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0 Scary Ways to Decorate Your Home (If You Dare) W Scary Decorating Tip #1: Allow the fake garland to take over your kitchen. “We haven’t seen Alice since she went to the kitchen to make a sandwich.” I think I just saw it move. Did you? More » October 31st, 2008 | Tags: Bad MLS Photos, Decorating, Halloween | truth about enzyte Category: Bad MLS Photos | Comments (39) L In last night’s episode, they were down to the Final Four contestants: Ondine, Nathan, Eddie, and Preston. In the poll I took last week, you were pretty much split as to who should win this thing: Nathan or Preston. Nathan had 41% of the vote and Preston had 40%. (Eddie and Ondine lagged way behind with 16% and 4%, respectively.) More » October 30th, 2008 | Tags: Bravo TV, Decorating, design, Flipping Out, Jeff Lewis, Jonathan Adler, reality TV, Top Design | Category: On TV | Comments (15) A I’m not. I’ve just got the usual jack-o-lanterns on the front porch and fall decorations around the house. My daughter Lily told me yesterday, “We’re not being creative enough for Halloween!” You may recall that Lily decorated the house for me earlier this month, covering all the walls and doors with pictures of witches, black cats, pumpkins, and ghosts (boo!). You can see her handiwork here. Since then, she has continued to decorate the house within an inch of its life. But apparently it is still not enough. She loves looking at other peoples’ blogs with me to see their creative Halloween decor. Lily declared Living Locurto “the best blog ever!” after seeing some of Amy’s Halloween posts, including this adorable witchy pumpkin. Amy has a big Halloween blog party in progress that you have to check out if you haven’t already. Remember this Martha Stewart magazine Halloween cover? More » October 29th, 2008 | Tags: Decorating, Fall, Halloween, pumpkins | Category: Decorating | Comments (18) H For these pictures, the agent (and owners) couldn’t be bothered to close the medicine cabinet doors or take all the junk off the sink first. But wait, what’s that yellow tape in the sink? Lovely. Well, don’t worry. I won’t use this bathroom! I have a feeling no one else will want to, either. If You’re Hooked on Bad MLS Photos: Please help me welcome one of my blog’s new sponsors: Cottage Magpie! I’ve been a fan of Angela’s popular decorating blog for a long time. Angela says: ~ “I talk to so many people who think that they can’t have a charming home (or cottage) because their house isn’t inherently charming (ranch style, for example), or because they don’t have any money. So I’m trying to prove that it *is* possible, because for sure, my house is not charming, and I don’t have much money to work with, either.” ~ Click here to read how to make Cottage Magpie’s fun Halloween Chandelier Shades craft and see all the beautiful ways she is decorating for fall. October 28th, 2008 | Tags: Bad MLS Photos, bathrooms, MLS, Real Estate, realtors | Category: Bad MLS Photos | Comments (21) R The neighborhood has rows of Victorian Painted Ladies like this one perched on the hills overlooking the river. This pink and purple-painted one was my daughter Lily’s favorite. She wants us to paint our house these colors now! More » October 26th, 2008 | Tags: Cincinnati, columbia tusculum, historic homes, history, House Tour, Ohio, Ohio River, painted ladies, Victorian homes | Category: Historical Homes, House Tour | Comments (23) Who doesn’t love a good house tour? Well, if you don’t, then you’ve come to the wrong place. Today kicks off the Hooked on House Tours Blog Party–one big, giant Fantasy Open House tour around the blogosphere. I’m putting a twist on the usual blog party this time around, though. Get this: There will be a prize for one lucky blogger! One week from today I’ll draw the name of one of the participating bloggers, and they will receive a free button-ad (125 x 125) in my sidebar for the entire month of November. It never hurts to get a little more attention for your blog, right? It’s just my way of thanking all of you who are joining the party today. NOTE TO BLOGGERS: Before adding your link, be sure to follow these 2 simple rules. If you don’t, your link will be removed, so listen up! I hope you’ll help us get the word out about the party by Stumbling your favorite tours, mentioning the blog party on message boards, and telling your friends. I want everyone to get plenty of visitors–and comments!–today. On Monday, as promised, I’ll be posting photos from the house tour I took in the historic town of Columbia Tusculum, Ohio, so be sure to come back for that! In the meantime, you can see some of the town’s beautiful Victorian Painted Ladies that I photographed here, all decked out for fall. Today I want these other bloggers to get all the attention! I can’t wait to see the fabulous house tours you all have for us. Ready…set…link! This site is using auto-links. To add your link to the list, enter your name and URL in the form below and press Enter.Your name: Please leave a comment after linking... Thank you! October 23rd, 2008 | Tags: blog party, Fantasy Open House, house tours, Victorian homes | Category: Blog Parties, House Tour | Comments (59) B Take a look at the how the rooms turned out and then tell me which was your favorite–and which designer should’ve gone home: More » October 23rd, 2008 | Tags: Bravo TV, entertainment, Kenley, project runway, reality TV, television, Top Design | Category: On TV | Comments (32) |