All right, so you don’t do it very often, but at least you do it, or should I say you will do it. That is right after I tell you to do it, as you may need a little nudge. You need to dust your chandelier, clean off lamp shades and wipe down light bulbs [...]

So you want to impress your holiday guests, but are unable to make everything immediately before the big event. Then select recipes for fabulous appetisers and dishes you can make in advance. One of my favourites, because it is a real crowd pleaser and ridiculously simple to prepare – IN ADVANCE. Here are the ingredients: [...]

If you chose to paint the walls of your bedroom a neutral color, you really leave a ton of easy decorating changes available in the future. One of the simplest, and easily achieved transformations of such a space can be completed with a switch of pillows. Decorative pillows not only are now abundant in reasonable [...]

We all want to present a mouth watering, and somewhat impressive menu when we invite guests over for a backyard barbecue. However, nobody ever said you have to come up with this master plan yourself, so why not sneak a peak at a few that other hosts have lined up. If you copy it exactly, [...]

So you never became proficient with those chopsticks you received in that sushi kit you bought three years ago. They sit in your kitchen drawer and stare back at you each and every time you open that drawer up. Rid yourself of the guilt that comes with utensils that you have bought with the best [...]

When you decide upon the material for your driveway, no one needs to know that you used cement pavers instead of natural materials. This is because the cement ones can be painted the exact colours that the clay ones come in. Thus, you could get concrete pavers to look identical to clay ones, and then [...]

Every year you are left with a big stack of ribbons and bows from the gifts unwrapped in your home, and you think to yourself I should really reuse these. But the festivities take a hold of you, and then the clean up becomes a nuisance and you just want to throw or stash stuff [...]

If you have kids, then you have regular encounters with small boo boos, and the aftermath that comes with them. You know all to well that moment when little Lilah takes a spill on the rug and there is silence for half of a second. There is that fleeting moment where you are uncertain if [...]

I can remember very clearly how unattractive couch covers, aka slipcovers, used to be because I owned one way back when. They are such a good idea, but for so long they just looked sloppy, and as though you were totally trying to conceal some past sins committed upon furniture. I might as well have [...]

Just about everyone has a parent or relative that swears by the benefits of growing your own herbs. It sounds like such a good idea, but admittedly for most of us, there are more pressing matters to handle first. Thus, the research, gathering of materials and time assembling a kitchen herb garden lands pretty much [...]