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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Fall season is here, although the weather in the Brazos Valley may not reflect it yet. College Station interior designers say you can achieve a crisp fall vibe even in your own home.Interior designer Nikki Fort, founder and designer of Adele Interiors, joined BVTM on Monday to share how to bring fall into your home on the cheap. Fort’s first advice is to evaluate what you already have, as you may be able to incorporate heirloom and seasonal items into your home. Then you can purchase accessories to add a seasonal pop to your space.Fort…
A skeleton Halloween decoration transformed into a clicker from The Last of Us. (Photo by Gwen Sour) A Cordyceps fungus sculpture that turns a Halloween skeleton into a clicker from The Last of Us. (Photo by Gwen Sower) A skeleton Halloween decoration transformed into a clicker from The Last of Us. (Photo by Gwen Sower)As the season approaches, so do Halloween decorations, costumes, and treats. Creating decorations and costumes can cut down on costs, especially as Halloween approaches. The advantage of DIY projects is that they are also environmentally friendly. There are many options for DIY decoration. While using existing…
When I imagined owning my own home, I knew I wanted to be the kind of person who makes DIY room sprays. I put off trying it because I was worried about the cost, time, and skills required.But now autumn is approaching. I wasn’t going to let another cozy season go by without knowing how to make my room smell nice with my own room spray. I took a leap of faith and tried out three DIY room spray recipes.I researched simple ones, put my own spin on each one, and incorporated some of my favorite fall scents. I was…
1pumpkin scarecrow Taco Gym // Getty ImagesScarecrows and pumpkins make great outdoor fall decorations on their own. Pair this all together and you’ll definitely feel the festive fall vibe. Instead of using a burlap bag or cloth for the scarecrow’s head, paint a whimsical or funny face on a pumpkin and use it as the scarecrow’s head. 2driftwood scarecrow Maintain manufacturing habitsFor a scarecrow that goes against the grain, use driftwood of different sizes to create an abstract scarecrow! Paint the plaid “body” pieces of driftwood for the scarecrow costume and attach hot glue straws to the headpiece. Next, attach…
Russia’s fight against the West and its values this week takes aim at an “ideology” that the Kremlin and its allies say threatens the very foundations of the country: that people don’t want to have children.Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said in a Telegram post on Tuesday that lawmakers proposed banning “propaganda about the conscious refusal to have children.” He said there was.It is the latest effort by authorities to counter demographic distortions caused by falling birth rates, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin claims could threaten the country’s long-term prospects. There…
Karnak standing stones photographed in 2019 (Photo: Damien MEYER/AFP)Some of the ancient Neolithic stones, older than Stonehenge, have been demolished to make way for DIY stores. The decision sparked outrage at the site of Carnac in France’s Brittany region, well known for its vast fields of Neolithic stones known as “menhirs”. The stone is quite large, about 3 feet (1 meter) tall, and has been carbon dated to between 5,480 and 5,320 BC, making it older than Stonehenge. . CNN reported that Mayor Olivier Lepic claimed that excavations carried out last June found the site to be of “low archaeological…
A comical video of a millennial daughter teaching her baby boomer mother how to raise a child today has struck a chord with parents and grandparents. The ironic video has been viewed more than 21 million times since it was posted on Wednesday, and that number continues to grow. Comedian and author Taylor Wolfe, whose Instagram account is @thedailytay, plays the role of a millennial mother in the video, while her mother Sandy plays the role of a baby boomer grandmother. In it, Wolfe described a mother who said seemingly innocuous words to her granddaughter, such as “be careful,” “stop…
Monet Hambrick, an avid traveler, chronicles her family’s vacations on her blog, The Traveling Child. Her children, Jordyn, 10, and Kennedy, 8, have done activities like hang gliding, which she is terrified of. She has been attacked online. She lets them do it, but she believes fear is being taught. Thank you for registering! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed on the go. Download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our settings page or by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom…
Date and time: Thursday, September 26, 2024Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON – The Departments of the Interior and Justice on Thursday convened a roundtable discussion with Native American representatives, advocates, media personnel, and survivors to discuss media coverage of the missing and murdered Native American crisis. We talked about how we could improve. MMIP) and human trafficking (HT). This virtual roundtable was organized as part of the federal government’s response to the recommendations of the Invisible Law Commission. The Invisible Act Commission is a federal advisory committee established in November 2023 under the Invisible Act of 2019 to recommend strategies to combat…
“I don’t like to follow rules when it comes to styling,” says interior stylist and former magazine editor Mieke ten Have. Her new book, Interiors Styled by Mieke Ten Have, features many of her gorgeously patterned interiors. (including her own sophisticated but rustic 18th-century barn in Dutchess County, New York) and opens next week. “But,” she continues, “I personally tuck away lighter fabrics like block-printed cottons, linens, and pale colors, and opt for richer, darker, more textured fabrics in the fall.” She points to jacquard blankets and richly embroidered suzani as alternative textiles as the leaves begin to turn. “The…