BREAKING NEWS AT LEADERPOST.COM SECTION F SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012 HOMES Changing bulbs saves you money POSTMEDIA NEWS For some, fall is signified by autumn leaves, pumpkin spice lattes, and putting on your long boots. For designer Jillian Har- ris, it’s an opportunity to think about refreshing the lighting in your home to save both energy and mon- ey. Harris says many people don’t realize how much mon- ey they can save by switch- ing to Energy Star bulbs and fixtures. Compact fluores- cent lights (CFLs) and light emitting diode (LED) bulbs are just as bright as tradi- tional incandescent bulbs, but use approximately 75 per cent less energy. For in- stance, a CFL or LED bulb produces the luminosity of a 60 watt traditional bulb, while only using about 13 to 15 watts of power. That’s worth thinking about as the dark days of winter loom, says Harris. “It’s colder outside and darker earlier, so people start spending more time inside,” she points out. “It’s a perfect time to take a good look at your lights.” Harris recommends fol- lowing a plan to make sure you get the results you’re looking for. By that, she means considering every- thing from the shape of a light, to what its main pur- pose is in a room, and even what type of bulb you’re currently using. “These days, you can get Energy Star bulbs for pretty much every kind of fixture, and they come in a huge range of tones,” says Har- ris. “There’s pretty much no excuse for you not to be us- ing them.” It’s not as complicated as it may seem. Harris starts off by figuring out what size of fixture is needed, and where it should be lo- cated. If a room gets a lot of nat- ural light, it won’t require as many light sources. The natural light and paint colour used in the room will also affect whether the room feels warm — more yellow toned — or cool, with bluish light. Putting in “layers” of light allows you to change up the feel of a room and conserve energy. For instance, there’s no need to have a huge over- head chandelier blazing away in the bedroom when you could simply use a dim nightstand lamp to do a bit of reading before going to sleep. A dimmer switch — com- patible with almost all En- ergy Star bulbs — would al- so help with that scenario. Energy Star bulbs also last much longer, which means significant savings over their lifetime. Harris believes a lot could be done with those savings to spruce up your home. “Think about investing in some unique artwork, a vase that you love, or even just some fresh flowers — I love fresh flowers inside, be- cause it just adds that extra little touch. All of this just from switching over your bulbs.” Switch on efficient lighting in your home Postmedia News files Task lighting and dimmers are a great way to reduce power consumption and set the mood of any room. Energy Star lighting uses about 75 per cent less energy than standard bulbs. Presentation Centre Hours Fri. Sat. & Sun. By Appointment Presentation Centre Hours Fri. Sat. & Sun. By Appointment Presentation Centre Hours: Mon.-Fri. 12-6 Sat.-Sun. 12-5 Or by appointment WWW.CENTRESQUAREPLACE.COM Project Development Consultants: Hydeman Property Management Presentation Suite and Sales Centre 2139 Broad St. Regina, Sk. For more information call: (306) 565-2300 • Amenities: Rooftop patio and fitness centre, green roof, underground car and bike parking, amenity room • Bonus: 3 year tax exemption • Floors: 10 • Condos: 71 • 1 BR from 1017 sq. ft. • 2 BR from 1389 sq. ft. • Townhouses from 930 sq. ft. • Finishings: Hardwood floors, granite countertops, Stainless Steel appliances SOPHISTICATED. STYLISH. DISTINCTIVE. Visit harbourlanding.ca for more information | P: (306) 347-8130 Homes By Dundee 4707 Glass Street 347-8100 Artisan Design Build 4826 Upson Road 546-8030 Crawford Homes 4813 Upson Road 525-9801 Harmony Builders 4818 Upson Road 205-7313 Century West Homes 4810 Upson Road 522-1062 Janson Homes 4805 Upson Road 537-3200 Gilroy Homes 4802 Upson Road 789-6080 Homes by Deveraux 4606 Curtiss Avenue 522-5556 Varsity Homes 4717 Hames Crescent 525-2329 Pacesetter Homes 5264 Aerial Crescent 565-4663 Homes By Dundee 4413 Padwick Road 347-8100 North Ridge Dev. 4761 Padwick Ave 352-5900 Ripplinger Homes 4773 Padwick Ave 533-9698 (Closed Holidays) RGB/Oak Park Living 5110 Jim Cairns Road 586-9106 Daytona Homes 4773 James Hill Road 522-3210 Harmony Builders 4777 James Hill Road 205-7313 Showhome hours: Mon-Thurs: 7-9 pm Weekends & Holidays: 1-5 pm Open Showhomes to help navigate your choice! 1365 Ottawa St. 790-7771 “CUSTOM ORDER THE PERFECT SET” MIDI & REG31704150_1_1 REG31704145_1_1 REG34504779_1_1 REG31704152_1_1
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Section F Saturday, november 3, 2012
homesChanging
bulbs saves you moneyPoStmedia newS
For some, fall is signified by autumn leaves, pumpkin spice lattes, and putting on your long boots.
