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HOME TRENDS
     M AG A Z I N E

                                     A sunny
                                       outlook              Let the light in
                                                           with a sunroom

Decor: Bandanas having a fashion moment // Gardening: Bee balm complements any flowerbed
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Fun in
  the sun
Tips for a safer summer at the pool
                                           STORY BY STATEPOINT | PHOTO FROM ADOBE STOCK

         As summer approaches, pools are great        pools. Luckily, building codes and stan-     a week (May 17-23) during its annual
      for play, exercise and therapy. However,        dards can help.                              Building Safety Month to the topic. To
      it is critical that while enjoying ourselves,      “Building codes are life savers and as    ensure individuals are having safe pool
      we take appropriate safety precautions.         the leading building codes and standards     fun, the Code Council shares the follow-
         According to the U.S. Consumer Prod-         developer, we are accounting for every       ing tips:
      uct Safety Commission, more than 275            facet of the home, which includes specific      “With the weather warming and fami-
      children nationwide under the age of 5          provisions to make pools and spas safer,”    lies spending more time at home, a pool
      drown in swimming pools annually, and           says Dominic Sims, CEO of the Interna-       offers hours of fun for everyone,” says
      more than 4,100 children receive medical        tional Code Council.                         Sims. “In addition to adult supervision,
      treatment for pool-related accidents,              Emphasizing the importance of water       safety code compliance helps ensure a
      the majority of which occur in backyard         safety, the Code Council has dedicated       safer, more enjoyable pool experience.”

Install fences and protective gates                                         Be code-compliant with drain covers and grates
To ensure the pool area is inaccessible to unauthorized swim-               To help identify compliance with current standards, all pool
mers and children when there is no supervisor, install a fence at           and hot tub drains must have a cover or grate marked with the
least 4-feet high around pool and spa areas with a self-closing,            appropriate product marking, including the service life in years
self-latching gate or door. Move all chairs, tables, large toys or          and an information label that is provided to the pool owner.
other objects away from the perimeter that would allow a child              Not having a compliant cover could result in some part of a
to climb up to reach the gate latch or enable someone to climb              swimmer’s body being entrapped in the drain — a dangerous
over the fence.                                                             situation that could result in injury or drowning. If a cover is
Keep safety devices nearby                                                  broken, missing or noncompliant, the pool should be closed
Always keep basic lifesaving equipment handy (pole, rope and                immediately, and a replacement should be performed by pool
personal flotation devices) and know how to use them. These                 professionals.
aids should be kept on both sides of the pool and should remain
                                                                            Ensure an existing pool has safe suction outlets
stationary — not be misplaced through play activities.
                                                                            Pools and spas with a single drain — other than an unblockable
Install alarms                                                              outlet — must have a certified blockable suction outlet and one
Install alarms on all doors and windows to detect unauthorized              of the following: a safety vacuum release system; a suction-lim-
access from the home into the pool area. You can also install a             iting vent system; a gravity drainage system; or other safety
pool alarm to detect accidental or unauthorized entrance into               features that comply with industry standards.
the water. While the alarm provides an immediate warning, it is
not a substitute for the barrier fences, door and window alarms,            Secure the proper permits for a pool installation
or safety covers.                                                           If you’re installing a pool, it will be important to contact your
                                                                            local building department first to determine what permits are
Remember safety covers
                                                                            needed and what requirements you must follow.
Install an approved safety cover on any pool. For the safety of
all individuals, do not allow anyone to stand or play on it.
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dressing
Blinds can

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change the
room
STORY BY MENARDS
PHOTO FROM ADOBE STOCK

