Decorating

With Walmart's announcement that it will open at 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving, the holiday has morphed into Black Friday Eve. But for the anti-consumerism camp, Nordstrom is king: For the sixth year year in a row, it won't even decorate for Christmas, let alone do any holiday marketing, until Thanksgiving is officially over.

Whether you're living in a small space because of financial limitations, family size or are at a transitional period in your life, Andy Suvalsky knows how to turn a small area into a dream home for little money. Suvalsky, an interior designer who's been featured on HGTV, in the New York Times and...

Back-to-school ads are full of products that you need to be cool at school, but how many of these products can you realistically fit into your shared, jail cell-sized dorm room? What's the key to picking out the dorm room necessities from the things that will make your space look like an episode of...

Schools offer dorms for efficiency, not elegance, meaning many lack pizazz. The cramped space, stark walls and dim lighting can make your study spot seem more like prison than home. Avoid dullness and start this school year with style by investing in the following dorm decorating ideas. Spice up...

Millions of college students are moving into temporary living spaces with stark white walls and many rental and dorm housing agreements have clauses that prohibit damaging the walls with holes or paint. What's a stylish renter to do to ease this decorating frustration? Rasterbate! You read...

The most green-friendly thing you can do is buy as much stuff as you can used -- or pull it out of dumpsters. That reality doesn't get a lot of press because no one can make money selling it to you, but it's irrefutably true. Using 100% post-consumer -- i.e. used -- is better for the planet than...

Now that the hustle of the holiday season is behind us, you may be thinking, as I am, of refreshing some of your interior spaces. Before you run over to the local hardware store to get the tools you'll need, let's compare those prices with comparable items from the dollar store. (Please check...

While in the dollar store recently, I witnessed a scene that must be happening in dollar stores all over North America. A Mom was helping her college-bound son pick out kitchen ware, bath ware and cleaning essentials for his first foray into life away from home. Been there, done that -- twice. But...

While we're busy planting and primping in the garden, we shouldn't forget that houseplants need love too. If your ivy is in need of a new home, check out the selection of pots at the dollar store. Whether you're looking for plain or fancy, large or small, clay or plastic, a buck is all you pay for...

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