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3 Tips From Celebrity Interior Designers That are Both Timeless and Trendy

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Looking to freshen up your space but don’t know where to start? Redecorating can be an intimidating task, to say the least. Ideally, you want your space to feel stylish and sophisticated without sacrificing functionality or everyday livability.

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And let’s face it: keeping up with all of the latest home trends can be a task unto itself, as styles are constantly changing and updating. That’s why it’s always best to let to turn to the pros for help, whether you’re just looking to change up a single room or start from scratch with something entirely different.

Follow these tips from celebrity interior designers to keep your home looking timeless and trendy all summer long:

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Celebrity interior designer Kari Whitman is known for her nature-inspired creations, like this seashell-covered countertop.

Celebrity interior designer Kari Whitman is known for her nature-inspired creations, like this seashell-covered countertop.

Who doesn’t find nature inspiring? The colors, the shapes, the relaxing vibe — all

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First Apartment? 5 Tips to Make It Instagram-Worthy

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AFTER 16 MONTHS cooped up with roommates or parents, young (and not-so-young) people have had enough. Those who can afford it are increasingly moving into their own first places when their leases end this summer and fall, said a spokesman for real-estate rental site StreetEasy. Searches that specified studio apartments are up 69% year-over-year.

When it comes to decorating these solo nests, however, designers say first timers’ greenness leads to errors: from cramming oafish sofas through doors they failed to measure to living sans civilities like curtains and rugs. As New York City designer Phillip Thomas said, “Just because it’s your first apartment doesn’t mean it can’t have a sense of sophistication.”

Here, design pros highlight the five flubs that novice renters most frequently make on their way to, as millennials call it, “adulting.” Plus: chic alternatives.

1. The Unconquered Divide

Generations of squished people have passed down various methods

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Tax Tips For Selling Your Florida House!

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Are you thinking about the tax consequences for selling a Florida house?

Selling real  estate often means big sale proceeds. Unfortunately, huge portions of your cash may need to be paid to the government. The tax implications of your home sale may be the determining factor on whether you should sell at all.

Think ahead. You don’t pay taxes immediately upon the sale. Tax obligations are due in April. If you spend the proceeds before tax season, you could find yourself unable to pay the tax debt.

Get all the tricky issues straightened out before you conclude the sale.

This blog tackles a few tax tips regarding selling your Florida property, including the “Capital Gains Tax Exemption”, reporting issues, the first-time homebuyer credit, and selling cost deductions. For specific questions, of course, consult with a qualified accountant or the state/federal taxing agencies.

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Interior Photography Tips For Beginners

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Making high-quality interior photographs is a real challenge even for the most skillful and high qualified interior photographer. Interior photography usually requires not only good artistic skills but also the attentive attitude to the equipment and real estate photo editing. In this article, we will talk about some things that you should pay attention to when shooting indoors.

Interior Photography Tips

  • Clean the room

  • Remove personal things

  • Keep animals outside the house

  • Keep much daylight

  • Choose a good camera body

  • Use flashes

  • Prepare lighting system

  • Use several lenses

  • Shoot wide

  • Always use a tripod

  • Mind the camera settings

  • Correct White Balance

  • Flatten all the lines

  • Don’t forget about exposure blending

  • Do photo color correction

  • Set the sharpness and clarity

  • Turn on all the lights

  • Keep an eye on the lines

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Fire safety tips | wfmynews2.com

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Fire officials say cooking is the number one cause of home fires and home fire injuries. Unattended cooking is the leading cause of fires in the kitchen.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — National Fire Prevention Week runs from October 4th to October 10th. This year’s campaign is titled “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen.” It’s geared towards educating everyone about the simple but important actions they can take to keep themselves, and those around them, safe in the kitchen.

Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage. The horrific conflagration killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures, and burned more than 2,000 acres of land.

Since 1922, the National Fire Protection Association has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. During the

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Ina Garten gives a tour of her kitchen, shares design tips for optimal cooking

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It’s the perfect time of year to cozy up with some comfort food, and Ina Garten has some tips to make your fall and winter cooking as easy as possible.

The Barefoot Contessa, as she’s known in her popular Food Network show, stopped by TODAY’s fourth hour on Tuesday to show co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager around her East Hampton kitchen and offer some design advice.

“When I’m designing a kitchen … I think of setting the stove, the sink and refrigerator in a triangle so you can move around really well,” she explained, adding that in her own kitchen, these three appliances are “really close together, but they also have a lot of workspace in between.”

“I always like the sink to have a really nice view,” Garten, 72, continued. Her kitchen sink points to her beloved garden where she grows fresh produce and hosts outdoor dinner

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Honolulu Fire Department Chief Manuel Neves gives kitchen safety tips for fire prevention week

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Save money by keeping your garden tools in shape with these tips

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Jessica K. of Windsor asks: Do you have some suggestions on how to clean my new and used garden tools?

Keeping your gardening tools clean helps prevent rust, keeps the edges sharp and removes caked-on soil and sap. Good tools can be expensive, so to avoid the need for frequent replacement, keep them clean and in good working order.

All garden tools should be cleaned and wiped down after use to remove soil. If you won’t be using certain tools for awhile, give them a thorough cleaning and inspection before storing them. If pruners or saws are used to prune or remove a diseased plant, they should be cleaned and disinfected before using them on a healthy plant. A squirt of Lysol spray will work. Some gardeners say dipping the tool in bleach diluted with water and wiping it dry, before using it on the next plant, also works. But

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Tips for how to save your plants over the winter in Colorado

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Here’s how you can save your plants — without a greenhouse.

DENVER — As night temperatures drop, gardeners need to decide which plants to dig and save over winter.

You don’t need a greenhouse to do this. You do need sunny south or west-facing windows or indoor grow lights.

Forget saving annuals that complete their life cycles in a single season, such as marigolds, zinnias or petunias.

Concentrate on long-lived tropical perennials and shrubs. This includes common flowers such as geraniums and begonias as well as more exotic plants. You can save the “mother” plant or take cuttings, or sometimes both.

It’s easy to dig up and re-pot many plants. Cut them back a bit as you do that.

Cuttings root easily in jars of water. Once rooted, these can also be easily potted up as well.

Plants that are easy to root include coleus, bloodleaf, sweet potato vine, sun-tolerant

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Award-winning Chattanooga designer offers tips on creating your dream kitchen

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When Jackie Howard gets a call for one of her award-winning kitchen designs, her first thought is, “Please, not another white kitchen.”

The founder and owner of Scarlett’s Cabinetry, Howard has spent more than 30 years making clients’ dreams for their home come true. Her designs garnered her the title of “Best of the Best” in this year’s people’s choice awards by the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Howard has seen countless trends come and go — like white kitchens, which have endured since the 1920s, when white was about the only color on offer. The country had just come out of the Spanish flu pandemic and a gleaming white kitchen was associated with sterilization, a huge selling point at the time.

Today’s crisp white kitchens can speak of cleanliness or homeyness, elegance or minimalism. In a word, they remain timeless.

“White kitchens still sell homes,” Howard says.

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