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Hello and welcome. My name is Chazz and I am a Cephalopodic (aka Squidoo Addict), Giant Squid, and Squid Angel. When I can tear myself away from Squidoodling, I am a Professional Interior Decorator/Consultant/Retailer and an amateur photographer, cook, gardener, handyman, and old house nut currently restoring an 1880 Victorian house and garden.
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My decorating and consulting firm, and its retail divisions,...
---Chazz's Lenses
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Top 10 Interior Decorating Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
- You don't have to be a professional interior decorator to understand and apply some basic principles of interior design that will help you create a comfortable...
- Updated 3 days ago | decorating tips › area rugs
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How to Hang Pictures (and Other Stuff) on Your Walls
- This DIY Guide shows you how to hang artwork, individual shelves or shelving units, closet organizers, cabinets, curio cases, media storage, speakers, flat screen...
- Updated 9 days ago | diy home improvement › decorating advice
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Antique Heirloom and Old Garden Roses: Categories & Characteristics
- This page will introduce you to a little bit of the intriguing history of the rose and the major categories of antique heirloom roses used to classify old garden...
- Updated 2 days ago | heirloom roses › antique roses
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Traditional Neoclassical Interior Design and Home Decor
- Neoclassical style is a timeless, elegant traditional decorating style and one of the most influential and popular themes in home decor. This page will provide...
- Updated 2 days ago | neoclassical › 18th century
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Historic Wallpaper: If Walls Could Talk
- Awareness of the extensive use of wallpapers in American home decor from the 18th through the middle of the 20th centuries has increased dramatically in recent...
- Updated 10 days ago | wallpaper › 18th century
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Arts and Crafts Period Interior Design and Home Decorating
- This page provides a review of the Arts and Crafts movement and its variations and will help you create the right look for c.1900 period home decor. You will...
- Updated 21 days ago | arts and crafts movement › 1900s
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Gothic Revival Victorian Home Decor
- uthentic Victorian Gothic is a currently popular home decorating style that is too-often reduced to kitschy macabre themes and limited to Halloween parties....
- Updated 26 days ago | victorian decor › 19th century
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Finding and Using Public Domain and Royalty Free Images and Clip Art Pictures
- When looking for pictures to use in your lens, blog or other on-line sites, you will find that most images you can legally use fall into one of two categories:...
- Updated 10 days ago | copyright law › clip art pictures
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American Federal Period Interior Design and Home Decor
- American Federal Style is a distinct type of Neo- classical Design. American Federal architecture and interior decorating were encouraged as a political statement...
- Updated 25 days ago | Federal decor › 18th century
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Historic, Vintage & Reproduction Home Decorating Fabrics Glossary
- or those who do not have a background in textiles and familiarity with the relevant lingo, trying to figure out the difference between a damask and a brocade...
- Updated 26 days ago | Fabrics › batik
- The 4 Basics of Victorian Interior Design and Home Decor
- This page provides an introduction to Victorian home decor organized into four design basics: Color, Pattern, Opulence and Romance. Learn how to incorporate...
- Updated 26 days ago | Interior Design › color
- My Victorian Garden: Growing Heirloom Bearded Iris
- I rises are a favorite in our Victorian Garden. This page will introduce you to some of the Antique Heirloom Bearded iris we are growing, their history,...
- Updated today | irises › bearded iris
- American Colonial Period Interior Decorating
- American Colonial is a popular home decor style and one of the main inspirations of today's "Country" and "Shabby Chic" styles of decor. This page will help...
- Updated 24 days ago | interior design › 18th century
- The Ultimate Dark Shadows Fan Quiz
- Before Tim Burton's Dark Shadows film with Johnny Depp as Barnabas (2012), before Twilight's Edward Cullen and Jacob Black, before Ann Rice's Vampire Novels,...
- Updated 10 days ago | dark shadows › celebrities
- Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Victorian Houses
- This article will introduce you to a few of the most effective energy conserving architecture and building practices of the Victorian era. When we think of...
- Updated 10 days ago | energy efficiency › architecture
- My Victorian Garden in Summer: Growing Heirloom and Old-Fashioned Roses
- R oses have long been the most favored and romantic of all flowers. Yet, even though the rose been the most popular flower since ancient times,...
- Updated 2 days ago | growing roses › climbing roses
- How to Mix Fabrics For A Custom Look in Home Decor in 5 Easy Steps
- We've put together five easy-to-follow guidelines and lots of pictures to make it easy for you to achieve an expertly put-together room that expresses your...
- Updated 24 days ago | decorating ideas › art design
- FABRIC: Are Natural or Synthetic Fibers Better?
- We are often asked by our interior decorating clients and on-line customers about the differences between natural and synthetic fibers in home decorating fabrics....
- Updated 30 days ago | Fabrics › cotton fabric
- Top 10 Best Home Decorating Books
- One of the most frequent questions we receive is "can you recommend a book" about some aspect of interior decorating. This is a list of 10 of the best...
- Updated 24 days ago | Top 10 Books › arts and crafts
- Choosing and Using Color in Your Home
- Choosing and using paint colors can be frustrating and confusing for many reasons. The human eye can distinguish between millions of colors yet, whether despite...
- Updated 24 days ago | color schemes › color
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Ener-G May 31, 2012 @ 11:33 pm | delete
- Thanks for blessing my lens!
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lclchors
May 30, 2012 @ 11:50 am | delete
- Hey Chazz
thanks for coming by and liking lenses to learm from
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hiygin
May 27, 2012 @ 8:02 pm | delete
- Thank you for liking my lens and welcoming me to the Squidoo Community :)
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jeffthomasohio
May 27, 2012 @ 4:44 pm | delete
- Very informative and inspiring len's you've made.
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Tipi
May 27, 2012 @ 11:16 am | delete
- Its rainy in Fargo, so I came to sit in your gardens...that was me that waved at you!
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Top 10 Interior Decorating Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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You don't have to be a professional interior decorator to understand and apply some basic principles of interior design that will help you create a comfortable...
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How to Hang Pictures (and Other Stuff) on Your Walls
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This DIY Guide shows you how to hang artwork, individual shelves or shelving units, closet organizers, cabinets, curio cases, media storage, speakers, flat screen...
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Historic, Vintage & Reproduction Home Decorating Fabrics Glossary
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or those who do not have a background in textiles and familiarity with the relevant lingo, trying to figure out the difference between a damask and a brocade...
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My Victorian Garden in Summer: Growing Heirloom and Old-Fashioned Roses
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R oses have long been the most favored and romantic of all flowers. Yet, even though the rose been the most popular flower since ancient times,...
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Historic Decor and Interior Decorating Tips for Period Homes
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We have created a number of squidoo pages focusing on home decorating, with a particular emphasis on historic fabrics and wallcoverings for period homes, which...