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The Society of Garden Designers Awards 2022: the winners
The results are in for the Society of Garden Designers Awards 2022, among the most coveted annual awards in the gardening world, which celebrate the best of garden design innovation. The great and good of the gardening world attending a glittering awards ceremony in London last night, where the winners were revealed across categories including everything from International and UK residential projects, design for the environment, to planting design – with one of them taking home the grand prize of the overall winner. In addition there was the judges’ award, chosen from all winners, and the People’s Choice award sponsored by Homes & Gardens, which was the only one put to a…
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Advice from a longtime real-estate agent: ‘Owners are moaners, and buyers are liars’
This article is reprinted by permission from The Escape Home, a newsletter for second homeowners and those who want to be. Subscribe here. © 2022. All rights reserved. The longtime real-estate agent snickered when I asked her to look back on her career and her clients. She said she had learned something that all agents soon come to recognize: “Owners are moaners, and buyers are liars.” Would she be willing to expand on that? Oh, yes, she’ll dish, provided I do not print her name here. She is mostly out of the game — she has announced her retirement several times but keeps getting “just one more last deal” that…
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Emily Henderson’s Top 15 HGTV Design Makeovers
Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images Looking for design inspiration for your home? Known for her chic style and eclectic schemes, Emily Henderson does it all. Making a name for herself following HGTV’s “Design Star” in 2010, Henderson has converted numerous interior spaces from bath, bedroom, living room, and kitchen to exterior renovations like patios, backyard spaces, and outdoor entertainment areas. While hosting her hit HGTV show “Secrets From A Stylist,” the professional stylist evaluates her clients’ style interests through a personalized analytical process. As many interior stylists may concentrate on the ultimate stages of a space or design while changing out superfluous items for more suitable ones, Henderson frequently explores flea markets…
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A 6-Point Checklist to Ease the Stress of Your Remodel
No matter the size or budget, a renovation can disrupt your daily routine. Beyond having builders in and out of your home, there will be tasks such as countless decisions both big and small to make, supply chain issues to face, and, of course, budgetary considerations. To help make your next home improvement project run as smoothly as possible, we asked two experienced professionals—Chris Tilley, mortgage production manager of Regions Bank, and architect Yong Pak of Pak Heydt & Associates residential design firm—to share their advice on how to set yourself up for a smooth renovation. 1. Look for inspiration, then set your vision It’s always smart to come to…
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Hotel & Shop Plus 2022 Wrapped Up Successfully at Nanjing in August
SHANGHAI, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Hotel & Shop Plus, China’s leading trade show catering to hotels and commercial space organized by IM Sinoexpo, was successfully held at Nanjing International Expo Center from 25 – 27 August 2022 with the strong support of China Tourist Hotel Association, China Commerce Association for General Merchandise, and China Architectural Culture Centre. After delayed twice due to epidemic prevention actions, it was the first time for Hotel & Shop Plus to be held outside Shanghai in Nanjing, one of the core cities in the Yangtze River Delta. This three-day exhibition witnessed more than 1,100 exhibitors from hotels and commercial space industry with the total exhibition…
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Biggest Halloween Decorations Available in 2022
Halloween is right around the corner, and if you want to ensure your house is the best decorated on your block, please delight in this incomplete ranking of the tallest Halloween decorations available online. Like Tinder, the first qualifier to make this list is height. I’ve excluded all decorations under 8 feet tall—I would not be frightened or intimidated by a 7-foot skeleton (real height 6 feet 8 inches, per the rules regulating the Tinderverse). While we’re all for Home Depot’s now infamous 12-foot tall, LCD-lit eyes skeleton, that’s not the only freaky, looming bag of bones you can purchase this year. In fact, there is a delightful abundance of extremely…