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Wednesday
Oct292014

Holiday floral arrangement: pomegranates, orchids and berries

Pomegranates can add unexpected shape and color to a fall floral arrangement. (Photo courtesy POM Wonderful) In the weeks closer to Thanksgiving, it might be challenging to find pomegranates without scarring and suitable for placement in a lovely centerpiece arrangement.

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Wednesday
Oct302013

Holiday decorating: Pomegranate door swag of fruit and feathers 

FESTIVE FALL DOOR SWAG

Pomegranates make a gorgeous holiday swag in this project from  POM Wonderful, the company behind farms that supply fresh pomegranates, pomegranate juice and jars of ready-to-eat arils, the juicy seeds nestled inside the pomegranate's thick husk.

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Tuesday
Jan082013

Restoring old windows: Save the charm but lose the chill

An Indow Window is a custom snap-in interior storm window.Old wooden windows often have lots of cracks and gaps that let cold air rush into a home while heated air escapes.

That means they usually aren’t very energy efficient. But old windows can be important design elements, particularly in historic homes. And there are ways to restore wooden windows while making them more energy efficient, experts say.

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Wednesday
Oct032012

Moms' on-time tips for avoiding the morning school rush 

Here are the entries we're received so far from At Home readers hoping to win the Organizables brand weekday hanging bags for organizing a week's worth of school clothes and accessories. There's still time to enter the contest to win the pink set, so for a chance to win, e-mail win(at)athomenj.com by Oct. 26 and share your strategies for getting the kids to school on time. Also, check back for more tips, or just post your own in the comments area. You'll still need to e-mail to enter the contest, however.

 

 

My second-grader is naturally very competitive, so I make getting ready each morning a game.

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Friday
Sep072012

New Jersey antiques stores: Golden Bee Antiques, Westfield

Golden Bee Antiques at 141A Broad St., Westfield Golden Bee Antiques

Pat Vivinetto didn't come into the antiques business with the passion of an avid collector of old things. In fact, she says she knew nothing about antiques.

"I had not even thought about them," she says of the days before she became owner of Golden Bee Antiques in Westfield.

That changed 13 years ago when two husbands, one of whom was hers,  decided their wives should go into the antiques business together.  And so they leased the 1,700-square-foot store at 141A Broad Street.

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