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Leslie Karen is a blog dedicated to women who are forever curious, passionate and don’t believe in limits. I love DIY’ing and trying to figure out how to do things, traveling, designing interiors, finding good restaurants, fashion and reading. Basically just about anything creative and artistic.

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One Room Challenge Week #3 Spring 2024 – It’s Getting Real

One Room Challenge Week #3 Spring 2024 – It’s Getting Real

It’s Week 3 of the One Room Challenge Spring 2024 and I am fully immersed in the process and getting all my ducks in a row. The One Room Challenge is an eight week challenge where designers and decorators are invited to pick one room in their home and renovate or redecorate it in an eight week span. We post on the ORC website every week and you can follow along with your favorites. Obviously, I hope you follow me on my journey.

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Spring Has Sprung: My Landscaping Design Inspiration

Spring Has Sprung: My Landscaping Design Inspiration

On my dog walks lately, everybody is buying their mulch and having it delivered curbside and I feel as though I’m behind the 8-ball. I’ve been so busy but this week, I’ve been looking at different landscape designs for my backyard. It’s so big and I’ve never known what to do with it since I bought my house in 2017.

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One Room Challenge Week #2 Spring 2024

One Room Challenge Week #2 Spring 2024

This past week was a whirlwind of activities.  As you will see below, all I had time for was painting the ceiling, looking for fabric and looking for a rug online. If you want to see my Week 1 post, here it is: ORC Week 1. I got so far behind but I do have an update on my primary bedroom. Please follow along with me and the other participants at One Room Challenge Spring 2024.

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Designer & Diy’er pumped up on caffeine and willing to create anything. I want to let women know they can do it and if they don’t want to, I will.

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