A decade ago, shopping for home decor could be a real hassle. In order to assess the range of products that were available, you either had to traipse from store to store or rely on the catalogs that appeared in your mailbox. Thanks to the Internet, though, you can easily shop for kitchen decor, garden decor, or items for other rooms in your house with a few simple clicks of your mouse. Instead of choosing from among dozens or even hundreds of products, you can select from among hundreds of thousands of wonderful items that can infuse your home with whatever mood you choose. Here are some ideas for every room in the house: Living Room When it comes to shopping for home decor, your living room is like a canvas upon which you can create any portrait you desire. The best way to approach shopping for accents is to think about how you want to feel when you're in the room. Do you want a sunny, energizing look, a calm, soothing ambience, or do you want the room to reflect your interests a...
Question: I have been going over this opprortunity for a long time. Should I freelance and work from home? But the answer, the logical answer, always wins. Can I survive? And the funny thing is that…I always think that I can’t. I am a single mom. If I fail, my kids fail with me. And we eat nothing. So? Abby Dear Abby, I am glad you asked this question because this was the very same question I asked myself 7 years back. I had a needy 1-month-old child then (now I have 2) and I knew that if I leaped into the freelance world (which was something I REALLY wanted to do), it would spell either success or…FAILURE. And I can’t take failure for an answer. I know every one of us is different. Our situation is different and the circumstances surrounding our decision is different but…one thing is the same. The passion to move out of the corporate confines. Good questions to ask yourself: Do YOU want to freelance? Do YOU want to have more freedom? Do YOU want to answer to no one? Do YOU feel that y...