YOUR PLACE.Byline: - Simone Schramm HOW OLD IS YOUR ANTIQUE?: Antique collectors can now easily answer the one question they have when examining a particular piece: ``Am I sure of when this was made?'' With ``John Bly's Antiques Masterclass'' (Octopus Publishing Ltd.; $40) readers will get an accurate idea of when their antique finds were really made as well as a better understanding of the antique world in general. John Bly John Bly is an antiques dealer, author, after-dinner speaker and broadcaster who is best known from the BBC Antiques Roadshow (UK). His career began with Sotheby's, where he worked for four years before joining his family business in Tring (John Bly Antiques, started by John Bly's is known for his appearances on the BBC's ``Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow is a British human interest television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom and appraise antiques brought in by local residents. It has been running since 1979. .'' The book features a detailed and in-depth account of the history of assorted items, from armoires to vases, with illustrative sidebars that highlight particularly important years, items and places. It contains approximately 400 full-color photos tied to a particular topic ranging from Renaissance tapestries to wood-paneled interiors from the Elizabethan era. Available at www.amazon.com and bookstores nationwide. TURN YOUR JUNK INTO FUNK: The DIY Network The DIY Network is a channel owned by Scripps Howard which focuses on do it yourself projects at home. Television stations air local versions with local hosts with segments produced by the network. will launch a new series titled ``From Junky to Funky,'' in which designers will recycle junk into funky, innovative and creative items for your home. Hosts David Beaupre, Michael Spatafora and Samantha Gleisten will transform thrift-store cast-offs into unique items that will distinguish your space from the Joneses. Junky to Funky projects will include making a room divider divider See European currency quotation. out of a parachute, planting some flowers in an old halogen lamp halogen lamp or tungsten-halogen lamp Incandescent lamp with a quartz bulb and a gas filling that includes a halogen. It gives brilliant light from a compact unit. and converting an old claw-foot bathtub into a sofa. The show will also offer back-to-school ideas to show students how to turn junk hand-me-downs into cool stuff for the dorm. The show premieres at 9 p.m. Monday on the DIY Network. www.diynetwork.com. UNDER THE SPELL OF SOUTHERN GARDENS: Have a monthly look at colorful and show-stopping photos of gardens below the Mason-Dixon Line Mason-Dixon Line, boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland (running between lat. 39°43'26.3"N and lat. 39°43'17.6"N), surveyed by the English team of Charles Mason, a mathematician and astronomer, and Jeremiah Dixon, a mathematician and land surveyor, in the ``Gardens of the South'' 2006 calendar (Algonquin Books; $11.95). It includes a look at the 60-acre cypress-and-tupelo swamp of Magnolia Plantation Gardens in Charleston, S.C., and the elegant ``garden rooms'' of Virginia's Glen Burnie Estate, which showcase a collection of 18th- and 19th-century statues. Each month has detailed information about the featured garden and includes quotations from Eudora Welty Noun 1. Eudora Welty - United States writer about rural southern life (1909-2001) Welty , Truman Capote, Jan Karon and others. Available at www.algonquin.com, www.amazon.com and bookstores nationwide. KID GLOVES kid gloves Noun, pl handle someone with kid gloves to treat someone with great tact in order not to upset them kid gloves npl to treat sb with kid gloves → ARE ON: Kids who love watching Dora the Explorer Dora the Explorer is an animated television series that is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network. A pilot episode for the series aired in 1999, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. teach them about counting, speaking Spanish and even gardening can have fun gardening with the Dora the Explorer Kids Canvas Garden Gloves, which are made of soft, textured, cotton canvas. The gloves come in pale yellow with lavender cuffs, feature a colorful Dora graphic design and are sized to fit little hands. The suggested retail price is $4.99. Available at stores associated with Do-It-Best and True Value Hardware. For more information, call Woodson Supply Direct at (800) 689-9164 or visit www.midwestglove.com. DISCOVER YOUR ANCESTRY: MyFamily.com and Encore have launched four versions of ``Family Tree Maker 2006,'' the latest edition of software that makes it even easier to explore your genealogy genealogy (jē'nēŏl`əjē, –ăl`–, jĕ–), the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. . The new versions allow you to build a family tree in minutes, search more than 5 billion records, create customized reports, charts and templates, and create heirloom-quality scrapbooks and easy-to-navigate Web pages to share with your friends and family. The deluxe edition includes a one-year subscription to Ancestry.com, genealogy consultation, official training DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , Family Tree Workbook and a reference library. Suggested retail prices are: $29.99 for the Essentials edition, $49.99 for the Standard edition, $69.99 for the Deluxe edition and $99.99 for the Collectors edition. Available at www.ancestry.com, www.amazon.com and software stores nationwide. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (book: ``John Bly's Antiques Masterclass'') (2 -- color) no caption (``Gardens of the South'') (3 -- color) no caption (``Family Tree Maker'') (4 -- color) no caption (``From Junky to Funky'') (5 -- color) no caption (Dora the Explorer Kids Canvas Garden Gloves) |
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