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Around Your Home

Ice Is Nice Greet guests with a twist on traditional luminaries. We left them in a freezer for a couple of days before the party and pulled them out as the festivities began.Light It Right Keep from feeling like Clark Griswold this ...

Around Your Garden

* Living Christinas Trees Get the most for your money. Red cedar, Virginia pine, spruce pine, and Japanese cryptomeria (Cryptomeria japonica) work well in the Lower and Coastal South.Amaryllis These beautiful holiday flowers sometimes need a little help standing straight and tall. ...

Air of Sophistication

But if you think beyond the fridge, they have magnificent form, rivaling any seasonal flower for elegant appeal.Exotic and Easy While they look mysterious, air plants are easy to care for and offer quick success, even for the inexperienced gardener. If plants ...

Try This Marigold

Forgive me, Marigold Society of America (yes, there actually is one), but despite your best efforts to convince me otherwise, I've never cared for common bedding marigolds. Maybe it's because the flowers look clunky, the leaves smell skunky, and many towns have ...

You're Invited to Our Idea Houses

Mississippi Idea House Taylor Creek is located in north Mississippi in the Plein Air neighborhood of Taylor. From Oxford take Old Taylor Road South 8 miles to Taylor. 301 Canvas Drive).The house will be open Saturday, June 28, to Sunday, October 19. ...

Rooms, You Name It!

Just because the floor plan says one thing doesn?t mean you can?t try another. When putting the rooms in your new home to use, consider your floor plan as a guide?but not as the only answer. In fact, ignoring the plan can ...