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The Freedom of Going Stark Naked (with Windows, That Is)

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On June 2, 2014 · Add Comment · In Design and Decor
“Oh, no!” I exclaimed, when I came home from work one evening and witnessed the monstrosity of a commercial sign that had been installed directly across the street from our federal townhouse in Brooklyn Heights: a large glaring light box with the name “G. Marcolini & Sons Wine & Spirits,” so outsized that it actually [...]
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You May Not Believe This Personal Story, But I Swear It’s True

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On March 31, 2014 · Add Comment · In Design and Decor
This column comes with an advance warning: You may not believe it, but I swear to you, it’s true. It involves a feng shui seminar The Home Guru Team sponsored last week for my fellow associates at William Raveis Real Estate to celebrate my birthday.  I had recently met a fascinating feng shui practitioner named Deanna [...]
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Help! I Live in a Green House and Didn’t Know It!

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On September 24, 2013 · Add Comment · In Design and Decor
Do we all have blind spots about our living environments?  Do we perceive our homes as they really are, or do we become so accustomed to them that we don’t see them as others do?  I was shockingly convinced of the latter possibility because of a personal experience that began a few weeks ago as [...]
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When Two Combine Their Tastes in One Household (Or, the Mystery of the Disappearing Staffordshire Figurines)

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On September 24, 2013 · Add Comment · In Design and Decor
Sometimes when two people decide to get married or take up living together, the going can be tough in combining tastes for furnishing and decoration, especially among those who have lived on their own and established their individual preferences. You might remember the scene from “When Harry Met Sally” where the wedge issue between a [...]
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How to Wipe Clean the Slate of Your Life in One Easy Step

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On September 24, 2013 · Add Comment · In Design and Decor
This week my buyer clients and now friends, Jennifer and Tim Nelson, invited me over for coffee and cake and to show me what they had done with their home since moving in.  Other than a gorgeous new kitchen, slate flooring and new bathrooms, I was amazed at what Jennifer had done with color to [...]
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Why Do We All Seem to Need Pretty Pictures on the Wall?

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On September 24, 2013 · Add Comment · In Design and Decor
Did you ever say something to someone, offhandedly and unfiltered, where you immediately wanted to sink into the ground?  My worst experience like that happened when I was too young to know better, visiting close friends who asked me how I thought they might improve the decoration in their home. Before I disclose what I [...]
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Wacky Ways of Decorating for Motivation and Inspiration

By Bill Primavera / "The Home Guru" On September 24, 2013 · Add Comment · In Design and Decor
Am I terminally weird or is everybody like me in wanting to surround ourselves in our homes with highly personal things that remind, motivate and inspire us to achieve certain goals, both professionally and personally? As a realtor who writes, I know well that when a home is on the market and prospective buyers are [...]
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