For designer Jillian Har-ris, it’s an opportunity to think about refreshing the lighting in your home to save both energy and mon-ey.
Harris says many people don’t realize how much mon-ey they can save by switch-ing to Energy Star bulbs and fixtures. Compact fluores-cent lights (CFLs) and light emitting diode (LED) bulbs are just as bright as tradi-tional incandescent bulbs, but use approximately 75 per cent less energy. For in-stance, a CFL or LED bulb produces the luminosity of a 60 watt traditional bulb, while only using about 13 to 15 watts of power.
That’s worth thinking about as the dark days of winter loom, says Harris.
“It’s colder outside and darker earlier, so people start spending more time inside,” she points out. “It’s a perfect time to take a good look at your lights.”
Harris recommends fol-lowing a plan to make sure you get the results you’re looking for. By that, she means considering every-thing from the shape of a light, to what its main pur-pose is in a room, and even what type of bulb you’re currently using.
“These days, you can get Energy Star bulbs for pretty much every kind of fixture, and they come in a huge range of tones,” says Har-ris. “There’s pretty much no excuse for you not to be us-ing them.”
It’s not as complicated as it may seem. Harris starts off by figuring out what size of fixture is needed, and where it should be lo-cated.
If a room gets a lot of nat-ural light, it won’t require as many light sources. The natural light and paint
colour used in the room will also affect whether the room feels warm — more yellow toned — or cool, with bluish light.
Putting in “layers” of light allows you to change up the feel of a room and conserve energy.
For instance, there’s no need to have a huge over-head chandelier blazing away in the bedroom when you could simply use a dim nightstand lamp to do a bit of reading before going to sleep.
A dimmer switch — com-patible with almost all En-ergy Star bulbs — would al-so help with that scenario.
Energy Star bulbs also last much longer, which means significant savings over their lifetime. Harris believes a lot could be done with those savings to spruce up your home.
“Think about investing in some unique artwork, a vase that you love, or even just some fresh flowers — I love fresh flowers inside, be-cause it just adds that extra little touch. All of this just from switching over your bulbs.”
Switch on efficient lighting in your home
Postmedia News files
task lighting and dimmers are a great way to reduce power consumption and set the mood of any room. energy Star lighting uses about 75 per cent less energy than standard bulbs.
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Well it seems the pre-budget debates are kicking up the same old issues again. More taxes, less taxes, new taxes, or no taxes, but don’t cut services and especially not those that cross my front door. Governments can’t do anything that will please everyone and it’s fair to concede that we shouldn’t expect them to try. All gov-ernments have the most dif-ficult of tasks and certainly can’t be expected to placate all comers.
Indeed, there are emerg-ing industries with fiscal capacity issues and there are new businesses in estab-lished industries like hous-ing, agriculture, mining and retail that will have their own challenges in building successful operations and facing all the challenges that
every other business must address. Is it the role of government to pick the win-ners and losers from among the dozens of industries or from among the thousands of businesses, or is it more sustainable to create a level playing field where busi-nesses all compete facing the same requirements, the same conditions and not unfair advantages provided from the tax base?
In Saskatchewan, we can now enjoy at least three years without the uncertainty mar-kets feel during election peri-ods. We have the chance to work together building the sustainable foundations crit-ical to continue to move the province forward as a leader in this country and a major factor on the world stage. We need all governments to confine their actions within the limits of their mandates, know their role and, most importantly, governments need to deliver on the basic core needs for which they were formed and for which we elect them.
