Curb Appeal Ideas That Extend Inside The Home - Whether preparing an existing home for sale or anticipating the purchase of a home in the near future, explore the advantages that thoughtfully considered paint applications can provide with regard to re-energizing a home's entrance.

Personalize Your Apartment - Without Breaking The Lease or the Bank - If your rental clause is cramping your decorating style as well as your living space, it is time to make the best use of your existing furnishings and improvise with inexpensive surface solutions.

Create a Comfortable, Inviting Look - The summer heat calls for décor that is cool, fresh and casual. This is perhaps why Shabby Chic ® achieved immense popularity as well as being the easiest style to accomplish with limited budget and time.

Many people admire stained glass without fully appreciating all the ways it can be used to accent the environment. Before we discuss how stained glass could help you, it helps to think about the ATMOSPHERE you most want to create.

Stop Whining and Start Decorating

Don’t Let Your Pocketbook Tell You Lies! - Do you dream of a picture-perfect room and stunning spaces like those you see in the magazines, but think it impossible on your budget? Stop dreaming and start planning, because you can create stylish and comfortable spaces without breaking the bank.

Often people who suffer from undiagnosed illnesses may be experiencing multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), unusual pollen or mold reactions, food allergies, fibromyalgia, or even combinations of one or more of these.

Hospice Care For Your Loved Ones - Providing Comfort, Care and Compassion - The last days of a person’s life should be as restful and serene as possible. Therefore, with hospice care, patients and their family members make the decision as to where the patient’s final days are spent.

Manage Your Weight Effectively -- Online - Having a professional at your beck and call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is not just for celebrities. Now you can join and experience an online program that pairs individuals with a trained health and fitness professional.

Shelley McVittie - Paintings "And Sew On " and "Butterfly Wings"
Jeffrey Greenwood - Paintings "Virus" and "Broken Links"
Lynne Taetzsch - Paintings "Happy Trails" and "Reaching"
Lyn Kirk - Sketch "Old Homestead"
LJones - 3D Slate Art "Park Benck" and "Open Door"

A Haven For The Arts - Rockport-Fulton, Texas - Recently listed in John Villani’s book "The 100 Best Small Art Towns In America", the coastal community of Rockport, Texas seems to be offering shelter from stormy economic times that do not usually bode well for the arts.

Enjoying Your Visit - Private galleries seem to raise all kinds of nervousness. People are often ready to bolt if the gallery staff moves in their direction. An apologetic "I'm only looking." is sometimes uttered that clearly translates as "Don't think you can pressure me into buying anything."

Press Releases and Announcements: The Newest Shops at The Emporium Mall - The Emporium Mall is now on its own domain!! - Free Content For Your Website - How To Select Art For Your Home Without Leaving Home

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The cost of transportation can be expensive, and higher fuel prices does not help matters. The following vehicles have good ratings, and they will help to stretch your fuel dollars.

Compartments Of The Mind - The Neuro-Dawn at the Hippocampus Foundation - Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Do you remember that nursery rhyme? Well, how about we find out how our brain grows and develops .... Then we can gracefully nurture it, so that it blossoms and blooms as a radiant rose"

Holding Onto Your Peace - As with God and love, peace never leaves, we just put things in its way. After obscuring our peace, we say it has left us, but it hasn't...we have simply obscured it. Eliminate the unpeaceful thoughts and peace is right there where it always has been.

Ideas for Keeping Your Kids Busy this Summer
A Possum's Confession

Jessica Latrice Rhodes, an African American 8th Grader from Oviedo, Fla., and daughter of Christopher and Gina Rhodes, recently earned a $13,000 scholarship to attend the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan.

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Spring 2004 - We've had a busy winter and are very eager to welcome spring. Many of the articles in this issue will lift your spirits and will help you make the most of the wonderful spring season upon us.

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