Wednesday, October 08, 2014
The Art of Wine and Beer Making ... In the Garage
F or most of us, the garage is where we store our car, old furniture and last year's holiday decorations. But a growing number of Lamorindans have found a much more pleasurable use for their garages: producing adult libations. There's even a word for this fun ...By Diane Claytor
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| Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Cynthia Brian's Gardening Guide for October
Fall is back! Our local trees are changing their coats from various colors of green to yellow, orange, red, gold, and brown. The weather is still warm during the day with cooler nights, offering gardeners the perfect opportunity to purchase and plant their favorite ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Stylish Solutions
Have you ever wondered how to integrate those fall colors into your d‚cor? With every season change, clients engage us to refresh what we call their design foundations - the larger more permanent portions of a room or space - with trend accessories, smaller items ...By Ann McDonald
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| Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Frank Lloyd Wright House in Orinda a Structural Symphony
I t is alchemy. It is water becoming wine. It is transcendence - that intense moment of mindfulness when you are one with all that is around you - and hear the whisper of something greater than yourself.
 By Laurie Snyder
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| Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Digging Deep-Gardening with Cynthia BrianHarvest Homecoming
Growing up on our Napa farm, I fondly remember the harvest festivals of September and October. Organized by the local volunteer fire department, farm bureau, or 4-H Club, once all the crops had been harvested, the hoes were put down. The men ignited the flames on the ...
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| Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Studious Feng Shui for Fall
For many of us, the beginning of school and the return of homework assignments reminds us of the importance of feng shui for the student study area or home office. Proper furniture placement, color choice and traffic flow are all factors conducive to fostering the ...By Michele Duffy
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| Wednesday, September 10, 2014
What to Do With All the Books?
Y ou've got to have it: That latest book, something from an interview on NPR, or Fox News, or the New York Times best-seller title that seems to resonate. You order it, or better, you end up buying it from an independent book-seller. Then what? If you're like most of ...By Chris Lavin
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Cynthia Brian's Gardening Guide for September
"Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall." ~ Source unknown
Summer is winding down and autumn is fast approaching. For gardeners, it's a time for deadheading our ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Stylish Solutions
Let's be honest, those slick advertisements showing us beautiful desks with neat rows of colored pencils, a hot cup of coffee and students happily working away on their homework and art projects for school gets us every time. Even as a professional designer who stages ...By Ann McDonald
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Green House Rises on Lafayette Hillside
Starting from scratch on a challenging acre-sized lot on the west side of Lafayette, Ed and Carolyn Milovic designed their new home for maximum energy efficiency and included durable, sustainable products in their 4 bedroom, 2,700 square foot home. It just makes sense ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Digging Deep-Gardening with Cynthia BrianRomancing the Stone
"When all the water has gone, only the largest stones will still remain in the riverbed." -African proverb
Fifty-eight percent of California is now experiencing exceptional drought ...By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, August 13, 2014
The Feng Shui of Front Entrances
With gardens in full bloom, late summer is a good time to step back and analyze the curb appeal of our homes, and the feng shui of the "power area" of the front entrance.
The front ...By Michele Duffy
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| Wednesday, August 13, 2014
High Tech Gadgets Help Seniors Stay Safe at Home
By all accounts Roger Pickering, 72, is an active senior who still lives on his own in the East Bay. But his son worries about his widowed father, although he lives just 10 minutes away in Lafayette. Is his father awake or asleep? Did he take his medication on time? ...By Cathy Dausman
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Cynthia Brian's Gardening Guide for August
"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but, it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." ~ Helen Keller
There are many ways to tackle a task.
By Cynthia Brian
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Stylish Solutions
How do we keep our peace on as the world seems to fall apart around us? Have you ever asked yourself that question? As designers, we are constantly challenged to create functional spaces for everyday living. The truth is, those spaces must bring us back to proverbial ...By Ann McDonald
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