We need to know the dif-ference between the choices and policy options, between the nice to have and the
need to have alternatives. Voters have been loud and clear on the priority issues in all of the recent elections. Whether federal, provincial or municipal it isn’t hard to find the common planks that prevailed within most platforms. Housing and infrastructure, health and education, roads, water and sewer systems among other critical amenities were in-vestments promised by the candidates and the govern-ments that seem to be get-ting the basics.
The newly elected mayor of Regina was clear in sup-porting not just a better road ahead for infrastructure funding models but more im-portantly was equally clear in advocating for collabora-tion and for a solutions-driv-en process that addresses access to housing and the availability and attainabil-ity of market rental and af-fordable ownership housing. It was also clearly pointed out that governments don’t build houses, hence the need to work with industry.
The returning mayor of Saskatoon has never let housing take a back seat on the issue list and as much as
we can take pride in many accomplishments they can’t rest now. The industry did achieve a level of serviced land to produce nearly 3,000 housing units in 2011 and will likely surpass that mark in 2012, but we all need to keep focused on the future. We asked for a commitment and a plan to ensure enough servicing for 10,000 units by 2015. Regrettably that level won’t satisfy the growing de-mand and we need to revisit the current plan. It is critical that supply meets demand if we want to manage housing issues and avoid shortages and affordability concerns.
Many communities have made a commitment to growth and understand that housing, like no other issue, is the single most important factor in building economic strength. There is no other issue save for a quality food supply that impacts the life of absolutely everyone in one way or another. Our pre-mier and the Ministry of So-cial Services and Saskatch-ewan Housing Corporation have both made repeated commitments and indeed investments in critical hous-ing infrastructure. The new
throne speech repeated and actually enhanced these commitments. The Sas-katchewan Growth Plan un-veiled during the premier’s State of the Province ad-dress last month set goals for investment and targets for growth, which are key to a successful plan.
We are on the right track. We need balanced budgets, we need debt reduction and we need balanced and stra-tegic investments in the core services that society expects from its govern-ments. Quality housing improves outcomes in edu-cation, improves the health of our families and is a key consideration of investors that make long-term deci-sions in our communities and our province. Invest-ments in housing and infra-structure, which are forever interconnected issues and key investments in educa-tion and health must be the priority concerns of all gov-ernments, and all govern-ments need to be at the table to avoid a housing crisis, find long-term solutions and build strong communities.
These issues I present here are about the basics of
a better life. It isn’t the role of government to pick win-ners and losers. It is the role of government to invest in health and education, to in-vest in infrastructure and quality water and sewer systems and particularly to encourage a strong housing industry that can meet the needs of a growing province and always be there for those who need our help the most.
Students and families are staying, people are com-ing from around the world, expats are coming back. There are critical and dif-ficult choices to make. Will we have an open-door policy or not enough doors to open? There are chal-lenges waiting for solutions and we need to stay on the right track: Building homes, building communities and building Saskatchewan.
Alan Thomarat is the president and CEO of the Canadian Home Builders’
Association — Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon & Region Home Builders Association. He also serves as a director on the national board of the Canadian Home Builders’ As-
sociation in Ottawa.
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Governments face critical and difficult choices
AlAN THOmARATCEO and President
Canadian Home Builders’ Association — Saskatchewan
I was driving the other day when I heard an ad on the radio about duct booster fans. I couldn’t help but laugh. On a recent job we did the homeowner was having trou-ble with their HVAC so they called us in. They’d had an HVAC techni-cian look at it. What was their so-lution? A duct booster fan. Did it work? No.
A duct booster fan — most peo-ple just call them booster fans — is a device that you can attach to your HVAC system’s ductwork. It’s sup-posed to increase airflow to rooms in your home that are far away from heating and cooling systems.
That’s why most technicians or homeowners will install them on long stretches of duct. So if you have a room in your house that’s always cold in winter and hot in summer the idea is that a booster fan can push air to that room.
The problem is when these de-vices are used to solve problems that an HVAC pro should solve. For example, let’s say your home’s ductwork or furnace is undersized, or your furnace needs to be re-placed or maybe flex line was used instead of proper HVAC ducts.
If an HVAC technician recom-mends a duct booster fan when you have major issues like these going on it’s a cop out. Some people try to save money this way — it’s cheaper than a new furnace. But that’s a mistake.
An HVAC pro should examine the entire system and find the defi-ciency. There could be a disconnec-tion somewhere in your ductwork. Or maybe the seams aren’t prop-erly sealed. It might be that it has nothing to do with your HVAC and actually with your insulation. The point is a booster fan isn’t a one-cure-fits-all solution.
