Lighting key to any design

Lighting is one of the most important elements to think about when designing rooms, inside or out. Lighting is both practical and decorative; a variety of lighting options allows us to work and play safely and creates a mood that enhances the way we live.

Special collectibles often take circuitous route

Collectors can tell you strange stories about how an antique or collectible will come in and out of their lives until at last it finds a home with them.

Treat close-set windows as one

DEAR GAIL: We have a bay window in our breakfast nook and want to dress it up with a window treatment. There are two windows in the center that are just 5 inches apart, so we feel that we can’t put two valances over the windows and need to make them look as one. We’re open to any design suggestions that you have. — Ann D.

Pure-ly luxurious Pure-ly green

You can find furniture designed for a specific decorating style, furniture designed for comfort and furniture designed for function. But, how often do you find furniture that is designed to make you look good? That’s exactly what the new Pure collection from Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman does.

Duo renovates, enlarges home instead of moving

Carl and Tony have lived in their charming semidetached house for 14 years. They are the social butterflies of their neighborhood and are always hosting get-togethers, poker games, barbecues and even Easter egg hunts. The duo recently decided they had outgrown their small home — especially their dark, cramped living and dining rooms — and started contemplating a move into bigger and brighter digs.

Lenders to reach out to borrowers

WASHINGTON — A window of opportunity may soon open for home owners who have found themselves in trouble because they opted for one of several kinds of so-called “toxic” mortgages to finance their homes.

Watch for red flags during purchase

Last year, before the subprime crisis hit, a home buyer was on the verge of purchasing his first home. His mortgage broker told him that qualifying for a mortgage would not be a problem. After reviewing the numbers of an attractive teaser-rate adjustable, the buyer had second thoughts.

Rhodes Ranch offers variety

Looking for a new home can be an arduous task in the middle of summer when temperatures are in the triple digits. But a central sales office has been opened within Rhodes Ranch that offers information, floor plans and tours of its models including The Irons, The Majors, The Fairways, The Greens, Palm’s Bay and Pacific Mist.

William Lyon Homes to build Summerlin residences

William Lyon Homes is demonstrating its confidence in the Las Vegas market and Summerlin community with more than 50 homes under construction in three Summerlin neighborhoods.

Tuscan Cliffs provides for outdoor living

This long holiday weekend, residents at Tuscan Cliffs are enjoying their opportunities to create relaxing indoor and outdoor spaces in their homes.

Aliante offers specials, incentives

Home builders at the Aliante master-planned community are currently offering a variety of specials and incentives with opportunities for immediate move-in as well as the ability to choose a home site and create a personalized home.

American West showcases southwestern subdivisions

Home buyers have more than 17 design choices at the three American West Highlands Ranch neighborhoods –Fairmont, Windsor and Kensington. They are located in the southwestern portion of the valley adjacent to the Southern Highlands master- planned community.

Reverse mortgages aren’t based on credit or income but value and longevity

Q: A while back you had someone ask you about reverse mortgages. I lost the article; therefore, would you please let me know how to attempt the process of getting a reverse mortgage. I will be 62 on Dec. 26 of this year. Does your credit standing have to be excellent, or will a person with fair credit be acceptable? Also, right now I have a payment agreement with my mortgage company until a year from July.

Pardee Homes offers move-in specials

Pardee Homes is showcasing homes at its Madera neighborhood in northwestern Las Vegas that are available for quick move-in. These homes include Plan Two-C at home site 157; Plan Three-C at home site 62; Plan Three-C at home site 154 and Plan Four-C at home site 137.

Summerlin community contains many diverse religious offerings

There are a variety of worship facilities in Summerlin with 14 houses of worship representing 10 different faiths. More are in the planning and/or building stages, according to Kevin Orrock, top division executive of The Howard Hughes Corp., developer of Summerlin.

City gives Newport an ‘Oscar’

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman recognized the 24-story Newport Lofts residential development with a Mayor’s Urban Design Award in the category of Buildings and Their Environs.

Fans seeking face time

From the utterly creepy news department: London’s Daily Mail reported Wednesday on the appearance of a pair of peculiar tennis fans.

Referee takes beating for Soto bout ruling

Joe Cortez has taken such a public beating in the aftermath of his decision to disqualify Humberto Soto and award the decision to Francisco Lorenzo in their WBC interim super featherweight title bout June 28 at Mandalay Bay, it was as though Cortez had been fighting instead of officiating.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Arum claims MGM Mirage putting freeze on Top Rank

Rebuffed in his attempt to bring Manny Pacquiao back to Las Vegas in November, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum is accusing MGM Mirage officials of conspiring with rival promoter Golden Boy Promotions to keep his company out.

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BASEBALL

51s bomb Sky Sox bullpen, halt three-game losing streak

Terry Tiffee had two-out RBI hits in consecutive four-run innings Friday night to help the 51s to a 10-6 Pacific Coast League victory over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Barkley is miffed by debt publicity

Former NBA star Charles Barkley says Wynn Las Vegas and Clark County District Attorney David Roger “will get theirs” for the way they handled his $400,000 gambling debt.

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