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BY LESLIE MASSEY, SPECIAL TO HOME & GARDEN

edrooms embody a different significance for teenagers than for adults. More than just a place to accommodate comfortable slumber and storage for clothes, their bedroom is where teens escape from the world of demands and rules.

Torn between childhood and adulthood, teens may still hang onto some beloved childhood items but are ready for a room that’s older and more sophisticated.

Generally choosing to spend a lot of time in their rooms, teens want to keep everything they can inside it. Their bedroom should be versatile enough to allow them to spread out, do homework, hang with friends, lounge and sleep.

Teenagers are developing their own sense of style, and they are likely to have strong opinions about the design of their room.

Both parents and teens need to be willing to compromise and find a solution that both can live with.

Color schemes tend to be a common point of disagreement. While most adults prefer their bedroom to be calm and understated, teens often look for vibrant, high energy room designs. If a particular color is important to the teen but unpleasant for mom and dad, find middle ground by keeping walls a neutral tone and add stylish accents like bedding and rugs using the teens preferred color. Decorate walls to express the teens personality with posters of their favorite things, wall stickers and decals, or their own art and graphics, putting and individual touch on their personal retreat.

Notoriously cluttered and unkempt, incorporating fun and easy storage elements can help make sprucing up their space easy and more practical. Some items like bedframes with built-in storage, under-bed storage, adjustable shelving, a desk with tons of storage and memo boards can help create storage space without taking up too much of the room.

Bringing friends home is part of teen life — working on school projects, watching

a movie, playing video games or just hanging COLOR SCHEMES TEND out. Bean bags and floor cushions TO BE A COMMON POINT OF can help add DISAGREEMENT. places to unwind without cluttering FIND MIDDLE GROUND the room with more furniture.

BY KEEPING WALLS A NEUTRAL A quiet space to get TONE AND ADD homework done and study also STYLISH ACCENTS. tops the priority list.

If the idea of having a desk and chair in the room seems impossible, there are spaceconscious solutions available. Places to hold text books, papers and a computer, combined with the right lighting to keep them focused, can be created even in a tight nook.

Keep in mind, optimally teens need nine or more hours of sleep each night but National Children’s Hospital reports that most teens only get seven hours of sleep. Sleep deprived teens can suffer from mood swings, drowsy driving and poor performance at school. So it’s vital that their room provide a sleep-friendly environment as well. Design elements like blackout window treatments can help your teen get a restful night's sleep.

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FALL L ANDSCAPING:

Get a jump on next year

BY MOLLY MORRIS, COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES HORTICULTURIST

your design.

• If you’re planning on shrinking your grass, fall is the best time to kill it either with an herbicide or by sheet mulching (which takes a few months to work). Start while the grass is still actively growing for best success with both methods.

• If you have areas of bare soil to be renovated next year, cover with mulch to help keep the moisture content up, the microorganisms happier and to prevent a mud pit from forming after snowfall this winter. When you’re ready to start digging next spring, just rake the mulch off the soil surface and into a pile for use after planting.

• Irrigation and hardscaping such as patios, pathways and retaining walls can be done up until the first hard frost for irrigation work and until the soil is frozen for hardscape. If you’re using a contractor for this part of the job, your project might even be more affordable than if you wait until the busy season in the springtime.

Just make sure to have your irrigation drained and blown out before the first freeze to avoid damage to pipes and copper parts.

• And if you need help from a designer or landscaper, make those calls now — don’t wait until spring to get on the list or you may find yourself waiting for another year.

PLANNING AND PREPARATION IN THE FALL WILL ALLOW YOU TO BE READY TO COMPLETE YOUR PROJECT AS SOON AS THE SNOW MELTS IN THE SPRING.

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Planning and preparation in the fall will allow you to be ready to complete your project as soon as the snow melts in the spring, taking advantage of the cool weather for spring planting.

Here’s a list of tasks to start now for a successful next season: • Plan your design. Work from photos or a Google image view of your yard (this is especially helpful if it’s the front yard) to brainstorm your new design.

Check out Colorado Springs Utilities’ waterwiseplants.org to be inspired by local examples of water conserving landscapes and to search for the right plants. Make sure to take notes about your site conditions, like exposure and soil type, before the trees drop their leaves and the snow covers up the ground.

