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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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How I Started My Reno – Part 1
Welcome to the saga of the renovation of my forever home. If you haven’t already, please see The Beginning - Exterior and The Beginning - Interior. This will give you an idea of what...
Too Cool for School Stools
I don’t think any piece of furniture is more versatile than the stool. Stools, you might say? Well yes, a lowly stool. Stools are, in my opinion, the workhouse of the house because you can move them around and use them for seating, put a tray on them and they can become a side table, put two together to become a coffee table and you can even put your feet up on an upholstered one and it becomes an ottoman. They’re also a space saving tool because you can tuck them in a corner or under a console table if you don’t need them
An Ode to New York City – Part 1
I started going to New York City when I was a little girl growing up in Connecticut. Every year my ballet school would take us to New York over the holidays to see the Nutcracker. They would give us...
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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