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Here’s how it works: Grab a few rocks from your backyard, some paint, and a brush, then let the creative juices flow! If crafts aren’t normally your thing, you can order a painting kit online to start decorating. This Rock Painting Kit, ($15, Target), comes with rocks, paints, and brushes, so you can get started without scouring your home for supplies. Once your rocks are painted (and totally dry), leave them outside where people will see them as they walk past....

White Bedrooms We Love Real-Life Colorful Bedroom Ideas Learn How to Mix Patterns

Strawberry-Rhubarb Pound Cake: Prepare as above, except omit cranberries and Fresh Cranberry Sauce. Serve with Strawberry-Rhubarb Sauce: Stir together 1 1/2 cups sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb, 1 cup sliced strawberries, 1/3 cup sugar, and 2 Tbs. water in a medium saucepan. Bring to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until fruit is softened, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Coarsely mash rhubarb mixture with a fork or potato masher....

Boozy Chocolate Pudding To make your dark chocolate pudding a boozy chocolate pudding, add ¼ to ½ cup Chambord (raspberry liqueur) and decrease the half-and-half by the same amount.

Designer Bradley Odom of Dixon Rye saw the problem. Looking at the backyard nature-scape, he also saw the solution. “He said, ‘Let’s embrace the green,’” Esti recalls. “I was inspired by views of the pond area in their backyard,” Odom says. “I wanted to bring that lush, warm green in.” And so he did, coating cabinetry in Farrow & Ball’s Green Smoke. Quartz with the look of white marble, used for the backsplash and countertops, serves as a light, airy counterpoint to the deep green....

Take this tufted wall, for example. The wall is a rich complement to hardwood flooring, track lighting, floating shelves, and swank mid-century modern-inspired furniture. A powder blue vinyl finish offers a leather look without the high price, while multiple layers of batting accentuate the tufting. For security, this particular treatment is screwed directly into the wall. Get the look in your own home with our easy-to-follow how-to guide—we’ll walk you through the entire process....

Plant dogwood shrubs in spring or early summer. Water the shrubs well after planting and spread a 2-inch-thick layer of mulch over the root zone to prevent soil-moisture loss. Water plants regularly during the first growing season to promote a strong root system. Pruning Particulars Dogwood shrubs don’t require frequent pruning, but you can intensify winter stem color by regularly removing older canes. That’s because young woody stems produce bright red, yellow, or orange-red winter colors....

Professional organizer Deborah Cabral of The DeClutter Coach asked homeowners Christy and Tony to “think outside the box” to gain a more open and flexible storage space at their home’s entryway. “I suggested they remove the hanging bar to make way for coatracks (with hooks) installed on three walls of the closet, at two different heights,” Cabral says. “With their many hooks, coatracks work very well on a daily basis for a busy family....

How to Dig a Hole for a Tree First, prepare a hole two to three times as wide as the root ball of your tree. Dig down to about the depth of the root ball so that when it’s resting on the bottom of the hole, the tree is at the same level with the ground as it was in its container. Handle the root ball carefully to keep it intact while you place it in the hole....

¼ cup apple cider vinegar 3 tablespoon salad oil 2 tablespoon honey