Duct booster fans are consumer products — at least in my experi-ence. I don’t remember an HVAC professional using or recommend-ing a duct booster fan on any job on which I’ve worked. The only reason you would want to install a booster fan is because the furnace is not blowing air to a specified ar-
ea. But if you have a new furnace do you need to install a booster fan? No.
When is a booster fan a good so-lution? If you have a heating run that’s too long. Or if the exhaust venting for the drier needs to make a long stretch to the exterior. A booster fan will give you that extra push so the air can get to where it needs to go.
But if you want even distribu-tion of airflow throughout your en-tire home, then even distribution of ductwork is what helps. That’s basic and it makes sense.
Ducts are like the veins of your house. They feed warm and cool air to all the areas in your home. You can’t expect proper airflow to every room if there’s no way of it getting there efficiently.
I’ve seen too many homes with 80 per cent of the ductwork on just one side of the house. And then you wonder why some rooms are always cold. The problem isn’t air-flow. It’s the ductwork. And if that’s the problem, not even 10 booster fans will make a difference — just a lot of noise.
Booster fans are loud. They can sound like a jet engine is running in your basement. Some homeown-ers learn to cope with the noise. They’ll install the fan 20 feet from vents to minimize the sound from travelling. Other people can’t stand it.
Some people love booster fans. Others think they’re a waste of money. I think you have to be smart.
Booster fans are inexpensive. You can buy one for something like 60 or 70 bucks. I’ve even seen some for $25. Others can cost as much
as $300. But like I’ve said a million times, you get what you pay for.
I can understand why some hom-eowners opt for a booster fan. When you compare $10,000 to replace ductwork to $60 for a booster fan, it’s no surprise which one most ho-meowners are going to choose. Not everyone has $10,000 lying around, especially not for something that’s going to be hidden in the walls. But if a booster fan can’t fix the prob-lem I don’t care if it cost $2. It’s a waste of money.
Bottom line: The systems in your home should do their job. No one said doing it right was easy or cheap. I’ll be the first one to tell you it’s not. That’s why there’s so much crap everywhere. But doing it right is worth it. Why live uncomfort-ably if you don’t have to?
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Q: I want to impress my East Indian fiancee and his family by having East Indian spices in my cupboards. What are traditional spices you would find in kitchens in India?
A: Indian food does have its own distinctive flavours and aromas. Next time you’re in the grocery store pick up these four spices: Tur-meric, cumin, fennel seeds and cori-ander. Many Indian recipes also call for cloves, ginger and cinnamon, but you may already have those in your cupboards.
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GraNia LitwiNVictoria times colonist
Seeing floral arrangements in a home setting is much more striking than viewing them in a shop with a plain background, according to Howard Petch.
“When you put them in a home context, all the beautiful features are far more spectacular,” he says, looking around his seaside house, which is already dec-orated for Christmas.
The retired University of Victoria president, who has long been a birdwatcher at his home on Vancouver Is-land, has become a watcher of flower arrangers in re-cent weeks.
His wife, leadership and human-resources expert Linda Petch, has taken to popping in and out of the garden with armloads of flowers, branches and leaves.
She joined the Victoria Flower Arrangers Guild a decade ago, but only had time back then to attend a few times a year. Now her interest has become a full-blown passion.
“In the last 18 months or so, as I started reducing my consulting business, I’ve been free to go more often,” she said. “It is such an in-credibly talented group of amazing floral artists, and it’s so fun to learn all kinds of new techniques.”
In anticipation of the up-coming festive season, Lin-da and several guild mem-bers decided to decorate her
house to show how effective flowers can be, especially when inspired by a home setting and art.
She stressed that the blooming bounty isn’t just
for Christmas — in fact, there isn’t an evergreen tree or sprig of holly to be seen.
“Our intention was to cre-ate arrangements,” she said, “that beautifully capture the
holiday season and dress up a home — whether people are preparing for Christmas, Hanukkah or Diwali.”
Linda created a dramat-ic sculptural piece from
branches for her living room. She plans to enjoy it there for many months, freshening it when neces-sary with green leaves and a bloom or two.
