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Month: October 2012

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The Saratoga House: Treats and Tricksters and Lots of Festive Fun…How to Celebrate with Your Little Goblins and Still Maintain Your Sanity!

Kimberlee Billok October 31, 2012November 8, 2017

Does hosting a kid's Halloween party scare the pants off of you? Here's a few tricks to turn your celebration into a spookily good time for everyone involved!...

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The Saratoga House: A Little Lipstick on a Pig…A Shed Before and After Makeover

Kimberlee Billok October 23, 2012November 8, 2017

You have an old, not-so-attractive shed...your kids need a place to hang out...combine the two and everyone wins!...

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Lots of…. Shades of Grey

Laurel Ostiguy October 15, 2012June 29, 2018

Grey is a very unique color. How so you might ask? Well to me grey can be moody and somber but in an uplifting way. If you were to ask a home owner what color they chose to paint their walls and they said grey you might think, really but grey is depressing, right?...

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The Saratoga House: Falling in Love with Fall

Kimberlee Billok October 5, 2012November 8, 2017

Let Mother Nature be your guide and have a love affair with everything Autumn......

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Kimberlee Billok
From humble beginnings redecorating my childhood bedroom every few months much to my mother’s chagrin, to years of life as a military spouse making short-term stops our own, to finding myself in Saratoga Springs in a 90-year-old home in need of lots of TLC, I have always enjoyed honing my home decorating and design skills in pursuit of making a house a home for the most important people in my world, my husband Mike and our three children. In pursuit of this goal/obsession I have put my undergraduate studio art studies to work, as well as the unofficial HGTV degree I’ve earned under the tutelage of Vern Yip, Genevieve Gorder, Candace Olson, and the other pros who make us all feel as if we can create as they do. I’ve had the good fortune to have numerous colleagues, friends and family who have trusted me enough to allow me to design their spaces as well, and even redecorated the office of my children’s elementary school principal, which although intimidating, was quite a good time (think a juxtaposition of animal prints and sharpened pencils…luckily she loved it!).

Outside of the decorating/design realm I inhabit in my free time, I am fortunate to spend my days teaching 3 and 4 year old preschoolers here in Saratoga, who can’t help but inspire me to be creative on a regular basis. So since every part of life is an adventure, please join me on this one…combining form and function, design and real life, making each room feel beautiful, comfortable, classic, and personal. All wrapped up in a structure that has been in existence before the invention of spray paint (it’s true—I looked it up!). Here goes!!

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