• Tackle pesky perennial weeds that will only come back from the roots stronger next year if ignored. Dig up or spray with an herbicide to kill the plant at its roots so that you’ll be one step ahead next year when you’re ready to dig, rake and install

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Today, artists teach and share their tile-working skills at places like the Chicago Mosaic School and the Institute of Mosaic Art in Berkeley, California.

And mosaic’s creative possibilities are popular among interior designers, too.

At Coverings, an industry show in Chicago this spring, tile-makers’ booths were mini art galleries. Designer Alena Capra, for instance, created a peacock feather out of dozens of Ceramics of Italy

mosaic tiles to showcase the range of colors and creative possibilities.

“Mosaic tile lets you create amazing murals of just about anything. I’ve always loved doing mosaic murals, because they allow for the most creativity with tile,” says Capra, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Murals and feature walls done in mosaic tile can bring a “wow” factor into a space; on a smaller scale, they can add design flair to backsplashes or bathrooms. Because there isn’t a lot of acreage to cover there, you can have some fun with colors and patterns, and perhaps splurge a little.

Modern manufacturing techniques mean the range of mosaics is greater than ever. A new type of durable material even lets today’s designers put glass mosaics on the floor.

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MOSAICS:

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Sara Baldwin, founder of the Virginiabased design studio and manufacturer New Ravenna, notes that mosaics have inherent texture in the way they’re handcrafted, cut and assembled.

“We’ve now focused on this, combining different materials in one mosaic,” she says. “So you can find stone, glass, shell, gold, ceramic and even aluminum together, creating a dynamic textured surface.”

Glass or stone cut into intriguing shapes can help walls and floors tell a little story.

Flock, part of New Ravenna’s Altimetry collection, places delicate glass “wings” against a creamy Calacatta marble background. Francois Grand, part of the Illusions line, stacks glass and marble shapes into a witty and slightly startling trompe l’oeil, 3-D design. And Demi Lune, a waterjet-cut mosaic crafted in

aquamarine glass, has a lovely wave motif.

Mosaic Décor’s Circles design features a cascade of variously sized, small round tiles in blacks and browns, evoking a glass of fizzy cola.

Kelly Wearstler’s Liaison collection for Ann Sacks has mixed stone mosaics in sleek, cool shapes that form geometric kaleidoscopes.

“One trend I love right now are the Mediterranean blue tiles — especially aqua as an accent color,” says Capra.

Spanish maker Alttoglass offers a pretty, blue-and-white mosaic printed with a traditional Portuguese pattern.

For Italian tile-maker Brix, Japanese designer Aki Motoyama has created Cloud, a series of five different-size porcelain tiles in soothing neutrals. On the wall, the effect is free-form and relaxing.Appiani’s Memorie collection revives several centuries-old mosaic patterns in rich colors. They nicely offset contemporary furnishings in a modern space.

Metallic mosaics introduce a dash of drama. Add bling with a few gold, silver or copper tiles; clad a larger area like a backsplash or bath wall, and the effect is spectacular. Tilebar’s stainless steel Terrapin, Alchemy and Cirque collections highlight geometric shapes in stainless steel.

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The use of ornamental grasses can add color and movement to landscaping, as well as texture. Not only can they can grow in a wide range of soil types and ph levels, they are generally low maintenance.

While most are hardy and resistant to pests and diseases, they also grow quickly and are easy to propagate. For the most part, they are also deer resistant.

Available in a wide range of sizes and forms, ornamental grasses provide four seasons of interest in a variety of landscape arrangements. Along with movement and light, they bring sound to the garden and can be used in countless ways such as: Groundcover, erosion control, help with screening and bordering and as specimen plants. Ornamental grasses add appeal to water gardens, rock gardens, japanese gardens, xeriscape gardens, in addition to wildlife gardens, and they can also be grown in containers.

Because ornamental grasses do not need, or like to be fertilized, care and maintenance is minimal. In cooler regions like Colorado, it is best to leave the foliage intact for the winter and cut it back in early spring. This enhances winter landscapes along with providing insulation for the plant.

