DIY HOBBIES: Egg poppers to help ring in the New Year dwb.sacbee.com
@ 12/22/06 20:04 comments(0) report
and if you're looking for a creative way to ring in the new year, then these cute little egg poppers will certainly do the trick. they are easy to make and so fun to pop. bonus: you won't end up with yolk in your eye. instead, you'll experience an

Condos picking up popularity www.jsonline.com
@ 02/08/07 10:56 comments(0) report
when gloria and ed bristol's children left the nest, the glendale couple decided it was time to move from the family home. the hidden river subdivision in mequon is made up of large (up to 4,750 square feet) condominiums. land donated by the hidden

Home Staging Attracts Buyers and Improves Sales Performance www.designingonline.com
@ 02/08/07 10:56 comments(0) report
staging, the secret weapon of real estate, is the art of preparing and packaging a home for sale. current statistics indicate that staged homes are on the market 13.9 days as opposed to 31 for non-staged homes and that staged homes sell for an average

The Bachelor ... of Corona del Mar www.ocregister.com
@ 02/08/07 22:07 comments(0) report
he wanted a chef-quality kitchen and space for fine dining. and because he loves to entertain, the furnishings had to look great, but withstand the rigors of watching games with the guys. she found he also entertained a special female guest on occasion.

Getting personal with your wreath www.mercurynews.com
@ 12/16/06 20:25 comments(0) report
fancy greens and embellishments can be found at garden centers, florists and mass merchandisers. christmas tree lots offer wreath greens as a thriving sideline. santa's helpers in maine and the pacific northwest have been fashioning wreaths of balsam

Home prices in northern Utah still soaring www.deseretnews.com
@ 12/03/06 00:31 comments(0) report
�� wasatch front home prices continued to soar in this year's third quarter, but fewer sales could indicate salt lake's market is cooling. �� according to data released friday by the salt lake board of realtors, the median price

Wall art offers fun for kids' rooms www.ocregister.com
@ 12/14/06 05:14 comments(0) report
redoing a child's room can and should be fun for everyone. the walls, as most children will agree, are the best place for expressing personal creativity. one such fun activity is sponging the walls. if old enough, the inhabitant of the room can

Beginning gardeners have a plan for 12 days of Christmas www.stltoday.com
@ 12/24/06 16:19 comments(0) report
herb garden. on the fourth day of christmas, the beginning gardener planted four hummingbird-attracting plants: one royal catchfly (silene regia), one fire pink (silene virginica), one cardinal flower (lobelia cardinalis), a missouri botanical garden

Putting on holiday airs with inflatable decor www.ocregister.com
@ 12/10/06 14:51 comments(0) report
whimsical lawn decor is the craze of the holiday season and the fastest-growing segment of the $16 billion a year holiday decorating market. sales of inflatable decorations are expected to balloon beyond $500 million this year, five times the amount

A Garden of Eatin' -- apples www.gardenguides.com
@ 02/08/07 10:56 comments(0) report
as a girl, my grandmother and her family gathered apples with names like yates, horse, and grimes golden every fall from the trees on their south georgia farm. they dried some and packed the keeper varieties snugly into barrels for storage in the root