Spring Lake Park City Council recognizes winners of first annual Christmas decorating contest
There is a story of joy and tradition to go along with each decorated home. The City of Spring Lake Park held its first annual holiday decorating and lighting contest the week of Dec. 14 and recognized the winners and honorable mentions at this week's council meeting.

What makes your Christmas special?
The Dahl Arts Center has been collecting lists of the little things that make Christmas special - whether it's decorating cookies, sipping hot chocolate or listening to Christmas music.

Holiday Home Decorating Committee makes its choices for 2008
As the commi ttee drove around Amityville looking at the decorated homes, they sighed, oohed and aahed, they said. "Homes were decorated with tiny white lights, tiny colored lightings and larger lights and spotlights? all providing an array of holiday feelings.

Trash can contest brings awareness to students
The Missouri Departments of Transportation and Conservation are sponsoring a trash can decorating contest for students in elementary school and middle school.

Tree decorating contest lights up the holidays for a good cause
Complete with trains, lights, feathers, hand-painted plastic cranberries and residents of Dr. Seuss?s Whoville, Entrance C at Kingwood Medical Center was decked out with holiday spirit and full of decorated trees.

Get creative in decorating without breaking bank
I always get a little blue this time of year. I refer to it as my post-holiday blues.

Shake Up Your Home; You'll Feel Better
My best decorating advice for the new year is not really very different from any other year: Decorate your home to feed your spirit.

Douglas Dispatch
Those who celebrate Christmas know that a Christmas tree is often the centerpiece to holiday decorating and celebrating. Presents are tucked beneath the bows, and for many it's a family affair choosing and decorating the tree.

Oh Baby! Expert Design Tips for the Little One's First Bedroom
(ARA) -Of all the tasks to complete during pregnancy, decorating the nursery may be the most fun. Now new parents can have designer access to the hottest trends and nursery design tips from the master of good design, Ty Pennington.

Top home-decorating trends for 2009
Remember flocked wallpaper? It's back. But it's not your mother's wallcovering. Nor is bamboo, which designers are using not just as environmentally friendly floor covering, but on walls, too.

REMOVING THE WREATHS
Argus-Press Photo by Anthony Cepak A worker takes down holiday garland and lights decorating Main Street in downtown Ovid Tuesday afternoon.

Midlands Technical College continuing education class schedule
The following continuing education classes are being offered at Midlands Technical College Inter ior Decorat ing, Beginning Harbison Campus, $179, class meets various times from January 12, 2009, to February 9, 2009. Fundamental theories of decorating are introduced enabling students to apply beginning skills.

Terra announces winter arts and crafts, hobbies schedule
Balloon sculpture, ceramics and cake decorating highlight the winter arts and crafts and hobbies schedules offered by the Kern Center for Community and Industrial Development at Terra Community College.

An arresting body of work
Kiwi bodypainter Joanne Gair has extended her body of work during a visit home from the bustle of decorating some of the world's most beautiful bodies.

Modern Furniture: Put Elegance In Your Home
Proper matching and designs will surely put elegance in your home, with modern furniture at the center of your room, decorating and matching would be easy and inexpensive. Usually decorating a home needs a lot of time and money to get the look and style that most people want.

Creating a mood for food in North East restaurants
THE design of a restaurant involves so much more than simply decorating and arranging the furniture.

Capturing a major award
The 120th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade is over. The flowers are beginning to dry out, the volunteers who spent so many hours decorating the La Cañada float are finally getting feeling back in their fingers and now it?s time to do it all over again.

Swapping Baking Stress for Sweet Success and Memories
Comments ( No comments posted. ) (ARA) - With the advent of the holiday season, spirited mothers everywhere are faced with a cornucopia of seasonal tasks, from shopping and wrapping to decorating and, perhaps the most time-intensive project of them all, holiday baking.

Online Journalism News
Sarah Warwick, former executive editor of Ideal Home, has decided to go freelance. Warwick welcomes commissions on decorating, shopping, and consumer features, she told Journalism.co.uk. She will also take on editing tasks.

Enjoy 'Show Stopping' Blooms All Season Long
(ARA) - Do you want gorgeous, giant blooms with lots of "boom color" right up until fall's first frost? Would you like bold blossoms of color cascading from hanging baskets, decorating garden beds and sizzling around a trellis?