{"id":38001,"date":"2018-02-05T19:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=38001"},"modified":"2018-02-05T18:27:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T23:27:23","slug":"the-diy-home-planner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=38001","title":{"rendered":"The DIY Home Planner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know our friend Karianne?\u00a0 Not only is she the author of the amazing Thistlewood Farms<\/a>, which has been earned all kinds of blog awards, but she has published two books in the past 12 months.\u00a0 That’s two as in one, two.\u00a0 We were lucky enough to have been chosen to promote her latest book, The DIY Home Planner<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 (It’s available for early pre-ordering here<\/a>, and it will be released on March 6. And by the way, if you pre-order, then go to this page<\/a>, enter your receipt number, and get free decorating videos sent to you.)<\/p>\n

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Since I am knee-deep in architectural drawings, construction dust, and room layouts right now, it couldn’t have come at a better time.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong.\u00a0 You don’t need to be remodeling town house<\/a> and a fixer upper<\/a> at one time to have use for this adorable, colorful book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Karianne is loaded with personality, and so is her book<\/a>.\u00a0 The illustrations, by Michal Sparks, are colorful and whimsical. \u00a0 The photos of Karianne’s former home are spot on.<\/p>\n

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The book<\/a> deals with the practical side of decorating and designing a home, but it also discusses the fun stuff like fabrics, and how to mix patterns and colors. \u00a0 There’s a chapter on accessory styling, window treatments, and more.\u00a0 There’s even a resource guide.\u00a0 There are several pages of graphs so you can draw up any room you want to decorate or design.\u00a0 There are even “to scale” furniture pieces so you can place furniture in a room without actually lifting it.\u00a0 #saveyourback\u00a0 All of these little tips and techniques will make it be my go-to source for advice when I’m trying to make a troublesome decorating decision.<\/p>\n

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If you need to know how many lights go in a hallway, you can learn how to calculate that.\u00a0 Ditto for how and where to hang sconces in a bathroom.\u00a0 Deciding where to hang a sconce or chandelier is always tough for me.\u00a0 Do you struggle with this, too? Find out lots of ways to add interest to a wall with just tape and paint.\u00a0 Faux paneling and ombre walls are two that come to mind.\u00a0 There’s even a cute little pocket in the back for holding things like fabric swatches and paint cards.<\/p>\n

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Now, let me tell you that The DIY Home Planner<\/em><\/a> is a book that anyone who likes to tinker in house DIY should own.\u00a0 It’s practical, whimsical, adorable, affordable, and a must-have.<\/p>\n

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Take care.<\/p>\n

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We were given The DIY Home Planner<\/em><\/a> as a promotion, but all opinions are our own.<\/p>\n

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Do you know our friend Karianne?\u00a0 Not only is she the author of the amazing Thistlewood Farms, which has been earned all kinds of blog awards, but she has published two books in the past 12 months.\u00a0 That’s two as in one, two.\u00a0 We were lucky enough to have been chosen to promote her latest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38001"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38001"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38016,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38001\/revisions\/38016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}