Hicks: Leaving kids home alone can be hazardous to your health
But enough about the 3-year-old. Her opinion isn’t really relevant, as half the time she goes outside without remembering to put on pants (not necessarily an anomaly in my family). But my wife and I eventually will face a tough decision about when our children will be ready to stay home alone. When I say [...]
WEEK AHEAD: Homes tour, boat show and more
If your tastes range from historic homes to modern boats, the weekend provides opportunities to sample both. The 2012 Spring Historic Homes & Gardens Tour on Friday and Saturday features 11 homes and gardens in the historic district. It is presented by the new Bern Historical Society and the new Bern Preservation Foundation. Along with [...]
Grand Designs – Bromley
About the Program Paul and Penny Denby have lived on the same exclusive South London estate for nearly 20 years. they are surrounded by pioneering houses built in the arts and crafts style in the 1920s, but they are stuck in a dated 1940s mock Georgian house. Now, that is all about to change. Paul [...]
Homes & Gardens celebrates its travel pages
Homes & Gardens is thrilled to be have been named a finalist at this year’s British Travel Press Awards and was among its peers at the Awards ceremony at RIBA in London on Monday evening. For those not familiar with the Homes & Gardens travel features, it’s all about destination. We look to show the [...]
Bangkok Post : Paper lion
Sarran Youkongdee, an independent home decoration designer, has gathered tiny secret techniques about housework from his mother since childhood, enabling him to create innovations that are not only environmentally friendly but also value-added. Mr Sarran’s banana-fibre paper modular partitions and other products have proved a hit among environmentally conscious European buyers. One of his outstanding [...]
Fortuna Garden Club Holiday Tea and Home Tour coming Wednesday, Dec. 14
Step back to the 1950s and attend the Fortuna Garden Club’s, 41st Annual Holiday Tea and Home Tour on Wednesday, Dec. 14. this year’s theme is "a Vintage Christmas,” and the tea and home tour is from 1 to 9 p.m. Four homes in Fortuna will be decorated for the Christmas holidays on the tour. [...]
Colors and their meanings
If you’re doing any amount of decorating or remodeling, you probably have heard colors referred to as active, neutral and passive but what does this mean? sure, someone can tell you that your space needs more active colors but if you’re like most people, this is probably pretty confusing. Active Colors As the name suggests, [...]
Mouser Opens 17th Global Customer Support Center
May 11, 2011 02:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time DALLAS & FORT WORTH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, has recently opened three new customer support centers – two in Europe and one in Asia, for a total of 17 locations worldwide. This not only expands Mouser’s local presence in both Europe and Asia, it builds upon the company’s aggressive [...]
Somerset Gardens Santa Maria Luxury Town Homes – 2011 Real Estate Market Update
Somerset Gardens Santa Maria Luxury Town Homes – 2011 Real Estate Market Update Somerset Gardens is a small enclave of luxury town homes in Santa Maria, California. The development is located in the southwest of Santa Maria near Country Club Estates and Foxenwood Country Club Estates. For those who want to travel to Vandenberg Air [...]
Ornamental Grass: A Headache?
Ornamental Grass: a Headache? Article by Chris Moore For those garden lovers who have little time at hand, grass could be the ultimate bliss in a time twisted world that could keep greenery close to their lifestyle. that may be one of the reasons why ornamental gardening with grass has won a popular stance in [...]