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Daily NewslettersAfter 56 years, Heidi Kersten will unplug her family’s assortment of life-size, homemade Christmas displays for the last time.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
After 56 years, Heidi Kersten will unplug her family’s assortment of life-size, homemade Christmas displays for the last time.
Interior designers can use symmetrical, asymmetrical or radial balance in configuring furniture within a room. They start with identifying the focal point in the room, typically a fireplace or artwork. This is the axis around which the room revolves.
Make an easy peace wreath by using evergreen twigs from your own yard.
Cedar Rapids man insists you can never have too much Christmas. This year’s decorations involve six Christmas trees, five rooms plus the entry and two to three weeks of working nonstop.
A number of our favorite houseplants are mildly to severely toxic to cats and dogs, so it’s smart to educate yourself and prevent if not a tragedy, a sick animal in pain.
Beth McDougall of Cedar Rapids loves to decorate for the holidays. Her knack for it turned into a business decorating for others.
The first frost is here so now is the time to act to save some of your favorite plants to enjoy indoors through the winter.
The old fire station at 1111 Third St. SE is starting a new chapter as an AirBNB rental after a storied history in the New Bohemia District.
Taken together, proportion and scale are one of seven design principles. Interior designers use these principles to develop a room.
There’s an old saying that beautiful lawns are made in the fall, and unlike some old sayings, this one is actually true.
The Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale, “Orchids are a Scream,” will return this year in conjunction with the Halloween holiday.
Get rid of dated honey-oak cabinetry with this easy do-it-yourself gel-stain project.
Like so many of the worst weeds, bindweed is allowed to gain a foothold in yards because it can be so pretty. A cousin of morning glory, bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is often called wild morning glory.
