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Sunday, November 4, 2012 1E Features editor: Robyn Rison 304-526-2799
The Holiday Candlelight House Tour
how-to worKshops
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SATURDAYS, Nov. 10, 17 and 24 10-11 a.m., Interior paints 1-2:30 p.m., Small updates for kitchens SUNDAYS, Nov. 4, 11, 18 and 25 1-2:30 p.m., High efficiency lighting Is your business conducting home or landscape how-to clinics? Email the information to rrison@ herald-dispatch.com.
tIps For hoMEowNErs Kitchen lighting that really has a sizzle
Six tips to improve task lighting in the kitchen: n Use recessed lighting to focus light. It’s important to have a lot of light on work surfaces, such as countertops, stoves and the sink area, and this type of lighting can be aimed exactly where you most need it. n Under-cabinet lighting will focuses the light onto the countertop, which is the main work surface. This type of lighting is also an inexpensive add-on for existing kitchens. n Different light bulbs — such as halogen, xenon and fluorescent — can give your kitchen a completely different effect. Halogen and incandescent light are best. n In-cabinet lighting is a great accent. It can make finding what you need so much easier and can also make for a great look if you have glass-paneled cabinets. A bonus is that this type of lighting brings great illumination to the room. n Track lighting is the most multipurpose lighting. Each light can be positioned to focus on a different area. n Pendant lights are both decorative and effective, creating pools of light over surfaces Choose light bulbs with different beam spreads for different effects. Floods are wide and create a more general lighting, while spotlights work well to highlight specific items. Courtesy of Eddie Cohen of Design Light Inc. For more ideas, visit www.hgtv. com.
YoUr hoME CoULD BE FEAtUrED hErE Do you have a house that you would like to showcase or a room that you would like to display? Perhaps you elaborately decorate inside or out for changing of the seasons. Maybe you are converting to a “smart home.” You must be willing to be interviewed and allow us to photograph your home or space. If you’re interested, please send your name, address and contact information to Robyn Rison at rrison@herald-dispatch.com or 946 5th Ave., Huntington, WV 25701.
Photos by Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch
The Washington Boulevard home of Sterling and Rosalee Hall will be one of the eight featured Dec. 2, during the annual Arts Resources for the Tri-State fundraiser, the Holiday Candlelight House Tour. BELOW: The Halls collect Byers Carolers, and display them during the tour.
Homes prepare to be featured in annual holiday fundraiser By JEAN McCLELLAND For The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON — Save the date of Dec. 2, because the annual Arts Resources for the Tri-State fundraiser, Holiday Candlelight House Tour, is going to be a treat this year. So that the public can get a taste of all the sparkle and green that will be dressing the eight houses on the tour, we will be offering a preview of several of them in this space through November. Today we will take a look at two of the houses located on Washington Boulevard. Sterling and Rosalee Hall’s home could be called the ‘anniversary house’ for the Arts in that they were one of the first houses to participate in the tour six years ago when it started. “I love Christmas and find this is just a delightful way of starting out the season,” Rosalee Hall said. The Dutch Colonial was built in 1919 and has had multiple owners and several additions and renovations. When asked what stories this house might share Hall replied quickly. “It would remember how much fun it had with all the families who have lived here,” she said. “We are always running into someone who either lived here or knew someone who lived here and they tell us about what fun they had in this neighborhood.”
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A winter garden can switch from dull to dazzling JOE LAMP’L
Scripps Howard News Service
When it comes to garden design, the vibrant colors of spring and summer are the first things we consider. After all, that’s when we use our gardens the most. But with just a bit of planning and effort, the winter landscape can be unique and interesting, too. The key is diversity. A variety of textures, colors and forms will
take a winter landscape from dull to dazzling. Start by choosing plants that don’t all look the same after their leaves drop in fall. Contrast shapes (round vs. triangular, weeping vs. upright), textures (coarse vs. fine) and colors (intense vs. pale, dark vs. bright, warm vs. cool). Set up a strong contrast between elements, such as red berries against the white snow; or thin, feathery grasses in front of stiff, upright evergreens. Balance these strong elements with more subtle colors and textures. If hungry birds and animals don’t get them, many fruits ripen in late summer and fall. They hang on through the winter, making bright punctuation marks on the landscape. Deciduous hollies, chokeberry, coralberry, heavenly bamboo and hawthorn all feature colorful fruits. Courtesy of Metro Creative Graphics After trees and shrubs drop their leaves, their inner beauty comes through in brightly colored The addition of a holly bush can help bring a pop of color to a
winter garden. The bright berries hang on through the winter Please see GARDEN/3E months, and contrast well with freshly-fallen snow.
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