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OU KNOW THE EXPRESSION. It’s “the early bird catches the worm,”

and success comes to those who prepare well and put in the effort. Among the many great stories you will read in this issue is one on some of our favorite local birds and their roles in pop culture. So why not use my Home Décor Makeover space (pg. H38) to continue that avian theme, this time taking it outdoors with a very simple yet clever DIY project? Spring is commonly the time to spruce up and ruffle your nest by cultivating fresh looks with fresher ideas. My home is no different, and I decided to get busy with an electric fireplace we could use year-round. I found several looks I liked in surfing the web, but—as is so often the case—found all the products and materials I needed locally at Lumbermen's Hearth & Home. That’s where I snagged both the perfect Dimplex electric fireplace and the smart, man-made cultured stone to surround my newest project. Because this one was maybe a step beyond my normal comfort zone, I employed a handyman for much of the work. In no time at all I had a sleek, contemporary addition that will crackle across the years, in adding a new level of “cozy” to my home. So what do you have on your list of warm-weather dreams? Have fun this spring in sprucing up, adding some splashes of color, and opening the toolbox—and your creative energies—for your best DIY projects! Bring on Spring!

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artistic Omaha home that reads “Work hard, Love hard.” It’s a motto that he takes pretty seriously. He raises chickens; tinkers on cars, including a 1962 Corvair Van; runs an Etsy shop where he sells hand-painted vintage bus scrolls; and he built a tiny house that sits in his backyard. The attention his project received has even caused strangers to approach him and say, “Hey, I know you. You’re that tiny house guy!” A web designer at Turnpost Creative Group, Hiner is a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design. He has two daughters and a loving wife. How does he fit it all in? “I guess I learn to stop time,” he says. “My wife is very good about letting me work on things.” He is part of a social movement called “Tiny House,” where people downsize their living space, to dramatic effect. While a typical house is 2,600 square feet, most tiny houses range from 100 to 400 square feet. His vacation house is an economical 128 square feet and is adorably named “Thistle Dew Too,” inspired by a sign hanging at his wife’s relatives’ house in Missouri. He began building it in the summer of 2012. Wanting to keep costs to a minimum, he cobbled together recycled materials from various sources. He used reclaimed materials from a farmhouse for the flooring, and he picked up the windows at Habitat for > march/april • 2014 H11

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< Humanity’s ReStore. Hiner built it to code with one exception—the walls are constructed of beadboard instead of drywall so it wouldn’t break apart on the trailer in its travels. The cabin consists of a main space with a library, which he calls the “Great Room” because of its 10-foot ceiling. There’s also a roomy queen-sized loft bed, a kitchen with a mini-fridge, and a bathroom. He used energyefficient LED lighting and set it up so it can run on solar power and batteries should he

decide to bug out anytime soon. He constructed the shower walls with leftover corrugated metal that he got from his talented, interior designer mother. The composting toilet uses peat moss and wood chips to create a completely odorless environment. To decorate the cozy space, he ordered artistic prints from Etsy depicting various woodland animals to give it a cabin feel, as if one just returned from a nature hike. A trippy fox with butterfly wings hovers over a picture

of a bear and wolf curled up dreamily in a sea of stars. A whimsical white faux deer trophy hangs high above. The overall effect springs to mind nights around a campfire. Hiner has fond childhood memories of camping, and he wanted that same experience for his family—but on the cheap and only steps from the back door. The family’s alternative to owning an RV, he says, “is way cooler. We can just take our cabin with us.” OmahaHome march/april • 2014 H13

OmahaHome: at home with john prouty story by david williams • photos by bill sitzmann

Curatorial Precision The Art and Science of One-Room Living

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HE HOT TREND OF one-room

living is often driven by necessity and the need to make the most of smallish spaces. The phenomenon is especially prominent in such sky-high housing markets as New York, L.A., and San Francisco. John Prouty had no such constraints when planning his sprawling 4,000 square foot space, but he still employed a keen touch when it came to curatorial precision. > march/april • 2014 H15

