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Outdoor furniture gets more comfortable
The choices for outdoor furniture are more comfortable and easier to maintain than ever. Some even look as attractive indoors as out thanks to performance fabrics that are beautiful and resilient. By Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub Tweet [...]
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 [...]
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- 'Moonlight' writer Tarell Alvin McCraney to develop TV series for OWNThe as-yet-untitled series will be set in South Florida.
- South Florida fans to celebrate Linkin Park's Chester Bennington at two eventsBennington, who died July 20, will be remembered during tributes in Davie and West Palm Beach.
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- 'Moonlight' writer Tarell Alvin McCraney to develop TV series for OWNThe as-yet-untitled series will be set in South Florida.
- South Florida fans to celebrate Linkin Park's Chester Bennington at two eventsBennington, who died July 20, will be remembered during tributes in Davie and West Palm Beach.
Shopping & Beauty
- Freebie Friday: Make free pinhole projector to watch eclipse; get $10 off $10 coupon at JC PenneyIt's Freebie Friday! In preparation for the Great American Eclipse on Monday, many people are looking for solar glasses to watch the big event. Fuggedaboutit! Stores are sold out. Instead, make a free pinhole projector in five easy steps. Or, grab that colander from the kitchen! I've rounded up ...
- Solar eclipse special: All-you-can-eat 'Mooncakes' at Denny's on MondayThere will be a delicious solar eclipse at Denny's when the chain serves unlimited "Mooncakes" on Aug. 21. As the frenzy over the Great American Eclipse builds, the restaurant chain will offer all-you-can eat Mooncakes -- known every other day of the year as buttermilk pancakes -- for just $4,...
Sun Sentinel Breaking News
- Boston 'Free Speech Rally' cut short after massive counterprotestThousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans converged Saturday on downtown Boston in a boisterous repudiation of white nationalism, dwarfing a small group of conservatives who cut short their planned "free speech rally" a week after a gathering of hate groups led to bloodshed in Virginia....
- Suspect arrested in shooting death of Kissimmee officer; 'not much hope' for 2nd shot copA Marine veteran has been arrested in Friday’s shooting death of a Kissimmee Police officer, and there is “not much hope” a second officer he’s accused of shooting will survive, Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O’Dell said this morning.Police arrested 45-year-old Everett Glenn Miller Saturday morning...
- Trumps to skip Kennedy Center Honors; organizers are 'grateful'In a break with tradition, President Donald Trump and the first lady have decided not to participate in events honoring recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors arts awards to "allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction," the White House announced Saturday. The Kennedy...
