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(StatePoint) Will your house be warm enough this winter? With shifts in climate making winter weather harder to predict, it’s important to prepare your home for extreme winter temperatures as soon as possible. Here are a few key ways to make your home comfortable and energy efficient.
Supplemental Heating Consider reducing energy bills substantially by supplementing whole house heat in the zones of your house used most. For example, why heat the unoccupied foyer to the same degree as the living room where your family spends their time? Focusing your energy use where it is most needed will allow you to lower the thermostat for the central furnace. Known as “zone heating,” this practice saves dollars and energy.
Wood Stove A wood stove is a great choice for a supplemental heating product that focuses on specific rooms of the home. Not only does a wood stove create a
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For example, the Quadra-Fire Adventure II, an EPAcertified appliance, features Smart Burn Technology, which delivers controllable, efficient heat. It’s the only stove equipped with a programmable wall thermostat that maintains the temperature of your room, helping reduce heating bills up to 50 percent. It also alerts you when it’s time to add more wood, taking guesswork out of the equation.
Another option that can help you reduce your heating bill is the Encore FlexBurn from Vermont Castings, which can be burned with a catalyst to increase efficiency by more than 15 percent on the longest burn settings and lowering emissions to ensure you get the most out of each load of wood.
For those who want to green their home, wood is a good fuel choice, as it’s a renewable energy source that is carbon neutral.
Regular Maintenance Your heating system, supplemental heating products and insulation all require regular maintenance to operate at their highest capacity and keep your home warm at a reasonable cost. Certain tasks you can perform yourself include changing HVAC filters, sealing drafts and ductwork, and weatherstripping windows and doors. You may want to have your central furnace serviced professionally, however. A handy checklist is available at energystar.gov.
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Crock pots vs. pressure cookers What’s the difference? KATIE WHITE Staff Writer
When it comes to cooking meals, which is better, the slow cooker or pressure cooker? Personally, I have only ever used a slow cooker, but I love it. It’s low maintenance, it makes food taste great, and it’s easy cleanup afterward. My mother-in-law, who is part Italian (her mother came to the states from Italy as a teenager), was given a pressure cooker by the family for Christmas in 2015. It was something she wanted, and since she and her mother are both excellent cooks (are there any Italians who aren’t?), I figure it must be pretty great. She raved about the pressure cooker after using it the first time. Her first recipe was beef stew. It took about 20 minutes to make and tasted amazing. I admit I have felt a little strange about exactly how the pressure cooker works. You stick meat inside and it’s ready to eat in only a matter of minutes? The thought was somewhat off-putting. I was incredulous at the thought of the meat actually cooking through in the short amount of time. But, despite my doubt, it works! It really does. The mind-blowing aspect of the pressure cooker is its ability to make meat taste as though it has been simmering or braising in a broth for hours at a time. It is almost too good to be true. How it works goes something like this: 1. Place your ingredients inside the pot. 2. Make sure there is water or some type of cooking liquid inside. 3. Seal the pot with the lid and determine the pressure setting needed. 4. While the pressure inside the pot rises temperatures also rise, boiling the liquid above the normal boiling temperature. This results in shorter cooking time. I admit I was shocked to learn that pressure cooking has been around for quite some time. According to online articles, Denis Papin invented the first pressure cooker in the late 1600s. Over time, several variations came about, but there are basically three different generations of pressure cookers, according to a book titled, “Pressure Cooking for Everyone” that was published in 2000.
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The first and second generation were stove top pressure cookers, and the first generation version only featured one pressure setting and released pressure through a valve, resulting in a loud noise.