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< “My new rule for the year is that for every one new thing I bring in,” says Prouty, “two old things need to go.” It’s a doubly vital part of his thinking, considering that his home features thousands of works of art, books, and other elements of décor, yet it bears no hint of appearing in any way cluttered. One of the keys to Prouty’s sleight-of-hand feat is that each area of his one-room dwelling is set up to define its own distinct space within a space. The home is delineated into about a dozen distinct zones with identities and functions of their own. The result is a pronounced sense of "roomness". It is the opposite of what might be expected of an otherwise wide-open expanse beneath 19-foot ceilings. The floor plan is interrupted only by a slightly elevated but still open bedroom nook. “I use every square inch of my space every single day,” he adds. “Not a lot of people can say that about their homes.” Prouty and his brother, Jim, own the three contiguous buildings that they merged into one along South 25th Street in the heart of historic South Omaha. Now dubbed Prouty Place, the structures—one of them 120 years old—are almost entirely a family affair. Jim’s daughters, Jami and Juli, own the Salon at Prouty Place. Next door is home to the family’s 110-year-old business, Wessco Graphics. Prouty lives on the second floor, and the basement is rented to a Pentecostal Church whose congregation is largely Guatemalan. Prouty is also a sculptor, photographer, and mixed >

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< media artist who maintains his studio as part of the site’s street-level art venue called The Gallery at Prouty Place. The project began seven years ago when hundreds of dumpsters were filled with the flotsam and jetsam of the former occupant, a uniform business. One year of what Prouty calls “deconstruction” yielded to a full year of construction before he moved in five years ago. No detail was too small to escape Prouty’s systematic method when it came to the art and science of one-room living. The design process for the floating kitchen islands, for example, was governed by what the homeowner calls a “double-butted” approach. And he’s not talking here about how the kitchen’s plumbing was joined. “My brother and I stood in while kitchen measurements were done,” he says, “and the idea was that people had to be able to easily pass between us as we stood back to back at the H18

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opposing counters preparing food or mixing drinks. Our butts were a bit smaller back then,” he quips, “but it still works just fine.” Another striking feature of the home is the very intentional use of black paint on the walls. “People think I’m crazy,” Prouty says, “but I’ve done this in each of my last five homes. That dark background creates the illusion that the art literally floats” in a field of nothingness. The effect is particularly pronounced at night when the man who describes himself as a compulsive entertainer hosts everything from intimate soirées to fundraising events attended by a cast of thousands—make that more like 200-plus. His global village art and artifact collection—including a staggering 93 of his own works—has been accumulated during world travels that have had him flashing a visa in 83 different countries. Acquisitions have been made everywhere from the mountaintops of

Peru to the sidewalks of Paris. Also included are a number of works by local artists, perhaps most notably Terry Rosenberg. One of his six Rosenbergs was executed on an M’s Pub napkin. Prouty himself was the subject in another. The artist’s collecting philosophy is a simple one. “Do I like it? Yes or no. Can I afford it? Yes or no,” he says. “That’s all there is to it. I never regret buying anything, and I never go back to look at something a second time. Never.” Community involvement has always been a part of Prouty family life, says the man who serves on the City of Omaha Public Art Commission and also volunteers at Omaha South High School. His counseling role at the school has included several group art projects, and the Westside High School graduate is now proud to count himself as an honorary South High student. “Integrating into the neighborhood is

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important to us,” says Prouty, who is also a member of the South Omaha Business Association. Brother Jim, who is learning Spanish, works with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. “Downtown was more of a café society vibe,” Prouty says of his previous home, “but South Omaha is much more natural and organic. This is still a very urban, colorful, and bustling neighborhood— just like Downtown—but it is much more family oriented here. And much, much quieter.” That prevailing mood of serenity sets the tone for Prouty’s contemplative, almost Zenlike approach to making his space work. “It’s all in the editing process,” he adds. “Hey, you magazine guys must know that better than I do. It’s all about the editing.” OmahaHome

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The 100 Block

History blends with redevelopment in Council Bluffs.