Installing window blinds is one of the best
ways to instantly change the look and feel
of a room in your home. There are several
reasons to install blinds instead of other
options such as curtains.
Easy to take care of
   One of the best things about window
blinds is they are really easy to take care of.
   Most blinds just require a damp cloth on
occasion to remove the dust. Compared
to curtains that require extensive mainte-
nance, blinds seem to be a more convenient
option, long-lasting and only need to be
replaced when you make the decision to
do so.
A number of styles to pick from
   Window blinds come in a wide variety of
designs, styles and colors, allowing you to
create the perfect look for any room in your
house, including your kitchen, bathroom,
living room, rec room or cabin. Cordless
blinds emphasize safety and convenience,
vertical blinds have been used for years in
living rooms and for patio doors and mini-
blinds have all sorts of uses.
                                                  ment a room’s décor is an important       that enters a room, yet still provides
Controls amount of light in a room
                                                  part of the process. Matching the fab-    the privacy that you desire.
   Is your room too bright? Window blinds
                                                  ric of your furniture or using wooden       Regardless the type of rooms
allow you to take control of the amount
                                                  blinds with wooden furniture might        you have in your home, blinds can
of light you allow into your room. Tightly
                                                  be a great option. If you’re looking to   become a unique feature that adds
fitted slats can literally eliminate light
                                                  keep the cost down, plastic, bamboo       style to the room. Available in all
altogether in a bedroom or home theater
                                                  or aluminum blinds might make             sorts of price points, blinds can often
whereas other patterns might be best for
                                                  sense.                                    be cheaper than curtains, plus they
a living area. Blinds can also control the
                                                  Provides considerable privacy             come in a variety of materials, styles
amount of sunlight entering a room which
                                                    Blinds provide a certain amount         and colors to satisfy your prefer-
can be especially helpful in the warm, sum-
                                                  of privacy that curtains are unable to    ences. Any time is the right time
mer months.
                                                  provide. Top-down shades can also         to find the perfect blinds for your
Wide variety of materials
                                                  control the amount of natural light       home.
  Selecting the right material to comple-

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outdoor
                     living
                     Add some extra room with a
                     three-season porch, sunroom
                           STORY BY JENN WILLHITE | PHOTOS FROM ADOBE STOCK

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cally, an interior wall is removed to open the
                                                  space, allowing airflow from one room to
                                                  another. Windows bedeck three of the four
                                                  walls, allowing in as much light as possible.
                                                  Heating and cooling is not so much of an
                                                  issue as the ambient home temperature helps
                                                  keep the space on an even keel.
                                                     Three season rooms have windows on
                                                  three sides and don’t have artificial heating
                                                  and cooling. Separated from the home’s main
                                                  living area by an exterior door, small space
                                                  heaters or an independent unit designed for
                                                  heating and cooling are frequently used to
                                                  maintain a welcoming temperature.
                                                     “With a three season room, you will get
                                                  three seasons out of it,” says Mike Dukate,
                                                  owner of Dukate Fine Remodeling Inc., in
                                                  Franklin. “A sunroom, you put in all glass
                                                  and can sit there on the coldest day in the
                                                  winter and enjoy; then using a ceiling fan for
                                                  hot summer days.”
                                                     Part of the design process is to make sure
                                                  the placement of the addition optimizes
                                                  space as well as scenery, Gettum says. If you
                                                  are planning on spending a lot of time in the
                                                  new space, you may want to put it on the east
                                                  side of your home so you catch the morning
                                                  rays and shade in the evening.
                                                     Some homeowners want as much sunlight

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                                                  as possible in their sunroom. If you are
                                                  of like mind, you might consider adding
                                                  skylights, which are becoming increasingly
                                                  popular, Gettum says.
                                                     “It’s been pretty typical and is certainly an
Homeowners who want more outdoor living           option to be considered,” he says. “There is
space but don’t want to share the space with      no better time to put a sky light in a sunroom
mosquitoes and pests are looking at popular       as when you are building it, it’s always more
three season additions and sunrooms.              expensive to retrofit it later.”
   Jason Gettum, co-owner and vice presi-            Gettum does caution homeowners that
dent of Gettum Associates in Greenwood,           whatever additions are made should look
says right now, room additions are certainly      like they have always been there, not only for
popular. With so many people spending time        aesthetic purposes but also resale value.
at home, they want to revitalize their existing      “I think that is very important for protect-
indoor and outdoor spaces, he says.               ing the value of your house that it blends in
   So what type of space best suits one’s         to the existing structure,” Gettum says. “I
needs? It is best to start with the basics.       would also say, the big thing is not over im-
   Sunrooms are added onto a home as an           proving your home for your neighborhood.
addition to the indoor living space. Typi-        You are making an improvement for the