Some ornamental grasses that are native to Colorado include Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem and Blue Grama. Several non-native varieties, such as Feather Reed, Hardy Pampas Grass and various forms of Maiden Grasses, are very well adapted to our climate. Selections such as Red Switch grass and Purple Maiden grass deliver vibrant fall color, while others, like sedges, can be evergreen. Beware of Purple Fountain grass however, as that is an annual in this climate.

Regardless of which style of landscape you have, there is always a place for some variety of ornamental grass to complement it.

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Dear Amy: My mom is nearly 90 and is in great health.

She is living with my husband and me — and we all get along well in our small home.

My older sister had been taking care of her but called nearly two AMY years ago and proclaimed that DICKINSON Mom had to move in with us, as she could take NO responsibility for her because she had her own life to live.

Big Sis moved across the country to be with a man she met online — one in a long line of “soul mates.” She now hates this man, but is scared to leave due to ruined credit, no job and nowhere to go.

She calls Mom daily with tales of how awful her partner is, but how she can’t leave. All of her friends and her counselor have advised her on ways to exit, but she seems to prefer to stay and whine about her life.

These calls are very stressful for Mom; and when she is stressed I am stressed, as stress for her often leads to illness. Should ask Sis not to call, or if she does call, to just pretend everything is fine?

Mom’s radar regarding her children is legendary and she would then worry about why Sis is no longer talking about her miserable life.

Is there a middle ground? — Trickle Down Stress Dear Trickle Down: You cannot ask your sister not to call your mother.

Instead, you should do two things: Ask your sister to be aware of the impact her daily narration has on your mother. Tell her, “She worries excessively about you and ruminates on your situation. This is affecting her health. Can you be more mindful of this when you talk to her?” She needn’t pretend that her life is perfect, but she could change her tone if she wanted to.

Your second focus should be on helping your mother to manage her own stress. Continue to reassure her that your sister has options, and that she is just blowing off steam. Simple meditation techniques could help both of you: Close your eyes, breathe deeply and visualize releasing these stressors as little balloons or butterflies that flutter skyward.

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Send questions to askamy@tribune.com or to Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.

ADVICE

Question: I moved into a retirement community recently, after my husband died. I am amazed by how much “social inDR. OZ AND DR. ROIZEN teraction” there is. Do you think it’s weird for me to start dating again at my age (78)? — Frannie K., Santa Monica, Calif.

Answer: Before Monty Python gave their farewell performance on July 20, 2014 (they did 10 back-to-back sold-out shows), Eric Idle, 73, announced that the evening would feature “comedy, pathos, music and a tiny piece of ancient sex.”

Well, according to a study in the journal Leisure Sciences, a surprising number of seniors pursuing more than just a tiny piece of ancient sex. In senior communities around the globe, residents told the researchers that they are using “myriad strategies to maintain sexuality, despite limiting constraints.” In fact, because of what those Canadian researchers termed an “abundance of leisure time in later life,” many older folks find exploring different sexual avenues a rewarding leisure activity. This is good news, since the sharing of intimacy (how you do it is your business) fights isolation and depression, and has been shown in multiple studies to prolong cognitive powers, lower blood pressure, improve heart health, reduce stress and just plain make you happy.

But some advice: A few years back, the rate of STDs in senior retirement communities made headlines, as did the fact that the men were frequent users of drugs like Viagra and Cialis and were less likely to use condoms (older, not wiser).

The incidence of chlamydia, genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhea and syphilis among older people nearly doubled from 1996 to 2003. Transmission of HIV has increased, too.

So, our advice to sexually active seniors? Get out there, make new friends and enjoy intimacy, but get tested and stay protected.

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Mehmet Oz, M.D., is host of “The Dr. Oz Show” and Mike Roizen, M.D., is chief wellness officer and chair of the Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. Email your health and wellness questions to youdocsdaily@sharecare.com.

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Dear readers: When you get a prescription from your veterinarian, you can have it filled there in the clinic, at a drugstore or online. Buying drugs online can present a number of problems. Yes, there is the conveHINTS nience factor of having the meds FROM delivered right to your doorstep, HELOISE and the price usually is lower.

But at what cost? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the following warnings about filling veterinarian -- and human, for that matter — prescriptions online: • Counterfeit drugs may be sent.

• Drugs may be expired.

• Some online pharmacies might not require a prescription.