OB SCHLAUTMAN HAS AN

enviable commute—a mere 18-step descent down a staircase, to be exact. The manager of Lidgett Music in Council Bluffs has lived above the store for 12 years. His balcony overlooking the once stagnant thoroughfare has been the perfect perch for him to witness the dramatic changes all along the historic 100 Block of West Broadway. “We see a lot more people from Omaha now,” Schlautman says of the neighborhood that now rivals Benson and Dundee as a trending cultural, dining, and entertainment hotspot. “The 100 Block has gone a long way in battling the misplaced stereotype of Council Bluffs being the wrong side of the tracks. There are beautiful old homes here, great public art all over the city, and all kinds of amazing things happening here, especially up and down this street right here.” Most of the block’s buildings date to the period between 1850 and 1928. Magnificently restored examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Neoclassical, and Mission styles of architecture line the street that in pioneer days boasted such wild west enterprises as a land office, saddle maker, general store, and saloon. A partnership between the Iowa West Foundation, the City of Council Bluffs, the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Council Bluffs (now known as Bluffs Downtown), and a host of investors and stakeholders has been the driving force in making the old new again in the city originally known as Kanesville. “The beautiful thing about the OmahaCouncil Bluffs metro,” says Joshua Barbee, executive director of Bluffs Downtown, > march/april • 2014 H21

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< “is that it is a globalized city known for its creative class, young professionals, and strong economy. That’s the sort of mix that leads to growth, and the 100 Block is now a great destination in a metro full of great destinations. Neighborhood by neighborhood, the metro is becoming a more vibrant place, and we’re excited to be part of that.” The redevelopment of the Hughes Iron Building, Barbee says, was the catalyst that accelerated the rebirth of the 100 Block. That building is now home to the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce and Dixie Quicks, the Southern-style eatery that has been featured on the Food Network’s Diners, Driveins & Dives. “Dixie Quicks was an important anchor,” he adds, “and so was Barley’s.” “There aren’t a lot of turn-of-the-century Downtown areas left,” says Matt Johnson, a H22

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Council Bluffs native and owner of Barleys. He also owns the building built in 1889 whose many incarnations have included life as a boot company and a shooting gallery. “We do our best to preserve history here in Council Bluffs, and excitement is growing with each new development. For most of my life here it seems that the city suffered from a bit of an identity crisis. Now pride in our city is soaring. The 100 Block, I think, is a big part of that.” Sean Lidgett, owner of Lidgett Music, sees the 100 Block from a perhaps unique perspective, one that can be traced along the branches of his family tree. Lidgett’s ancestors came from England and first settled here in 1850, two years before Kanesville became Council Bluffs. Kanesville was already known as the starting point for the Mormon Trail,

but Conestoga wagons would soon yield to the iron horse in the decades to come as the city began a railroading legacy that made its switchyard the fourth busiest in the nation. “Our family has owned several businesses over the generations on the 100 Block,” says Lidgett, whose store—opened in 1988—now has the distinction of being the longest tenured of any of the entities operating on the city’s new street of dreams. “It’s important to me to be here,” he continues. “This town means a lot to me. This street’s story is, in many ways, the story of my family history.” On that theme of family, calendar-watching has begun as the 100 Block gears up for another season of family-friendly, crowdpleasing events, including a weekly farmers market and a series of street dances. “There was a time when people began their

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nights in Omaha and ended them in Council Bluffs,” Johnson says of an earlier era when Nebraska bars closed an hour earlier than those in Iowa. “Now we have almost everything you, could want in order to begin and end your evenings not only in Council Bluffs, but right here on the 100 Block.” In the meantime, Schlautman awaits the arrival of new neighbors—the 24/7 kind who yearn for an urban, “no car, no problem” sensibility. “Living here means that we’re talking about being only steps away—a few doors down— from a lot of my favorite things,” he says. “There’s tons of prime space down here for apartments, and there will soon be all kinds of great places to live. If you haven’t checked out the 100 Block lately, you’re in for a nice surprise.” OmahaHome march/april • 2014 H23

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without trees, 28-year-old Kyle Petersen would still thrive as a woodworker. Credit his keen instincts for finding lost treasure in other people’s junk. As a favor to a friend in need of a bigger desk, Petersen channeled his MacGyver-like creative energies to make her a completely unique piece. He collected scraps of wood, including discarded shipping pallets and bits of Douglas fir he pulled from the walls of his parents’ home. No worries, his parents were remodeling their kitchen. He has an affinity for the hot trend of repurposing found items to fill a home. Using found and discarded materials, he has also built a headboard out of pallets, and cubbies out of a piece of plywood. “It’s not so focused on perfection and how beautiful it is,” he says. “What’s beautiful behind it is the purpose of it.” > H24

