Have you seen the commercial for the Pocket Drawer? I look forward to watching each time it comes through the ad rotation on HGTV. For those not familiar with the product, it is basically a drawer mounted into the wall. From the company website, “it is 14 inches wide by 6 inches high by almost 5 inches deep.” The idea is perfect for marketing – it fills a plausible need (can take advantage of unused
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Kyle and I have settled into our house fairly well in the 5 years we’ve lived here. We’ve done lots of projects, but always have a running list of renovations and improvements we’d like to make in the upcoming years. The priority of the list is always shifting, it seems to keep things interesting. The latest project we’re tackling is “refreshing” our dining room. There are some features that we really like about the room
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The Lexicon is one of the new buildings in Blue Back Square, located at 75 Isham Road. The ground floor is retail, with offices on the upper three levels. Although I had been in the stores and restaurants on many occasions, I had not visited the lobby area that leads to the elevators until recently. There isn’t really that much to the lobby – it’s a relatively narrow corridor that leads to the center of
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Showed you sixty homes Won’t you please pick one to buy Car is out of gas
Putting up signs is a favorite hobby of West Hartford leaders and residents. Colorful campaign signs for the upcoming town elections have been spreading like wildfire throughout the neighborhoods. In the Center, the signs are more focused on announcing events. Here is a sampling… Note that the house tour event advertised on the final sign has already passed, and had passed when I photographed the sign earlier this week. Nevertheless, the Noah Webster House has
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