DEAR GAIL: Help! I just inherited everything from my grandmother’s house and have no idea how to place it in my rooms. Where do I start? — Darlene
Five years ago, Henry Levine, a furniture designer and craftsman, wanted to do something meaningful for his upcoming wedding so he went to his studio and gathered up scraps of beautiful wood. He joined the pieces of wood together, turning them into four poles to hold up the canvas of his chuppah, the traditional tentlike structure under which Jewish couples are married and which serves as their symbolic “first home.”
Interior designers often talk about centering a room, even bringing a kind of narrative to the space, by finding and accentuating its focal point. In a living room it could be a fireplace, a window with a beautiful view, even a beloved piece of antique furniture that’s been in the family for years. But when it comes to the bedroom, it’s usually, well, the bed.
Window treatments can be as diversified as your imagination. All you need to know are some basic designs, then you can add personal touches as your creative energy starts feeding you ideas. Let’s begin by learning the fundamentals.
Pardee Homes, the developer of the master-planned Eldorado community, was the title sponsor of the city of North Las Vegas Parks & Recreation Department’s eighth annual Northern Exposure 10K Race and 2-Mile Family Run/Walk held in November.
In the current home sale market, it might seem ludicrous to make an offer on a listing if it means competing with another buyer.
The master-planned community of Summerlin recently welcomed the community’s first non-gaming extended-stay hotel, Element by Westin.
Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., a Prudential Financial Inc. company, and Prudential announced that Prudential Real Estate ranks “Highest Satisfaction for Home Sellers Among National Full Service Real Estate Firms” in J.D. Power and Associates’ 2008 Home Buyer/Seller Study.
Local housing statistics released by the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors show local home sales more than doubling compared to the same time last year.
Q: In the Dec 27 Review Journal, the “Q & A” addressed the banks’ responsibility to pay homeowners association fees, etc..
MacDonald Highlands has released the next phase of Highlander Ridge, including golf-front custom estate lots.
When the NFL postseason kicks off today, the value of the home field will be tested.
When his senior year comes to an end, Wink Adams wants to reflect on how UNLV won the Mountain West Conference.
Moapa Valley has been spending up to 75 percent of its practice time focusing on defense.
B.J. Bell intended to wait until February before picking a school, but barely into the new year, he decided where he wanted to go and figured now was the time to commit.
They have won and looked disjointed. They have won and looked terrific. They have won on the road. They have won without their leading scorer against a Top 25 team on national television.
The Fresno State women’s basketball team held UNLV to five first-half field goals en route to a 65-42 victory Friday night at Cox Pavilion.
Too sick to participate in the morning skate, Wranglers right wing Matt Beaudoin conserved his energy for Friday night’s game against Utah.
Mark Titus never will be confused with Tyler Hansbrough. Nor does he stand to make tens of millions of dollars, as Hansbrough figures to, when the NBA Draft rolls around in June.
Daniel Ray Johnson had lost his home and his job. He had medical problems, including a brain tumor, and had no way to pay the bills.
A story in the Dec. 9 Review-Journal incorrectly identified a business where an explosion injured a man. The explosion at 980 N. Nellis Blvd. occurred at Top Car Service.
New Year’s Eve revelers had varied opinions about the fireworks show on the Strip, and their vantage points tended to sway their viewpoints.
A 30-year-old man who was set to go to trial Monday for raping and murdering a woman in 2006 pleaded guilty Friday to spare himself the possibility of the death penalty.
The gunshot that killed a 6-year-old Las Vegas girl Wednesday night was fired by her 7-year-old brother, who told police he found the gun in a bedroom closet and thought it was a BB gun.