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< Although he grew up tinkering in the shop with his carpenter father, Petersen dreamed of a career in audio recording after graduating from Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb. But now Petersen is blossoming as a cabinetmaker with a yen for recycling refuse. He works by day at Eurowood Cabinets and finds himself making furniture for friends and family in his spare time. “It’s taking my desire to create and combining it with the knowledge I have in this area and growing it from there,” he says. First, he collected different species of hardwood material for the desktop. ”They’re not ideal pieces. It is waste essentially,” Petersen H26

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says. He squared and planed each piece, and then assembled the desktop in a butcherblock fashion with clamps and wood glue. He then sanded it down before finishing with an espresso brown stain and a few coats of lacquer. “It’s cool using a bunch of different pieces of wood," he says. “It will take the stain differently which is kind of a neat effect.” For the drawers, he disassembled a pallet, squared and planed the boards to make the front, back, and side panels. He then stained the drawers with the same espresso shade and lacquer. For the drawer box frame, he used a sheet of maple plywood he bought for $50. He cut a rectangle out of the center of the two sides

of the wood to make the box “see through” and mitered the whole box together. For the drawer rails, he used oak. Then he sanded and finished everything. Finally, he tapered the legs with a band saw. The drawer box and legs both come off the desktop, making it easy to disassemble for transport. The legs are fastened with bolts counter-sunk into the desktop. Total time? About 30 hours. The hardest part? Staying patient. “I learned when to walk away from it for the day,” he says. He says anyone can do it, especially with found materials. All they need to do is try. “There’s a lot of wood out there. Build something.” OmahaHome

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Kelsie Hollingshead (left) with mother, Heather, father, Todd, and sister, Mimi Clarke.

BRILLIANT BAND OF WILDFLOWERS will soon bloom in

Kelsie Hollingshead’s garden. Forget about the fact that she’s an apartmentdweller with no plot of land to call her own. And never mind that the fresh tendrils of her vibrant harbingers of spring will push through the soil of a garden that is a full 20 miles from where she lays her head at night. > march/april • 2014 H29

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Brooks Clarke in his grandfather’s favorite chair.

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< “My grandfather planted those wildflowers,” she says, wiping a tear from her cheek. “He planted them the year before as we planned our wedding so that they would be beautiful for the reception,” she says, reflecting on her August 2013 nuptials to Sean Hollingshead. “Those flowers remind me—reminded all of us that night of the reception—that a little part of him was still with us.” Her grandfather, Patrick Clarke, founder of NorthStar Financial Group, had perished in a plane crash along with one of his sons, Dr. Scott Clarke of Springfield, Mo., nine months before the wedding. Clarke’s wildflowers still thrive on a majestic hilltop near Schramm Park State Recreation Area. The site offers a panoramic view of the Platte River far below, and the 50-acre country retreat is known to the Clarke clan simply as The Farm. Its main structure, The Barn, is home to family gatherings most every Sunday. The rustic, 4,600-square-foot lodge was built in 2009 by Curt Hofer & Associates. Downhill from The Barn is the sleeping quarters known as The Bunkhouse. The subtext of any story on these pages is a testament to how our homes reveal who

we are, how we live, and what we value. Such stories are usually accompanied by wordswords-words on architecture, landscaping, appointments, and interior design. There will be none of that here. The accompanying photos will have to suffice as a substitute for the customary narrative dedicated to descriptors of the floor-to-ceiling variety. Instead this home story will keep the focus where it should be—on one family and how the persistence of memory creates a legacy. “My dad didn’t built this for himself,” says Todd Clarke, Kelsie’s father. “He didn’t even build it for his kids. He built it for the grandkids, and one day, for their kids and generations to come. Each and every member of the family has a different way of remembering him. His presence is always particularly powerful when we are here at The Farm.” Memories can sometimes be triggered in unexpected ways. What kind of 14-yearold boy would list a common household chore, for example, as one of his favorite weekend activities? That would be Todd’s son, Brooks. “I don’t get to see my cousins much during the week,” Brooks says. “Out here we get to play foosball, ride ATVs, and play indoor

