Category: shopping guides
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A Cozy Traditional Living Room With A Fireplace
Close your eyes and picture the coziest, most welcoming living room you can imagine. There’s a soft glow, a comfortable seating area, and of course, a traditional fireplace with a crackling fire – the perfect focal point of your living room. That cozy picture is exactly what I wanted to create in our own traditional…
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38 PRETTY Home Utility Tech Items—Doorbells, Thermostats, Smoke Detectors—No Need To Hide These
Two weeks ago, I came out swinging with a post entitled “Design Hot Take: Can Designers Stop Trying to Hide Everything Useful?” In that piece, I went off about hiding things like thermostats and doorbell chime boxes behind art, routers, and remotes inside faux boxes, photoshopping things like outlets and cords out of images…the home…
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The Best Clearance Deals To Immediately Upgrade Your Kitchen
Look, I get it: the last thing you need is someone telling you to “transform your kitchen.” I know that a kitchen is built piece by piece – some things you inherit, some things you splurge on, some you replace out of necessity. Together, they’re what makes the room work. Every kitchen tool has its…
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These Are The Biggest Labor Day Sale Discounts
It should come as no surprise that we are rapidly approaching my favorite national holiday, Labor Day. (And it’s not just because of the long weekend, or the Labor Day sale discounts, or the ceremonial end to summer.) I’m actually being serious – Labor Day transformed the way we live at home. It’s the rare…
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17 Affordable Pieces From AllModern’s Labor Day Sale
While I’m sure a lot of us are hanging onto every last moment of summer, September/the fall can often feel like a second new year. I haven’t been in a classroom for 15 years, but that “new school year” feeling has never left me. All I want to do this time of year is organize…
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Small Bathroom Design Ideas – Rambling Renovators
Summer is in full swing, with a few more days at the beach, road trips, and warm weather adventures ahead. But if you’re anything like me, you probably also have one or two summer projects looming over you. I start the season with good intentions to tackle projects like organizing the garage or cleaning out…
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Let’s Save Some Money! The Best July 4th Sales On Home, Fashion, And Beauty From The Experts
Hello, friend! You’ve stumbled on a little test – we’re building our July 4th sales guide in public this year! Normally, we spend the week leading up to any major sale with our heads down – we’re analyzing prices, products, and trying to find the best deals for you. We release this information to you…
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The Case For The Unassuming Backyard Picnic Table
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While Caitlin writes hilarious posts against curved sofas, I’m over here doing the opposite and bringing awareness to an oft-dismissed piece of outdoor furniture. As the self-appointed PR ambassador for “big picnic tables,” I wanted to answer the 3-4 people who are curious why I like them so much. You see, the basic, pedestrian picnic…
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Skip The Tariff Talk: 20 Made In America Home Brands We Love
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Let down your guard: this is not a stuffy lecture about buying American-made product. (I’m sure you’ve heard enough of that on the news over the past few months!) I’m not here to stoke your tariff fears or to shame you for buying globally-sourced home goods. I am here, however, to provide a resource –…
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Our 2025 Memorial Day Sales: The Designer-Approved List
Happy Memorial Day weekend, friends! I come to you feeling a bit torn. The good news: the unofficial start of summer has ushered in a wave of unprecedented Memorial Day sales and savings. The bad news: I have on good authority (read: I get a lot of internal brand emails) that this is somewhat of…