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From dripping wet children plopping down on the couch after an afternoon in the sprinklers, muddy footprints tracked through the living room, and piles of musty towels found in every corner of the house, the summer can start to feel more like a chore than a vacation. This year, after the back-to-school shopping is finished [...]
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A lot of clients have asked me lately if saturated, colored walls are “in” or “out”. My feeling is that color on walls, as accents, or an entire room, is always stylish. While the color palette of the moment might change, walls with color always create an interesting, warm or dramatic space. Rich tones–like red, [...]
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Check out another great video from Casa Latina starring our resident designer and remodeling expert Marlene Pratt.
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When it comes to stowing your stuff, we tend to fall into one of two camps: the outies, who keep their things out and within easy reach, and the innies, who hide everything in a closet or inside a drawer. The trick to finding tools and systems that will keep your house in order depends [...]
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Even though the weather has turned cold and we’ve put our garden roses to bed for the winter, that doesn’t mean we have to be rose-deprived until spring. Miniature roses adapt quite well to life indoors. They are a bit more particular about light and humidity than some indoor flowering plants, but they will reward [...]
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Lighting does so much more than provide illumination. Designers know that it can be used to change the whole look and feel of a room. Think about how you want each room to feel when you walk in. Active or intimate? Inspiring or dramatic? The types of lighting, their placement in the room – even [...]
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It’s surprisingly easy to be green in the kitchen. Recycle your cans, eat organic and bring your own reusable totes to the grocery store. However, when it comes to kitchen cleaning, a lot of us still choose old-school methods to do the dirty work. With a little know-how and terrific new products, clean and green [...]
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As the saying goes, there’s no place like home. And these days people are looking for ways to make their home a more enjoyable living space. “Rather than flipping homes, like people did when the housing market was strong, we’re seeing more and more families embracing what they already have,” says Bob Maricich, president and [...]
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MEET MARLENE Marlene Pratt – Casa Latina’s resident home improvement expert – has over a decade of interior design and renovation experience. Marlene has served as co-host of Discovery Channel’s Fix-It Line, hosted Telemundo’s Saturday morning ” Mehorando Su Hogar” home improvement segment and appeared on FOX, CBS, WNBC, CNN and WB’s WPIX-TV as an [...]
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