A meditation on small homes
For example, you may find that the "must-have feature" in your master bathroom is not the second vanity sink, but it's the purely utilitarian linen closet, in which you keep bulk purchases of toilet paper, hair and body-care products, towels and bed …
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Conscience or a corporate devil?
Bed sheets, lamps and 30 racks of Natty – all the standard college essentials. Once you figure out what you need, you need a place to buy it all. I walked into my room two weeks ago, ready to set everything up for the semester. I pulled my sheets out …
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Resort Wear: Our Prelude To Spring
Soon the store will be carrying dresses in soft colors and flowy linen tops by designer Trina Turk—all new for spring. Capricorn boutique owner Lisa Ovadia says the store is already showing lots of light bright colors, crochet, and lace.
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Bag to basics
PHOTOS: PUBLICITY Accessory designer Mahin Hussain sticks out like a colourful thumb, decorated with pop art, in a market that seems to only recognise and patronise clothing designers. Yet, she has stood her ground for creating delightfully vibrant and …
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This is just the start of the display, but I decided that I didn’t like the fact that the brooches made pin holes in the fabric surface so I took them off.

Bounce(R) Fabric Softener Teams up with Stage Play Love, Loss, and What I Wore …
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Gourmet deli and culinary store a'Tavola opens in Boise's Linen District.
The word a'Tavola means “of the table” and Peterson will offer everything around that theme, something she knows quite well. Peterson ran the Boise Co-op deli for many years before branching out with her catering business and Cafe Shakespeare at the …
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Renovation revolves around inherited art and furniture
It is the backdrop for the New York architect's floating table and handsome, square coffee table that centers the white linen sofas, club chairs and ottomans in sitting area. The Baileys had specially made for the sitting section a black, deep shag rug …
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Find your own wedding story at Lotte Hotel
To Youngsong Martin, president of Wildflower Linen, what is important in a wedding is characteristics and style rather than just beautiful decorations or formality, and that's what Korean weddings lack. “In Korea, brides and grooms are 'too polite.
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Food Notes: A'Tavola cafe, market opens in Boise's Linen District
A'Tavola, which means “of the table” in Italian, is a gourmet deli, bakery, market and cafe. It opened last week in Boise's Linen District. Peterson ran the Boise Co-op deli for 20 years before branching out with Peterson Catering and the Idaho …
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Drop by: Mudgee
Also try Roth's Wine Bar, Blue Wren, High Valley Wine & Cheese Co, Mudgee Brewing Company, The Post Steakhouse, Butcher Shop Cafe, Cider House, Deeb's Kitchen and Wild Oats Cafe & Pavilion. The Mudgee region is the third-largest producer of wine grapes …
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Walmart Grants 000 to CHIPS Soup Kitchen and Teen Mother Shelter
Walmart and the Walmart Foundation awarded CHIPS a $ 30000 grant, which according to the former director, Sister Mary Maloney, was used to buy linens, furniture, clothing and other personal items the mothers and babies lost during the fire.
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Place setting personality
Sources: Faux Bois by Ross Sveback 10-inch dinner and 8-inch salad plates ($ 36, $ 21, RossSveback.com); Williams-Sonoma crimson hemstitch linen tablecloth ($ 112, 70-by-90-inches, williams-sonoma.com); Williams-Sonoma crimson hemstitch linen napkins ($ 48 …
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Try these 10 places to warm up your Super Bowl stroll
The Hoosier rocker and his rom-com sweetheart celebrated her 50th birthday at a hearthside table at Dunaway's Palazzo Ossigeno. Re-create the moment at a white linen-draped table in the elegant Fireplace Room. 351 S. East St., (317) 638-7663.
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This pink linen dress from Jaeger is one of the hottest looks
By Antonia Kraskowski IF YOU are jetting off for a spot of sunshine rather than hitting the slopes this winter make sure you turn heads with the ultimate holiday wardrobe. First things first, whether you're planning to lie on a beach or set sail on a …
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EVENTS CALENDAR for Week starting Jan. 27
A-Space at West Cove Studio, “Crewel Linen: Unfinished Business” and “Study in Black and White”, works by Cate Bourke, through March 25, 10 am-4 pm Fridays-Saturdays, free, 30 Elm St., West Haven; 203-500-0268. Atticus Bookstore Cafe, “Recent Works”, …
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