football. Those are all fun things to do, but cleaning out the shed is my favorite.” A raised eyebrow is the only signal Brooks needs to realize that he has just introduced something of a disconnect. “Oh, you don’t understand,” he continues. “Those are grandpa’s things out there. That’s where he kept all his tools. Playing with all the stuff in the shed reminds me of him and how we used to…” his voice trails off as a pensive expression creeps across his face, eyes averted. “Patrick and I were blessed with a terrific family—beautiful kids and beautiful grandchildren,” says family matriarch Lana Clarke. “This was his dream. It’s our place where memories are made. I count my blessings every day we gather here. I know he’s looking down on us, smiling.” Each of the coming days will grow longer as the eagerly anticipated progression to spring breaks into a trot and then a gallop. Gardens slowly thaw and bide their time awaiting attention. The flowerbeds on a certain windswept hill overlooking a ribbon of water are no exception. That’s where you’ll find Kelsie Hollingshead tending to her wildflowers. OmahaHome march/april • 2014 H33

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Nebraska is stirring the pot in his home state the way his last film made here, About Schmidt, did in 2002. That earlier project's superstar lead, Jack Nicholson, naturally dominated media coverage. Nicholson’s character, the dour Warren Schmidt, lived in the Dundee home at 5402 Izard St. Bess Ogborn owned the house during filming, but the Jill and Mike Bydalek family moved into the home in mid-2003. "Even years after the movie people would drive by really slow," says Jill. "Tour buses would pull up. There were people getting out and taking pictures." "Every time Payne has a successful movie there'll be people that show an interest in the house," says Mike, who practices technology law for Kutak Rock. "The guy has a following. Random people visiting Omaha will, on their way to the airport, detour and drive by." The couple, whose children Grace and Jack grew up there, fully expects the same to happen should Nebraska fare well come Oscar time. "And it's not just here, it's a half dozen other places around town," Mike says, referring to the favorite Midtown spots the filmmaker made part of his Omaha trilogy (Citizen Ruth, Election, About Schmidt). In a city with few degrees of separation, the Bydaleks claim a connection to another Omaha Payne house. Grace attended a nearby home daycare that served as the residence of the family friend Matthew Broderick's character hits on in Election. But because it's so closely associated with Nicholson's potent cinema legacy, few other Omaha movie locations have the iconic pull as does the Izard Street house. To capitalize on this intrigue the Omaha YWCA (now the Women’s Center for Advancement) held a Home for the Holidays fundraiser at the three-story, red brick Colonial constructed in 1923. A largely untouched interior made it the right fit when the filmmaker, location manager John Latenser V, and production designer Jane Stewart scouted it. >

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< "We'd searched for the 'Schmidt House' for quite some time," says Latenser, who comes from a long line of architects that designed enduring Omaha public structures. "We knew we wanted Warren Schmidt to live in the Dundee neighborhood. We had scouted nearly 50 houses there, but nearly every one had updated-upgraded interiors. We were looking for a house that had not been updated." He says as soon as the team entered the home and saw its vintage wallpaper and original kitchen they knew they'd found the one. "It was that perfect." Bess Ogborn's daughter, Susan Ogborn, president and CEO of the Food Bank of the Heartland, was there for much of the shoot. She says her family "thoroughly enjoyed the experience" of their house becoming a movie artifact. Her folks moved there in 1964. After the death of her father in 1967, her widowed H36

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mother hung onto the place. "Mother redecorated it in 1971, and other than basic maintenance, that was the way the filmmakers found it. But she would want you to know they moved her furniture out and used set furniture, and that her house was never that dirty or gloomy as it was in the movie. I don't think she regretted letting them use her home at all. Seeing the house in the film didn't seem strange, but walking through that set was very odd." The Bydaleks removed the wallpaper, redid the kitchen, and made many more renovations while retaining the five-bedroom home's original integrity. "It's a great house," says Mike. "It's just as simple as can be, and that's kind of nice." "They don't make these houses anymore," says Julie. The Bydaleks know it will always link them to a slice of pop culture.

