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Holiday Ideas: Quick Valentine Crafts

If you’re desperately in need of inspiration for your Valentine’s Day gifting (it’s almost here!!!) try some of our favorite quick and easy crafts. You can make a pretty sweet keepsake in an evening.

Entertaining Ideas: All a Board for New Year’s Eve

Make your New Year’s Eve celebration a breeze by serving appetizer boards you can assemble ahead of time. That way, everyone’s entertained and you get to have fun, too

Space Makeover: A Reach-In Beverage Center

Formerly an in-kitchen laundry closet, this little nook brings big entertainment value to a small kitchen. I’m not one to keep my family washing tidy at all times…

Entertaining Ideas: Giving Thanks

While you’re enjoying not only delicious food and pleasant company but also the efforts to make the holiday feast lovely and meaningful, don’t forget to

Entertaining Ideas: Fall for Autumn Parties

Autumn entertaining is a cinch. Freshly harvested produce, fall events such as cider pressing and football games along with cooler temperatures combine to offer an array of

Outdoor Living: Decorating an Expanded Deck

Two weeks of construction, planting and affordable furnishing was all the time needed to turn this tiny deck into an inviting outdoor living area. An area perfect for…

Outdoor Living: Glamping Southwest Style

Step off the beaten path. Sleep under the stars. Experience a nature-driven getaway without much—if any—discomfort. We’re talking about glamping, a combination of glamour and camping that’s become…

Outdoor Living: Boho Glamping

Bring along furnishings you love to turn a tent into a home, and enjoy nature as some believe it was meant to be experienced—intertwined with low-key luxury. Beneath…

Easy DIY Ideas: Colorful doily table runner

This folksy dining spot channels the designs of Russia and Ukraine with its painted ceramics, tie-dye spray-painted napkins and runner made of neon-bright doilies. Give doilies an artful…

Easy DIY Ideas: Tie-dye napkins

Imprint napkins with an Eastern European look the easy way when you use tie-dye spray paint and a stencil. By spraying paint rather than brushing it on, you’ll…

Easy DIY Ideas: Folk-Art Style Dining Room

Folk art reminds us of just how creative and colorful we can be as part of the American melting pot. Pay tribute to an Eastern European background with…

Easy DIY Ideas: Flea Market Pantry

See how some imagination, a bit of elbow grease, some home improvement store supplies and repurposed flea market finds lend style and function to a kitchen and pantry….