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quality of your life, and I think that is the most
important thing.”
   People make additions to their homes like this
because they want to feel like they are outside
without being outside and that is the beauty of a
sunroom, he adds.
   Another option is an aluminum room, Dukate
says, which are straight forward. There is no
design to it, and pricing is done on the spot.
   Covered and screened-in porches are another
option. Like room additions, these enclosed
spaces keep out mosquitoes. Ceiling fans are
handy for covered porches as they not only offer
airflow, but also help usher stray mosquitoes
away, says Ron Rose, owner at Indiana Reality
Pros in Greenwood.
   “If the porch is facing the right direction and
the evening sun has already gone overhead, you
have a nice place to enjoy the outdoors,” Rose
says.
   If you are considering adding a new space, it’s
important to get multiple bids from experienced
professionals. Gettum encourages homeowners
to seek input from multiple contractors, but says
if there is a huge discrepancy in the bids, you had
better ask why.
   Also, be leery of bid prices that are based solely
on square footage. That approach does not work
in remodeling, he says.
   “I would use square footage pricing for budget
purposes only,” Gettum says. “It is not an accurate
way of pricing a project.”
   So is the cost worth the time and payoff even if
you may be selling your home in the near future?
   The short answer is yes.
   Sunrooms and three season rooms offer
additional square footage for the home, Rose
says. And, right now, the home buying market is
struggling with inventory, he adds.
   “There is nothing to buy right now,” Rose says.
“Being picky is not the buyers out there right now.
People are focused on their needs list right now.”
   Those who opt for an addition should antici-
pate some upkeep, Dukate says. There is no such
thing as “no maintenance.”
   If you opt for an aluminum addition, there
should be nothing to paint. However, periodic
inspections are a good thing.
   Additions that are built onto the existing struc-
ture that have siding, soffits and the like will have
to be painted every so often, Dukate says.
   He said his clients are usually happy with their
choice to expand their outdoor living space.
   “You either put a room on and you enclose it so
much it’s just another room or you create a three
season room so you enjoy the outdoors,” Dukate
says. “I’ve had clients tell me when they put that
room on they just end up living out there.”

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                                                                   lady

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Monarda, or bee balm, a fragrant, showy addition to your garden
                        STORY BY NORMAN WINTER, TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE | PHOTO FROM ADOBE STOCK

