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Topiary Love- how to care for topiaries
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Topiary Love- how to care for topiaries

Pretty little puff top plants. Some just foliage and some covered in little blooms that smell as lovely as they look. Today for Friday Favorites- we are talking about topiaries and why I love them and sharing a few tips for keeping them in that lovely topiary form.

Topiary Love

First up- how about a little shout out and love for topiaries. I am a big fan of them- from green foliage to flowering – to herbs and olives and even holiday topiaries. Topiaries are just so darn cute- and can plants be full of charm? Topiaries are absolutely full

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Loan program helping Lethbridge residents afford home improvement projects – Lethbridge
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Loan program helping Lethbridge residents afford home improvement projects – Lethbridge

Lethbridge has become the ninth community in Alberta to launch a program helping residents pay for energy efficient and renewable energy upgrades to their homes.

Loan program helping Lethbridge residents afford home improvement projects – Lethbridge

The Clean Energy Improvement Program through Alberta Municipalities helps to eliminate the upfront cost of installing items like new windows, doors, solar panels, lighting fixtures and more to residential properties by offering low-interest financing through the city.

Residents can pay off the loan for the span of up to 20 years — depending on the project — which is added to property tax payments. The cost of the improvement must be between $3,000 and $50,000

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Got home improvement projects? Check out the library’s list
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Got home improvement projects? Check out the library’s list

Need a hand being handy? Know a Mr. Fixit who doesn’t live up to their name? Did DIY turn into “Ahh, I have a spring in my eyes!!!”?

Don’t despair at the failure.

The Vancouver Public Library (VPL) may have the list for you.

They came up with a list of 20 books to help people help themselves. And a DVD.

“Don’t despair if you are aghast at the state of your home, or have a need to make improvements. These books (plus one DVD) will provide you with all the tips and tutorials you will need,” says the library

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7 Ways to Use Dried Flowers in Decorating
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7 Ways to Use Dried Flowers in Decorating

While flower bunches are always beautiful – dried flowers bring charm to a room as well. Whether you’re using them to create a romantic, vintage-style mantel or a versatile seasonal centerpiece, dried flowers are the perfect finishing touch to any room and can be used in all types of designs. We just talked about how to dry flowers in this post Here – so today it’s all about how to enjoy those flowers in your decor.

Dried Flowers Decor

1. Create a floral arrangement

A floral arrangement is a beautiful way to display your flowers. Whether you place them in

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Contractor scams can be hard to prove. What to do if it happens to you
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Contractor scams can be hard to prove. What to do if it happens to you

  • While the number of home improvement fraud cases has remained consistent, in recent years the Delaware State Police have increasingly pursued felony charges.
  • Home improvement fraud cases are difficult to prove as it requires proving the contractor intended to swindle a customer from the time a contract was signed.
  • The percentage of guilty pleasures in home improvement fraud cases is less than 25%.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to clarify that most home improvement fraud complaints are neither criminal nor civil violations. Due to inaccurate data provided by the Department of Justice, a graphic was also corrected for

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Collecting: Vintage Floral Dishes – French Country Cottage
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Collecting: Vintage Floral Dishes – French Country Cottage

Anyone else in the vintage dish collecting club? You know the one where you can’t walk by a pretty vintage dish without picking it up, contemplating bringing it home, setting it down and trying to walk away and then turning around to grab it before anyone else does? Yeah. I am right there with you in that club and did you know that I was once asked if I would trade several pieces of antique children’s furniture for 2 sets of antique china? You know I did.

So, I might even be in the running for being the presidents of

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Home Improvement’s Patricia Richardson Defends Tim Allen, Doesn’t Understand Why People Think He’s Bad At Acting
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Home Improvement’s Patricia Richardson Defends Tim Allen, Doesn’t Understand Why People Think He’s Bad At Acting

Home Improvement’s Patricia Richardson Defends Tim Allen, Doesn’t Understand Why People Think He’s Bad At Acting

Tim Allen as Tim Taylor on Last Man Standing and Judy in the office in NCIS Season 19

When I think about Tim Allen the first thing that comes to mind is his acting career. Some of Allen’s best movies include family classics like Toy Story and The Santa Clauseand he’s also well known for his long-lasting sitcoms like Home Improvements and Last Man Standing. However, when he started acting, some people thought he was no good, but his TV wife Patricia Richardson always thought he was fantastic, and doesn’t understand why people would think his long-time co-star

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24 Beautiful Floral Needlepoint Pillows
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24 Beautiful Floral Needlepoint Pillows

Flowers belong everywhere in my opinion- painted on furniture, woven into bedding, covering wallpaper and artwork and even on pillows and rugs. One of the things I have been asked about over the years is where to find those beautiful floral vintage Aubusson style pillows- and today this post is all about a few floral needlepoint pillows that I bumped into while shopping recently.

24 Beautiful Floral Needlepoint Pillows

So if you have been looking for a little vintage floral chic to add to your home- this post is for you.

Vintage Style Floral Needlepoint Pillows

I found several of these beautiful pillows years ago-

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