Closet Crazed, Q & A with the Style Therapist, Eve Bender
Category: Interior design, fashion, featured, yourchicself
Dear Eve,
Help! I need ’style therapy!’ When I look in my closet and drawers every day, I see a lot of clothes – but I feel like I have nothing to wear. I tend to wear the same things over and over. I shop, but don’t seem to wear what I buy for myself. Who am I shopping for if I don’t even end up wearing what I buy? I’m tired of feeling like I am wasting money or worse, being ungrateful for what IS in my closet. But it just doesn’t feel like ‘me.’ How can I get in touch with what my personal style is and shop appropriately?
Dear Closet Crazed,
One of the most daunting rooms in any home that may scare, invoke a migraine and cause intense waves of anxiety is a woman’s closet.
Moving from the darkness of winter into the freshness of spring, the excitement of new clothes stimulates our fashion senses. The thought, of wading through a cluttered closet, however, can deeply dampen the thrilling buzz of your shopping mood. Figuring out of what to wear, selecting your style profile, and merging your closet are tasks best suited for a fashion expert.
5 Easy Tips for a Slobproof Home
Category: Interior design, cost saving ideas, featured, raising children, yourchichome
By: Debbie Weiner
I should have known a mixed marriage wouldn’t work. With me, a professional designer and he, a self-professed slob, we were headed for trouble. Sure, it was bliss at first. I created rooms that were full of delicate fabrics and off-white finishes and he was careful not to damage my precious furnishings. Every pillow was primped, every curtain tassle-trimmed and we all took our shoes off at the door to keep the light beige carpet in pristine condition.
But real life caught up to us. I spent more time at work, and he spent more time at home. Then kids came – both boys, followed by various animals, including two dogs. Shoes, even baseball cleats, stopped coming off at the door. Nerf balls went flying through the family room. Food was found everywhere- on the sofa, ground into the carpet, even under my sheets. Then came dog poop on my dining room rug. I fell apart- yelling about the dirt, the mess, the ruined sofa, the fingerprint stained draperies and the beige carpet polka-dotted with spots, spills and stains.
A New Food Trend, Who Knew?
Category: cuisine, entertaining, featured, yourchichomeBy: The Twice Baked Twins, Judy Vig and Joy Paoletti
It is a year filled with new promises, dreams and the next phase in food trends! We are seeing different foods from other cultures popping up all over. One of the top food critics predicted that this years favorite cuisine would be Austrian. Another reported that Indian food was it!! The new dessert trend is the old fashioned comfort dishes like brown bettys, buckles, cobblers and crisps. These are the recipes our Nana passed down to us and we have been making for years. Who new it would be the “it” dessert for this wonderful new year! Let me tell you a little about each one. A brown betty is usually made with apples and bread or graham cracker crumbs with layers of each. A buckle is just a cake batter with the berries sprinkled in and when baked the top actually buckles over the fruit. The cobbler has a fruit filling with a very thick crust, and the crisp is just that, a fruit mixture on the bottom with a very crispy crumbly topping.
Top Ten Ways to Throw a Party on a Dime
Category: Interior design, cost saving ideas, cuisine, entertaining, top ten, yourchichome
By: Tavon Ferguson
10. The dollar store is your friend. Exhibit A: a wreath from a high end store is about $40 but a wreath with supplies bought from the dollar store is about $4. Your local dollar store has more than just canned veggies and birthday cards. They are stocked full of pre-made decorations and crafty kits.
9. You are invited to a dessert hour. You don’t always have to go for the large dinner with 10 homemade items that leaves you tired and your wallet stretched. How about a dessert party or a “Holiday Open House?” This way, you can serve desserts that can be made ahead of time.