 Stop the presses and throw all of            like all of the other monardas, the bee      and Leading Lady Orchid. If you look at
 your preconceived notions about the          balm plants bring in the bees, butterflies   the individual flowers, they just remind
 monarda or bee balm out the door.            and hummingbirds, and they have an           you of nature’s version of an exploding
 I swear, I have had marigolds taller         enticing fragrance. By enticing I mean       firework. I am growing Leading Lady
 than these new monardas. I have more         they make you want to get up close           Plum in partnership with the gold-leafed
 flowers now on my monardas than I            and personal for a delightful olfactory      Sunshine caryopteris on one side, and
 normally get from an entire season’s         experience.                                  Rockin Golden Delicious salvia at the
 bloom. I am talking about the Leading           I was watching a video from Laura of      end. The leaves of each are stunning
 Lady series.                                 Garden Answer, and as she was planting       with the plum-colored blooms. I have
    First know that 2021 is the National      hers, she was touting these as incredible    Leading Lady Orchid partnered with
 Garden Bureau’s Year of the Monarda.         across the pH range. She is in Oregon        Evergold Carex, a grassy combination
 Whether you are talking Monarda              with a higher pH than I have here in         offering contrasting color and texture
 didyma, Monarda fistulosa or Monarda         west Georgia. The point here is everyone     and a yellow and red coreopsis on the
 punctata, they are all U.S. natives. That    can enjoy the Leading Lady monarda.          end.
 means these new hybrids coming to us            While Laura was giving her new               While I have been touting the Leading
 from Proven Winners are native DNA.          planting more sun in Oregon, I have          Lady series, know that the ‘Pardon My’
    My past monardas have been tall — I       mine planted in a morning sun and af-        series comes in four colors, plus two
 might say even a little gangly — by          ternoon shade in Georgia. Even though        more next year. This group starts their
 midseason, blooms here and there,            it is May, we have already had some          bloom a little later, but they’re also
 yet I was still in love with them. Never     sweltering days, which unfortunately         compact, reaching only 18 inches tall.
 in my wildest dreams did I conceive          may be a predictor of what’s around          By combining some of each, you are
 of monarda that would be 14 inches           the corner. Leading Lady needs fertile,      guaranteed to have a maximum season
 tall with a 28-inch spread. Never did I      well-drained soil to be happy. Maximum       of blooms.
 think we would have a monarda that           flower production and performance will
 you would use in front of the border in      be achieved if you can maintain moist
 combinations.                                soil. Drying out to the wilting point will     Norman Winter, horticulturist, garden
    There are currently three colors in the   cost you some blooms and leaves. They        speaker and author of, “Tough-as-Nails
 Leading Lady group, Lilac, Orchid and        are perennial over a huge geographic         Flowers for the South” and “Captivating
 Plum. Next year we’ll see the addition of    area, zones 4-9. On the other hand, you      Combinations: Color and Style in the
 Amethyst, Pink and Razzberry, which          might expect that with native DNA.           Garden.” Follow him on Facebook @
 I can’t wait to get my hands on. Just           I am growing Leading Lady Plum            NormanWinterTheGardenGuy.

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When life hands you lemons ...

… here’s what you can do with them
                           TOM SZAROLETA, THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION | PHOTO FROM ADOBE STOCK

     When I planted a lemon tree in my yard a decade ago, it           bread, lemon-marinated chicken and gallons of lemonade. A
   seemed like a great idea. Eventually, I figured, I’d have all the   bunch of it was frozen, and I was still dropping lemon ice cubes
   lemons I could handle.                                              in my tea glass well into summer.
     And how.                                                             But you can get a lot of juice out of a bucketful of Meyer lem-
     After several years of modest harvest, the tree exploded last     ons. Two dozen lemons produced nearly a gallon of juice, and a
   year. This season, there are at least 50 lemons on it — and these   quick perusal of some cookbooks found very few recipes calling
   are Meyer lemons, sweeter than grocery store lemons and nearly      for more than a few tablespoons of the stuff. So, what to do with
   the size of grapefruits.                                            it?
     Last year, I juiced the entire crop. I made lemon-poppy seed         Here are some suggestions:

