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Krayl’s Spring Seasonal Home Box Reviews + A’s to your Q’s
This spring I launched my first product offering and a long time dream of mine, a Seasonal Home Box Membership, to my delight it has been a hit with busy women across the U.S.! Delivered right to your door, filled with seasonal home decor items, my Seasonal Home Box is perfect for homemakers who are looking for perhaps not a full room makeover, but know that a few well chosen touches can make a huge difference in their environment and make them feel happier. Friends, family and fans commented on how great the idea was, how “no one is doing anything like this” and “it’s a perfect offering for you brand”. While I loved all…
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Metallic Color Block Coasters DIY
Combine two of the hottest trends in design – metallic gold and rose gold, and color blocking home decor – into one easy DIY project with chic Metallic Color Block Coasters. Adding style to your coffee table with metallic cork coasters is easy and can be accomplished in one day. Get your craft on today and you will be ready for weekend revelers. Watch as I create these Metallic Color Block Coaster on WFLA with Gayle Guyardo, for a segment called Gayle’s Guide to Pinterest. Or watch on my YouTube Channel here. DIY Metallic Color Block Coasters Supplies Cork Board Sheet {12in X 12in} Utility Knife Ruler Painters Tape Acrylic…
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Announcing My Seasonal Home Subscription Box Membership!
Imagine the perfect home accents delivered to your door, arriving just in time for each season, to refresh and renew your decor. I am beyond excited to announce my first product a seasonal home subscription box, is finally here to make keeping your home beautiful all year-long easier than ever! In my 15+ years of working with private clients I have asked myself many times, how can I share this same experience with more women who deserve to love their homes as much as possible. More women who don’t have extra time to search out the perfect items but appreciate them in their homes. Homemakers who are looking for perhaps not…
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Creating A Green + Grey Entranceway For Spring
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Pantone Color of the Year 2016 :: ROSE QUARTZ + SERENITY
As this article goes live I am boarding a flight to Atlanta {in fact I’m editing it at gate C1 to be exact…} for the January Atlanta Home Furnishings Market and I thought it a fitting time to share the Pantone Color of the Year 2016. Well actually this year, for the first time ever, Pantone has introduced two colors instead of the traditional one color. May I present… the Pantone Color of the Year 2016 – Rose Quartz + Serenity. And invite you to visit my Pinterest board dedicated to this color combination, Rose Quartz + Serenity, well as the previous colors Emerald Green + Radiant Orchid. Over the course…
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How To Decorate Your Bedroom For Christmas
Every season I change out the bedding in our master bedroom to suit the changing temperatures and colors to suit the months ahead. I have bedding for summer, spring and fall, but until this year Christmas has eluded me… Yes, I would put a red pillow on the bed, tie a ribbon around the papier mache deer head above the bed and then spend all season wishing I had real Christmas bedding. Last year I got really close to buying it and was talked out of it by a friend – “no one will see it”. This year I went ALL in. New evergreen accented sheets, red shams and a…
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Summertime Decorating Ideas For Your Entranceway
Summer is just 94 days short but with these quick and easy decorating ideas for your entranceway you will be loving your homes curb appeal all summer long. Start the season with a fresh coat of paint to really make your front door pop! Add a new door knocker {even if you only use the doorbell they add a great design touch}, seasonal door mat, a potted plant and in one quick afternoon you are ready to welcome guests the entire summer entertaining season! Inside the doorway place a collection of baskets or totes to keep clutter to a minimum. My bright yellow Hunter boots welcome me home everyday and…
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What’s Your Favorite Position? Feng Shui for the Bedroom Design
I was recently interviewed for a news series that aired on FOX News called “Launch Your Libido”, with Dr Jo and Board Certified Clinical Sexologist Dr. Dae Sheridan regarding the ideal design for your bedroom as it relates to your relationship. We talked about color choices, fabrics + pillows, candles, a mixture of materials and also the placement and position of your furniture with in your room. And of course, since it was a “libido” focused series we naturally focused on the bed as the main furniture in the room. Now although in this article I am specifically discussing the bedroom, these philosophies can apply to your garden, dinning room…
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How To Decorate A Dining Hutch.
If you love dishes and glasses as much as I do, you will quickly find you run out of spaces to hide them, but you can also incorporate them into your decor by using open and glass front hutches. In this short video for eHow.com I discuss incorporating your collections in to you home decor and decorating. Many dining hutches have a glass front area as well as an enclosed area. When displaying items in the glass front area, it’s nice to group them into categories. Even though I have a collection of mismatched champagne glasses, organizing them together in one area creates a very nice display. Use the second…
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We Want You! …To Tell Us a Story.
For the last few years An Appealing Plan has provided articles and tips on seasonal entertaining and design solely from the voice of our founder Krayl Funch. We have loved building our community and learning all about your lifestyle goals, dreams and personal way of expressing yourself through entertaining and design. We are honored daily with your comments and feedback and just the fact that you are here amazes and inspires us to continue daily. It is with this in mind that we have decided to open up our blog to you! Yes, beginning in April we will be featuring one guest post a week from someone in our community that…
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Office Style. The Perfect Office Side Chair.
You schedule a meeting in your office and you have to drag in chairs from another room for your clients to sit on. Your assistant comes in everyday to talk with you and has to stand while you talk. Occasionally you want to sit and read a report in a chair that is not practical desk side chair. If any of the above statements ring true for you it is time to consider finding the perfect office side chair to fill that void in your space. Luckily chairs come in a variety of sizes, colors, shape and budgets there is one guaranteed to suit your needs. Factors you…
