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Love that Mexican style? Adapt it for your home

May 29, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Home & Decoration

The hothouse colors, the hand-painted tiles, the lazy drift of hammocks and mosquito netting: If you visit Mexico, it's hard not to fall in love with the look and the lifestyle. But unlike a craft or a curio that you can pack in your suitcase, Mexican style isn't always easy to ...
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Latino heat — Furnishings reflect Hispanic design

April 14, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Home & Decoration

Home-furnishing lines are reflecting the same Latino influence showing up in home design lately. Among those already out there are the Casa Cristina collections of furniture and home furnishings, brand-named for the Cuban-born media personality Cristina Saralegui. Since 1989 she's been the multiple-Emmy winning host of "The Christina Show," her Spanish-language ...

Pick a sunny spot and cram in the flowers for a lovely cutting garden

April 13, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

Five years ago, an immense - and diseased - oak tree in Betsy Teutsch's backyard in Philadelphia's West Mount Airy neighborhood had to come down. The family mourned the loss of an old friend. And then Teutsch realized that this ecological tragedy was an unexpected horticultural gift. Suddenly, there was light! ...

Blooming trees herald the coming of spring

March 25, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Plants, Garden

One of the best little trees around is the Texas redbud, Cerciscanadensis var. texensis. It blooms for about three weeks with clusters of tiny rich pinky-purple blooms that are about 1/2 inch long and pea-like. The bark of the tree is a dark gray that makes a great contrast between ...

Culture meets housing design

February 26, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Home & Decoration

University third-year interior design students worked in pairs last semester to create culturally sensitive living arrangements for the Ojibwe and Hmong cultures, prevalent and growing cultural groups in the Twin Cities area. The groups presented designs of an entire living community on display at the Hennepin History Museum through June 3. Professor ...

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Make Mexican-style interior work inside your home

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Latino heat — Furnishings reflect Hispanic design

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In for an ideal home

MELBOURNE’S favourite home and interiors event, the HIA Home Ideas Show, celebrates 30 years in April. As always, the show is brimming with ideas and handy hints from the industry’s best

Decorating Guide-The Southwest Look

Turn your home into a retreat that speaks of the beauty and color of the Southwest landscape and culture. Southwestern style is unlike anything else and places an emphasis on

Home, garden show has latest in landcaping, improvement

Just like spring comes each year, so does the WSAZ Home and Garden Show as it offers you a breath of fresh air after a long winter spell indoors. I consider

Maymont may give up running of flower show

Maymont Park may be handing its annual flower and garden show over to someone else. James McLauglin Sr., chief executive at Mac Events, said yesterday that he hopes his company will

Home & Garden Show is this weekend in St. Louis

Get ready to walk like an Egyptian when the 30th annual Builders Home & Garden Show opens Thursday at the America's Center and Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. In addition