"It's kind of fun to say we live in the About Schmidt house," says Mike. As things worked out, the Bydaleks' daughter, Grace, 18, became the family's own resident movie star. Acting on stage since childhood, she's done voice-over work for animated television series, and she portrayed the title role in the Omaha-made film For Love of Amy (2009). During a Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh) theater camp, she says she used the Schmidt tie "as my fun fact during my dorm floor ice-breaker," adding, "People were impressed a girl from Omaha would have a connection with the movies." As for Jack, 15, he says "it's cool as a movie buff to live in a house made famous" by a popular film and its legendary star. OmahaHome

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American Coot Howard the Duck (1986) Trickeration alert! The American Coot is not directly related to the titular character of this box office bomb. The coot does not have webbed feet, but uses its large-lobed toes to rather comically scramble across the surface of the water to gain the momentum needed to take flight.

American Robin Blue Velvet (1986) David Lynch is known for finding beauty in the banal. The idealized, Rockwellian, white-picket-fence scene with the robin at the end of this harrowing story belies the film’s twisted plot.

American Crow The Crow (1994) Legend tells us that crows have the power to reanimate human corpses. Such was the case when Brandon Lee’s character joined the undead to seek revenge in this dark and brooding tale. H40

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Cedar Waxwing Pale Fire (1962) This postmodern novel by Vladimir Nabokov—No. 53 on the Modern Library list of Top 100 Novels of the 20th century—has a poem embedded within that begins with the words, “I was the shadow of the waxwing slain by the false azure of the windowpane.”

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American Cardinal Angry Birds We were tempted to go with fire-balling St. Louis Cardinal Hall-of-Famer and Omaha native Bob Gibson on this one, but Red, the leader of a gaggle of Angry Birds, is more active these days—especially on any device with an “i” before its name.

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Red-Headed Woodpecker The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957) What baby boomer could forget the staccato laugh of Walter Lantz’s hyperactive cartoon bird? Or his trademark intro of “Guess Who?” uttered just before he carves the show’s title card into a tree? Great Horned Owl Blade Runner (1982) Owls were the first species to go extinct in the noir-ish, replicant-hunting world of tough-guy Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford). Remember the animatronic version of an owl swooping through the dystopian darkness? Yeah, me too. Creepy.

Turkey Vulture The Jungle Book (1967) Check out the quartet of mop-topped vultures in this animated Disney classic. That’s right, the physical appearance and even temperaments of these goofy, nothing-but-trouble galoots were modeled after the Beatles.

"Creighton" Blue Jay Big-Time Hoops A welcome visitor to any backyard, the Blue Jay’s natural habitat includes the CenturyLink Center Omaha. Did you know that the specie’s Latin name of Cyanocitta cristata translates roughly to “Three-point Bomber?” Just trust us on this one. march/april • 2014 H41

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home apart from your neighbors. Think of lighting as the icing on the cake. Investing in fine furniture and custom window treatments will add polish and staying power to your décor. Consider furnishing your home as you would in assembling a wardrobe. Not every item hanging in your closet can be trendy and colorful, and not every item can be timeless and neutral. Some items you find may stretch the budget while others are more easily affordable. The key is to strike a balance by mixing and matching low- and high-end items according to your style and budget. Good design is not about how much our clients are able to spend. It is about creating spaces that they want to spend time in. The most important thing about the interior design of your home would be for it to become an extension of who you are, what you value, your interests, and your lifestyle. In a word, it must be you. OmahaHome

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F YOU’RE BUILDING, REMODELING, or just dreaming, the 57th Annual

Omaha Home Show offers more of what you’re looking for at this fun family event. Grillologists Mad Dog and Merrill, the nationally recognized (and hilarious) duo who travel the country performing before live audiences when not writing cookbooks and producing videos, will show you their secrets to amazing backyard entertaining. Other crowd-pleasers will include a walkthrough butterfly house and landscape design challenge. Hundreds of top-notch displays will show off the latest concepts in design, materials, construction, and more than a few surprises for every corner of your property. Talk to all the pros at this dream factory that is sure to inspire your most creative ideas for better living. OmahaHome March 20-23 CenturyLink Center Omaha Tickets $10 adults, $5 students 18 and under, free for children 5 and under omahahomeshow.com

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