• Some might be located outside of the United States.

• Customer service may be sketchy.

It can be like the Wild West out there, with no regulation for some online pharmacies. But don’t misunderstand — there are legitimate online retailers of veterinary medications. Here are some hints to ensure that your pet gets the most out of the prescription, and gets well soon: • Have your veterinarian give your pet a thorough exam.

• Ask the vet about the options to get meds for your pet.

• Make sure you buy online from an accredited pharmacy that follows federal and state licensing requirements. — Heloise Dear Heloise: Help! Where can I find handicap decals? I need to put them on my outside doors in case of emergency. I read your hints every day. — Katy in North Houston, Texas Hi, Katy. The decals you are asking about are available on many online sites. Also, your insurance company might provide them. But be aware: The National Fire Protection Association advises against the stickers. They can provide an undue sense of security and can label your home as an easy target for thieves. Firefighters typically don’t waste time checking for these stickers. — Heloise —

Send hints via email to heloise@heloise.com or via post to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000.

TODAY’S HOROSCOPES BY JERALDINE SAUNDERS ARIES (March 21-April 19) You may consider yourself a rolling stone, but some other stones must be left unturned. A love relationship can shift unpredictably if you push too hard for progress.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Concentrate on maintaining a sense of harmony with others. You might find that your home is a beehive of activity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) The tried and true has its merits. Sometimes traveling in the ruts is the easiest way to reach the destination.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Reliability and dependability should be accentuated. Show off your best manners to impress others and win brownie points. Tradition is in fashion, so display a classic look with your own flair.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You can take pride in an ability to deal shrewdly and efficiently with any contingency. You can apply smart business tactics to almost any subject. This is a great time to focus on your financial security.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Some things go to your head. You may be flattered if someone calls upon you to give an opinion or advice. Your business expertise is at the forefront.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Ask and you will receive the answer. Impending glitches are easily deflected when you are shielded by an armor of intelligence.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) A minor disagreement might set off a chain of events. Over the next few days you might realize that some attractive acquaintances are not necessarily friends.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You can be grounded yet still make progress. You could believe that the ethical thing to do is to stick to principles. If you are unwavering you will bounce back.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Disciplined effort and diplomacy can be your best traits if you choose to display them. You may be engrossed in something exciting and be abrupt.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Lightening-fast reflexes and logical thinking lighten the load. The love of your life may be put off by a ringside analysis of someone’s character flaws.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Don’t get distressed by a few inconsiderate people in a rush. You might be too bashful to point out someone’s rudeness. Be consoled by the fact that your good deeds will not go unrewarded.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aug. 27 Throughout the next four to five weeks you can make headway with your business, career or financial goals. You are shrewd in business affairs and apt to make a good impression on a job. Late September and early October is the best time to make a major decision that affects your future. This is a good time to ask for advice or favors. Don’t get distracted by social activities or romantic flings in late October or November.

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Colorado Military Taptoo — 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., $17 and up; 520-7469, pikespeakcenter.com.

Grapes on the Ground — To benefit Partners in Housing, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Myron Stratton Home, 455 Gold Pass Heights, $50.

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Colorado Springs Dance Theatre Wine Festival — 5:30-7:30 p.m., 1823 N. Cascade Ave., $40, $75 per couple. Advance tickets: csdance.org.

McAllister House Museum Ice Cream Social — With tours and music, 11 a.m.2 p.m., 423 N. Cascade Ave., $3-$5 admission, free for children 5 and younger, 5-cent ice cream; tinyurl.com/z9ufvxc.

ON TV In the new TV film, “Summer of Dreams,” 1980s pop star Debbie Gibson plays a 1980s pop star named Debbie Taylor. Yes, it’s a stretch, but we hope she can pull it off.

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Musician Daryl Dragon of the Captain and Tennille is 74. Actress Tuesday Weld is 73.

Singer-bassist Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge is 72. Guitarist Jeff Cook of Alabama is 67.

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Actress Chandra Wilson (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 47. Actress Sarah Chalke is 40. Rapper Mase is 39. Actress Demetria McKinney (“House of Payne”) is 38. Actor Aaron Paul is 37. Guitarist Jon Siebels of Eve 6 is 37. Actor Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”) is 35.

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