According to the book, many of the less expensive pressure cookers today are a variation of the first generation model. The second generation operated with a spring loaded valve, resulting in two or more pressure settings. Unlike the first generation, this model does not release pressure on its own, but is set up to be manually changed if needed. The third generation are the electric pressure cookers that feature a spring loaded valve and a timer. These came about in the 1990s. When making comparisons on cost, it seems that you can find pressure cookers and crock pots in similar prices. For example, you can get a 6-quart pressure cooker for about $30 but if you want to go more technical than that, you can spend upwards of $200 on a 10-quart electric pressure cooker with preset options, control panel with digital display and keep warm mode, among other things. Crock pots can start at low as $30, but many average around
burger, two cans dark red kidney beans drained, a packet of chili seasoning and tomato juice, and heat on low for six hours. Add the juice as much or as little as you like based on how thick you want your chili to be. Since I haven’t used a pressure cooker on my own yet, I can’t offer my own recipes for that, however, they are very easy to find online. For example, one sloppy joe recipe can be made in just eight minutes. Instructions say to brown the meat on a saute/brown setting, stir in the sauce and cook on high pressure for eight minutes. Then you’re ready to eat. You can also make roasted red potatoes in just five minutes. Wash and cut a few baby red potatoes length wise and fill the pot three-quarters full, then add a tablespoon of butter and one roasted garlic clove, then turn on the saute setting and stir the melted butter so it coats the potatoes. Then, add two cups of chicken broth, lock the lid into place and set the timer to five minutes. Whatever option you choose to use for your next meal, have fun! Just make sure you read your equipment’s instruction manual first, since there are such a variety of crockpots and pressure cookers out there. kwhite@mojonews.com
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$50 to $60 for 6 or 4-quart capabilities. It’s rare for crock pots to be over $100, and when they are, it’s typically because you’re getting advanced technology, like remote control applications that allow you to set the timer and temperature directly from your phone. This isn’t your grandma’s crockpot! Maybe someday I will own my own pressure cooker, but for now, I am still working on crock pot recipes. My favorites are chicken and stuffing, which is a really easy recipe I found on Pinterest. Simply place four chicken breasts inside the pot, cover with one box of stuffing mix and then pour over that a mixture of one can cream of chicken soup, one-fourth a cup of water and half a cup of sour cream, then heat on low for four hours. You can eat the recipe just like that, or add some gravy at the end if you like. Other crock pot favorites of mine are chili, chicken and noodle soup, beef stew and steak with cream of mushroom soup.
INGREDIENTS • 1 tablespoon canola oil • 1 1/2 lbs rump roast • 2 garlic cloves, chopped • 1 large onion, cut up • 4 carrots, cut into thick slices • 4 celery ribs, sliced • 4 potatoes, cut into chunks • salt & pepper (to taste) • 2 teaspoon dried parsley • 2 cups water • 1 beef bouillon cube (optional) DIRECTIONS Cut the roast into chunks, about 1 inch (or larger if that is your preference). Heat oil in bottom of pressure cooker until hot and add the meat all at once (do not turn for at least 1 minute - you really want to let the meat sear. Stir the meat, letting it brown on all sides. Add the chopped garlic, stir for 1 minute, then add the onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, salt, pepper, parsley, water and optional beef bouillon. Lock the pressure cooker lid in place and bring to high pressure over high heat. Cook 15 minutes. Cool pot immediately making sure all pressure has been released before opening the lid. Optional ingredients - you can add some chopped tomatoes if you'd like before cooking. After removing lid you can add in canned mushrooms or frozen peas and heat thoroughly.
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preserve MARY ANN GREIER
Canning, freezing or dehydrating?
She’s been dehydrating everything now, explaining how she can cut up some apples, put them in the dehydrator and come up with some great snacks.
Staff Writer
The decision on whether to can or freeze the bountiful harvest may come down to the preparer’s comfort level, but both are great ways to preserve food, according to Mahoning County OSU Extension educator Beth Stefura.
Drying is good for both fruits and vegetables. She said she’s even made her own fruit rollups and some people do jerky. “Seems like there’s new interest,” Stefura said.
Stefura serves as the Family & Consumer Sciences educator at the extension office located in Canfield and has been teaching a series of courses on home canning and food safety, starting with canning basics, canning tomatoes and dehydrating fruits and vegetables.
