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Article: Dollar-store decorators get cheap thrills
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2004
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Dollar-store decorators get cheap thrills
By ELAINE GASTON Knight Ridder Newspapers
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Curtains were taken down. The hand-painted, beaded lamp was tucked
away. The palm-tree comforter and matching sheets were packed into a
corrugated box, along with treasured pieces destined for a college
apartment.
When my oldest daughter -- a budding artist -- scooted the last of
the cardboard boxes across the carpeted bedroom floor in a whoosh,
she took her hand-painted accessories and personal icons and left
behind a space devoid of comfort, character and cohesiveness.
And while she waved her own decorating wand to create a tropical-
themed apartment in her new home, I stood in the ...