YOUR PLACE.Byline: Jaime Spangrude Live the good life with the following items for your home: PERUVIAN POTTERY: Pier 1 Imports Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR) is a Fort Worth, Texas-based retailer specializing in imported home furnishings and decor, particularly furniture, table-top items, decorative accessories and seasonal decor. adds to its eclectic collection with handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft , hand-painted Chulacana Vases. First fired then hand-polished with river stones, the vases are smoked with mango leaves to create its glistening glis·ten intr.v. glis·tened, glis·ten·ing, glis·tens To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster. See Synonyms at flash. n. A sparkling, lustrous shine. resin finish. The vases are available at Pier 1 Imports stores for $12 to $40. BOWLED OVER: Get the latest in cooking tools with OXO's Good Grips Stainless Steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. Mixing Bowls. The exteriors of the bowls are covered in a nonslip non·slip adj. Designed to prevent or inhibit slipping: a bathtub with a nonslip surface. nonslip Adjective designed to prevent slipping: material and have a wide rim for a secure grip, while the interior retains temperature. The bowls are dishwasher safe and are available in 1 1/2-, 3- and 5-quart sizes ($14.99, $19.99, $24.99) and can be purchased at Bed Bath & Beyond, 6530 Canoga Ave., Canoga Park; (818) 340-8433. For more information, visit www.oxo.com. CREAM OF THE CROP: Home gardening leader W. Atlee Burpee Washington Atlee Burpee (1858–1915)—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania W. Atlee Burpee is most famous as the founder of the W. Atlee Burpee & Company, now more commonly known as Burpee Seeds. offers flowers year round in its new 2005 wall calendar, featuring vintage garden artwork from the company's 128-year-old collection. Calendar images include Burpee's Black Beauty Eggplant (1903), cherubs holding a platter of garden bounty (1901) and Burpee's Golden Bantam golden bantam n. A variety of corn having large, bright-yellow kernels on a relatively small ear. , the world's first sweet corn, (1926). The 2005 Burpee
The burpee is a calisthenic exercise performed to increase strength and explosiveness. calendar retails for $12.99 and is available at Calendar Club stores. LIVIN' LA DOLCE VITA: Frances Mayes' ``Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy'' is the perfect guide for those looking to enrich their life with Tuscan-style gardening, cooking, entertaining and home decor. The book boasts more than 100 fabulous illustrations taken during three seasons in Tuscany and California, 25 delicious recipes and valuable advice on everything from the basics of Italian cooking and what to grow in the garden to setting a Tuscan table and picking a Tuscan color palette (Broadway Books; $29.95). RADICAL RENOVATIONS: Home and Garden Television has a new series that spotlights home enthusiasts who devote their time to restoring unique old homes. Hosted by Gaard Swanson, ``Generation Renovation'' premieres at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Watch for the Nov. 24 episode, which showcases former ``Young and the Restless'' and ``Ryan's Hope'' soap star Michael Corbett's 1960s Hollywood Hills home, which was designed by UCLA's Dean of Architecture and is made mostly of glass. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1) no caption (House) (2) no caption (Chulacana Vases) (3) no caption (OXO'S Good Grips Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls) (4) no caption (Burpee 2005 wall calendar) (5) no caption (Book: Frances Mayes' ``Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Itally'') |
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