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hese days, bailouts are com-
mon, but not many Americans
have considered it for their
beautiful fabric piece or even a great
piece of wallpaper that can be framed.
• Infuse natural light into the home
for an immediate morale (and energy
efficient) boost.
Watch spirits increase as the energy
bills decrease. Windows are a piece of
Five components to Coelho's plan:
• Provide immediate relief to family
and living rooms with the removal of
art and can be used to showcase an
outdoor tree or plant and create that
seamless look between the indoors
home design. Does lifeless and
cluttered design leave your home in
need of a makeover?
excess furniture.
Space is the basis for contemporary
design and this look can be achieved
and the outdoors — but they must be
clean. According to a recent survey,
Lifestyle and design expert Susie
Coelho is out to change all of that with
a sweeping Home Design Stimulus
by trimming down. Stimulate and
breathe new life into rooms by cutting
back on anything that has become a
Plan that offers immediate and effec-
tive relief for homeowners to boost
their surroundings, both inside and out,
liability instead of an asset.
Remove that extra wing chair, the
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almost half of homeowners (48 percent)
would rather clean the toilet or shower
than their outdoor windows.
Coelho recommends a new, quick,
Add some decorative pillows to
make the outdoor furniture more invit-
ing. If you're in the market for furniture,
torn ottoman, those pillows that swal-
low up the sofa, and maybe even that
old carpet so that you can actually see
some floor.
• Cut back on spending with the
easy and affordable solution for a
streak-free shine in half the time — the
Windex Outdoor All-in-One Glass
Cleaning Tool.
• Give outdoor areas some incen-
choose those pieces that have the flex-
ibility to be used either indoors or out.
• Bail out your back yard!
tives by taking the best of interior
design outside.
addition of only inexpensive or hand-
made decorative pieces.
Add an outdoor rug to soften the
patio floor; bring in a side table as a
quick relief to outdoor areas. No place
to plant? Go vertical in your garden with
trellises, walls, arbors and planters. Use
best-selling books and HGTV make-
over shows "Surprise Gardener" and
Fool guests by creating pieces of art
for little or no money. Look for branch-
"Outer Spaces." "This plan will refresh
any home design."
es that can be put in a vase, a painting
from a garage sale or flea market, a
focal point or even an outdoor leather
ottoman. Elevate the planter to the
status it merits by placing it on a table
instead of the ground.
without busting their budgets.
"Homeowners have been clamoring
for widespread reform both inside and
outside of the home," says Coelho,
who has provided guidance and sup-
port to homeowners for years with her
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