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How Much Is That In Biscuits?

I’m a big believer in the sage advice: “Don’t love what can’t love you back.” The implications are obvious where my four-legged lugs are concerned but less so in other areas. I do love my house – among other things – but perhaps that’s because I feel it loves me back in many ways. It provides the obvious; shelter, but it gives me so much more. My home is where I regain my strength and focus, it’s where I get much-needed serenity, it’s even where I feel I’m most productive in the ways that are important to me. Best of all, my house makes it so much easier to live with dogs.

Still, you don’t have to love something to have respect for it, which is what I have for money. That means I try to spend as little as possible if I can reasonably do so. All the tips and techniques I’m about to offer you in this little book are I hope, very economical; though I realize economy is a relative term. But when all is said and done; no matter how clean and perfectly arranged your house or apartment is, its feng shui can’t help you if you’re in financial distress.

When it comes to spending money on decorating, I love looking at what designers do, they are truly inspirational. However, when flipping through books and magazines starts giving me redo fever, I remind myself that enough money and resources can make any decorating endeavor look like a success. But function is an extremely important part of interior design too, and the function of a magazine spread is very different from that of a real-life living room.

You Do the Math

I think sharing your space with dogs gives you a fairly irresistible reason to save as much money as possible on furnishings. Even the best behaved dogs will put some serious smack-down on your stuff. Smaller dogs are no exception – just ask the owner of a small dog. Still, it’s important to remember that the fact something is low cost doesn’t necessarily make it a bargain, in fact, quite often the very opposite is true.

All this still leaves endless choices for decorating your place. You can shop Overstock.com, Target has great looking furniture as do plenty of other discount outlets. Consignment stores are a wonderful choice, too. For me, the siren song of the garage sale or the thrift store is something I can’t resist. The irony behind all my finds is that they probably mean more to me than things I’ve purchased new or with a lot more cash. This is because when I look at my deals, not only do I think how much I like them, but how much I saved to buy other great stuff!