I have a couple of suggestions that you might like. As far as the carpet is concerned, why not get an area rug that you think you can live with for a while. That wil...
- This sounds exactly like something my husband would do. There are all kinds of things that you could do by adding accents and things to make it look good. I decided to...
Decorating Question Again but More Specific-a Little
Asked by V.M. from Erie
on September 5, 2010
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We have no picture on the walls, I've checked out a few sites to see what type of art i like. So i'm working on that and once i get that i'll need to compromise w...
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- We just recently began decorating with artwork throughout the house. Our dining room is painted a dark red. Two years ago for my husbands birthday, I bought a rather...
- For me art is very personal. Pictures need to tell a story otherwise they won't find their way onto my walls. If you want a landscape why not try finding a picture dep...
- Any artwork that pleases you and your family is what you should put up. That said, I have a lovely still life of a fruit bowl in my "dining room", which I love to...
Need Artist for Wall Mural in Baby Nursery
Asked by M.M. from Kansas City
on July 1, 2008
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I am decorating the nursery and have some blank wall space to fill. The nursery is lilac and green with a floral theme. I am horrible at drawing or painting! :) I was ...
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- You've got to check out Alicia Alferman at www.themayfly.com She's wonderful!!!
- As a matter of fact my daughter is an artist she lives with me in Blue Springs.She's 21 attending school so she can get her teaching degree to be an art teacher.Her em...
- I have a frend who does this kind of work all the time. Her name is Kim Burk and she is local and will travel. She has done work all over the area and is currently w...
Kids Room Ideas
Asked by A.L. from Sacramento
on September 10, 2008
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We are about to move our two kids (one boy and one girl) into their own rooms. My daughter is pretty happy about it. I have been trying to come up with some cute ide...
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- You have great ideas. For your daughter a striped bed set would look cute against the dots. You could take her artwork or her favorite animals and blow them up on ...
- My daughter's room is sweet pea (light green) on the bottom and a baby blue on the top, seperated by a white chair rail. It looks really cute and isn't hard to do. W...
- Hi A., You sound creative enough. I was too when planning out my kids rooms.. had all sorts of fun ideas. (My nursery was bright colors... cats & dogs, my Girl's ro...
Displaying Preschool Artwork
Asked by S.A. from Salt Lake City
on October 12, 2009
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Hey Mamas!
My daughter started preschool last month and has been bringing home a ton of really cute pictures and things, and we want to display them (for a little...
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- well we always took and hung them along the wall to the bathroom. this way everyone could see them and they were up to high for little fingers. they stayed there until...
- Ikea has some great plastic frames with clips that you can hook together and hang vertically or horizontally all different sizes for some fun I have taken some of my d...
- If you decide to do the taking picture route you could also purchase one of the digital picture frames and hang it up in your kitchen or her room or wherever and then ...
Family of 4 Able to Live on 40K/year Salary
Asked by C.B. from Phoenix
on January 13, 2012
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We struggle to live off my DH salary which is twice as much as these families make a year. This article discusses 2 families that live off of 40k/year and still save f...
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- I live in Atlanta, and I have NO desire to try and live on 40K a year -even by myself! We're fairly frugal. We save a lot, don't use credit cards, by used cars, use co...
- I didn't read all of it. But some of the stats are totally not in line with where Iive. We "joke" that it takes 3 public servants (police, teachers) to live in this co...
- My husband is in the Army and only makes just below 40k a year and we live comfortably. We have two boys ages 9 months and 1 1/2. We also have been putting away for r...
10Th Anniversary
Asked by R.G. from Los Angeles
on April 20, 2012
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On Cinco De Mayo it will be mine and my husbands 10th Anniversary together and our 5th Wedding Anniversary.. what do you get a man for a milestone anniversary???? I be...
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- What does he do for fun or work?
- I like personalized items. I was going to get hubs a personalized pocket watch with an engraving a few years ago, then I realized he probably wouldn't use a pocket wat...
- Traditional 5th anniversary gifts are made of wood. Modern 5th anniversary gifts are silverware. Wooden jewelry man box? A piece of art framed in wood? Wooden sh...
Magazines for 'Tween Girls?
Asked by S.W. from Minneapolis
on July 18, 2011
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My daughter turned nine in March and has turned into a "tween", if you know what I mean. She suddenly brushes her hair (yay!) without me nagging and cares a little mor...
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- Save the subscription money -- go the library! Many libraries carry all the good tween/teen magazines including American Girl and Discovery Girls and many others your ...
- There's a magazine called New Moon--the magazine is bimonthly and the website is interactive. From their website (www.newmoon.com): Our bi-monthly magazine is 10...
- Check out Girls Liife it seems great to consider for girls (10 to 15) in 5th grade and up. http://www.girlslife.com/page/about.aspx We got if for our child who is ...
Decorating Help for Dd's Room?
Asked by J.S. from Pittsburgh
on February 3, 2011
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This is an odd question, but I'm terrible at decorating and looking for some help/ideas for my daughter's room. My DD (2.5 yrs old) is in a "big girl room" with big g...
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- Walmart has nice cheap decals to sick on the wall that are removeable. Butterflies, flowers and bugs are sweet for that color. You can have her paint some canvas and...
- For my daughter, we have yellow walls, Pottery Barn green checked curtains (very basic) and added really cute Pottery Barn pink butterfly hook things for the curtains....
- My DD is 3.5, her bedroom walls are painting a light green color (somewhere between mint green and spring green) and we have a bit of a garden theme going - flowers, l...
5yr.old Bedroom Theme to Grow with Her??
Asked by S.T. from Kansas City
on January 3, 2011
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We are going to be redoing my daughters bedroom for her 5th birthday and I want something that is going to grow with her not a set theme like tinkerbell,princess etc. ...
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- I did a garden fairy theme. The bottom part of her walls are just striped colors and the top is yellow. The only thing really "fairy" is the boarder in the middle. ...
- Better Homes & Garden has a magazine called Kids Rooms. It's amazing and shows how to do rooms that grow. Look for it at a bookstore. I am newly obsessed with this ...
- You could paint her room her favorite color or neutral color and then buy wall stickers that come off easily. As time goes by, and her tastes change, you can buy othe...
