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Before & After: My Dining Room Makeover

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Frank bought our abode because it has proficient bones. You know, it's structurally sound, made of brick, that form of stuff. Which means, inward truthful bachelor fashion, blueprint didn't genuinely component into his decision. Let's kickoff alongside the dining area: It featured worn-out carpet, an etched drinking glass as well as brass chandelier circa 1980, as well as a fake rock wall. Leroy, the erstwhile owner, had painted around one of his China cabinets, leaving a faint mint greenish rectangle on i wall. The bleak province of affairs was non improved past times Frank's high-top table, which was a unlike forest than the other article of furniture (left past times Leroy) as well as was the incorrect cast for the space. An intervention was inward order. Step one: We ripped upward the carpeting to expose the forest floors (those proficient bones!) as well as ripped downward the fake rock drywall. Then I replaced the chandelier alongside a brushed nickel fi

The Homes Of Abc's 'Nashville': Deacon's Identify

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Source: thetennessean.com I'm commonly non i for TV dramas, but Tennessee is my domicile state. So I felt morally obligated to plough over the serial "Nashville" on ABC a try. I was hooked straight off (even though about of the Southern accents are hilariously bad).  I honey the prominence of the metropolis itself, in addition to inward particular, the gorgeous homes (actually inward Nashville!) that were selected for the series. My favorite is the i occupied past times Deacon Claybourne, the guitarist in addition to onetime beau of the province vocalizer Rayna Jaymes.  His 1920's rock domicile is located inward historic Edgefield, an East Nashville neighborhood, at 619 Boscobel Street. The describe of piece of occupation solid adjacent door is the identify Scarlett, Deacon's niece, rents. (On the show, they aren't neighbors, though.) Deacon's domicile on the left, Scarlett's on the right The describe of piece of occupation solid has fi

Momofuku Milk Bar Layered Birthday Cake

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The Super Bowl demands a touchdown dessert. Which is why I went to my source of reliably impressive recipes: the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook. The NYC bakery's desserts are over-the-top sweet, inward a candy-induced, sugar-high sort of way. They're fun too frivolous. Colorful. And brightly-hued desserts ever depict a crowd. (Think nearly it: The sense of savour of Funfetti is almost indistinguishable from white cake, nonetheless the sprinkles arrive infinitely to a greater extent than appealing.) The ane downfall of Momofuku's desserts is their complexity. Vegetable crude is replaced past times rarely used grapeseed oil; ingredients similar "glucose" or "citric acid" hit repeated appearances. That's why I salve their recipes for exceptional occasions. This time, I decided to conquer the Layered Birthday Cake, which requires baking a cake, baking a cake crumble, mixing a whole milk soak, too preparing frosting. Then putting all of that together.

How To Brand Inexpensive Curtains Hold Off Custom

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Frank bought our solid from an 87-year-old man. He manifestly had a affair for pastels. And, apparently, Frank does too, because he did aught to remedy the situation. The living room was a tricolor Easter egg of pastel peach, mint green, in addition to cream. In other words, a nightmare. I promptly began redecorating. One of my get-go tasks: removing the vertical blinds (who e'er liked those anyways?), which featured the same hideous trio of colors every bit the walls.  I envisioned a sweeping duet of linen botanical impress panels.  Yeah, couldn't notice those. Unless, of course, I wanted to drib a grand on the 4 panels the room requires.  Curtains are tricky.  I'm likewise budget-conscious to blow hundreds of dollars on custom curtains, nonetheless I loathe the generic hold off of store-bought panels. Alas, I settled on Nate Berkus curtains from Target that conduct maintain an Aztec-inspired border. (I told myself this made them unique.) B ut when hence I hung them,