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Archive for the ‘Home Sense’ Category

December 9th, 2005

I might as well show you how to tie a bow, if I’m going to show you how to wrap a present. In my experience, the cheapest place for ribbon (look for the wire edged ones) is Costco. You need the wire edge to be able to shape and fluff the ribbon correctly.

There is a […]

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December 7th, 2005

Gift Wrapping

These are great tips that I’ve followed in the past for wrapping gifts, which is an art unto itself. Martha Stewart can annoy me sometimes, but her website is great and, at Christmas time, I’m proud to be called a Martha Stewart - I make my own wrapping paper, cards and even some ornaments!

Though I […]

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October 18th, 2005

Making the bed with hospital corners

I’ll admit to being guilty of not making the bed. I actually quite dislike making the bed. We have a comforter that is getting to that lumpy stage and I cannot get it to look the way I want, so I honestly just let it stay a mess. However, we do have all the coordinating […]

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October 13th, 2005

The bathroom is key

Most guys overlook the importance of the bathroom. If there was anywhere I’d advise you in your house to adopt the ‘metrosexual’ guidelines, it would be here.

You know women tend to, overall, spend a bit more time in the bathroom. And we do look around. We scan to see if it is clean. And sometimes […]

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