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The Year of the Home: Home-Making Resolutions for 2013

By Leslie Reichert
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It’s time to make our resolutions for the new year. Most resolutions involve losing weight, getting organized or banishing bad habits, but let’s make this year the “year of the home.” Let’s resolve to make our homes cleaner, greener and …

5 Tips for New Year’s Eve Entertaining

By Elizabeth Lamont
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After the rush of Christmas the next question that hits us is: What are we doing for New Year’s Eve? There are many ways to celebrate ringing in the New Year, and going to bed at 10 p.m. is not …

Last-Minute Holiday Decorating Tricks

By Kelli Ellis
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I am very familiar with having to be creative at the last minute. On my HGTV special, “Celebrity Holiday Homes,” and in my annual holiday decorating projects, creativity must be spontaneous and things often come together on a last-minute basis! …

Landscaping a Rain-Friendly Garden

By Jane Gates
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No matter if you’re contending with too little or too much rain, both extremes are a challenge to gardeners like you and me. Uncontrolled rainwater can remove valuable soil and fertilizer from your garden, contribute to erosion and even encourage mosquitoes to take up residence …

Four 2013 Home Improvement Trends to Watch

By Monica D. Higgins
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Prior to the decline in the housing market, homeowners were focused on supersizing their homes and installing over-the-top upgrades fit for shows like the “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” While homeowners have not completely fallen out of love with …

Add a Little Polish: Holiday Cleaning Countdown

By Leslie Reichert
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I’ve never been a big fan of the song “The 12 Days of Christmas,” that is until I created this version for cleaning. I call it my 12 Days to Christmas … Clean. This is a simple schedule to help …

Holiday Entertaining: Celebrating Friends and Family

By Elizabeth Lamont
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After a crazy pre-holiday season, it’s a Room at the Beach tradition to gather our store “family” and celebrate another successful year. Each year I try to do something different and interesting to thank everyone for their hard work, and …

Winter Gardening: Growing Vegetables

By Jane Gates
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The climate you live in dictates how you can grow edibles in the winter. In warm areas, vegetables and fruits can happily grow as part of the usual landscape design. You can integrate them in flower beds or keep them …

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