Archive for 'Home & Decor'
Interior design style ideas for all rooms
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub City & Shore Contributing Design Editor A few dramatic pieces played against solid colors are the key to getting clean, uncluttered design. Make a statement with a large piece of art, eye-catching [...]
A Showroom Q&A with Renovation Room
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub City & Shore Design Writer Renovation Room is not your typical furniture store. Shopping here is more like shopping at North Carolina’s High Point Market, where you can find offerings from a [...]
Five home improvements with highest return
By Robyn A. Friedman Planning to remodel or improve your home? Each year, Remodeling magazine publishes a cost-vs.-value report comparing the average cost of 29 popular remodeling projects with the value the projects retain at resale [...]
Design nursery with health, safety in mind
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub City & Shore Contributing Design Editor Bernadette Upton is frustrated with new parents who care more about how a baby’s room looks than how it affects the baby’s health. Here are her [...]
Greenery, ‘color of the year,’ is everywhere
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub City & Shore Contributing Design Editor Ever wonder why the same colors show up in everything from fashion to home furnishings? The credit goes to the Pantone Color Institute, the color forecaster [...]
Create place of refuge, meditation at home
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub City & Shore Contributing Design Editor Even if you never took a yoga class, it’s likely a friend showed you how to yoga breathe when you’re stressed. Slowly take the breath in [...]
Splash of orange can add zest to a room
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub City & Shore Contributing Design Editor It’s that time again, trend seekers. Orange may not be ubiquitous enough to be labeled “The New Black” (except on TV), but it is popping up [...]
How not to overdo the tropical look at home
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub City & Shore Contributing Design Editor Decorating with palm-tree motifs, bamboo and rattan are nothing new to us in South Florida. Sometimes, though, we go overboard with the theme. The trick in [...]
Mixed styles inspire Manalapan home decor
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub City & Shore Contributing Design Editor Shannon Callahan and Rachel Ortiz, senior designers at Marc-Michaels Interior Design in Boca Raton and Winter Park, love mixing traditional furnishings with more modern art and [...]
Some hard-won advice on hiring contractor
By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub City & Shore Contributing Design Editor My advice for finding someone to do your home repairs may seem contradictory to anything you’ve ever heard before, but this is South Florida and the [...]
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- Irie Weekend 2017: Kevin Hart for art's sakeMiami Heat's DJ Irie hosts the charity-minded Irie Weekend 2017 June 29-July 2 with Kevin Hart, Future, T.I., Lil Yachty and others.
- Ticket alert: Shakira at the BB&T CenterShakira will bring music from her "El Dorado" album Jan. 11 to the BB&T Center in Sunrise.
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- Irie Weekend 2017: Kevin Hart for art's sakeMiami Heat's DJ Irie hosts the charity-minded Irie Weekend 2017 June 29-July 2 with Kevin Hart, Future, T.I., Lil Yachty and others.
- Ticket alert: Shakira at the BB&T CenterShakira will bring music from her "El Dorado" album Jan. 11 to the BB&T Center in Sunrise.
Shopping & Beauty
- Amazon expands one-hour delivery with new Prime Now hub in Wynwood in MiamiSouth Broward and Miami-Dade shoppers can expect grocery deliveries and other goods in a jiffy as Amazon opens a new Prime Now processing hub in the Wynwood Arts District on Wednesday. The new 50,000-square-foot facility will allow Amazon to expand one- and two-hour delivery of perishable foods...
- BOGO iced drinks at Starbucks through SundayTreat your best buddy to a free drink during Starbucks Chill Together event running through Sunday. July 2. Stop in at participating shops nationwide from 2 to 5 p.m. to get a free grande iced espresso with purchase of another. For a limited time, Starbucks has added fruity fraps to summer menus...
Sun Sentinel Breaking News
- 'Bachelorette' recap: Two S. Florida suitors sent homeAnd then there was one suitor. From South Florida, at least. In the second episode of this week’s “The Bachelorette” in Norway, Rachel Lindsay sent several of her suitors home, including Fort Lauderdale attorney Josiah Daniel Graham and Miami sales manager Will Gaskins. However, Kendall chiropractor...
- Florida schools see big gains in letter grades this yearFlorida’s schools showed widespread improvement in the 2016- 2017 school year, according to school grade data released by the state Wednesday. Search our database to find out how your school fared. The percentage of schools that earned an “A” or a “B” rose from 46 percent to 57 percent and the...
- Kellogg Foundation to award about $24 million to fight racism in U.S.One of America's largest philanthropic foundations announced Wednesday that it will award about $24 million in grants to organizations in 13 cities and one state to help fight racism. The grants are part of a foundation program intended "to improve our ability as communities and as a country to...
