Get a handle on kitchen hardware (Fairview Observer) Hardware is often the last thing that homeowners think about when designing their kitchens. Stainless steel refrigerators, five-burner gas ranges and island sinks steal the spotlight from the lowly handle, the simple drawer pull, the boring hinge....more...Giving It Away (Baltimore City Paper) Marc Duncan, happy new owner of a Shriner statuette/candleholder. Camping. It seemed like a straightforward plan : Throw a tent and a few essentials in the van, enjoy a summer week in the woods. Get away from it all. Riiiiiight....more... Homes may hide valuable antiques (Centre Daily Times) Americans recently have seized the opportunity to buy that dream home....more... Less isn't always more (Naples Daily News) Kevin Kovalsky, M.D., obviously enjoys teasing his guests when he deadpans that he and his wife have been married for 27 years, and they?re just starting to get along. The retired family practice physician is kidding, of course, but he and his spouse, Priscilla, were serious about taking the time to get their new condo just right....more... Hardware items from 1936 to be auctioned (The Steubenville Herald-Star) BERGHOLZ ? Imagine walking into a business that looks just as it appeared in 1936. This happened when Gary Cain of Gary W. Cain ? Realtors and Auctioneers was contacted to hold a two-day auction for the contents of the old Smyth Hardware store....more... Jane Greig leaves some parting advice (Austin American-Statesman) Before our consumer columnist signs off, she's leaving us her best tips and contacts....more... 'A magical quality' (Star-Gazette) Set in a wooded area, contemporary Corning home has an open floor plan and huge windows to bring the outside in....more... Gordo's creative community is quietly growing (NBC 15 Mobile) Within arms reach of the front door at the Art store on North Main Street are a rearing metal armadillo and paper made of mule poop. A pair of rocking......more... Salvage sweetheart (Naples Daily News) Good thing this glass-filled condo unit isn?t on a fault line, because a good quake would leave most of the furniture in shards. One healthy rumble would be shattering to the kitchen and dining room tables, countless end tables and most of the art work in the Wilshire Lakes home of Michelle and Bob Lauber....more... |