Real Living: The Designer Issue

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In the November issue of Real Living, you'll learn:
  • dozens of professional designer tips you can use to improve your living space
  • how interior designers operate and how you can work with them
  • the difference between designer furniture classics and their cheaper copycats
Plus, we have a family room makeover, a garden furniture primer, and over 100 holiday and budget finds to guide your Christmas shopping adventure.

Now available. Get na, now na!!

Comments

rai said…
Thanks to your blog, I found at last the kind of magazine that I was looking for. Since I read your post about it, I started buying the monthly issue of Real Living, or is it published monthly? Hehe
Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 3:16:00 PM GMT+8
Carver said…
Naku, maraming salamat. :-) I hope you pick up lots of helpful hints from it.
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 3:26:00 AM GMT+8
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