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— Clean your microwave: Put sliced lemons in a bowl and micro-
wave it for five minutes. You should be able to wipe the inside
of the microwave clean afterward, and be left with a lemony-
fresh scent.
— Add some shine to your hair: Add juice of one lemon to
an 8-ounce glass of warm water, then use it to rinse your
hair after shampooing to add a shine. But be careful
— too much lemon juice and not enough water will
lighten already light hair and add an orange tinge to
darker hair.
— De-stink your house: Throw a few lemon peels
into the sink, then flip the switch to neutralize
odors. You can also clean wooden cutting boards
and utensils with lemon juice to reduce odors. Or
soak a sponge in lemon juice and put it in your
refrigerator for a few hours to absorb smells.
— Look younger: Mix a tablespoon of plain
yogurt, two tablespoons of ground oatmeal,
a teaspoon of turmeric and a teaspoon of
lemon juice, then apply to age spots for 30
minutes. Repeat weekly.
— Banish the scum: Cut a lemon in half and
dip it in kosher salt. Use it to scrub hard-wa-
ter stains a soap scum from your shower
door.
— Clean your cutting boards: White plastic
cutting boards look great — until someone
cuts carrots or strawberries on them. Scrub
your white plastic cutting board with half
a lemon, then set it out in the sun for a few
hours.
— Make “buttermilk”: Don’t you just hate it
when you’re halfway through a recipe and
find you don’t have any buttermilk? Mix one
tablespoon lemon juice into a cup of milk. The
acid in the lemon juice will cause the milk to
start to curdle after about five minutes, which
means it’s ready for you to make pancakes.
— Make your stainless steel sparkle: Mix the juice
from one or two lemons with four or five table-
spoons of hot water and use it to wipe down your
stainless steel appliances.
— Write secret letters: Remember that trick you
learned back in first grade where you write a note in
lemon juice then expose it to a heat source to reveal
the message? It still works. Use white paper and a mild
heat source — a lightbulb, a steamless iron or a candle —
for best results.
— Make a household cleaner: Fill a half-gallon container with
lemon peels, then top it off with white vinegar. Store in a cool,
dark place for two weeks, strain and you’ve got a grease-cutting
cleaner with some antibacterial properties.
— Make lemonade: You don’t really even need a recipe to make
lemonade. Just mix lemon juice, water and sugar until you find the
mix you like best. Note that Meyer lemons are sweeter than most, so
you might not need as much sugar as you think (straight-up Meyer
lemon juice is a little harsh, but it’s not bad when mixed with water
and no sweetener at all). Try agave syrup or honey instead of sugar,
or add a little mint.

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A little bit country

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                                        The bandana gets some new
                                           twists in home decor
                                                   BY KIM COOK, ASSOCIATED PRESS | PHOTOS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS

          If ever a 22-inch square of cotton could tell stories, it     stretch themselves with fresh takes, while preserving the in-
       would be the bandana.                                            tegrity of this timeless classic,” says Sarah Ward, senior vice
          This simple piece of cloth has swabbed the sweat off          president of brand marketing for Spoonflower, the digital
       the brows of sailors, farmers, miners, soldiers and              printing marketplace for indie designers.
       factory workers for generations. And you’d                                     She’s seeing artists using the motif on fabric,
       be hard-pressed to find a Western film                                             wallpaper, throw pillows, curtains and
       without a cowboy sporting some                                                        bedding.
       version of it.                                                                             Portland, Oregon-based illustrator
          Around midcentury, ban-                                                                Jeremiah Witting, for instance, has
       danas evolved from a strictly                                                               created a pattern he calls Western
       utilitarian item to a fashion                                                                 Paisley that’s offered on Spoon-
       statement. In recent years,                                                                   flower as yardage fabric, in a rich
       rappers and other celebrities                                                                  red.
       including Rihanna, Christina                                                                      Denise Tolman of Fort Worth
       Aguilera and Hailey Bieber                                                                     embraces her Texan and Amer-
       have rocked bandana fashion.                                                                   ican Cherokee heritage in her
       Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent,                                                                 Fabric Is My Name studio on the
       Coach and Japanese designer                                                                  site, with white on denim blue
       Hidaeki Shikama have employed                                                              and white on black bandana-print
       the motif in collections.                                                                fabrics.
          And as is often the case with fash-                                                   And Max Humphrey, a designer in
       ion trends, bandana prints have gravi-                                              Portland, Oregon, transitioned to design
       tated from the wardrobe to the rest of the                                     from the film and music industries several years
       home. These days, they fit comfortably in many                         ago and describes his aesthetic as “cowboy high style.”
       décor styles, including farmhouse, vintage and cottagecore.      He goes for an easy, welcoming vibe with spaces filled with
          “The versatility of the (bandana) trend allows designers to   vintage collectibles and eclectic furnishings. His latest proj-

