Mimosa, a warm, engaging yellow, has been selected as the color of the year for 2009 by Pantone, a global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries. In a time of economic uncertainty and political change, optimism is paramount and no other color expresses hope and reassurance more than yellow.
DEAR DESIGNER: I am confused by the various letters after a designer’s name. What do they mean? And, is there a difference between a decorator and a designer? — Nancy
There is a familiar quote, “Home is where the heart is,” and that statement is especially true today as people are spending more time at home. Furniture, wall coverings, flooring and accessories are all important aspects to creating an environment that is both inviting and comforting for interior living spaces.
Table lamps come in all sizes and shapes. The question often arises as to the ideal height of a lamp. The most direct and accurate answer is “It depends.”
The families of two sisters, who grew up in Hawthorne, have returned to the state to find homes next door to each other in the new Pardee Homes neighborhood of Montclaire in the heart of Henderson.
Coming off record sales in the fourth quarter of 2008, sales agent Nancy Green said she is confident that rapid buying activity will continue into this year, as home buyers discover Monterey at Las Vegas Country Club’s affordable condominiums.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the home buyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure.
Q: What are the pros and cons of selling your own home versus using a Realtor, especially in today’s housing market? — Debbie H., Las Vegas
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a two-part series reviewing proposed bills before the 2009 Legislation that will affect Nevada homeowners associations.
It’s been a year of survival for Las Vegas new home builders. That’s what incoming Southern Nevada Home Builders Association President Bill Hoover told a Four Seasons banquet room full of people attending the group’s Dec. 3 luncheon to install 2009 officers and directors and distribute awards.
Grey Ruegamer knew it was a matter of time, because when you arrive at Super Bowl week and begin talking about how you used to castrate lambs with your teeth and how the worst part was getting blood on your mustache, well, you can bet the questions about handling blitz packages and if Eli Manning will ever emerge from big brother’s shadow are going to disappear for a few minutes.
The process of elimination continues in the NFL playoffs, as we’re down to eight teams, all needing three wins to capture a Super Bowl title.
Permission to swill a couple of 12-ounce beers might not seem to be a big deal, but it is if you’re a U.S. soldier stationed in Iraq.
Barely three minutes into the game at Palo Verde on Friday, Centennial coach Karen Weitz slammed her clipboard to the floor and called timeout.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Every time he returns to his home state, Wink Adams makes sure UNLV takes care of business.
PRIMM — Yuriorkis Gamboa is considering making Las Vegas his permanent home. If he can count on the kind of support he had Friday at the Star of the Desert Arena, it’ll be an easy decision for him to move from Miami.
A team of scientists exploring Springs Preserve with remote- sensing gear has found what appears to be a prehistoric village of pit houses where as many as 30 Anasazi people lived about 1,300 years ago, the preserve’s archaeologist said Friday.
Educators weren’t bashful Friday about calling for tax increases to prevent cuts of 6 percent to teachers’ salaries.
President-elect Barack Obama wants Congress to “act boldly and act now” to fix the economy. Sounds as if he needs Jack Bauer on his economic team.
The number of homicides and sexual assaults rose slightly in Las Vegas last year, but every other crime category within the Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction fell, in some cases dramatically.
Fallout from home foreclosures in Nevada is even hitting the landscaping, and the city of Las Vegas is considering a change that might make a small dent in the problem.
WASHINGTON — The Senate is picking up where it left off in the fall with a battle between Sen. Harry Reid and Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican who is protesting a big federal lands bill he says is full of questionable spending.
Three local Democrats lent their voices Friday to a campaign promoting the massive stimulus bill being prepared in advance of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, and they urged two Nevada Republicans in Congress to get on board.
Restaurants located within casinos still contain unsafe levels of secondhand smoke when compared to EPA guidelines post the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act, a new study shows.
A jury Friday convicted a 19-year-old gang member in the 2007 slaying of another teen.
A man accused of killing his wife and a handyman in Las Vegas to collect more than $400,000 in insurance benefits has agreed to be returned to Nevada from Utah, where he was arrested.
