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My Dumbest Decorating Decisions
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Are These the 22 Weirdest Paint Names Ever?
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Naming paints sounds like a fun job, doesn't it? You'd always have to be thinking of new and clever monikers for paint that will grab customers' attention. After reading some names on this list, however, I'm thinking it might be a tricker assignment
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The 5 Things I Have to Clean Before Guests Arrive
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I love a clean house. That means that I clean or straighten up something every day. A quick wipe down of a bathroom sink, a speed dust-mopping. You get the idea. So you can imagine what happens when company is coming over. I go into hyper-drive. I do all the stuff that's expected, but I also do some things that I wouldn't necessarily do during
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Help! What's the Best Silver Metallic Paint on the Market?
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Do DIY Bathtub Refinishing Kits Really Work?
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Are These REALLY the 20 Most Beautiful Living Spaces in the World?
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Ultra Home has assembled an enviable list of what they believe are the 20 most beautiful living spaces in the entire world. It's hard to disagree with them, but what do you think? Are they the most beautiful living spaces you've
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Infographic: Bachelor vs. Bachelorette Pad Designs
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The peeps over at ForRent.com sent over a fun infographic entitled The Bachelor Verus the Bachelorette Pad that includes the "must haves" for each based upon criteria compiled by nearly a dozen popular design sources, including Vanity Fair, Apartment
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Out of Sight or On Display: Where Do You Keep Your Paper Towels?
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One of our ongoing housekeeping goals is to keep
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The HP Designer Matchup Challenge Week 2: Vote for Your Favorite Design!
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Last week, we introduced you to Goil and Tom from TUG Studio, who will be creating a one-of-a-kind product -- based entirely on your votes -- for the HP Designer Matchup Challenge. Our first round of voting was to determine the type of product and material. Well, your votes have been tallied and the results are in!
Admittedly, as a crazy dog lady, I was hoping "something for my dog/cat" would win. Alas, it wasn't in the cards. I'm still pretty stoked about the results, though! Are you curious? Yes? Okay, drum roll...
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Cast Your Vote: The HP Designer Matchup Challenge
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You know all those awesome design-y reality shows where contestants are given crazy challenges like "build this entire room out of jelly beans...and discarded cat hair!!! Muahaha!"?* The HP Designer Matchup Challenge is kinda like that -- but WAY cooler. Why? Because YOU get to make all the decisions!
Curbly is super excited to team up with one of our favorite designers for this super rad, random, and totally cool challenge: to present a product at New York Fashion Week -- designed by you! So who'd we pick? Goil Amornvivat and Thomas Morbitzer of TUG Studio, that's who. (Okay, okay that's two of our favorite designers!)/http://assets.curbly.com/photos/0000/0016/1387/Goil_Tom_01_large_jpg.jpg "credit: Alison Gootee [http://www.alisongootee.com/]")
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The 4 Things Home Buyers Want (Infographic)
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The folks at Improvement Center collected data from the National Association of Home Builders to create this informative and fun infographic detailing what home buyers want these days. Trends are (thankfully) turning away from McMansions and to smaller homes with
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Survey: Green Cleaning, Hype or Hallelujah?
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This month we're talking about cleaning and organization, so we're doing a few surveys to get an idea of how clean and organized you guys are (or aren't). Last week, we asked about your laundry habits. In today's installment, we're wondering what you think about the green cleaning craze.
Read on to cast your vote!
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Survey: What Are Your Laundry Habits?
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This month we're talking about cleaning and organization, so we're doing a few surveys to get an idea of how clean and organized you guys are (or aren't). Last week, we asked about your general cleaning habits and frequency, and today's installment is about that most dreaded of household chores: the laundry.
Read on to cast your vote!
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Survey: How Often Do You Clean?
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This month we're talking about cleaning and organization, so we're doing a few surveys to get an idea of how clean and organized you guys are (or aren't). Our first one, today, is about how often you do the little recurring maintenance things that make cleaning such an annoying (and important) chore.
Read on to cast your vote!
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Sleeper Survey #3: Lighting, Socks, and Pets, Oh My!
For Bedroom Month here on Curbly, we're exploring your sleeping habits in a series called "Sleeper Survey," (see the first and second installments). Today we're digging a little deeper into your bedroom tendencies, with some questions that we hope will push your buttons (just a little bit) and spark some good discussions. Read on to cast your vote!
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Sleeper Survey #1: Do You Make Your Bed?
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It's Bedroom Month here on Curbly, so this week, we're kicking off a series called "Sleeper Survey" all about the hidden habits of the Curbly Reader's boudoir. We're starting off pretty tame, with a question about your bed-making tendencies (don't worry, we'll turn up the controversy next week). Read on to cast your vote and see the results so far!