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ORIGINAL BASEMENT: This home located in the Woods at Grey Eagle subdivision in Fishers was built as a custom spec home in 2005 and the homeowners moved in during 2006. According to the owners, “Although the basement was fairly nicely finished, we still wanted it more customized to our family’s needs. It was an alternative to moving – we took [...]
Are you limited on gardening space? Just about any plant will thrive when grown in a container. Understanding the basics to this type of gardening will give you a summer full of blooms and vegetables. Most importantly, use the proper sized pot. Match the container size to the mature plant size, not the seedling you are looking at. Small pots [...]
Find things you love and build around them. Designers will be the first to tell you that they’d rather not start from scratch. Their best work is a combination of what you love and what they know. – Karol DeWulf Nickell, Signature Style: Creating Beautiful Interiors Decorating a room requires falling head over heels in love with one stunning textile. [...]
Our host for a recent meeting in Rome was a member of the distinguished Italian family that produced Pope Martin V. Because of his connections and likely his generosity, he was able to arrange a private tour of the Vatican Museums, ending at the Sistine Chapel. Allowed to wander freely, taking as many pictures and asking as many questions as [...]
Plenty of Christians look up and out from their Bible or church and see a world full of sinners who ought to be punished. Much of that world looks back at Christians, shakes its collective head, and wonders, “If Christianity is about sin and guilt and fear and punishment, how is that better than the life I’m leading right now [...]
While browsing Pinterest, I found the sign accompanying this week’s column. I feel certain that the creators of this sign meant it to read, “Help Handicapped Children.” Surely there isn’t a group with the exclusive purpose of handicapping children. The sign got me thinking about the proper use of words like “handicapped” and “disabled.” Many people use these words very [...]
Can my Android smartphone really get a virus from the Internet? - Joel The popularity of smartphones and tablets combined with the high rate of daily usage has made them an obvious target for malware attacks. In general, the Android platform has been and will continue to be the most likely to be exploited for two reasons: the open architecture [...]
Often, tasteful retrofits are designed to expand an existing sterile, underused outdoor living space into a fun magnet. Most of us have some sort of existing patio or deck, but it might simply lack the personality that prompts it to be inviting. Consequently, the sofa sees more action than the patio furniture. As with many exposed aggregate and concrete patios, [...]
I read a lot, see a lot, possess an impressive (some would say annoying) mental stash of utterly useless but infallibly entertaining (at least to me) information, keep up on current events and generally feel very informed. But upon hearing the news of Thomas Kinkade’s death April 6, I was floored to find out that this wildly popular artist whose [...]
Oreo cookies are one of my weaknesses, and Oreo Bark is oh-so-yummy! I made this on a whim the other day (an experimental recipe at the time) and brought it to a party with me. I got a lot of compliments on it and it was so simple that I was almost embarrassed to share my “recipe.” This is so [...]
