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Showcase Your Passions and Personality
One of my favorite suppliers features weekly specials that spotlight unique items in their line. This is one of their newer products. Be creative in your home and showcase your passions and personality. Who are you and how does your home reflect the passions that resonate in your heart. Exposing your passions can be done…
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Please Help Us Win Our $5,000 Wish from Intuit!
We are applying for an INTUIT GRANT for $5,000. We really want to win this grant and we need your help and the help of your friends. Please bookmark this link and go to it often, daily if possible, and vote for us.
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Creating Your Productive Space
Creating your productive space is a very critical process for those who depend on their creativity for their livelihood. In fact, the creation of productive space should be a critical element to all employers too, as the productivity of their employees has a direct effect on the “bottom line”. This journey started in 2010 when…
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Carry your inside Accent Colors to your Landscaping
Exterior accent colors need to be blended with the interiors of your home. People often do not realize that foliage has the same warm and cool undertones as do colors of paint, fabric, wallpaper and or hard surfaces. Some examples of exterior accent colors: The green of a Pine tree has cool undertones or blue undertones.…
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An Abundance of Roses – (Floral Tip)
Floral tip for the day: It is very in important to coordinate your floral landscaping colors with the interior of your home. When you gaze outside and soak up the energy from the sunshine and nature, your floral colors and detail need to compliment the schematics of the interior. If your accent color is red…
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Season's Greetings!
Set the stage for holiday gatherings by sprucing up your home, beginning at the all-important entry. (originally appeared in Inland Empire Magazine, December 2012) Holidays will bring family and friends to your home. Welcome them with an inviting ambiance that starts with curb appeal. Here are a few tips. Look at the front of your home. Does…
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Season’s Greetings!
Set the stage for holiday gatherings by sprucing up your home, beginning at the all-important entry. (originally appeared in Inland Empire Magazine, December 2012) Holidays will bring family and friends to your home. Welcome them with an inviting ambiance that starts with curb appeal. Here are a few tips. Look at the front of your home. Does…
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Happy Thanksgiving
My 2013 Thanksgiving Prayer for YOU May your harvest be fruitful, May your year be plentiful, May your family be near you, May your heart be filled with peace and great joy. Let us remember the humility of THE FIRST HARVEST As our heads are bowed and we give thanks to God for the ABUNDANCE…
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How to design a great room
(originally appeared in Inland Empire Magazine, June 2011) Start with a Vision. You know in your mind what you want. But plucking that image from your head and turning it into a workable space that’s also beautiful and functional isn’t easy. A good interior designer, however, knows how to draw that concept from your imagination and turn…
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October is an exciting time for designers!
October is the beginning of the New Season for the Furniture, Accessories and Design industries. This is when manufacturers gear up to showcase products from their newest lines. Creativity is expressed to its fullest during this time and only the finest designers are showcased. I worked for several years designing showroom floor plans and providing…
Ruth Chafin Interior Design
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