DEAR GAIL: I’m going to tackle my first do-it-yourself project and sew drapery panels for my master bedroom. I’ve noticed that most of the panels now sold in stores are not lined. Do I need to line mine? — Joan M.
When it came time for Stearns & Foster to introduce its new line of luxury mattresses, no detail was too small to be overlooked.
Peanut butter, everyone’s favorite food, has had bad press lately, but peanut butter collectibles rank high with collectors.
Pricing too high can be the kiss of death for home sellers in today’s market. Many buyers are sitting on the fence, waiting to see what happens with the economy, and hoping that home prices will drop further.
Q: HELP! Our 72-year-old friend is undergoing severe stress with a son in Iraq and estranged daughter-in-law and grandchildren. She wants to move out of the home she’s been paying on for the past 12 years. She doesn’t feel comfortable in that area and wants to move to an apartment right away. She says she will mail the keys back to her mortgage company and walk away from 12 years of equity, just to get out. We have told her this will wreck her credit, but she does not care. Can you suggest anything we can do? Perhaps your answer, from an outside source, may help her think clearly. — K.
Q. I saw an ad in the newspaper for a new home subdivision. The builder was offering buy-down loans as an incentive. What is a buy-down loan?
Acclaimed chef Hubert Keller will film a cooking segment at Tuscan Cliffs custom-designed estate residences Tuesday and Wednesday. Filming will take place at the Tuscan Cliffs model homes and will be free and open to the public.
Solamar, a Pardee Homes LivingSmart community in northwestern Las Vegas, was a showcase for energy efficiency during the fact-finding tour recently conducted by the Nevada Senate Committee on Energy, Infrastructure and Transportation, which is seeking to expand the use of renewable energy in the state.
It is a weekday morning and 98-year-old George Dunn is busy exercising and carrying on his active lifestyle at the Cottages of Green Valley, an assisted living and memory care community at 2620 Robindale Road in the southeastern valley.
MacDonald Highlands is nestled into the McCullough mountain range with views of the Las Vegas Strip.
Since March, mortgage rates have held fairly steady. That streak didn’t end this week, when mortgage rates moved modestly in both directions.
Time is running out for you to tell your lawmakers just what you think of their proposed bills affecting homeowners associations throughout the state. You’ve got until June 1.
One way to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend is by climbing cargo nets, running through hay bale obstacles and crawling through a 40-foot- long mud pit at the inaugural Summerlin Mad Mud Run today at The Vistas Community Park, 11311 Alta Drive. Summerlin Mad Mud Run is about a 4-mile run that features boot-camp style obstacles. Awards will be presented to the top finishes in the individual and team divisions as well as the best crowd pleasing costume. The run begins at 8 a.m. Registration is $60.
It’s no surprise that Western junior Tiarra Tyler is again a standout performer at the girls state track championships.
A former colleague had this adage by which he would define our profession.
It was the fastest 100-meter dash ever run in a high school race in Nevada.
Oliver McCall’s return to boxing was a success, but it cost him a few bucks.
Scott Coolbaugh thinks about his late brother every day, especially when he puts on his batting helmet to coach first base for the Oklahoma City RedHawks.
Michael Wallace’s grand slam didn’t help The Meadows win its first game of the Class 2A state baseball tournament, but it still might have saved the Mustangs’ season.
Northern Nevada schools have been dominant in swimming, winning 29 of a possible 40 team championships since 1989 and claiming at least one of the two team titles every year since 1991.
Faith Lutheran senior Alex Barnes fondly remembers winning the Class 3A state baseball title in 2007, and now he wants his younger teammates to join the club.
With history in mind, Lake Mead baseball coach Doug Johnson warned his players to expect a wild game against Indian Springs on Friday.
Bishop Gorman’s Stephen Manthei couldn’t match teammate Jeff Malm’s 15-strikeout performance from Thursday. But the senior right-hander was plenty good Friday, throwing five shutout innings to help the Gaels to an 8-0 win over Douglas in the Class 4A state baseball tournament at the College of Southern Nevada.
Rashad Evans hopes to pick up a few extra bucks while he’s in Las Vegas, on top of the purse he’ll collect for fighting Lyoto Machida.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, in an effort to give its readers everything they could need to know about the Cleveland Cavaliers, offers on its Web site a “LeBron James Statistical Bible” and a Cavaliers “Salary Machine.”