The Home Engine

Im so excited to announce that Hatch: The Design Public Blog friend and guest poster Lisa Adams will be starring in a new show on HGTV called Million Dollar Closets. Lisa, the owner and designer behind LA Closet Design, will be going to the homes of celebs like Whitney Port, and Kris, Kylie and Kendall Jenner (you know, they are part of that clan that is more known for the name Kardashian).

I first discovered Lisas work several years ago and Ive been dreaming of turning my entire upstairs into one big L.A. Closet Design closet ever since! In fact, I keep a giveaway basket in the closet at Lisas suggestion; whenever I realize Im still keeping a pair of jeans with the shortest rise in history in the closet or realize something just isnt my color, I toss it in there and thank Lisa.

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Home remodeling used to be all about the pizzazz of granite countertops and marble floors, but in today’s world the focus is on payback. If you spend $10,000, $20,000 or even $50,000, will you get it back….and when?

While the housing market is rebounding in many areas, it’s wise to invest your remodeling dollars carefully. Modest remodeling projects, such as bathroom updates versus full blown overhauls, will fare better than extravagant projects, according to Remodeling Magazine’s Cost Versus Value Report covering 35 remodeling projects.

You can safeguard your investment by focusing on:

1. Simple, tasteful and somewhat neutral kitchen and bathroom updates. This me

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Starting a garden is not as easy as simply planting seeds in the ground. It will require you to have the correct tools, locate the right plants for your environment and to plan correctly. You’ll find things you’ll need before you plant your original seed, and the following are just some of those things you need.

You need to do some research to comprehend what you need before you start your garden. Based on how and where your garden is set up, you need to have the right information. You must also go to your local garden shop to see what plants are available and ask questions to the staff. All of the plants are going to have tags that contain their name as well as maintenance information. Get

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Even though it’s likely that none of us can even remotely remember what our baby cribs looked like when we were wee ones, our parents most certainly can.  And although new moms and dads take great pleasure in dressing up their nurseries — particularly when it’s their first time — in some ways, their aesthetic choices are as much for their own happiness as they are for that of the new little one’s.  Given the massive amounts of time spent in the newly-functional space, changing diapers, rocking junior to sleep and generally watching over the little bundle of joy’s every move, it may as well be as visually compelling to the parents as it is to the baby.  So here, we

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The Titanic may have gone down 100 years ago; but its memory lives on in the and of its wealthiest passenger.

To the average visitor from , the and silk wall coverings of the St Regis hotel in New York evoke images of the luxury liners of America’s gilded age. This isn’t surprising, as the St Regis was built in 1904 by John Jacob Astor IV the wealthiest victim of the Titanic. He has been hailed as a hero, calmly helping other passengers including his heavily pregnant wife into a lifeboat before perishing with 1,540 others. However, his legacy lives on in his magnificent hotel, which has remained unchanged since the day he died.

If you are at your happiest in an antiques centre in , surrounded by Victorian oak pedestal desks , then a visit to the St Regis is definitely on the cards. How

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