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Top 10 Hard to Kill Houseplants
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10 Hard to Kill Houseplants

As much as I pride myself on my domestic abilities I must admit that when it comes to maintaining houseplants, I am a notorious brown thumb! I love plants because they add wonderful color and life to your home, but I’ve never been particularly successful in keeping any plant alive for an extended period of time. I recently took home this succulent (pictured above) from a photoshoot and if you know anything about succulents you’ll know that they are notoriously hard to kill. I’m determined to keep this thing alive and if I can’t, I’ll consider myself a failure forever! …

DIY Mother's Day Bouquet - tips from floral designer Michaela Hogarty on sohautestyle.com
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DIY Mother’s Day Flowers: Two Ways to Make a Beautiful Bouquet Using Bodega Blooms

Mother’s Day right around the corner and there’s nothing more thoughtful than gifting mom with some beautiful blooms to brighten her day! Lucky for us, Michaela Hogarty, floral designer and founder of Days of May Florals is here to show us two ways to transform a basic mixed arrangement from your local bodega or grocery store into a gorgeous bouquet for mom in just a few easy steps! Whether she prefers a hand-tied bouquet or cut blooms in a pot, both options are oh-so-pretty and best of all, budget friendly! Read on for Michaela’s tutorial and tips for taking …

Best Easter Brunch Recipes
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These are the top five things I loved on the internet this week:

15 Best Easter Brunch Recipes
Camille Styles brings you 15 delicious ideas for your Easter brunch this weekend.

Pretty Woman is going to be a musical
Twenty-five years after Julia Roberts and Richard Gere charmed the world in this classic rom-com is heading to the stage. 

That Time Martha Stewart Delivered The Sickest Burns At Justin Bieber’s Roast
Did you catch the video currently going viral of Martha Stewart roasting Justin Bieber on a Comedy Central special? It was pure comic genius! Martha is my hero!

In …

DIY Fabric Lampshade
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Home Made Simple: DIY Fabric Lampshade

I realized I’ve been pretty quiet here on the blog about Home Made Simple and I wanted to share that new episodes with me have been airing on OWN so be sure to tune in on Saturdays at 9a/8a C!  When we’re filming the show we also shoot a series of fun webisodes with easy and creative DIYs to accompany each episode. Here’s a quick DIY video on how to make a stylish fabric lamp shade. This will be featured in an all-new Home Made Simple airing tomorrow so be sure to tune-in to watch as I help turn a …

A Stylish Rental Bathroom Upgrade for Under $500!
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A Teen Vogue Editor’s Stylish Rental Bathroom Makeover

My friend Elaine is one stylish woman. She also happens to be the Beauty & Health Director at Teen Vogue and not long ago she moved to a new apartment in the super trendy West Village. Elaine says that as long as she’s been in New York she has always wanted to have her very own Carrie Bradshaw moment living in the West Village but in order to live in one of Manhattan’s most coveted neighborhoods, she had to make a huge sacrifice on space. Her entire apartment is just under 300 square feet! Elaine was stumped on how to …

A before and after Brooklyn Brownstone Kitchen Renovation - sohautestyle.com
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Before & After: Brooklyn Brownstone Kitchen Renovation

I love a good before and after and in the case of my #ProjectParkSlope clients, the change after their kitchen reno was quite dramatic as you can see in these side by side photos. Here’s a quick look at the transformation…

This before shot is from the home’s real estate listing. The house was originally built in 1876 and although this pictures is actually fairly recent, the kitchen looked like it was still stuck in 1876! It was originally designed as an open space with a much smaller cooking/refrigeration/sink area to the left and this dining area that you see …