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Check online
sites for daily,
weekly, or clearance
deals. One place to
bargain shop:
overstock
.com.
And before you
headtoastore,seeifit
hascoupons online.
2 5 Put quirky
little things—
dom inoes,
gam e pieces,
origam i,
m atchbooks
collected from
your favorite
restau ran ts—
in a decorative
bowl. Now
you have a
display w orth
talking about.
O Q “Your front door allows you to add
O personality,” says Stephen Saint-Onge,
New York City designer. It’s all in the details.
Numbers, a knocker, the bell, even the doormat
can set your home apart from others. Change
just one element (say, the faded mat), or change
them all. Metropolitan Retro Modern house
numbers, $15
each; atlasthomewares.com.
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“Gatheryour accessories into one
O room, then re-accessorize. It’s amazing
how attached we get to a lamp or vase always
being in the same location. Just by switching
things up,you can create a whole new look.”
NADIA GELLER, Hollywood designer
" 7
Turn a bedspread
Z.
/ into curtains. It’s
a sweet trick if standard
panels are too short. Cut
down the middle, iron on
seam tape to finish edges,
and hang with clip-on
rings. Urban Outfitters’
(
[urbanoutfitters.com
)
$36 lightweight cotton
bedspreads work great.
2 9 Pinpoint
the one (easy-
to-fix) thing
th at really,
really bugs
you, such as
a brassy
chandelier.
Change it.
3 0 “Low er
your art.
M ost people
hang it too
high. To
gauge the
right height,
pretend th at
you’re
looking in a
m irror. You
shouldn’t
have to look
up at it.”®
CELERIE KEMBLE
New York City designer
8 8
AUGUST
2009
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