Janet Jones's (jljones13) Blog

This Friday, April 8, marks the third annual Orchid Ball to benefit the children of the Montessori Hale O Keiki in Kihei, Maui.  This year's theme is Floral Fantasy.  Each table will be decorated with a unique floral arrangement showcasing Maui's talented floral artists.  The floral arrangements ...

This wonderful video was just brought to my attention.  136 NFL Alumni cheerleaders came together and performed a dance routine to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation which is seeking the cure for breast cancer.  Each time the video is viewed, United Healthcare will make a $.10 don...

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall.  This is the beginning of the question the evil Queen asks in the fairy tale, Snow White, followed usually by, "Who is the fairest of them all?"  The mirror cannot lie, and so it tells the evil Queen that she is the fairest until Snow White's beauty eclipses hers.  And...

Have you decided to put your home up for sale?  After you have done the standard steps--clean, declutter, and complete all deferred maintenance items--it's time to take a serious look at each room in your house and determine if the furniture placement highlights the spaciousness of the room.  Eve...

After reading Sally Weatherley's post I couldn't resist this AR challenge.  The name of Stefan Swanepoel's new book, Surviving your Serengeti, immediately caught my attention.  I was in Krueger National Park in South Africa on my first safari this past September and now my husband and I are anxio...

Hi Fellow Stagers-- Do any of you have experience with Krylon's Looking Glass®- Mirror Like Paint? I saw this on the BHG website this morning (I'm inserting the link because I don't believe I can legally insert their photo here):  http://www.bhg.com/decorating/paint/projects/quick-refreshes-using...

Dining rooms often seem to me to be the rooms with the most furniture and the ones homeowners use for more than one purpose.  Therefore they tend to collect things not related to dining.  When you are getting ready to sell your home take a really close look at your dining room.  Most dining rooms...

This kitchen presented a major challenge.  This 1980's renovation screams gut, replace and too expensive to a prospective buyer; however, the homeowner did not have the budget for a a new kitchen, nor would she recover the cost at time of sale.  Yet, something drastic was needed to turn this into...