In the kitchen window is another architectural-looking piece using mini bamboo-like greenery called equisetum. It’s a living fos-sil of a plant that grows tall and thin and is commonly known as horsetail, snake or puzzle grass.
“I like to use a combina-tion of tropical flowers and things from our garden,” said Linda, a keen and cre-ative gardener.
She is delighted with the look of the fragrant floral artworks, especially as she and other guild members drew inspiration from art-work in the home.
There is nothing tradi-tional or predictable about the floral creations, which echo the colours, contours or emotions of adjacent paintings.
The sky’s the limit when it comes to the flowering of imagination.
“And what’s fascinating about this guild is learn-ing all the mechanics and techniques for arranging, regardless of the season,” she said.
“We learn things like how to stabilize an arrangement using glue, wires, rocks, and stones. These are all things I have admired over the years, but didn’t have a clue how to achieve,” she said, admitting she now has a gi-ant pot of glue in her garage and a special tool kit just for flower arranging.
She said now that her ca-reer is gearing down, her new hobby has become a bridge to retirement.
“What I love about this new interest is the way Howard and I go for walks now, and he looks at plant material so differently and is constantly making sug-gestions, pointing things out to me,” she said with a chuckle.
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Victoria couple embraces power of flowers
there’s no need to be traditional or predictable with flower artwork, like this centrepiece.
Victoria times colonist photos
Your home’s setting, as well as art, can inspire stunning floral arrangements for every corner of your home.
Victoria’s Linda Petch turns plants, flowers, sticks and rocks into striking arrangements.
Arrangements found inside and outside
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Discussing penitential garb (after receiving a custodial sentence for slapping a traffic cop), Zsa Zsa Gabor promised to drape herself in a prison gown by illustrious frocker Bob Mackie: “With lots of stripes, dahlinks!” We love that quote almost as much as we adore the woman from whom it originated.
Anyway, stripes. Horizon-tal or vertical, thick or thin, multicoloured or mono-chrome, we’ve been affixing and peeling decorators’ tape — and hanging banded paper — since our designer shoots sprouted for the very first time. And that’s, ahem, going back a long way.
To illustrate today’s ser-mon, we’ve delved, again, in-to the deep, wondrous vaults of our glossy image bank. One space, the blue and white fantasy, was created from the shell of a particularly gloomy bedroom, a style vacuum that, pre-correction, boasted no romantic allure whatso-ever. We base-coated the bed-room, then over-painted us-ing jaunty baby blue. Rocket science? Hardly. But just look at the results.
The second striped zone was even easier to achieve; you don’t, after all, need a degree in interior design to apply a splodge of adhesive to the rear face of wallpaper. These days, because the In-ternet is beset with wonder-ful wallpaper sources, there’s no reason to fail. Many com-panies have room sets with interchangeable papers, a quirk which allows you to try before you buy.
Visit the U.S. Home Depot site (www.homedepot.com) click on “decor” then “wall-paper” and you’ll be navi-gated to a page called “hang wallpaper in a virtual room.”
In short, stripes are huge news. Recently, while visiting The Chelsea Harbour Design Centre in London, there were stripes almost everywhere we looked. In the world of sartorial fashion, too, stripes have become increasingly de rigueur; you need only ob-serve the current collections by Oscar de la Renta, Marc
Jacobs and Dior to corrobo-rate our observations.
Couture fashion aside, we’ve assembled a fool-proof guide to help you stay abreast of this exciting new home trend. Indeed, if you’re ready to jump on the “band” wagon, here’s everything you need to know.
ROLL OUT THE RUGSometimes, the only thing
you need to substantially al-ter an existing scheme is a simple tweak. Try position-ing a banded rug, for exam-ple, to add visual drama as well as extra tactile depth in a plain room. Hey, presto: a brand new focal point around which further details can be added as and when required. Visit dashandalbert.com for inspiration.
CUSHION THE BLOWStriped cushions artisti-
cally arranged across a self-coloured chesterfield will add contemporary flair. To amplify the effect, mix and match several patterns in a combination of low-key and dramatic colourways. Visit structube.com for great value ranges.
SCREEN GRABBag a flat-sided privacy
screen/room divider and map out stripes with deco-rators’ tape. Choose two or three shades that match or complement your existing decor and apply light coats. Then simply peel tape and enjoy. Screens are great for hiding clutter and they can also be useful to help delin-eate function in an open-con-cept room.
