Living

Do You Know the Story of the Table Set for One?

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• May 20, 2012

Memorial Day remembers American soldiers who have died in service to their country. The Table For One is how the American Legion keeps the memory of those still missing alive.

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Get Your Contemporary-Style House Noticed, and SOLD!

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• May 13, 2012

Understanding, and reinforcing the personality of a contemproary style house is what will attract buyers, and get it sold.

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Get Your Cape Cod Style House Noticed, and Sold!

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• May 6, 2012

Cape Cod-style houses are known more for their personality than square footage. Some ideas on how to show a Cape-style house buyers will love.

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Your Biggest Design Challenges: Part Three, Picking Paint Colors

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• Apr 29, 2012

Craving a new color, but lacking vision? RESIST the cat-as-a-ouiji-board method, you can do this!

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Help For Your Three Biggest Design Challenges: Window Treatments

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• Apr 22, 2012

"DRAPES". We all grew up with them, and most of us now run the other way. In this 2nd installment of a 3 part series, understand how to handle your toughest design challenges.

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Selling Your House? Sometimes Less Is...Well, Just Less

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• Apr 15, 2012

Buyers are looking beyond a price point, they want to be happy.Some thoughts on having the house that buyers want.

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Live From New York! It's the 11th Annual Architectural Digest Home Design Show! (in Yorktown Patch)

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• Apr 8, 2012

LIke the swallows returning to Capistrano, every March the design trade flocks to Pier 94 to see the latest. Let me tell you about this year's show.

Avoiding the Ghosts of Living Rooms Past

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• Mar 18, 2012

Ready for some decorating changes, but haunted by past decisions that went horribly wrong?Change your mindset before you change your decor.

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Preparing a Property For Sale Is a Lot Like Yoga

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• Feb 21, 2012

The mindset you have about successfully getting your property ready for sale is almost as important as the work itself. It may also be more familiar that you'd expect.

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Help With Your Three Biggest Design Challenges, Part One: LIGHTING

• Marie Graham, ASP, IDS
• Jan 30, 2012

Are there a few areas in your house you just can't figure out how to handle? You're not alone. In this first of 3 part series, some tips to re-think those challenges.