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September 22, 2008

My house

Before

This is my kitchen counter. No, it’s not meant to be an advertisement for Palmolive (but if they wanted to be an advertiser on the site I wouldn’t say no). It’s an example. An example of how little things can make a difference.

Shira Abel Shvo

Shira Abel is the CEO and founder of Hunter & Bard, an award-winning public relations and design agency that works with scale-ups and enterprises on building their brand, awareness and thought leadership.

As CEO of Hunter & Bard, Shira oversees a team that manages public relations, marketing, design, and brand development for clients across multiple industries. She develops strategies for organically growing companies through sincere digital engagement and the application of behavioral marketing.

Clients include JELD-WEN, Benchling, Sixth Continent, Totango, Folloze, Radix DLT, Axa Tech, Allianz, and many more. Shira is also a sought after corporate speaker and marketing mentor, and has spoken at events such as Confluence and Content Marketing World, and taught at institutions such as Kellogg School of Management and S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai.

Read more about Shira’s company Hunter & Bard at https://www.hunterandbard.com

September 21, 2008

Home office 1, 2, 3!

Before

I was in great need of a workspace. Before the change, our home computer was in my daughters room which was very limiting. I could not do any work after her “bedtime”, a time that is creative for me. Also, in my profession of Feng Shui all electronic equipment is forbidden in bedrooms; I am a firm believer of this practice. The energy in her room felt better immediately after removing the computer.

Patti Boker Elkon

September 7, 2008

Renovating: Grandma’s porch gets a face lift

I just spent the summer in New York helping refurbish my parents old carriage house, which is kind of like a very ornate bird house but much MUCH bigger. This house, my mom and dad’s and my daughter’s grandma and grandpa’s; is a very special place. Here it is from the outside, after a little TLC take a look at the beauty it beholds!

Here is grandma’s porch before the face lift. This screened in space had not been accessible for the past ten years. It had become a storage area for everything but the kitchen sink. These two photos show a semi-cleaned out space, when I started the project the porch was filled to the brim with just a narrow walkway between the front and back entrances.
Before

Take a good look at the natural wood wicker chair on the left in the foreground, that chair was on its way out until grandpa forbid me to throw it away; I had no choice but to refurbish it…