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Bob Eigelberger Gives Mother Nature a Helping Hand
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Bob Eigelberger Gives Mother Nature a Helping Hand

By Carleton Varney

Drive north from Midtown along North Way Lake and you are sure to see a pair of very large ant-like insects cast in bronze, once displayed on the grounds of Palm Beach International Airport but...
Toys of Olde Bring Fond Memories
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Toys of Olde Bring Fond Memories

By Carleton Varney

Whatever happened to Raggedy Ann and, of course, her brother, Raggedy Andy? When I was a little boy in the 1940s — back in a world without credit cards, cell phones and drones — Raggedy...
Key Lime Perfect on a Plate and as a Happy Room Color
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Key Lime Perfect on a Plate and as a Happy Room Color

By Carleton Varney

As I’ve written before, Key lime — that creamy soft yellow tinged with green — is for sure a Palm Beach color. Many is the house on the Florida coastline painted Key-lime green with white...
Hollywood Recalls Island's 1920's Architecture
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Hollywood Recalls Island's 1920's Architecture

By Carleton Varney

Before the coronavirus pandemic grounded us, the year had started with lots of travel for my associate, Brinsley Matthews, and I. Among our destinations, we found ourselves working on a project in Beverly Hills. The...
Collaborating With Like Minds is Always a Pleasure
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Collaborating With Like Minds is Always a Pleasure

By Carleton Varney

I love decorating projects that involve a true collaboration between the decorator and the clients, and I’m lucky to be involved right now in such an endeavor. It’s a fun project, and filled with decorating...
Time At Home Can Be Well Spent
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Time At Home Can Be Well Spent

By Carleton Varney

Home alone or with others in your household?: Such is life in these troubled days. And even the most ardent game-board enthusiasts among us have likely realized we’ll go stir crazy playing Monopoly every day....
Flowers Provide Colorful Cheer in Stressful Times
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Flowers Provide Colorful Cheer in Stressful Times

By Carleton Varney

These days, we need all the cheer we can find. And for me, the floral colors associated with the arrival of spring are helping provide that cheer in a stressful world.
A Dash of Retail Fun with Sherry
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A Dash of Retail Fun with Sherry

By Carleton Varney

Where can you find a shop in Palm Beach that is filled with love and fun? Certainly at Sherry Frankel’s Melangerie, 256 Worth Ave. in the Via Amore, where Sherry and her beautiful black poodle,...
St. Patrick's Day Calls For Green Scheme
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St. Patrick's Day Calls For Green Scheme

By Carleton Varney

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, so let’s revisit green, my favorite color, as you might remember. I like all the greens — banana-leaf green, pine-tree green, mint green, light green, dark green,...