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Gardening: 5 ways to succeed with ‘boring’ conifers

CONIFERS may have a reputation for being boring, but they add valuable colour and structure in winter. However, there are a few things to keep in mind when planting, according to plant specialist Lubera.co.uk: 1. Beware of pruning potted trees: The right location is

Seed catalogs spark mid-winter gardening excitement

FARGO — It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. No, it’s not an announcement from Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. It’s the arrival of seed catalogs in mid-winter. You might say it’s the official kick-off of the 2018 gardening season. But proceed with caution: it’s

Everlane’s first store is temporarily closed because its flooring couldn’t handle a New York winter

Everlane’s transition from online retailer to brick-and-mortar retailer is off to a rocky start. The popular millennial fashion brand announced to its customers today that it was temporarily closing its first store, located in New York City, only 42 days after it opened. The No.

Founder of Everlast® Epoxy Signs Production Deal to Host Upcoming TV Show, Everlast Flooring Vs. Neverlast Flooring

LAKE CITY, Fla., Jan. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — David Linton, Founder of Everlast® Epoxy, recently signed a production deal to create the first season of a brand new online TV show that will be filmed in the Ambitious Media Studios in Winter Park, FL.  The show, Everlast Flooring Vs.

Celebrating 105 Years In The Dry Cleaning Business: Palmer Bros.

ST. JOHNSBURY — The cleaning machines continue on Eastern Avenue as Palmer Brothers Dry Cleaning & Laundry reaches its 105th year at the same downtown location. Located at 179 Eastern Ave., the business in a 6,500-square-foot facility, is in the sixth year being owned

16 Interior Design Predictions for 2018 (And What’s on Its Way out)

Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, November 2016 Quick: Name the design trends you’ve been hearing about over and over again in 2017. It’s pretty safe to say that millennial pink will top that list, mid-century modern is still kicking around, and, for better or for worse, shiplap

How to become an interior designer

A design by Kelly Hoppen There is no single route to a successful career in interior design. Some of the nation’s most celebrated exponents — including Kelly Hoppen, Nina Campbell and Nicky Haslam — have no formal training. But times are changing and the

THE TOP INTERIOR DESIGN TRENDS FOR MILLENNIALS

Reclaimed wood siding is becoming popular, but don’t limit it to the floors / Stikwood LED lights in the shower that bathe a user in colour and a reclaimed wood accent wall near the fireplace. Artisan hand-baked clay tiles as a kitchen backsplash and a bathroom exhaust

Class 1 student stabbed by senior girl in Lucknow school bathroom

A Class 1 boy is recuperating at a Lucknow hospital after a senior girl student attacked him with a knife on their school premises, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place a day earlier at the Bright Land School in Aliganj’s Triveni Nagar

ISIL is lighting oil wells on fire as they retreat, and no one is paying attention

When ISIL retreats from an area in Iraq, they usually bomb anything that supports the local economy. Most of the time, that means they bomb oil fields and refineries. A burning oil field is a terrible thing. The fire typically takes months to put