According to an article written by retired extension educator Dorris Herringshaw and revised by extension educator Melinda Hill, both in Family and Consumer Sciences, “Drying is the oldest method of preserving food. Throughout history, the sun, the wind and a smoky fire were used to remove water from fruits, meats, grains and herbs. By definition, food dehydration is the process of removing water from food by circulating hot air through it, which prohibits the growth of enzymes and bacteria.”
She became interested in dehydrating or drying of foods a couple years ago and wanted to learn more so she could teach the method to consumers.
The article also said that “dried foods are tasty, nutritious, lightweight, easy to prepare and easy to store and use. The energy input is less than what is needed to freeze or can, and the
She taught the class last year for the first time and said it “was really a lot of fun.”
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storage space is minimal compared with that needed for canning jars and freezer containers.” Stefura recommended a visit to ohiolines.osu.edu for anyone interested in learning more about preservation methods or other topics related to food or other areas of expertise by extension educators. The fact sheets give detailed instructions on canning, freezing and the dehydration of foods. “It’s a great resource,” she said. For canning, there are two methods: pressure canning or boiling water bath canning. Which to use depends on the type of food being preserved. Stefura said boiling water bath canning can be used safely for high acid foods such as fruits, jams or jellies. A brochure for her series said that tomatoes can be done that way also by raising the acidity level by adding lemon juice or citrus acid to the jars. For everything else, pressure canning is a necessity, especially when canning low acid vegetables, like green beans, or meat or a combination of vegetables like spaghetti sauce. She suggested taking a class with the local extension office if new to canning or home food preservation. Start small by freezing some fruit or by making a jam using a water bath canner. “That would be a great way to start,” she said. Stefura also cautioned canners to make sure they use a USDA-approved recipe and follow the recipe to the letter. Any alteration can affect the safety of the canned food. If it calls for
a processing time of 5 minutes, do it for 5 minutes. Same with the ingredients. Before canning each year, gauges on pressure canners should be tested for accuracy and the pressure canner itself should be inspected for safety. For more on the offerings at the Canfield extension office, visit mahoning.osu.edu. mgreier@salemnews.net
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fall
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LAURA REED Staff Writer
With the arrival of fall and cooler temperatures it’s time to start preparing your flower beds for a new season, spring. That’s right, even though spring is months away now is the time to plant the bulbs that will emerge in March and April. Bulbs are one of the easiest options when it comes to enhancing your garden. Most bulbs take very little care and can practically be buried and forgotten. David Kelly, a retired architect from East Liverpool who has experience in landscaping, has several tips when it comes to planting fall bulbs. Kelly has been gardening for many years and maintains beautiful beds at his home. “Spring flowering bulbs should be planted in the late autumn before the ground freezes,” he says. “The bulbs only need to be planted to the proper depth so they don’t heave with freeze and thaw cycles. It’s about 6 inches for most bulbs.” Kelly mentions that the easiest fall bulbs to take care of are daffodils, which naturalize year after year come springtime. They come in several varieties: long cup, short cup, double poeticus and tazetta, just to name a few. They are also available in different color combinations, including pink, yellow, white and orange. “They need sunny locations and the foliage needs to fade naturally because this is the source of strength for the bulb to prepare the flowers for the next year,” says Kelly. “The foliage should never be cut and cleared even though it yellows and dies. I usually rake the dead leaves the first part of July.” Kelly states that deer do not bother daffodils, which is an additional positive to the bulb; however, deer do eat tulips. Tulips are another bulb that should be planted in the early fall before the frost arrives. “Tulips should almost be considered annuals because the bulbs weaken year after year, unlike daffodils,” says Kelly. Other bulbs commonly planted in the fall are crocus, grape hyacinths and Spanish bluebells. Unfortunately most bulbs cannot be found at local greenhouses, who specialize more in blooming flowers. Kelly says that bulbs can be bought at big chain stores, but he would not recommend them. Instead he suggests ordering the bulbs from online. “I really like www.johnscheepers.com which has been in business since 1908 and their wholesale branch named Van Engelen Inc. (www.vanengelen.com) if you want to buy in quantities. I also particularly like the quality of Terra Ceia Farms (www.terraceiafarms.com) in the Carolinas which offers really good prices for quantities.” 10 | all about home/october 2016 page
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(NAPS)—Keeping your home’s heating, ventilation and airconditioning (HVAC) system clean and well maintained can help you breathe better air and save energy and money.