FINISHING LINEIf you’d like to create a
subtle striped pattern, use same shade matte and satin paint finishes together. Ap-ply the matte finish first and then, when dry, the satin banding. Low key, but so ef-fective!
CURTAINS FOR YOUStriped drapery is an
excellent way to add inter-changeable style notes with-out having to paint walls. But take a tip: if you’re hav-ing curtains made, remem-ber that “pinched” or pleated headings can affect the way stripes sit. In our opinion, “eyelet” or “ring top” dress-ing minimizes this problem. Visit draperytoronto.com for a mix of expertly fabricated custom and ready-to-hang curtain options.
TRICK OF THE EYEBanded wallpapers aren’t
simply bang on trend, they can also help alter perceived room dimensions. Applying vertical stripes in a height challenged room will help “push” ceilings up, whereas horizontal bands will make walls look longer. We often use Thibaut as their stripe library is magnificent. Find them at thibautdesign.com.
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Horizontal or vertical, thick or thin, multi-coloured or monochrome — stripes give a focal point to a dull room. Paint and decorators’ tape were used to achieve this bedroom’s wall design.
Wallpaper quickly transformed this sitting room.
Stripes add drama, height to any room
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Katie ZeZimaTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWARK, N.J. — Fashion designer J. Wesley Tann had a piece of advice for the six women who signed up for his city-sponsored class on home decorating.
“The Dollar Store makes you look so good,” Tann told them. “You’ll wonder how you ever got along without it.”
Tann, an impeccably dressed octogenarian, has become an etiquette expert and event planner in New-ark. He is now showing city residents how to make their homes more beautiful on a budget. The new class aims to bring city beautification indoors with small, inexpen-sive dashes of flair.
“Money is scarce, and peo-ple don’t realize that you can have beautiful things with-out spending a lot of money,” Tann said.
The $2,000 required for the decor program comes out of Newark’s recreation budget.
Besides getting cheap and cheerful decor tips, the resi-dents are also learning per-sonal skills and expanding their creativity, according to Tharien Kareem Arnold, the city’s director of neighbour-hood and recreational ser-vices, in a statement.
During one session at a rec-reation centre in Newark’s Ironbound section, Tann, clad in a navy blue blazer with gold buttons, stood at
the end of a long rectangu-lar table. The six women watched as he pulled out a piece of turquoise fabric.
“How many of you know how to make a round table-cloth?” Tann asked.
He folded the fabric in a triangle and measured it from the centre of the table over the side. He then took a string around the fabric like one would a compass, and said that is where you cut it.
“You thought it was dif-ficult?” he asked his stu-dents, who jotted down notes. “Dress it up. It’s your house.”
A table, he said, should al-ways have candles on it, and they can be purchased at the Dollar Store. Cheap spray paint can dress up anything from a pumpkin to a cheap, peeling lamp. Even a dish filled with candy goes a long way to making a house a home, he said.
Tann interspersed eti-quette lessons throughout the class. Born in North Carolina, Tann was sent as a teenager to live in Wash-ington, D.C., with a family friend, the late Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and attended the Internation-al School of Protocol.
As he showed the women tips for making cloth nap-kins out of old materials, he launched into a lesson on how to properly set a table.
“Don’t ever let me see the flatware on the napkin,” Tann told the group.
“Really?” asked Maria Mirabella.
“It is always good to know how to dine,” Tann said.
The fork goes between the napkin and the left side of the plate, he said. The knife goes slightly underneath the right side of the plate, followed by the spoon. The handle of a coffee cup should always be turned at 4:00, he said.
Pillows are another inex-pensive way to add flair, he said, urging the women to buy old pillowcases and sew pieces of fabric or lace onto them. He pulled out a yellow
pillow with a white lace ap-plique that he sewed on.
“It’s beautiful,” Diana Var-gas of Newark said as she touched the pillow.
Mirabella said she attended the class because she wants to redecorate her house on a small budget and learn how to make things.
“I’d like to be able to do all the things my mother did and redecorate my home on a shoestring. I’m retired,” she said. “And things are tight right now.”
After watching Tann re-upholster a kitchen chair by affixing tightly pulled fabric over it with a staple gun, Mirabella said she was inspired to fix a seat in her vanity.
“And I think I’m going to start doing napkins. I want to start a tablecloth,” she said.
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