• What does your home — your furniture, colors, art — say about you?
    Home Improvement

    What does your home — your furniture, colors, art — say about you?

    I have interviewed hundreds of designers over the years, and I often ask this same question: What makes you cringe when you walk into someone’s home? I expect them to say something like bad taste, too much clutter, no sense of proportion — but universally, their answer is this: lack of personality. Our homes say a lot about us, and ideally, the goal is for our homes to reflect the best version of us, not the too timid, too busy or too boring version. So when a pitch from a publicist promised that her client, interior designer Margarita Bravo, could reveal “what the aesthetics of someone’s home reveal about their…

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  • Of gardens and gifts | Coeur d’Alene Press
    Garden

    Of gardens and gifts | Coeur d’Alene Press

    Every summer for the past 24 years, community members have enjoyed traipsing through fragrant, vibrant and eclectic gardens on the Coeur d’Alene Garden Club’s Garden Tour. Proceeds from this event support different local causes, from dual-enrollment scholarships at North Idaho College to helping senior citizens through ElderHelp of North Idaho. This year’s event brought nearly 900 guests to six area gardens, raising more than $12,000 that was distributed to 11 recipients during a club meeting Tuesday in Dalton Gardens. “We’re very grateful and appreciative,” One More Time Northwest founder Tiffinay Walker said. One More Time Northwest is a nonprofit that makes dreams come true, similar to the Make a Wish…

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  • 9 Elegant Dried Flowers Decoration Ideas
    Living Room

    9 Elegant Dried Flowers Decoration Ideas

    There’s no denying that fresh floral bouquets can bring a room to life. However, fresh cut flower has a limited lifespan. And pot plants are challenges for someone who don’t have green thumb. Hence, the dried flowers as the low-maintenance option is a lovely way to bring the beauty of nature into your home all year round. Popular during Victorian times, decorating with dried flowers has made a big come back in recent years as a way to connect with nature, and makes a fabulous alternative to fresh flowers. There are plenty of ways to display dried flowers throughout your home. The easiest way is put have a Bouquet in…

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  • How new US tax credits, rebates will work for clean energy home upgrades
    Home Improvement

    How new US tax credits, rebates will work for clean energy home upgrades

    US President Joe Biden signed the big climate bill – the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – earlier this week. Electrek spoke with Dan Gayer, JD, CPA, a senior manager in the tax practice at Baker Newman Noyes, about how homeowners can claim tax credits and rebates as they work to achieve energy efficiency and lower their energy bills. Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit Changes to the former Nonbusiness Energy Property credit, now renamed the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit, will take effect on January 1, 2023. The old credit was worth 10% of the costs of installing insulation, windows, doors, roofing, and other energy-saving improvements. The old $500 lifetime limitation…

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  • Interior decor tips on elevating bathroom from service facility to luxury space
    Bathroom

    Interior decor tips on elevating bathroom from service facility to luxury space

    Bathrooms provide us with isolated relaxation and ‘me’ time—rendering the space as a landscape for privacy in this highly intrusive world and today, bathroom designs extend beyond their original functions, working on all the senses and becoming a seamless extension of the spaces they are attached to. They are accompanied by features like music systems, colour therapy and aromatherapy, as well as luxurious fittings in gold, bronze and the most exotic stones. A focus on wellness is also being witnessed—additions in the shape of steam and sauna rooms are more common than ever before with all these animate bathrooms, turning them into ‘bathscapes’ of relaxation. In addition, in-residence spa spaces…

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  • The Best Cookie Decorating Kits of 2022
    Kitchen

    The Best Cookie Decorating Kits of 2022

    Whether you’re a serious baker wanting to make artful creations or looking for a fun family activity, cookie decorating kits feature all the tools you need to make festive desserts. Many of these kits even provide premade cookies, icing, piping bags, and sprinkles, so all you have to do is focus on decorating your masterpiece. Even the most experienced bakers need certain tools and ingredients to churn out wow-worthy batches of decorated cookies. That’s why we rounded up the best cookie decorating kits for every skill level, holiday, dietary need, and more. Our winner is the Crate & Barrel 30-Piece Cooking Decorating Kit, a tools-only kit you can use with…

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