Here’s a list of things to look for when you hire an HVAC cleaning company to ensure quality work. • Can the company show proof of NADCA membership and certification? NADCA members must adhere to a strict code of ethics. • Will the contractor conduct a thorough inspection of the HVAC system before doing any work? • Will the contractor clean the supply ductwork and return air ductwork?
• Will the company remove, clean and reinstall the blower motor, housing and assembly?
• Will the company remove, clean and reset supply registers and return air grilles? Are the plenums free of moisture, stains, dust, debris and other contaminants?
• Will the contractor clean the evaporator coil, drain and pan?
• Are access panels properly sealed according to ACR, the NADCA Standard? • Will the contractor clean the airstream side of the heat exchanger plus the secondary heat exchanger?
• Will the contractor replace the air filter so it fits properly and meets the efficiency recommended by the manufacturer? For a full checklist and additional http://nadca.com/en/evaluation-checklist.
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From framing barns to making picture frames
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CEDAR, Mich. (AP) — Becoming a father for the fourth time changed things for Robert Goff, who had worked a couple of decades in and around the construction trade. When his fourth child, Brianna — who just celebrated her first birthday — arrived, Goff left the trades behind and turned to crafts, the Traverse City Record-Eagle (http://bit.ly/2cmEIN6 ) reported. He now works at home creating custom picture frames from reclaimed barn wood, a material he typically acquires by helping tear things down. “People are loving this barn wood,” he said. “Sometimes, digging in a barn, you’ll find old window frames, or other wood.” Weathered wood of all kinds can be transformed into rustic frames, he said. But the patina of age from wood that has been in the sun, rain and snow for decades seems to be most in demand. Goff is constantly on the lookout for crumpling barns, whose owners sometimes are happy to let him help clean up the mess. He has been mining one sagging barn in Leelanau County for months. Goff takes the boards still straight enough to use and stacks them outside his house north of Cedar, allowing them to acquire even more of a weathered look.
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He established a page for his young business, 7Woodchucks, on Etsy.com, a website that connects craftspeople to buyers. Most of his sales so far — about 60 frames — have been custom orders that involve back-and-forth email messages between Goff and clients to settle on size, source wood and style. An 11-by-14-inch frame is priced between $49 and $89, depending on material and hardware options. He has a small shop building where he spends evenings cutting wood to size, assembling frames with glue and wooden pegs, applying an oil-based finish if needed and routing out grooves in the back of each frame to cradle glass and backing material. Sales have been accelerating, and he now is shipping two or three finished products each week. Goff is happy with that pace, which allows him to concentrate on his children — and on the quality of his frames. “I want customers to have these things forever. I’m proud of that,” he said. “I’m going to make these so they last.” About half of the price he charges goes into materials. The other half becomes Goff’s paycheck.
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Making your own garden
Compost
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leaves, pine cones, anything organic from the kitchen. If you were going to throw it away put it in a compost.”
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SALEM — If you want to know how to make your own garden compost, Robert Kramp knows a little about it. After 23 years of dedicated gardening he should.
