Jane Dagmi

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

For almost 15 years, Jane Dagmi served in the editorial department of Country Living. Later, she worked as Communications Manager of Parlore, an interior design project management technology company. Today, she's Editor in Chief of Designers Today, Furniture Today, and Home Accents Today. As a freelancer, Ms. Dagmi has written extensively for numerous home-and-garden outlets, including Cottages & Gardens and HGTV. She lives in the Ft. Lauderdale area with her two daughters. Jane Dagmi on LinkedIn | Google+

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JANUARY 9, 2012 | MONDAY
Household Hints: Vintage Trading Cards with a DIY Theme

I am a casual collector of vintage paper goods and assorted ephemera. My stash includes vintage dictionaries and encyclopedias, postcards, baby scrapbooks, and handwritten recipe files. R...

DECEMBER 2, 2011 | FRIDAY
Blog Stars: In the Workshop

DIYDiva Kit Stansley They are the heroes of their own dramatic real-life home makeovers. They save buildings from demise, rescue materials from the trash, increase the value of their hom...

DECEMBER 1, 2011 | THURSDAY
The "Merrypad-Dadand" DIY Duo: In the Workshop

She had a load of lumber to get home from the Home Depot. He had a car big enough to take it. Emily Winters and Pete Fazio, both of Rochester, NY, were weekday work colleagues who shared ...

NOVEMBER 29, 2011 | TUESDAY
SanFranVic's John Clarke Mills: In the Workshop

At 25, John Clarke Mills, a software entrepreneur with a background in engineering and woodworking, bought his first house. John’s “starter house,” an 1890 three-story, 8-room Victorian i...

NOVEMBER 27, 2011 | SUNDAY
DIYdiva Kit Stansley: In the Workshop

Kit Stansley has a zest for building and a talent for blogging about it. The 5’3,” 115 lb. powertool addict, tackles projects armed with fierce ambition and sharp wit, and then chronicles...

NOVEMBER 14, 2011 | MONDAY
Transporting Eames

Bobbye Tigerman, assistant Curator of Decorative Arts & Design at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), is on a post-installation high. The last five years of her career, ...

NOVEMBER 4, 2011 | FRIDAY
2020 Alton Road: Setting Sights on Greenest Home in America

The construction of 2020 Alton Road, a 3,200 square foot, single-family residence in Miami Beach pursuing a LEED Platinum rating is well underway, and the ground floor has just been compl...

OCTOBER 26, 2011 | WEDNESDAY
Get Jet: The 747 Wing House

There is a new residence in the Malibu hills constructed mostly from an old airplane. Consisting of a main house and six auxiliary buildings, the 747 Wing House is an innovative example o...

OCTOBER 13, 2011 | THURSDAY
An Interview with Mark Diaz—Miami's Hot "Design Star"

I sat down recently with Mark Diaz, the second runner-up in HGTV’s recently concluded "Design Star. " After watching Season 6, I was eager to meet the talented man who always lo...

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 | THURSDAY
"DIY True Value Stories"

True Value launches a Facebook web series chronicling the progress of its three DIY contest winners.   Thick black paint spattered over walls. A mysterious shrine. Overgrown hedges crawli...