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ect is a book, “Modern Americana” (Gibbs Smith, 2021), with a whole
chapter on bandanas.
   “I’m always collecting something — panoramic military photos,
milk-glass chickens, Hudson’s Bay blankets, paint-by-number art, and
most recently bandanas,” he says. “I like that there are so many styles
and colors. As a collector, it’s obvious that older, rarer ones are more
special and pop up less if you’re out thrifting. Bandanas are having a
fashion moment, but that’s been true of most decades across pop cul-
ture, from bikers in the ‘70s to Tupac in the ’90s. Interior design tends
to take cues from high fashion, which borrows from street style.”
   Humphrey has turned pieces from his bandana collection into
pillows, tablecloths and napkins. And he recently found another use
for them.
   “I was working with a client who said it would be cool to have a
bandana print for a room we wanted to wallpaper.”
   Humphrey “collaborated with a graphic designer to take bits and
pieces from my own vintage bandanas” and found a printer to manu-
facture it. He now offers the paper on his website.
   “Bandanas can be incorporated into any interior decor style,” he
says. “They fit right in with my Americana rooms, but they can go
boho, hippy, preppy, country or rustic.”
   The Bandana Blanket Company has ash wood round and rectangu-
lar coffee tables with bandana print tops, in a range of colors. There
are area rugs, throw blankets, dining chair slipcovers and shower
curtains, too.                                                              Top: Portland Oregon-based interior designer Max Humphrey’s room with a
   Zazzle has melamine plates, ceramic mugs, wall clocks, and ceiling       wallpaper design inspired by bandanas.
                                                                            Left: Zazzle wall clock that features a bandana print. Zazzle has melamine
and table lamps featuring the bandana paisley motif, in vibrant hues
                                                                            plates, ceramic mugs, and ceiling and table lamps featuring the bandana
of red, blue, purple, turquoise, green or gold.                             paisley motif, in vibrant hues of red, blue, purple, turquoise, green or gold.
   Kiriko Made, a Portland company that uses Japanese textiles, makes       Above: A Zazzle lamp with a shade that features a bandana paisley motif. The
bandanas with evocative prints drawn from traditional Japanese pat-         lamp also comes in blue, purple, turquoise, green or gold.
terns like arrows, pine needles, cherry blossoms, wind and waves.                                                                 — Associated Press photos

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New to plant parenting?
                   Here’s what you need to know
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  to start houseplant collections. In fact, over   great life for your plants. Explore the wealth   pet-friendly options.
  the past year, searches including “indoor        of care instructions and guides online           Not-so-green thumb
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  spiked, as many set out to create beautiful,     and other necessary considerations. For          parenthood journey, avoid common
  calming sanctuaries at home and spruce up        busy plant parents or those looking to build     houseplant mistakes. When it comes to
  their Zoom backgrounds.                          collections in their office spaces, low-main-    indoor plant care, many problems stem
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     Houseplants are grounding, keep you           space is short on windows, seek out adapt-       much! Overwatering, over fertilizing and
  connected to the Earth and even help             able low-light plants that thrive outside of     over adjusting the plant’s location or pot
  reduce stress. Their care also provides an       direct sunlight, such as ivy or spider plants.   situation can all do more harm than good,
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  day. Plants make your world a happier place         If you’re already a pet parent, too, don’t    mind that many plants require less care and
  and add immeasurable value to everyday           worry! Many houseplants won’t pose any           attention during fall and winter months.
  life.                                            threats to the fur babies in your home.             Ready to test your green thumb and take
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  panding an ever-growing collection, learn        teria, haworthia, peperomia, nerve plants,       care tips and keep an eye out for its col-
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