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How to design a bathroom that adds opulence to your lifestyle

People can spend a great deal of time in the bathroom. The average Brit spends three hours and nine minutes sitting on the throne every week, according to research carried out by UKactive, a non-profit organisation. That doesn’t factor in the time they spend

Downriver designer Cheryl Zemke’s collection featured at 12 Days of Christmas

Festive fashions decked the hall of DeSana Center Dec. 9 as designer Cheryl Zemke presented her seventh annual holiday fashion fundraiser, this year benefiting the Downriver Council for the Arts. The event, held at the James R. DeSana Center for Arts and Culture, 81

A Q&A with the Designer behind the LXi Cabin Collection, Flexjet’s New Artisanal Aircraft Interiors

As part of its Red Label program, which provides clients with late-model aircraft and flight crews who are assigned to specific planes, the fractional and charter provider Flexjet now offers the LXi Cabin Collection, a series of more than 20 different cabin designs for the aircraft

Gardening: fresh veg for the Christmas table

Gardens play such an important part in our lives throughout the year, so nothing could be more rewarding than bringing a tiny part of them indoors for Christmas. You can enjoy this as part of your feast or a table decoration. Get a buzz

How gardening can make us happier and healthier

If anyone doubts gardeners are a happy bunch, just visit a garden center in May. Shoppers high with spring fever swarm greenhouses, giddy as they fill their carts with the fervor of a rabbit eating a fresh rhododendron. Claiming that gardening improves people’s lives

On Gardening: Christmas cactus is a national treasure

It seems as though every year since I graduated from Texas A&M, I have been asked how to get poinsettias to rebloom. It doesn’t take long into the discussion before the gardener knows the task is more than formidable. On the other hand, the

Where is the future of home appliances heading?

We have superseded them,” says the interior designer. “Theirs was a very basic 1960’s interpretation of the future. Today, technology is so much more advanced than we could have predicted.” We may not have Rosie the Robot on-call, but thanks to advanced technology, we

Dave Gorman confirms the end of Modern Life is Goodish

We have some baddish (well actually very bad) news. Dave Gorman has called time on his stand-up comedy show Modern Life is Goodish. But in a blog announcing his decision, Gorman has explained there’s no hard feelings – the workload was just too crazily intense

Honor 6X, Honor 8 Pro Get Limited Period Discounts on Amazon India

HIGHLIGHTS Amazon.in will offer the discounts until December 19 Honor 6X is available for an as low price as Rs. 9,999 Honor 8 Pro is priced at Rs. 25,999 under the discount offer Huawei’s Honor brand has announced limited period discounts on the purchase

Panasonic Eluga I9 With 13-Megapixel Camera, Seflie Flash Launched in India: Price, Specifications

HIGHLIGHTS Panasonic Eluga I9 comes with a price tag of Rs. 7,499 Eluga I9 features a 5-inch HD IPS display It bears a 5-megapixel front camera with flash Panasonic on Wednesday widened its smartphone portfolio in India with the launch of the Eluga I9. The new