Retired now, Kramp spends a little more time working his back yard that amounts to perhaps 1,400 square feet that produces more than 3.5 bushels of various vegetables each summer. His circular compost pile is made of short garden fencing and, as he recommends, he puts everything in it from coffee grounds, straw, mushrooms help keep the odor down, garden lime helps with the Ph that helps growing things and even sawdust. He included newspapers, noting printer’s ink is biodegradable, eggshells, spoiled milk, cottage cheese, vegetables, carrots and everything that’s gone bad. Lettuce, potato skins, and any juices you would toss out while clearing out the refrigerator. “Keep it covered,” he said, adding, “that’s important to keep the animals away. It won’t work good unless you cover it.” He also recommends watering it and keeping it wet every day and then with a pitch fork or shovel turn it “about once every three weeks.” He says compost piles are known as “black gold” because it’s the richest growing material you can get. Amanda Tkacik is the co-owner of L&M Greenhouse at 43091 Columbiana-Waterford Road in Columbiana and agrees.
“If it will give people an idea,” he said he would be happy to provide composting and gardening tips as he’s saving seeds for next year’s garden now. “You can put anything in a compost,” he said. “Anything,
“It’s basically organic and leftover food plus other matter left to decay for friendly organisms like earthworms will make fertilizers that are nutrient rich,” she said, adding she does it at home, but L&M Greenhouse doesn’t sell compost. Tkacik said, “I know a lot of people. I do it myself. It works for a lot of people and it’s a really inexpensive way to get nutrients. It’s organic, it’s green.”
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A believer in composting, Robert Kramp of Salem is pictured next to the one that is going continuously at his home. Cornell University said composts should be located close to a water source to avoid becoming dry, have good drainage but also not have standing water and they should avoid exposure to high winds or direct sunlight which may cause dryness. The compost pile shouldn’t touch wooden structures or trees and have a space nearby for temporary storage of organic wastes. Cornell recommends a cubic meter in size and filling it with a mixture of high-nitrogen and high-carbon materials. Rapid composting is helped by turning the contents into an empty adjoining bin every week or two, or each time the temperature begins to decline. A pile that is kept “hot” should produce compost within a couple of months, although an additional period of curing is necessary before the compost is used for growing plants. (Salem News photo by Larry Shields)
leaves wilt ... it will shock the plants. If it rains don’t water.” When it doesn’t rain he recommends watering every morning. He plants in three sections and likes to use a fence as a backdrop. “Pick a place with a fence that’s not too sunny and not too shady,” he said, “to keep rabbits and squirrels out. They’re hard to keep out. “And feed the birds, they’ll keep the insects down. I hardly had any bugs in my garden. Put out water for the birds. Take care of them and they’ll take care of you.” He said gardening is inexpensive and “is good for you” in as much as it gives people the chance to stay active.
At home she does it mostly to reduce garbage and trash, but surprisingly, she said, “plants that didn’t make it will take off and flourish back there.” Kramp said that’s the key, instead of throwing it out put it in a compost pile.
“And if you don’t have a lot of money you can put your time and energy into it.” lshields@salemnews.net
People can do this throughout the winter if they want and he recommends lining the garden with compost all winter. Once it’s completely broken down by springtime, Kramp, who jokes that he’s a “senior gardener,” recommends starting seedlings in containers filled with compost. “Take the compost and put it in a container and start the seeds there,” he said, “some will do better than others.” In the spring he recommends placing plastic sheets on the ground and splitting it and putting the compost and seeds in the slits when the garden is started. “When the plants are starting good put compost down to get a better root system. Keep putting it on after the vegetables blossom. Kramp keeps a couple 50-gallon drums situated to collect rain water that he uses when rain is scarce. “If you have a dry spell like we had this year you should water every day around 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Once a day. Don’t let the
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crafting LAURA REED Staff Writer
It’s officially fall, which marks the beginning of the crafting season. This is the time of year when many people begin decorating for the holidays and enjoy adding a touch of homemade flair to their houses.
The shop is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Dodd stresses the importance of patronizing local craft stores and shows, saying, “don’t go out of town to pay four times the price.”
