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Kitchen decor: For that perfect cuppa – SUPPLEMENTS News
Our expert shares how you can create the perfect coffee and tea station in the heart of your home (Left) Shibui house in Mumbai; (right) Japanese cast iron teapot from Decor Kart, Rs 5,800 What do you do at home when you get a few minutes to relax? One of my favourite things is to brew a cup of coffee or tea and sit back with a book. It’s like a little ritual for many people to start their day by having a fresh cup of coffee or tea. So how can you create a dedicated coffee or tea station in your kitchen? This is what you need to know.…
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Barnesville museum prepares for ‘Magic of Christmas’ | News, Sports, Jobs
T-L Photo/CARRI GRAHAM Emery Stewart, president of the Belmont County Historical Society, stands inside the museum that is now decorated in traditional Victorian period Christmas decorations. Tours will begin Nov. 27.
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Library volunteer work to improve Elizabethtown library [photos] | Local News
Volunteers met at Elizabethtown Public Library on Monday to attend to the property’s landscaping. It’s part of a larger effort to maintain and improve the library’s outdoor areas over the past few years. The group’s recent ongoing projects include sprucing up the library’s railings, book return shed, trash can boxes and courtyard bench. Earlier this year, three trees were removed from the library property. A four-season garden design was also implemented in the courtyard with help from Warburton Nursery and Greenhouses, 6005 Schoolhouse Road in Elizabethtown, according to a release from the library. Volunteers are continually needed to help with landscaping maintenance, as are donations toward the cost of new…
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Mankato council OKs $8M in sales tax spending | Local News
MANKATO — Mankato shoppers will be seeing some of the fruits of their sales tax payments in coming months — more than $7 million in fixes to the civic center and nearly $800,000 in designs for new community sports and recreation facilities to be constructed starting next year. The City Council approved $1.5 million for a roof replacement at the Mayo Clinic Civic Center, $3.9 million for fixes to the exterior walls on the facility and $1.7 million for upgrades to the heating, cooling and ventilation systems. All of the costs are to be covered with proceeds from Mankato’s half-percent local sales tax, which is applied to most purchases outside…
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How a Racine native nurse may have revolutionized sitting on the grass | Local News
A lush picnic setting of gold, ivory and blush pink is set up at Samuel Myers Park in Racine on Sunday. Diana Panuncial RACINE — Please be seated. Ciara Ready, a Racine native, may have revolutionized sitting on the grass and sharing a meal together along Lake Michigan with her new business, X-Clusive Picnics. Gone are the days of balancing plates on your lap. Ready assembles pop-up picnic settings with handmade tables, fluffy pillows, a lush rug and other decorations to make outdoor — and indoor — dining more than just a quick bite. They can be set up at outdoor locations, like North Beach, or even indoor locations like…
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Haptic Architects’ team wins 2021 Davidson Prize with biophilic home design | News
HomeForest by Agnieszka Glowacka, Tracy Shum, Agnete Winsnes Astrup, Janicke Sæther, Haptic Architects, Alice Britton, Eleanor Greenleaf, Squint/Opera, Will Worsley, Coda to Coda, LionHeart, Poet, Yaoyao Meng, Interdisciplinary Designer. Image: The Davidson Prize A multidisciplinary team led by Haptic Architects has won the £10,000 first prize in the inaugural Davidson Prize, a competition calling for new ideas that rethink the design of the contemporary home. Titled HomeForest, the winning proposal comes from a diverse team. In addition to those representing Haptic Architects, the team includes poet Lionheart, interdisciplinary designer Yaoyao Meng, digital designers Squint/Opera, and musicians Coda to Coda. As stated on the competition’s website, multi-disciplinary creative teams are…
