Turn Your Home's Spring Cleaning into MISSION POSSIBLE

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Irwin Weiner ASID - When was the last time you did a proper spring clean at home and had a really good clear out? If it's been a long time, then choose a weekend, organize the family, and decide to do it - you have no idea how good it feels!

We asked a British friend to describe her family's spring cleaning mission:

"The biggest challenge in my house was

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DIY Garden Tips: Raised Beds and Growing Potatoes and Tomatoes

Irwin Weiner ASID - Start your garden planning right now, at the start of spring! Okay, I'm no green thumb, but I have an amazing perennial garden surrounding my weekend home in Bucks County, PA. If I lived there during the week, we'd be all over raising vegetables, but since we're leaving things untended during the week, only the strong survive - and that's shrubs and non-edible plants and flowers. We've just got too many critters, but we like it that way. Our first featured video from Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, shows you how to make your own raised beds, the secret of growing beautiful masses of cutting flowers and fantastic veggies. For more do-it-yourself help, check out the DIY Network's 19 Top Raised Beds Projects.

This next video shows you tips for growing potatoes and tomatoes - with the three ways to support the growth of your tomato plants. And click here for Design2Share's hunt for the Perfect Heirloom Tomato varieties! It's time to swing into garden action. Happy growing.

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Update on March 31, 2011 by Design2Share

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Featured Project: DIY Painted Headboard

Now is the perfect time to think about freshening up your interior space. With a splash of color here and a new piece of furniture there, it's easy to redecorate. Here's a quick, budget-conscious DIY design idea to help get you started.

Paint Your Own Headboard

Chances are if you if you purchased your bed frame as part of a bedroom set, the headboard is already included. If you don't want to put forth the extra cash, especially after paying for a pricey mattress, no problem! Painted headboards are a great way to add a pop of color to your bedroom.

Step 1: Measure the width of the head of your bed and mark it with blue painter's tape from floor to ceiling. Now, choose your color based on your desired color scheme. You obviously don't want it to be the same shade as your walls, but it should complement that color.

Step 2: Once you have your color, paint the wall, staying within the blue painters tape. Once the paint dries, if you choose to do so, you can detail with paint or with some removable wall decals from a company like Blik. For as little as $40, Blik makes easily removable wall decals in fun shapes like bookshelves, chandeliers, birds, etc. If this sounds like too much work, don't worry and leave your wall a solid color.

Step 3: Simply position your bed up against the painted wall, prop up some decorative Euro pillows in coordinating colors and patterns, and you have yourself a headboard. You might want to take this opportunity to invest in a new comforter or duvet in fun, light, spring colors. You'd be surprised at what a little bit of paint and some new bedding can do for your space!

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Spring Planning: Plant an English Cottage Garden

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Jay Johnson - While our Design2Share interior design expert Irwin Weiner is away in Venice with a client, I'm keeping our daily video features going. Our editors and I found a great intro video covering the basics of planning an English cottage garden - more rambling, casual, fragrant, and colorful than typical North American plots.

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Men Love Home Decorating!

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Jay Johnson - We're crazy about home improvements. Homeowners obsess with beauty, whether it's freshening up the look of a room or nipping into Home Goods to check out the latest shipment of accessories. Men love to get into the act, too. We know many who like to install their own heated floors, then repaint the walls. The end results are satisfying. We'd like to reward you for joining us in celebrating this DIY spirit. Post a comment - a sentence or two is fine - about WHY I LOVE TO DECORATE, we'll have a drawing at the end of Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, and the winner will get a gift code worth $75 off any purchase in the over 200 CSN Stores online; splurge on anything from a new pair of shoes to modern office furniture. Add a quick WHY I LOVE TO DECORATE comment right now - and good luck (to both men and women)!

We found this lots-of-fun video that perfectly captures the enthusiasm so many of us have for making a big difference in the appearance of our home. We salute all who decorate! (And go to Gear Patrol for a cool series of "male DIY" how-to posts.)

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