YOUR PLACE AT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.It definitely is a case of home for the holidays this season. And it goes beyond just visions of sugarplums when today's do-it-yourselfers shop for their future home. There's nothing wrong with a welcome mat or a new lampshade, but the home industry is packed with gift ideas this year, from the sensible to the zany, from the inexpensive to the outrageous. Accessories: Home decoratives is the top-selling segment in the giftware industry, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Unity Marketing. It reported the fastest-growing categories in the home accessories segment are frames; tabletop gifts; vases, urns, pots; and decorative boxes
Many decorative boxes are used as wedding favors and for promotional packaging. [Bayley's Boxes, Inc. and tins. At Target, candle sales are very strong, especially the festive gold ones with flecks of silver. Tabletop linens also are selling well. Other candles for the holidays include red-and-white-striped candy cane candles ranging from oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. pillar ones to the 2-inch floating kind. They also can be found masked as generous slices of German chocolate cake The German Chocolate Cake is a layered chocolate-buttermilk cake filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting. History This cake was not actually invented by Germans. The original recipe was sent by a homemaker in Dallas in 1957 to a newspaper in Texas. (but they smell so real!); in glass mason jars; in decorative tins; and one of the newest looks is the candle garden, usually featuring a variety of sizes, rocks and a special display plate and stand. Strouds has a metal candleholder can·dle·hold·er n. A candlestick. featuring five pinecone-like candles for $40. < Tools: A recent survey by Yankelovich Partners and the Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box found that more women today would rather paint the walls than stroll the malls. They want to paint, wallpaper and garden on their own. To help, Home Depot has ``Decorating 1-2-3,'' for only $20. The 416-page book has step-by-step illustrations and instructions for 140 decorating projects. Another idea from Home Depot for the handyman in your life is the Black and Decker MS500K Mouse Sander/polisher. For about $50, you'll get a sander/polisher that includes 23 accessories and a storage case. He can sand around tight corners, polish brass lamps or even scrub tile with it. - Suzanne Sproul WHAT'S NEW LORD WEDGWOOD IN TOWN: For 240 years Wedgwood has been making those elegant blue and white plates to hang on the wall, but the British ceramics company has new designs and even new colors. To hear about what's new with Wedgwood, its international ambassador Lord Piers Anthony Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) is an American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is most famous for his long-running series set in the fictional realm of Xanth. Weymouth Wedgwood will meet shoppers and sign purchases on Wednesday at Macy's, 401 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena. The store also will feature Britannia Triumphant, a limited-edition piece retailing for $17,500 that is modeled after an 1800 statue celebrating British naval victories. Also on display will be several pieces of the company's 2000 Prestige Collection, including a reproduction of a Montieth bowl, originally used to cool the bowls of wine glasses, a Michelangelo bowl produced in basalt basalt (bəsôlt`, băs`ôlt), fine-grained rock of volcanic origin, dark gray, dark green, brown, reddish, or black in color. Basalt is an igneous rock, i.e., one that has congealed from a molten state. and blue jasper with figures copied from a candelabra at Saint Peter's Basilica Saint Peter's Basilica Present church of St. Peter's in Rome, begun by Pope Julius II in 1506 and completed in 1615. It is the church of the popes and one of the world's largest churches. It was built to replace Old St. at the Vatican, and a tricolor tricolor describes a coat color of dogs and cats which has orange and black patches (similar to the tortoiseshell) but has in addition patches of white hair; see tortoiseshell. octagon tea set. - Barbara De Witt ART BEAT CRAFTSMEN HIGHLIGHTED: Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something really different for your home like a colorful handmade glass sink or sconce like those seen in ``Star Trek'' movies or in the bathroom of that edgy West Hollywood restaurant Jozu? They're the work of Venice Beach artist Michael Murphy, a former Hollywood lighting technician, who took a class on bending glass that changed his life. Now a full-time glass artist known for starbursts of color inside melted glass, he'll show you how he does it at 7:30 p.m. Monday on ``Modern Masters,'' the newest HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television series for home decor fans. If you want a really close-up look at his work, it's available locally at Ferguson Bath Gallery in North Hollywood, where sconces are priced at $150 and up, and sinks start at $800. Other craftsmen to be featured on the weekly half-hour series include blacksmith Mike Sebacher of Georgia, who demonstrates how to make a Victorian headboard, and woodworker Craig Lindquist of Las Vegas, who shows how to create exotic veneers. - B.D. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- 3) Gifts for the home are available from Target, such as tablecloths, pot holders and napkins, above left; candles, like this one, in a brass holder decorated with stars, above right; and this holiday nutcracker, left, dated for Christmas 2000. (4) no caption (Britannia Triumphant) (5) MURPHY |
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