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Heirlooms Still Have a Place In Homes
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Heirlooms Still Have a Place In Homes

By Carleton Varney

Remember the Irish dresser, that pine cabinet with upper shelves for displaying dishware? It was the one with the perfect recess to display teacups, saucers, plates, glasses, rosary beads, perhaps even the family prayer book....
Vintage style? It must have been Moonglow
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Vintage style? It must have been Moonglow

By Carleton Varney

In the early 1950s, the jewelry rage was acrylic, which was often known by the trademarked term Lucite. Showcased in the fancy fashion magazines around the world were acrylic beads and bangles, colored with infused...
Wake Up a Room With a Top-Off of Coffee Color
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Wake Up a Room With a Top-Off of Coffee Color

By Carleton Varney

These days, it seems, every street corner has a coffee place, whether it’s a Dunkin’, a Starbucks or some other brand. And so it is in the terminals of airports, where coffee seems to be...
The Color Party is Always on With Fiesta Dinnerware
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The Color Party is Always on With Fiesta Dinnerware

By Carleton Varney

It’s fiesta time -- or at least Fiesta dinnerware time. Upon entering Tamarack, visitors see front and center a Fiesta dinnerware display — a large one, indeed. The West Virginia manufacturer known as The Homer...
Of Palm Trees and Pineapples
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Of Palm Trees and Pineapples

By Carleton Varney

Every time I drive along the sea on Palm Beach’s South Ocean Boulevard, I enjoy seeing the stone ornaments on entrance columns flanking the gates of the beautiful estates. Some of those are in the...
Fanciful Inspiration Flows From the Phlox
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Fanciful Inspiration Flows From the Phlox

By Carleton Varney

My sister, Vivian, who lives outside of Seattle in a small country town, recently sent me a text with a photograph of the phlox flowers in her garden. The pink, white, magenta and violet colors...
Give Your Rooms a Light and Breezy Touch of Summer
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Give Your Rooms a Light and Breezy Touch of Summer

By Carleton Varney

It’s nearing the end of July, and mid-summer days have delivered plenty of Florida sunshine and lots of high temperatures. When summer came to Massachusetts, my grandmother always addressed the days with many changes in...
The Women of Antique Row Will Welcome You Back
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The Women of Antique Row Will Welcome You Back

By Carleton Varney

Here’s to the women of South Dixie Highway who have a passion for the vintage and the antique. Their businesses on and near West Palm Beach’s Antique Row have reopened, and they are happy to...
Try a Color Scheme as American as Red, White and Blue
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Try a Color Scheme as American as Red, White and Blue

By Carleton Varney

Saturday is the Fourth of July, when we’ll celebrate the red, white and blue, even if this year we’re doing it a little differently because of the continuing health crisis. So it is with much...