YOUR PLACE.IN LOVE AGAIN: Call it a courting chair, settee, a causeuse, demi-sofa or simply a love seat. It's the smaller version of the traditional sofa that's making a fashionable comeback just in time for Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. . After a decade of 9-foot-long sofas with oversize 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. Adj. 1. cushions and playpen playpen - (IBM) A room where programmers work. Compare salt mines. styles, the dainty love seat for you and your honey has returned to the decorating scene, often used in pairs with a coffee table between. Furniture buffs might want to take note that the term settee was first introduced in the 1600s to refer to a decorative two-person seating arrangement without cushions. Then along came the slightly larger sofa (from the word ``sopha'') that was not only upholstered but noted as being more comfortable than a settee, according to Joseph Aronson's ``The Encyclopedia of Furniture (Crown; $30).'' - Barbara De Witt IGNITE ROMANCE: The soft glow of candlelight is definitely for lovers. As are wine, chocolate and flowers. So what could be more romantic than candle scents like merlot, chocolate truffle truffle (trŭf`əl) [Fr.], subterranean edible fungus that forms a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with the roots of certain trees and plants. The part of the fungus used as food is the ascoma, the fruiting body of the fungus. and wild rose. Colonial at Home offers four fragrances to toast by: merlot, chardonnay, white zinfandel and champagne. (No instruction was offered on pairing the wine candles with food.) The candles come in various sizes and are available at many Valley gift stores. Visit www.colonialathome.com or call (800) 343-4534 for a list of area retailers. If blooms or sweets are your Valentine's delight, Yankee Candle has chocolate truffle candles, as well as a garden of flower scents such as Roses of CliffWalk, Fresh Lilac and Lavender & Herb. There is a Yankee Candle location at Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. . - Daily News SLUMBER PARTY: Bedding has become a big deal and everybody's getting into the action. At Banana Republic, in addition to clothing, you'll find accessories for the home from bedding to glassware. New and nifty for spring are pale-striped sheet sets with linen pillow pillow shams in choice of key lime, cornflower cornflower, common herb (Centaurea cyanus) of the family Asteraceae (aster family). It is a garden flower in the United States but a weed in the grainfields of Europe. blue, khaki and fuchsia fuchsia: see evening primrose. fuchsia Any of about 100 species of flowering shrubs and trees in the genus Fuchsia (family Onagraceae), native to tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America and to New Zealand and Tahiti. , priced from $24 to $175. - B.D. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) no caption (furniture) (3) no caption (candle) (4) no caption (bedding) |
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