Storage Needs

Storage Needs

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Storage Needs Create More Living Space On a Tight Budget

Have you ever noticed that the house grows ever smaller as our kids grow bigger? There is always an abundance of ‘stuff’ that comes along with family life, all that wonderful memorabilia that you just can’t quite part with yet, that…

Nikki Alvin-Smith

Nikki Alvin-Smith is a seasoned freelance writer who loves to share her lifelong experience with everything lifestyle, horse, farm and travel. Her work has been printed in more than two hundred magazine titles worldwide and her published articles number in the thousands including travel and lifestyle press.

A Brit who has called the U.S. home for more than 37 years, Nikki brings a unique perspective to her writing. Her experience as an international level Grand Prix dressage competitor/coach/clinician ensures plenty of travel and opportunity to gather lifestyle ideas for home, garden and farm. When she is not writing, riding or on the road, you’ll find her prepping culinary delights for family and friends or out with camera in hand capturing the beauty of the great outdoors.

Together with her husband Paul, also a Grand Prix dressage rider, she lives in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York and operates an organic hay farm and dressage yard. Over the years they have developed and constructed several properties together. She is the proud mother of three children, Tristan, James and Chelsea (twins), and the latter two have kept with the horse riding as adults.

Learn more at www.NikkiAlvinSmithStudio.com.

Storage Needs The Need For Shelter For All Types of Horsepower

By Nikki Alvin-Smith Just how did garages come into existence? While we know that a home with a garage is much more saleable than one without, garages come in all shapes and sizes and there are a myriad of options…

Nikki Alvin-Smith

Learn more at www.NikkiAlvinSmithStudio.com.

The Need For Shelter For All Types of Horsepower

Storage Needs It’s All About The Base When Building

By Nikki Alvin-Smith There’s no point in cutting corners when it comes to building and that includes spending some time and energy on creating a good base to site the structure. Regardless of whether you are purchasing a shed, garage,…

Nikki Alvin-Smith

Learn more at www.NikkiAlvinSmithStudio.com.