Haute home decorating - Where to spend and where to save

Posted Oct 17th 2008 at 4:55PM by Kristen Seymour (Subscribe to Kristen Seymour's posts)

If you're looking to give your home a bit of an update, it's easy to look in showrooms and catalogs and decide you want it all. Paying for it all, however, is a little more difficult for most of us.

Where to splurge and where to save on home decor

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Fortunately, Marie Claire has a few suggestions regarding what you should splurge on and what items you can save some cash on, and we've got to say, we totally agree. In the gallery we've got a few of the suggestions listed for you, but you can also check out the original article for a little more info.

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Tags: anthropologie, bargain, budget, decorating, furniture, home decor, HomeDecor, pottery barn, PotteryBarn, save, spend, splurge, west elm, WestElm

Ken Lauher 10-18-2008 @ 2:35AM

Great posting. As a Feng Shui Consultant, I've noticed that just the addition of life energy in the form of a plant, flowers or fresh fruit can have a big impact on how you experience a space. Just take a look at Architecture Digest and you'll notice one of those three in almost every photo.

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