Today I present you with TerraCotta Properties. TCP hails from Georgia. That's the state, not the country- easy to confuse the two. It was charm and delight at first sight for me and TCP. The whole vibe is very clean, cheery, refined. There's also something else in there, a sort of X-factor. It's this sense of surprise. A sort of an unexpected element happening in nearly every space. That was what drew me in. See if ...

The trick to storing ornaments safely is to use dividers. Divided segments will ensure that each ornament is nestled in its own storage cocoon, that it won't bump against its neighbors, and that it won't shift around to disastrous results inside a container. As an added precaution  you can also wrap ornaments in tissue, and use ziploc bags for those ornaments with glitter. If you're a DIY fiend you can create a grid from cardboard slats, ...

Now that the holidays have officially concluded calendar-wise (though not in our hearts and spirits, never there), I wanted to provide you with some oft-requested holiday decoration storage tips. Now, I don't mean to rush you dears, you keep those decorations up until New Years if you please. But I have to get the good word out; you understand. Today we shall discuss storing christmas lights and christmas trees. Both can be quite obnoxious to ...

Merry Christmas to those celebrating today! Just stopping in with a quick tip about how to keep your holiday gifts organized once they’ve been unwrapped. Any one of us who’s ever attended a birthday party will know that when just one person opens a couple of presents it can result in heaps of tissue paper, stay ribbons, ripped envelopes, and general chaos. That’s well enough when all the extracted presents belong to the same person. ...

The other day as I was turning to leave my client's she said cheerily, "I hope you get everything you want over the holidays!" Then, immediately, she corrected herself. "I hope you get everything you deserve," she said, this time more earnest in tone. It was a subtle distinction that I appreciated even after the fact. The words "need" and "want" are ever-prominent in our collective lexicon. We use them to describe entities whose presence ...