She specializes in repairing quilts and helping customers put quilts together, whether they be unfinished projects from years ago, or quilt kits, she does it all. Even though her shop focuses primarily on quilting many customers bring other projects in for suggestions or to work on. It is a unique and friendly atmosphere that feels more like a fun classroom than a business, and it is a place that welcomes all levels of talent.
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“I love having the people here. About 30 people will come throughout the week with different projects. Ladies come and sew all day long,” Dodds said. She mentions that some of the popular items being made right now are table runners, seasonal wall hangings, place mats, hot pads, curtains, seasonal wreaths using nylon net and tulle and grapevine wreaths that can be spruced up with accessories. The shop also offers classes taught by Dodds’ assistants, Polly Lascola and Carol Dawson. The classes are $15 and run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Intermediate classes are held on Tuesday, advanced classes are Wednesday, beginners and intermediate classes are offered on Thursday, and Friday is a free sewing day.
Joan Dodds knows a lot about homemade crafts and the increase in popularity it has seen in recent years. She has owned the Stitch-A-Long Quilt Shop on state Route 170 in East Liverpool for 11 years, but she has been in the business of crafting for over 25 years.
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She mentioned that there are three major crafting events held in the East Liverpool area every fall — Oktoberfest at Thompson Park, which was held Sept. 24; the United Way of Southern Columbiana County Craft Show, which is held the third weekend of October at the Cal-
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cutta YMCA; and Pioneer Days at Beaver Creek State Park, held Oct. 1. In regards to handheld needlework it’s still not quite as popular as the crafts or wood work. “It’s a shame we’re losing the people who do the handwork. There’s always something to do by hand,” says Dodds. Though this may be true for knitting and quilting the art has not completely disappeared. One skill in particular seems to be more popular than ever. “Crocheting has made a good comeback,” said Dodds. “There’s a variety of yarns now. It’s easy and relaxing.” Dodds points out that another reason people enjoy crocheting so much is the mobility. “People can carry their work with them to their kid’s football practices, or to work.” It’s easy to work on a project almost anywhere during your downtime. Jaimie Rice is one of the local talents who has taken her skill of crocheting and turned it into a successful side business. Rice, who lives in East Liverpool, started crocheting a few years ago. “My mom crocheted for as long as I can remember and I always wanted to learn. She tried several times to show me during my childhood/teen years, but I could never quite get the hang of it,” says Rice. It wasn’t until a few years ago that Rice decided to surprise her mom by Googling how to make a “granny square” which is among one of the easier items to crochet. “I successfully made one and took it home to surprise my mom. She couldn’t believe I was able to learn. I then used that simple square pattern and created many more until I had enough for a blanket. I gave my mom the finished blanket as a Christmas gift that year.” Her talent has since fully blossomed and she maintains a steady clientele. On average she gets about two orders a week,
but in the fall and winter months orders increase to about five a week. As with many crafts the seasons have an effect, in the spring and summer she may go a few weeks without any orders. She says that one of her most popular items are hats. “Everyone loves different styles of hats, but they seem to be a staple that I make frequently. Also, a newer trend that has become popular is to make newborn photo prop outfits. I’ve had quite a few orders for many different outfits including an owl, fireman, mermaid and hula dancer.” She thinks crocheting has become so popular recently because the public is more aware of it now and has realized how versatile it can be. “People have finally realized it’s not all lace and doilies. There are so many different items that can be crocheted. I think people are more appreciative of this lost art now, so maybe it’s not so lost anymore.”
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(NAPS)—When you walk into a room, your eyes do not move from top to bottom—quite the opposite. Your gaze starts at the floor and moves up. Just as the clothes you wear make a fashion statement, your floors set the tone, add the drama and create the mood in your home. According to the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA), the latest products and trends in flooring offer high-tech innovations, low-maintenance attributes and eco-friendly features. Below, you’ll find a closer look at some of the latest styles to consider when it’s time to dress your floors:
Weathered and Worn Aged and vintage looks have maintained their firm grip when it comes to floor trends. Think genuine hardwood with worn, heavily textured wood grain and the weathered imperfections that can only be achieved with years of use. For many, price has kept these highly sought floors out of reach—until now.
