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Home: Refresh the Home for Spring with Accents from Target

It’s time for Springtime When buying new home decor pieces for spring, I wanted to challenge myself to buy versatile pieces that I could use throughout my home in various ways. When I laid eyes…

Home: 4 Tips How to Mix & Match Colors and Patterns

It’s time for springtime With the official arrival of spring, I always get the urge to “redecorate” my house. Incorporating bright colors and fun patterns into your home can be the perfect way to prepare…

Just in: Luxury hacks for IKEA Furniture – Introducing Superfront

Swedes can now enjoy luxury hacks for IKEA A new kind of home design company opened its doors this week in Sweden allowing people to revamp their existing IKEA furniture to look like a higher…

Easter Table Setting (on a dime) Inspired by Gramma’s Vintage Style

Welcome our new writer Caitlin Covington of Southern Curls & Pearls It’s Time for Springtime My debut post for Skimbaco couldn’t be more fitting for the beautiful spring weather we’ve been experiencing lately in South…

IKEA Outdoor Living Products Hit the Stores

Think Spring Oh yes, it’s spring here in Sweden too. The birds are singing, the snow is melting, water dripping, I can already see my driveway on a few places, and the daily temperature highs…

Hot Holiday Home & Party Trends

As you are preparing for Thanksgiving and the biggest shopping weekend of the year, read these holiday tips from my dear friends, entertaining experts Dawn Sandomeno and Elizabeth Mascali. They recommend saving time and money…

Thanksgiving Table Setting from Target

Setting the table pretty for Thanksgiving is easy. Get a few seasonal accents and use what you have in an unified color scheme – or decorate with seasonal fruits or flowers to get an instant…

Sale Find: Red Royal Candle Lantern $40

Sale Find: Red Royal Candle Lantern Normal price: $90 Sale price: $40 Shop: Gilt I love this lantern for Holiday decorating and for cozy winter time indoors, and it’s perfect during summer time outside as…

Sale Find: Pair of 18″ Taj Pillows $39

Sale Find: two designer pillows Normal price: $75.00 Sale price: $39 Shop: One Kings Lane This is a new feature at Skimbaco blog network. Simple sale alert posts of great deals to help you to…

Decorate With Maps: Ideas How!

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I love to travel, and I love it to show in my home as well. But I like to keep my home very minimalistic, and try not to buy souvenirs, and things that, well, don’t…

IKEA hack: Two Dollar Clock Gets A Map Makeover

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I love decorating with maps, and I love IKEA and I combined the both loves by giving the $1.99 Rusch clock a makeover with a map from an old wall calendar. It took less than…

Macy’s College Dorm Shopping Events

Macy’s is a great place to shop for essentials for a college dorm! We shop at Macy’s for clothes, shoes and makeups, and I always stock up on kitchen essentials at Macy’s, so going to…

DIY Fringe Napkin Tutorial from… Sheets!

I prefer cloth napkins to paper ones any day. Not just that they look better, and make your party look more festive, but they are also eco-friendlier and come less expensive in the long run.…

Kmart Backyard Makeover: Relaxing Reading Nook for under $100

RELAXING READING NOOK The reading nook and the welcoming entrance to the house were both created by using same products from Kmart that I used in other parts of the yard as well, making it…

Soup Can Craft – Easy Flower Vase or Pen Holder

I love recycling and using common items in decorating. Like Ball canning jars, or heck, even just regular jelly jars make great flower vases. Lately we have been eating more canned foods than usually (did…