For many, the house hunt is a quest for the the holy grail of more square footage. But the reality of home ownership is this: you furnish and decorate the spaces in your home according to their planned purpose (e.g., dining room, kitchen, bedroom, etc.) only to realize that you spend 80 percent of your time in 20 percent of your home’s square footage! Most homeowners who have formal living and dining rooms rarely use them (Thanksgiving and Christmas are but two days of the year). Similarly, millions of square feet in great rooms, breakfast nooks, laundry rooms and hallways and even “spare”... [more...]

Ready for a living room redo, but don’t want to spend tons of money and time getting it done? No problem! There are plenty of easy ways to breathe new life into the room. Try one of these four strategies: Curtain Trick. If you only do one thing to improve your living room, do this: raise your curtain rod up a foot (or as close to the ceiling as possible) and make sure your curtains cover as little of the window as possible when they’re open. That’s it! These two changes may not seem like a big deal, but they can increase your window real estate by as much as 66 percent. It’s pretty hard... [more...]

Cincinnati Magazine’s Top 5 Mother’s Day Events are all happening throughout the week and upcoming weekend, offering a great opportunity to show mom just how great she really is. 1. The Great Gatsby at Mariemont Theatre Moms love Robert Redford. Mariemont Theatre features a special, one-night-only screening of the 1974 Great Gatsby. And for those really looking to jump into the story line, neighboring restaurant The Quarter Bistro will be serving a “Southern style Gatsby-themed dinner” before the show. If you can’t make it to the classic screening, come the next night for Mariemont’s... [more...]

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