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Author: Carla Labianca

FOUNDER & LEAD CONTENT STRATEGIST This blog is a creative outlet for the love of home design and art, doable DIY, indulging in good eats, and throwing a good party. While I write many of our articles, I’m not the only voice. Interior designers, architects, tradespersons, makers, and good friends with special talents share what they know. I live in a gorgeous 1895 Victorian, No.139, with my husband Gary McDaniel, our three kids, a cranky old cat, and a golden retriver. While only four other families have called this place home, some of them made really bad choices that altered it’s classic design. And there was a cheap flipper in the mix too. Now, we’re cleaning up their messes. My day (and weekend) job as a REALTOR®-Salesperson for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Maplewood, NJ, gives me a unique opportunity to peek inside homes. Whether a it’s a sparkling or still-in-the-rough kind of diamond – all are dream worthy. In 2018, Lisa Danbrot and I co-founded the annual trade show, Resource Home Show.
It's about saying thank you. 
Home Style and Design

The Inhabit Your Home Holiday Tipping Guide

by Carla Labianca / December 11, 2020December 18, 2020

We tried to break it down for you, but here’s an underlying secret – there is no one right or wrong answer to …

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Home Improvement

Torrential Rainstorm, Flooded Basement & Burned Out Sump Pump

by Carla Labianca / February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

The last week of March brought torrential rain to Maplewood, NJ, so much rain in fact, that at one point …

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The Real Real Estate

A Few Minutes in Maplewood, NJ

by Carla Labianca / January 28, 2020January 28, 2020

A Look at Maplewood, NJ at the Turn of the Last Century Look what we found in the Maplewood Memorial …

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The Real Real Estate

How We Found No. 139 Maplewood Avenue

by Carla Labianca / January 28, 2020February 14, 2020

Welcome to No. 139 Maplewood Avenue, our home. Let me tell you a story… “That’s the most perfect house around …

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The use of books is great interior design
Home Style and Design

Great Interior Design is An Expression of Who He Was, Even Harvey Keitel Thought So

by Carla Labianca / January 27, 2020January 28, 2020

Great interior design is anything but static – it morphs with the ever-changing needs of the inhabitant/s. It is the …

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Gaudi's Vicens Home in Barcelona featuring a cream-colored shutter
Home Style and Design

Casa Vicens, My Visit to Antoni Gaudí’s First Residential Home

by Carla Labianca / January 10, 2020January 28, 2020

It’s not hard to find one word that describes a visit to Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Vicens. Color. Overwhelming, brillant, color. Walking through …

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