These days, some may wonder: is the custom home library a feature of the past? As a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! showed, Americans don’t read that much – some people can’t even name a single book title! According to a Pew Research poll, one in
Read more →When you work from home, it’s all too easy to neglect home office storage and design. The days of showing off a pretty desk at the office may be gone, but the glory of working from home is that you can do literally anything with your office
Read more →Quick question, reader: What do you think of when you think of a butler’s pantry? Let us guess — was it something to do with Downton Abbey, or Gone With The Wind? Most people assume butler’s pantries are a thing of the past. There’s a reason for
Read more →These days, more and more parents are turning to homeschooling as an alternative to public or private schools. In North Carolina, the homeschool population increased by 34 percent between 2011 and 2015. There are a lot of reasons for this, ranging from changes in state laws, which
Read more →So, we’ve talked about man caves. Now, let’s tackle “she sheds.” The she shed is a little different than the man cave because it isn’t an all-purpose phrase for any room; it’s a shed. But there are a few other types of rooms that a woman might
Read more →The man cave. The idea has been corrupted by male comedians making jokes about nagging wives, but no one can argue with the concept that every person, male or female, needs a space where they can be alone (or with their buddies). Today, let’s talk about the
Read more →Sometimes, we have more rooms than we have a specific need for. It’s a blessing to have them, but the truth is, figuring out how to decorate these bonus rooms can be a challenge. Will they be all-purpose rooms? Guest rooms? Hobby rooms? Junk rooms? What about
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