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Category Archives: Super Cool Giveaway

Rock Your Rental ~ The Uphill Climb

February 28, 2012 – 1:00 am

Super important: subscribers won’t be able to see the video through email… please click the title. I promise… there are sexy auditory goodies involved. Oh, the uphill climb. That “ugh” when you open the door. The overwhelming urge to just ignore everything and eat Chinese takeout while staring at the television and wondering why your [...]

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Rock Your Rental ~ From Frustration to Inspiration

February 7, 2012 – 1:00 am

In our last Rock Your Rental post, we met Mr. & Mrs. B, or rather, we met Mr. & Mrs. B’s sad sack of a bedroom.* *I’ve been granted permission to use this particular expression since their own description of the space was a little more, um, colourful. If you’re new here, I created the [...]

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Rental Purgatory, You Say?

June 10, 2011 – 1:00 am

{If you’re reading this via email, click the title to view the gallery. It’ll make so much more sense that way. Promise!} THANK YOU to all of you who entered the Rock Your Rental contest. Choosing a winner wasn’t easy, and while I’ve personally thanked each and every one of you, I’d like to thank [...]

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Are You Ready? I’m About to Rock Your Rental

April 12, 2011 – 1:00 am

My first house was a kaleidescope of cows and bubblegum pink walls, burnt orange-coloured carpets with black and peach wallpaper, mint coloured balloon shades, and a forest green basement with a cheap wood bar. Yeah, baby. It was sort of the visual equivalent of this: It even had one of these: Side note: I was [...]

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  • Previously:

    • Rock Your Rental ~ The Uphill Climb
    • Rock Your Rental ~ From Frustration to Inspiration
    • Rental Purgatory, You Say?
    • Are You Ready? I’m About to Rock Your Rental
    • Holla. A Little on the Madness that was March. Er, Winter.
    • ‘Decorating’ & Unraveling the Cringe Factor
    • The Dichotomy of Design
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