Manufacturers today are building the patina of reclaimed wood into brand-new flooring products. Solid and engineered hardwood formats can have all the distressed and eroded
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The same vintage looks are available in laminate and luxury vinyl tile (LVT). The surfaces are created using high-resolution digital imaging and state-of-the-art embossing techniques. Designed to minimize repeats, they’re almost impossible to tell from the real thing—and significantly less expensive! Porcelain tiles feature salvaged looks such as oxidized metal and weathered wood. Tiles with dry, earthen textures and parched surface finishes in light to mid sun-baked shades and hazy grays are also popular. The beauty of the weathered look is that it pairs well with all interiors, does a wonderful job of hiding blemishes, and works well with both soft and bold color accents.
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John Garwood, instructor for the Environmental Landscape and Design program at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center, said he encourages his students not to be afraid to deadhead plants and cut shrubs and flowering bushes back, even if a mistake is made. “You’re not going to hurt them,� Garwood said. “You really have to abuse them to really kill it.� He added some plants might be set back some by pruning, especially during a year with a bad winter, most will eventually come back if you stay after them. As long as there is still a place for shoots and new growth to reemerge, most plants will grow back and healthy even if it takes a full season for them to rejuvenate.
Garwood said he and some of his students at the CCCTC went out last fall and deadheaded a lot of the plants and bushes in the flowerbeds once the plants were done for the fall. The difference this year was remarkable. However, there are many flowering bushes, ones that bloom in the early spring, which should not be cut back in the fall. Pruning should wait until late spring after they are done blooming. Cutting them back too late in the year can cut off next year’s growth. Garwood’s wife, Linda Garwood points out some flowering bushes can be cut down to as much as a third of the size if they are getting entirely overgrown. It may take one year to get the blooms to return in force, but in most cases they will return. Flowering vines, like Wisteria, can be trimmed back once the leaves have fallen off for the winter, according to Garwood. Spirea bushes on the contrary should be trimmed up as soon as they are done blooming in the spring. Garwood said sometimes they may even bloom again as early as fall. Similarly, hydrangeas should wait until after the blooms are done. Boxwoods, which are typically trained to form hedge rows and topiaries, can be trimmed whenever they are getting out of the desired trained shape. Mostly, its important to remember trimming most shrubs and fruit bearing plants while they are dormant which gives them time to rejuvenate for next season. djohnson@mojonews.com
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“I fell in love with some of the pallet projects on Pinterest and decided to try it. It doesn’t hurt to try. What do you have to lose?” Hayes said. After putting in a day at the office as the associate director of Student Health at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, she trades her stethoscope and scrubs for her favorite pair of dusty jeans and circular saw. Hayes spends her evenings and weekends turning reclaimed wood and old pallets into furniture and wall decor. She said she researched several ideas and styles of Pinterest projects before digging through piles of wood at the landfill. “It was pretty funny to have long planks of wood sticking out the back of my Chevy Impala with an orange flag sticking up,” she said. “Before that, I probably Googled, screen shotted and pinned 8 million hours worth of ideas, instructions, how-tos and furniture that I liked,” she said. Her first project was an entertainment stand.
family began requesting wall decor of daisies, pansies and cherry blossoms. The comments and encouragement helped Hayes decide to tackle bigger projects for her living room, kitchen and patio. “I wanted my home to look more professional and refined. I didn’t want furniture made from pressed particle board,” she said. She wanted solid, beautiful furniture similar to The Pottery Barn or other stores but without the price tag. So, she built the entertainment stand, and she built end tables, a desk, a headboard for her 14-year-old daughter Ciara’s bedroom and built outdoor benches. Her most recent project is one she is most proud of, her kitchen table made of various colors and sizes of pallet wood. “I made that table comparable to the quality of what I would find at a Pottery Barn, but I made it for less than $25 and eight hours of invested time,” she said. The table reveals the beauty of each strip of wood. Some darker hues are matched in length to lighter pieces, Hayes said. She then used light-colored screws to hold each piece in place.
