Keeping up appearances is a little like keeping up with the Jones’s. It never ends, although once it starts, it permeates every aspect of one’s being, living expenses and household. One thing to bear in mind as the holidays approach and company is sure to arrive is to furnish your home for living rather than for ornamental purposes. Un-decorate. Too many knick-knacks are not only a source for more dust, but cleaning them can also give you a migraine and a pain even lower than that. Understatement is best, as Liberace use to say. Consider camouflage as a solution to … Continue reading →