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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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Vintage Inspired Floral Art – French Country Cottage
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Vintage Inspired Floral Art – French Country Cottage

It is all about flowers today for Floral Friday- and we are talking about vintage inspired floral art- paintings, prints and reproduction artwork to create beauty with flowers all year long.

Vintage Inspired Floral Art – French Country Cottage

Vintage Inspired Floral Art

A favorite for layering on a shelf, placing in a display on a wall or adding anywhere you want a little bit of French country charm- vintage floral art is always a pretty way to bring the beauty of blooms into the house all year long.

I have collected old paintings and art at thrift stores and flea markets for years. I have several old

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Pamela Anderson defends ‘Home Improvement’ star
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Pamela Anderson defends ‘Home Improvement’ star

Pamela Anderson is addressing a discussion about a story regarding her “Home Improvement” co-star Tim Allen that is part of her new memoir, “Love Pamela.”

In an excerpt from her book published by Variety earlier this week, Anderson alleges that Allen flashed her and showed her his penis while working on the sitcom in 1991, when she was 23 and Allen was 37.

Earlier this week, Allen denied the incident took place, and now Anderson appears to want to make it known that he has no ill will regarding what he says happened.

“Tim is a comedian, it’s his job

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Grand Forks City Council members briefed on Gate City Bank Home Improvement Partnership Loan Program
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Grand Forks City Council members briefed on Gate City Bank Home Improvement Partnership Loan Program

Mar. 6—GRAND FORKS — City Council members were briefed Monday by Gate City Bank on the Home Improvement Partnership Loan Program.

Andrew Conlon, a senior community development planner with the city, said the program provides funds for qualifying homeowners to make improvements to their properties. Some of the criteria to qualify for the program are that the assessed value of a house needs to be $275,000 or less and everything will need to be zoned appropriately, as well as other credit-related prerequisites. The interest rates for the program this year range from 3% to 3.5%

Projects can be related to

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Home Improvement Boom Is Over As Inflation, Debt, House Prices Bite
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Home Improvement Boom Is Over As Inflation, Debt, House Prices Bite

  • US home improvement surged during the pandemic as many people had spare cash and little to buy.
  • Home Depot warned the boom may be over as higher prices and borrowing costs squeeze consumers.
  • The retailer’s bosses expect lower demand to mean flat sales and an earnings decline this year.

American homeowners invested heavily in renovating and expanding their dwellings over the past three years. Here’s a closer look at the US home improvement boom, and why

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Home Depot Posts Mixed Q4 Earnings, Hikes Dividend By 10%, Forecasts Decline In FY23 EPS
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Home Depot Posts Mixed Q4 Earnings, Hikes Dividend By 10%, Forecasts Decline In FY23 EPS

Home Depot Posts Mixed Q4 Earnings, Hikes Dividend By 10%, Forecasts Decline In FY23 EPS

  • Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) reported fourth-quarter FY22 sales growth of 0.3% year-on-year to $35.83 billion, marginally missing the consensus of $35.97 billion.

  • Customer transactions for the quarter fell 6%. Comparable sales decreased by 0.3%, and comparable sales in the US slipped 0.3%.

  • Gross profit rose 0.5% Y/Y to $11.9 billion. The operating margin was 13.3%, and operating income for the quarter fell 1.5% to $4.75 billion.

  • The operating expenses increased 1.9% Y/Y to $7.2 billion.

  • EPS of $3.30 beat the analyst consensus of $3.28.

  • The average ticket in Q4 was $90.05, a 5.8% growth, and sales

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One Room- 5 Ways – French Country Cottage
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One Room- 5 Ways – French Country Cottage

One living room with 5 different layouts? Can it really make a difference in how the overall room and seating area feels?

One Room- 5 Ways – French Country Cottage

Our living room is basically a room that has kind of made me crazy since I first started trying to place the furniture. It is probably something that you haven’t noticed – I focus on the good points and details rather than what drives me crazy. But make no mistake- there are things that drive me crazy. Today for Friday Favorites- we are revisiting this favorite post of yours and mine and chatting about room layouts and ideas

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Brace for a home improvement slump as consumers battle inflation, debt, and pressure on house prices, Home Depot warns
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Brace for a home improvement slump as consumers battle inflation, debt, and pressure on house prices, Home Depot warns

Brace for a home improvement slump as consumers battle inflation, debt, and pressure on house prices, Home Depot warns

Shoppers at The Home Depot.Steve Helber/AP Images

  • US home improvement surged during the pandemic as many people had spare cash and little to buy.

  • Home Depot warned the boom may be over as higher prices and borrowing costs squeeze consumers.

  • The retailer’s bosses expect lower demand to mean flat sales and an earnings decline this year.

American homeowners invested heavily in renovating and expanding their dwellings over the past three years. Here’s a closer look at the US home improvement boom, and why Home Depot warned this week it might be over.

Why did people splurge on their homes?

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