• Monrovia: Treat Yourself to a Fall Garden Refresh
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    Monrovia: Treat Yourself to a Fall Garden Refresh

    Azusa, California – Hot summer weather can wreak havoc on the garden. Thankfully, the cooler days and rain potential in the fall make it a wonderful time to plant. Fall is the perfect time to add shrubs and perennials, especially when it comes to statement plants. “Favorable weather conditions are just one reason,” says Katie Tamony, chief marketing officer at Monrovia. “More time after vacation season and our design focus on home are additional factors. In the fall, there is less urgency to get the entire garden ready for spring—you’ve had time to really enjoy your space and now you can focus on what’s missing.” Statement plants elevate the garden from ordinary…

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  • Tour a Once-Dated Tuscan-Style Home That Got a Soothing Refresh | Architectural Digest
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    Tour a Once-Dated Tuscan-Style Home That Got a Soothing Refresh | Architectural Digest

    The ’90s may be enjoying an aesthetic revival these days, but that doesn’t mean every one of the decade’s creations deserves celebration. In fact, when she first saw this house from the period, Los Angeles–based AD100 interior designer Mandy Cheng says she remembers thinking, “It looks very early-’90s Tuscan, and in a bad way.” The home—located in LA’s Pacific Palisades—showed off what Cheng describes as “modernish Santa Barbara Mediterranean style” exterior architecture. The interior spaces, many of them double height, glowed warmly with sunlight from large windows. But that glow revealed an array of glaring 30-year-old missteps: the highly polished marble floors throughout the ground level, say, or the conspicuously…

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