“What I’ve made was dictated by what I found in the woodpile,” she said.
“I never knew I had this kind of talent. I’m a logical thinker, it’s a total God thing to be this creative,” she said.
The next project was a large piece of wall art shaded with hues of blue, golden yellow and brown, and white. The result was a large decorative daisy hanging on her wall made from reclaimed wood from the Dumpster pile.
Hayes recommends anyone interested in creating furnitures or art from reclaimed wood and pallets should know what kind of wood to look for.
“I didn’t think I had any artistic talent. I couldn’t have painted my way out of a paper bag. But my father did teach me to work with my hands. He taught me the value of craftsmanship, how to use tools and build things. I just never tried it on my own until now,” she said.
“Pallets are nearly impossible to take apart without damaging the wood, so I look for pallet pieces with letters HT, meaning they’ve been heat treated instead of oil treated. This is the kind of wood you want to pick up,” she said. She’s learned oiltreated pallets are messy, harder to cut and even harder to sand and stain.
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It’s not unusual to see teapots on display in museums, celebrated for their beauty and craftsmanship. Often they’re centuries-old artifacts, with fussy floral designs or painted scenes on porcelain or china, or silver teapots with intricate engravings or metalwork.
Rossi’s own comments about La Conica recall a youthful interest in coffeepot design: “As a child, I spent hours drawing coffee pots ... these fantastic geometric forms represented my idea of beauty. I saw in them domes, towers, minarets, and other buildings.”
But what about coffeepots? They tend to be more utilitarian than decorative, the workhorses of our morning routines rather than the centerpieces of an afternoon ceremony.
The Rossi design was part of a series commissioned by Alessi, a high-end Italian manufacturer. Another item on display at IMA is a continental coffee service from the 1930s with a tall, sleek cylindrical pot, with vertical lines decorating the top and horizontal lines at the bottom.
And unlike a pretty teapot that steeps and serves tea after a stovetop kettle has done the actual work of boiling the water, a coffeepot is more likely to do double duty, used for both making and serving coffee. So it’s a nice surprise — especially for those of us caught up in the current wave of coffee-mania — to find coffeepots in a museum. The contemporary design wing of the Indianapolis Museum of Art has several in its collection. One of the most striking is a 1980s three-piece steel-andcopper espresso maker by Aldo Rossi called “La Conica.” The museum’s notes compare its sleek design to a building made of “simple geometric shapes (a sphere, a cone, and a cylinder). ... The design plays with the idea of architectural form, reducing it to its simplest elements.”
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Anyone who owns or has seen an ordinary, old-school stovetop espresso maker will be delighted to know that the iconic Bialetti Moka coffee maker, originally designed in the 1930s, is in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The Moka, as coffeelovers know, is a marvel of engineering as well as design: It makes coffee by forcing boiling water up from the bottom chamber through the grounds basket into a pot with a pouring spout. The simple aluminum machine with eight sides has three screw-together pieces and a hinged cover with black plastic handle and top knob. Selim says that contemporary coffeemakers are emblems of their time in the same way that a 17th century silver teapot rep-
resents the era of global sea trade that put tea and coffee within everyday reach of European consumers. “What’s really interesting about these designed objects is how they embody material cultural trends from the time they were made,” said Selim. “Objects that are contemporary now will have a totally different meaning in a museum ... as part of a long historical thread as we move into the future.”
This undated image provided by the Indianapolis Museum of Art shows a continental coffee service from the 1930s with a tall, sleek cylindrical pot, vertical lines decorating the top and horizontal lines at the bottom. It’s one of several coffee-related objects in the museum’s contemporary design collection. The objects are prized for their design and craftsmanship, and as material cultural emblems of their era. (Indianapolis Museum of Art via AP)
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