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Struggling to be Stylish
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If your closet could try harder, your home is built on love before looks, and your wallet needs a yoga class in stretching, join Struggler to seek out the tips, tricks and inspirations which can help us muddle through.
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Reading This? Help Needed!

Whoops, I didnt expect to be back here posting again! But the fact of the matter is, although I consider myself to have fairly good technical skills, Im pretty sure I dropped some of you half way bet...

15 dec 10

$75 Giveaway at CSN Stores... Over Here!!

The great news is, the lovely people at CSN stores are offering you the chance to win a $75 gift certificate.The not so great news is, this blog has moved and so you need to hop across to my new addr...

18 nov 10

New Look, New Home

To go along with my new identity, I have a brand new look and a brand new home:Please join me over at The English Organizer blog, and be so kind as to update your links, bookmarks and feeds, too. As ...

15 nov 10

Waiting to Bloom: Floral Office Mood Board

Following on from my posting on how to jazz up your corporate desk, I was thrilled to be contacted by Carolyn of The Buzz to see if I had any suggestions for beautifying the office space she shares w...

11 nov 10

What Does Being Organized Mean to You?

One of the surprising things for me about meeting and talking with Professional Organizers is the wide variety of specialisms in the industry. Some only organize closets. Some coach people in time ma...

08 nov 10

Join Me on a New Journey!

Change is good.The blogging identity I took on over eighteen months ago, as a relatively new homeowner, completely overwhelmed at the number of projects and options facing me, doesnt feel right any m...

05 nov 10

Nuts about Berries

Are you getting just a little tired of pumpkins? Im not sure about other parts of the English-speaking world, but in my little corner of the USA, these orange guys are everywhere. And much as I love ...

01 nov 10

Expert Entertaining?

It tickles me pink when magazines think that as soon as the leaves come down, we all make plans to hold glamorous 5-course dinner parties for a dozen guests. Actually, my preferred form of entertaini...

29 oct 10

Finally, Im Ready to Think Fall!

Yes, OK, Ive been in denial. Youve all been embracing the chillier weather and making trick-or-treat and turkey-stuffing plans without me.In my defense, just 2 weeks ago, temperatures here were still...

26 oct 10

Can Colorful and Sophisticated Live Together?

One of the wonderful things for me about blogging has been the chance to think more clearly about my own style preferences. Ive found that looks which appealed to me during my early twenties are no l...

21 oct 10

Name and Shame

Its confession time. But dont worry, Im going first.On Sunday, after a full and fun day exploring San Francisco in the rain, we were sleepily lolling around on the sofa when I found myself revealing ...

19 oct 10

Things Organized Neatly

When life feels a little out of control, both email inboxes are overflowing, and Im not sure whether to check my RSS feed, Facebook, or Twitter first, I take comfort in knowing Im not the only one to...

14 oct 10

Winds of Change

Autumn always makes me a little restless. Maybe its the slight chill and breeze in the air after the laziness of summer; maybe its all the kids going back to school with their shiny new things, makin...

11 oct 10

Purple Splurges

Ahhh, Fall.Or Autumn, depending which version of English you like to speak :)Now, I know some of you are nutty about the ambers and auburns, tans and taupes, rusts and rouges which nature displays at...

07 oct 10

So You Think Youre an Ikea Expert?

If, like me, you have your own blue (not yellow) bag, you know where the special wormholes are, and you can describe in detail the difference between the 99 cent breakfast and the one which demands $...

04 oct 10

Gone Kayaking

This week has been designated a much-deserved "staycation" in our household. While I cant promise to stay off the computer the entire time, I am going to take a break from blogging, in favor ...

27 sep 10

Tickle in Style!

No, this isnt a kinky post about pink feathers and boudoirs. Its about the more mundane, but (possibly) more important concept of remembering to do things at the right time. :)Electronic (or paper) c...

23 sep 10

Three New BFFs for Decorating

Sometimes, its the smallest things in life which can make you happiest.Its 13 years since I first painted a room, in my tiny London flat where you could practically stand in the middle of the room an...

20 sep 10

10 ways to Jazz up Your (Corporate) Desk

Last week I helped a friend and co-worker tidy, organize and beautify her desk. Despite being able to find things fairly easily, she was worried that her random, cluttered space was harming her work ...

17 sep 10

J is for Juggle

Did you ever learn to juggle? I almost sorta did, on a company retreat several years ago, where we were each provided with a set a bit like this and encouraged to juggle during breaks and odd moments...

14 sep 10

Creative Earthquake Decor

I went to a sobering talk earlier this week, given by a representative from the US Geological Survey. His primary aim was to remind those of us in the San Francisco Bay Area that there is a 62% chanc...

10 sep 10

Home Office Mood Board

I suspect there arent many of us who can decorate completely according to our own tastes, without considering other household members.Having (more or less) finished the master bedroom, the next room ...

08 sep 10

Fabric Giveaway Winner

After 3 days up and down the step-ladder, paint can in hand, in vague hope of making our home office a bit less of a guy-only-techie-zone, Im in no shape to say anything intelligent.However, you migh...

06 sep 10

Classy Coastal Style: All Sewn Up

Last few days:Enter here to win $50 to spend on beautiful fabric! Now heres a career plan I admire:Take inspiration from your Scottish grandmothers belongings... add in your own considerable skills i...

02 sep 10

House Tour: Master Bathroom

Enter here to win $50 of beautiful fabric! Curiously, despite proudly showing you the recent changes made to the master bedroom, I do not appear to have shared our slightly older bathroom remodel. Al...

01 sep 10

Style Dilemmas: Outside-Inside

Enter here to win $50 of beautiful fabric! One of my best ah-ha moments in coming up with an overall style plan for my home was the realization that I should take a strong clue from its architecture ...

30 aug 10

Giveaway: $50 of gorgeous fabric!

Thanks so much for all the lovely comments on my master bedroom refresh. I was blown away by your kind words.For many of you, this reading chair covered in Carmen Miranda barkcloth fabric seemed to b...

27 aug 10

Organizing Tips from Pottery Barn

Last weekend, as a treat for finally finishing the master bedroom, I passed a pleasant hour at another fun Pottery Barn class, this time, on the Art of Organizing. My fellow attendees and I were eage...

25 aug 10

Before and After: Master Bedroom

This room wasnt terrible beforehand, but it was very "blah" and had never felt right in the three years weve lived here. You cant tell from these pictures, but the walls were a pale taupe, wh...

23 aug 10

Cute as Pie Office Inspiration

Why hasnt this photo been all over blog land? Or perhaps it has, and Ive been too busy earning an honest crust at my day job to realize :)In any case, I was recently stopped in my tracks by this gorg...

20 aug 10

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