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Home building and design projects are about creativity, better living—and the bottom line. It can be tough to know where to allocate dollars and which upgrades warrant a splurge ...
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The saying “everything old is new again” has been around for centuries. It’s true in many contexts, among them design. Home trends come and go through the decades, so ...
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Long before humans, mammals, reptiles or even birds roamed the earth, ferns dominated the landscape, gracing forest floors, creating a lush blanket of various hues of green and providing ...
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Photography by Michael Patch In the world at large, change is constant. In the design world, this desire for change is ever-present and the driving force for innovative spaces ...
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Photography by Michael Patch Leland Melvin met Jim and Shirley Lynde one Sunday after church at Main Street Eatery in downtown Lynchburg, when Jim spotted the oft-photographed astronaut across the ...
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So much of our lives happens in kitchens. Meals are cooked there, yes, but kitchens are the hub of family life: a gathering place for family and friends, a homework ...
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The spaces we occupy can affect our health and well-being in positive and negative ways. According to EPA estimates we spend about 90 percent of our time indoors—about half of ...
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Sometimes, looking back, we wonder how we ever lived with things like cargo furniture, early American prints and avocado green shag carpeting. But as any designer or home decorator can ...
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