YOUR PLACE LOOK WHAT'S NEW.PET PROTECTED: Sure, you love Daisy and Fido and King, but it does get a bit tiresome vacuuming all that pet hair. To make your pets feel welcome on the sofa and chairs, the Sure Fit slipcover company has a shed-free solution. When company's not coming, protect the furniture with Sure Fit's new Paws & Bones high-performance slipcover collection made of a heavyweight Microfiber mi·cro·fi·ber n. An extremely fine synthetic fiber that can be woven into textiles with the texture and drape of natural-fiber cloth but with enhanced washability, breathability, and water repellancy. fabric featuring a pattern of paw print and dog bones embossed em·boss tr.v. em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es 1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin. 2. on a velvety vel·vet·y adj. vel·vet·i·er, vel·vet·i·est 1. Suggestive of the texture of velvet; soft and smooth: velvety skin. 2. beige fabric. The chair cover is $99; love-seat covers are $129 and sofa covers are $159 at Bed, Bath & Beyond, Linens 'n' Things, and Target stores. - Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Dreamers, doers and do-it-yourselfers all want to feel their home is their castle and the safe haven 1. Designated area(s) to which noncombatants of the United States Government's responsibility and commercial vehicles and materiel may be evacuated during a domestic or other valid emergency. 2. , but Alexandra Stoddard believes everybody's got a different definition of home. In her latest book, ``Feeling at Home: Defining Who You Are and How You Want to Live'' (Quill; $18), she takes her readers on a self-exploration tour, filling their minds with comments and quotes from famous folks - such as Matisse, Rousseau, Gandhi and Emerson - before focusing on the practicalities of paint and decor choices. Stoddard, a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of interior designer who's written more than 20 books on the art of living, instructs us that when a house is well run, all our movements can be more graceful and pleasant - and that a home looks comfy when the sheets aren't too perfectly pressed. - B.D. WHITE GLOVE TEST: Young housewives used to live in fear of their Aunt Mildred or picky pick·y adj. pick·i·er, pick·i·est Informal Excessively meticulous; fussy. picky Adjective [pickier, pickiest] Brit, Austral & NZ mother-in-law running a gloved finger over their furniture in search of dust, but society's lightened up a bit. Nevertheless, dust matters to people with asthma and allergies. For them (and clean-freaks) is the new FilterStream DustTamer, the world's first vacuum-powered duster. It's a 31-inch telescoping dust wand with lamb's wool lamb's wool n. 1. Wool shorn from a lamb. 2. also lambs·wool A fabric or yarn made from this wool. lamb's wool lamb n → Lammwolle f instead of feathers that allows you to reach the top of draperies and ceiling fans. Once you've dusted the item, you place it in its rechargeable, portable, vacuum chamber with a HEPA HEPA abbr. 1. high-efficiency particulate air 2. high-efficiency particulate arresting filter to clean it and the air before moving on to the next dusty item. The FilterStream DustTamer is available at Sears, Home Depot and Ace Hardware for $49.99. - B.D. GROWING THINGS GARDEN HOPPING: Ever thought of hopping a fence to sneak a peek at a private garden? Although most don't advertise it, many of the nation's prettiest private gardens will open their gates to the public for a minimal fee. To learn which ones hold open house tours, check out the newest edition of ``The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Directory, (Harry Abrahms; $15.95)'' available in January at book stores everywhere. The directory includes descriptions of 400 private gardens in 26 states, including local gardens in Los Angeles and Pasadena, and the weekends the Admission is usually $5 and proceeds go to The Garden Conservancy, the only national nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to the preservation of gardens. For more information, call (888) 942-2442 or log on to www.gardenconservancy.org. - B.D. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Sure Fit's new Paws & Bones slipcovers) (2) no caption (``Feeling at Home: Defining Who You Are and How You Want to Live'') (3) no caption (FilterStream DustTamer) (4) no caption (``The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Directory'') |
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