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My favorite time of year is coming soon; Christmas. I still remember the excitement of going to bed on Christmas Eve when I was a child; the almost breathless excitement in the anticipation of Santa Claus coming with his bag full of goodies while I slept so that when I woke up there would be all these lovely surprises waiting for me! After all Christmas is all about giving and sharing and gifting, so go forth and shop! If we can find discounts, all the better! And No! It is not cheap to buy discounted gifts, it is merely smart!

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Tags: Accessories, Best Deals, Celebrations, Clothes, Gifts, Home Stuff by Nicole Price
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I am of a mind to revamp my entire kitchen, and in for the kind of cookware that looks good and is pleasure to cook with. I did a post about this a long time ago and the subject can do with some updating I think. I think it is a good idea to go in for a cookware set, for several reasons; it is a matched set so it looks really good, the set usually comprises graded sizes so that you have a appropriate vessel for any kind of requirement and also since you are buying a set it will probably entitle you to a discount too!

This 10 piece non stick cookware set is available from Amazon for $74.12 which is down from $99.99; pretty good deal I thought. Six pans of different sizes and four of them have lids. [Read more →]

Tags: Best Deals, Electronics, Gifts, Home Stuff, Kitchen by Nicole Price
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I finished reading my regular blogs and every time I visit stephenfung.net, I end up feeling hungry and longing for some tasty treats, so you can say that it was Stephen Fung that inspired me to do this post.

Ok the reason that I am such a great cook (so I have been told repeatedly; it’s not just my own conceit speaking), is for two reasons: I love good food and I am self taught. If there is a particular dish that I like to eat, I teach myself to cook it. And there is this incredible resource which gives you every recipe you can possibly dream of and that is the World Wide Web. For years now, I have not bought a recipe book; simply because any recipe that I want I can find on the internet free of charge! And the really good thing is that you can browse by cuisine, calorie, snacks, desert, main course or just about any criterion.

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Tags: General, Home Stuff, Self Improvement by Nicole Price
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If you or your kids did any back to school purchases recently, you will have noticed how the weakened economy has made manufacturers and retailers alike slash prices to the extent that you may almost think that you are in a time warp as NY Times reported last month. “A penny these days buys eight No. 2 pencils at Staples or a wooden ruler at OfficeMax. Fifty cents buys a watercolor set at Target. A box of 24 Crayola crayons is the cost of a gumball – 25 cents. Or, as Sharon Hartley, vice president for United States marketing and sales for Crayola, put it: “Sixteen boxes of a 24-pack equals a gallon of gas.” Puts things in perspective doesn’t it!

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Did I ever tell you what my most favorite pastime in the world is? It is to be out in the garden and read a book while the birds chirp quietly around me. So in aid of this lazy hobby of mine and the fact that casual entertaining is always best out in the garden, (and garden ‘dos’ are quite the norm at our house) I like to have some nice lawn and garden items around me, since I really enjoy spending time out of doors.

So for those casual get together of family or friends this 10 piece patio set I really liked available for $284.99, down from $549.99. For this price you get the glass dining table, 4 sling chair, 2 sling recliners and two sling ottonams. Now if you have a pool to set it up next to, wonderful, if not, never mind, your friends will still love it!

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Do you recycle? Well I do and let me tell you, it gives me a lot of satisfaction! To know that you try to do your bit for the environment is a good feeling! And I don’t think I mentioned it before, but I recently bought me an electric scooter and I love, love, love it! Electric vehicles are such a green thing too!

This Glow-in-the-dark light bulb encased in a solid acrylic brick, is charged by absorbing light during the day and releasing it at night. It is not cheap at $30.99 but since it uses no electricity or anything it does kind of pay for itself.

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Tags: Environment, Gifts, Home Stuff by Nicole Price
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A while back, I did a post about home decorating that seemed to be pretty popular and elicited quite a bit of comment and appreciation. So I thought that one more post on the subject would not be taken amiss, especially since I am helping out my mother with some additions/alterations to her house and am looking to do the research myself.

