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Jameson: First place in tacky is a prize worth losing

If your child's ribbon and award collection is lowering your own self- esteem, consider a more artful display, such as mounting awards in a shadow box. (Marni Jameson) Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. Or — if I may embellish ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Denver Post,  20 Nov 2009
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At Home: Award-winning design for awards

got a ribbon: blue, really good; red, pretty good; yellow, all right; and white, you tried. Plus she got a ribbon at the end of the meet just for competing. So for every meet, no matter how well she did, she would net five ribbons. Corral them. Like ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Inside Bay Area,  20 Nov 2009
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Jameson: The antique crept in on little scrolled feet

Context is what makes these old items, which all hail from China, look great together. One key to making old furnishings work in a space, rather than looking out of place, is to group them with items of roughly the same origin and quality. (Eron ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Denver Post,  13 Nov 2009

At Home: Telling the 'good old' from the 'bad old"

and possibly valuable out of, say, a garage sale, how well something is made and its heritage matter more than looks, he says. Does it mean something to you? Pieces that have sentimental value are worth a second look. You can't put a price on ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Contra Costa Times,  13 Nov 2009

Jameson: Solution could be right in front of you

I'm sitting Indian-style on top of my husband's desk trying to talk seriously, which is difficult in this humbling position. Besides the desk chair, which Dan's in, the only other seating in his home office is the even-more-demeaning floor. I'm aiming ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Denver Post,  6 Nov 2009
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At Home: Turning something old into something new

Finding new ways to use stuff you already have takes a good eye and a little imagination. For example, this table base gave a second life to some old Victorian cast iron balusters. I'M SITTING cross-legged on top of my husband's desk trying to talk ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Contra Costa Times,  6 Nov 2009
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Jameson: Poufy out, sleek in? Get me my trend-fatigue pills

This interior, by Elaine Griffin, features bold-patterned graphics on the walls and midtone woods on the floor two trends that are hot right now. (William Geddes) The minute I hang up the phone, I start folding my draped throws, unrolling the rolled ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Denver Post,  30 Oct 2009
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At Home: Straighten up -- folded, flat and fitted is back in style

why exactly is the "just-flung" look out and "perfectly folded" in? This interior, by Elaine Griffin, features bold-patterned graphics on the walls and mid-tone woods on the floor -- two trends that are hot right now. Photo courtesy William Geddes THE ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Inside Bay Area,  30 Oct 2009
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Jameson: When a garden chair isn't meant for the garden, try a good caning

Maybe I expect too much. It's entirely possible. Just ask my husband. But when I see a chair in an upscale catalog billed as a "garden chair," I assume it goes outside. I ordered such a chair — wrought iron with a cane seat — and set it on my deck, ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Denver Post,  24 Oct 2009

At Home: Giving a new Season to outdoor chairs

pulled its curtain for the season, I took the chair to Open Air Chair Repair, a Denver company that only does outdoor furniture repair, which shows you how often this stuff falls apart. I showed the folks my chair. You could hear their tongues cluck in ...

From MARNI JAMESON, Contra Costa Times,  23 Oct 2009

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