Disclaimers & Policies

Purpose

This is a blog/website focused predominately on home improvement and design with a heavy focus on DIY projects, home improvement, interior decorating, and travel, and is written solely from Kate’s perspective in her own opinion.

Comments

This website/blog is a happy informative sharing place where friends come together to talk about creative ideas and encourage one another. Kind comments are welcomed, and even ones with constructive suggestions. If you attempt to leave a nasty comment or make personal attacks at the author (Kate) or toward other commenters, your comment will be deleted. The author reserves the right to edit, delete, or not publish any comment. Comments intending to advertise or spam or solicit website views will be deleted. The author also reserves the right to block commenter(s) who have previously published offensive comments or spam.

For information on how information is stored if you leave a comment, please visit this site’s Privacy Policy page.

Sponsors & Affiliates

Sponsoring advertisers appear in the right column on all pages, and are businesses personally endorsed by Centsational Style for the quality of merchandise and/or services. Advertisers pay a monthly rate to appear in this website’s sidebar. All potential or future sponsorship inquiries for advertising or sponsored posts should be directed to Kate through the Sponsor Page. This site will evaluate and accept content relevant and/or high quality products that would be valuable to the readership. Kate loves her sponsors, so please be kind to them and shop their stores. It helps keep this site going !

From time to time Kate will rave about something a product or service she endorses and she’ll include an affiliate link. Kate only recommends products or services she would or does use personally and thinks her readers will enjoy. All opinions are 100% hers.

Ads & Ad Networks

In the right side bar, above the header, and at the bottom of regular posts you will see network ads by Google, and also ads by a private ad network. There is little control over what ads show up there – it’s just part of the deal with a network. If you see something completely inappropriate, please kindly let Kate know and she will try to block that particular ad.

Privacy Policy

For information about information stored by this website, please visit the Privacy Policy page.

Please also note third party vendors and ad networks including Google use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website. Cookies enable vendors to serve ads based on visits to this site and other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info

Giveaways

If you are interested in a promotional giveaway, please review the Sponsor Page for examples of past promotional giveaways. Email Kate through the Sponsor Page with your full name, the company you represent, and a link to your products. Kate will evaluate if the product(s) are content relevant or valuable to the readership. There is also a fee for all promotional giveaways and for sponsored content, inquire for rates.

Product Reviews

Centsational Style does not participate in any paid product reviews but does promote content relevant brands through sponsored posts from time to time. If you represent a company that has a product that is relevant to the content of this blog, and you’d like to ship a complimentary item to Kate for possible review or partner on a sponsored post, please email Kate through the Sponsor Page to inquire if she is interested. Note, if you ship Kate a product there is no guarantee Kate will use it or review it at all.

Kate will only participate in sponsored posts with products that she is pleased with or would use again for her personal projects. Any review will be an honest evaluation of your product and all sponsored links are “no follow”. There will be full disclosure in any product mention that the item was complimentary or the post is sponsored in accordance with federal regulatory guidelines. Any product sent to Kate must include an invoice for tax purposes.

Banner Ads, Content Embedded Links, Sponsored Posts & Text Links

Centsational Style does NOT accept paid content embedded links or sponsored sidebar text links. As mentioned above, this blog will on a case by case basis for reputable companies participate in sponsored posts to highlight products valuable to the readership and compensation or complimentary product is always disclosed. For partnership and/or sponsored campaigns, please review Kate’s Sponsor Page. Please refrain from any emails requesting paid promotional banner ads, content embedded links, or sidebar text links.

Copyright & Trademark

All the text, images, or other content that are part of this blog are the property of the author, unless noted otherwise. All logos and trademarks are property of the owner. You are welcome to link to this blog, and to discuss its contents in a respectful manner. You may not duplicate, copy, or reproduce any photographs, articles, or material on this blog without the express permission of the owner. You are free to link to articles on this blog and include one image of a project or space without permission as long as you include the blog’s full name and hyperlink.

You are not authorized to use this content for personal profit. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, modification, republishing, duplicating, uploading, posting, or transmitting any material on this blog is prohibited. All material is copyright protected, 2009 – 2018. All rights reserved.

Both Centsational Girl and Centsational are legally registered trademarks.

Guest Submissions

Centsational Style will consider your guest post for original content that has not yet been published on other blogs or in an online magazine. If you have previously submitted your article to other sites, but it has not been published, please indicate that fact in your submission.

Your submission must be educational and encouraging, and should be related to DIY, design, or home improvement. It should be filled with practical tips or a helpful tutorial. Your submission may be edited for grammar or tone to tailor it to the style of this blog, but not so heavily that your ideas and personality aren’t clearly present. Guest posts should be at least 300 words, and include several (5 to 6, min 6oo px wide) quality photographs with links to properly credit the source. Affiliate links are not allowed. You may end your article with a brief biography that links to your portfolio or author website/blog. Any article that is written solely for the purposes of attaching a link for SEO purposes or under the guise of product sales and not for the benefit of the readership will be rejected. For an example of Kate’s style of writing, please tailor your submission to the style of Kate’s Style Files articles. Send all submissions in a text file or Word document to [email protected].

Note, your article might not be published for a variety of reasons, but usually it is because Kate has already covered the topic, her posting schedule is booked, the article is overly self promoting, is not original content, is submitted solely for SEO/affiliate links, or simply does not fit in with the theme of this blog. Or most likely, you simply haven’t read this section. If Kate decides not to use your guest post, she will let you know so that you can publish it on your own blog or submit it to another site.

Email Contact

Centsational Girl receives over 100 emails per day, so response times to contact via email will vary, and it may not be possible to answer all inquiries and submissions, but best efforts will be made. If you have a DIY or design related question, the best place to ask it is through the Contact page. Irrelevant product pitches and mass mailed press releases will likely go unanswered.

Changing Terms

The author/owner reserves the right to modify, change, or add to these policies at any time.