The color, material and texture of the cloth or upholstery that you use for your bath or bed linen and curtains is as important as the stuff we discussed earlier (lamps, rugs, decorative items etc). This site simply called the textileshop.com is a one stop shop for all your bed and bath linen requirements. Velvet window treatments here start at $8.49 (down from $16.99). Bath linen here start at under $1 for this Ravello Jaquard Bath towel. You can get a three piece embroidered bath set for $2.99.

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My mom’s house needed some revamping and sprucing up. So I offered to help her out with it. We decided to start with getting a smart rug and changing some of the lamps and light fixtures. We picked up some of the ideas from my Home Decorating post. We got the rug that I featured in that post. Some good lamps and lights were next on the list. Since we needed a couple for each room, I decided to look it up deeper.

I found this site for all kinds of lighting solutions. They had an impressive collection of indoor lighting. I started looking around for what would fit perfectly into the home. Their products are well categorized making it very simple to find what you are looking for.

I thought this in-line chandelier would work well in the kitchen. I really liked this one too for its different style and concept. It would look good over the dining table I think. It has a wooden base with a glass table top. [Read more →]

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I love my home. This is because I decorated it myself and it reflects my likes and what I find comforting and inviting. I surround myself in colors of my choice; earth tones like russet, maroon, beige, dark green etc. If you have children in the house it is a good idea to decorate in darker colors, wear and tear shows up less and dirt shows up much less so you need to do less washing and cleaning.

There are several additions you can make to your home to make it appear warm and inviting and homey; wall decorations, throws, bright cushions, area rugs and spotlight lamps. These items add focus and definition to different areas of your house. For instance putting a mirror with an interesting frame or hanging a colorful rug on the wall adds character to a wall. This gold moon wall mirror (for $13.30) can act as a bit of a conversation starter.

You can add some intriguing pieces of furniture to a corner to brighten it and make it more attractive. I liked this round table clock top for a discounted price of $72.96. It is unusual and innovative and serves two functions. I also liked this magazine rack cum table for $72.96. [Read more →]

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With the Internet giving us opportunities for staying connected like never before, more and more of us have the option of working from home! If you are in the daily grind of commuting to and from office, battling heavy traffic and spending that most precious of commodities, time, on travel, then you need to ask yourself the question if it is possible for you to work from home.

If it is not possible to work from home all the time, perhaps you can reassess the time that you need to spend in office, whether you need to go in everyday or if it is possible to go in once or twice a week while still being able to accomplish the bulk of work from home. Because, remember time saved is money saved and the amount that you will save on actual travel costs is a bonus! If you don’t already have an office set up at home, you may want to keep the following in mind:

Pick a Space: A small, unused room in your house could work, or even part of a room can be used if you don’t need too much space. Think of what you need to set up an office away from office in your own house. Perhaps a desk, ergonomically designed chair, some storage shelves and drawers may be all the furniture that you require. Mind that you don’t pick a space where most of the family hang out at all times.Tthat will make for too much disturbance and you’ll never get any work done! Some seclusion is a good idea.

Work out what you actually need: Before you go on a shopping spree, assess what is required. Sometimes you may overlook an unused item that is already there in your home, which may fulfill your purpose. Perhaps there is an unused chest of drawers or a set of shelves that you can set up for your home office. Then if you realize that you really need to get some additional items to set up a work station at home, make a list of those things.

Look around; consider used furniture: Flea markets or furniture consignment shops can give you some great deals. This online Yellow Pages site is arranged city wise to give you quick and accurate access to the items of your choice. Consider taking on furniture that high end hotels are looking to dispose of because they tend to redecorate every few years. Sometimes similar deals can be got from offices who are redecorating as well.

Since I am looking to redecorate my own home office, I will write about any bargains that I find in my next post.

Tags: Furniture, General, Home Stuff by Nicole Price
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