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Patricia Altschul Is Adding Some Southern Charm to Your Home – E! Online

Emilee Geist 8 hours ago

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When watching Bravo’s long running series Southern Charm, there one house that stands above the rest. Oh yes, we’re talking about the home of Patricia Altschul.

With help from her friendly butler Michael, the reality star consistently showcases her inviting space filled with unique items. Now, she’s sharing her love for decor with a new HSN collection launching online today. “I would best describe my home decor collection as high end, luxurious, and unique while also accessible and affordable,” she exclusively shared with E! News. 

And with the holiday season quickly approaching, there’s never been a better time to launch a fresh line. “One could do their entire holiday shopping from my

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How to get the modern country look in your home

Emilee Geist 2 days ago

Whether it’s a modern update for a rural retreat or added rustic charm for an inner-city space, country chic has emerged as a key trend this year. Here’s how Next can help you get the look at home

Homely, country-inspired interiors offer exactly what we desire when it comes to darkening autumnal evenings spent wrapped up on the sofa: natural wood accents, soft, warming lighting, cosy furnishings and plenty of textured blankets to hunker down in.

But this year there’s a subtle twist. Enter ‘modern country’, an interior trend that encapsulates all the comforts of easy rural style with clever design details and a fresh, simple aesthetic. Featuring multifunctional, elegant, clean designs with warm hues, natural textiles and a timeless neutral colour palette, modern country gives an instant, timely update that will never go out of style, for furnishings that feel both fresh and for ever.

The neutral pale

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Traders pin hope on festive season sales, focus on cars, home appliances, low-value gold

Emilee Geist 4 days ago



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New Delhi: After a dismal year characterised by plunging sales, companies and traders are pinning their hopes on the festive season for a revival in demand.

Firms have ramped up production levels, traders and dealers are increasing inventory and online platforms are announcing long festive season sales in anticipation of higher consumer spend.

However, from shift in purchase patterns to missing Chinese goods, this festival season will be unlike the previous years. Traders expect changes in spending patterns and are gearing up to meet the demands of the risk averse as well as home-bound consumers.

Automakers have ramped up production and dealers are stocking up anticipating a pick-up in sales. Traders are also hopeful of improvement in sales of white goods due to pent-up demand as well as some of the announcements by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to stimulate demand this week.

“The sales have

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Work from home crowd and office hardcore try to make the best of both worlds

Emilee Geist 4 days ago

Joining video calls from an open plan office is “bloody difficult”, complains one senior auditor.

“[With] virtual, we really do know what we’re doing now …The hybrid thing is far, far more complex,” says Mark Williams, a partner at KPMG.

“The historical tendency has been to design events for the people who are in the room … and then treat everybody else as almost second class citizens. You’ve got to spin that the other way around now.”

New role for the office

Computer-based tasks such as emailing can be carried out easily from home but a strong consensus is emerging that offices still have a role.

“While working from home can be very effective, some things are better suited to the office, typically those involving lots of interaction with others such as training and team building,” says Kevin Ellis, chairman and senior partner at PwC.

The firm is considering focusing

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Hip Home Counties: 20 chic places to stay for some Green Belt glamour

Emilee Geist 4 days ago

Kent, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Essex make up the Home Counties; the girdle that rings London, nipped in by the M25. Increasingly, there are some serious bits of Green Belt glamour tucked into the oft-stereotyped commuter-land, including the brand new Birch in Hertfordshire with its rescue chickens and gong baths. On the other side of London is Beaverbrook in Leatherhead. It’s lavishly, diametrically opposed to Birch in every stylistic way, but just as interesting and enjoyable, with its swimming pool tiled in a diamond pattern and 1920s decor with a touch of sashimi chic.

Even before Covid, London chefs were heading out to the coast to open smaller places with cheaper rents that allow them to experiment along with access to the freshest of ingredients; many, such as The Rose in Deal, also have hotel rooms. Margate has seen Pete Doherty and Carl Barat of The Libertines

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31 Things From Walmart That’ll Help Get Your Home In The Spooky Spirit

Emilee Geist 5 days ago

All the festive decor and treats to make your home a spooky oasis.

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An eerie yet festive wreath you can place on your front door. It features classic orange and black colors with additional skeleton details that are majorly spooky.

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An inflatable Mickey Mouse who looks like he just carved the most perfect pumpkin and wants to show it off to people driving by.


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Promising review: “Great value for this cute 5-ft tall Mickey! I can’t wait to set this up!” —SuperToy

Price: $60

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A light up pumpkin trio of perfectly carved jack-o’-lanterns so

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The 12-foot-tall tall skeleton Home Depot is selling for Halloween, explained by its creator.

Emilee Geist 1 week ago

The giant skeleton towering over a house, with several clones and shrubbery on a front lawn, and standing in front of a different house.
Photos by Mac Cole, Diego Narvaez, and Alexander Johnson

There’s one guy out there who’s having a great 2020. Naturally, he is a giant skeleton. Home Depot’s 12-foot-tall giant skeleton, to be more specific, has become the most coveted Halloween decoration of the season as well as a metaphorically irresistible object of viral delight. To find out how a retailer best known for selling nails and lumber ended up hawking $300 sets of supersize bones, Slate spoke to Lance Allen, a merchant based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Atlanta. Our conversation has been condensed and edited.

Heather Schwedel: First of all, are there any giant skeletons left? Is there still time to get one?

Lance Allen: We are completely sold out for the year.

How many did you sell?

I can’t share that one with you, but I can tell you I wish I would have brought

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Can’t go to the pub? How to recreate your local at home

Emilee Geist 1 week ago

Atmosphere

Is it tragic to play pub ambient noise on YouTube? It is certainly tragic to, as I have just done, search eBay for cut-price Wetherspoon’s carpets. Less egregiously, you should soften your lighting, find a Spotify playlist that matches the music played at your local, and consider what kind of decoration defines your favourite pubs.

In our case, unfortunately, our local’s main decorative feature is a large statue of a bear, which strikes me as the kind of thing that will be hard to reproduce at short notice. But for beer mats, a music quiz, and other crucial pub experience components, we could try the “Pub in a Box” kit offered by Signature Brew (£25).

Genial strangers, again, will be difficult to source in one’s own house, but you could consider patching in a friend via Zoom for some beers.

Drinks

This is probably the quickest and easiest way

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7 Cutting-Edge Prime Day Deals for Serious Home Cooks

Emilee Geist 1 week ago

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Prime Day Has A Bunch Of Deals On Home-Office-Perfecting Buys

In a year filled with uncertainty, overwhelming news updates, and lots of impromptu online shopping, one thing we’ve been able to count on as a comforting constant has been our homes. The spaces that were once dedicated off-the-clock havens have now graciously offered their structural support for all of our work-from-home needs — but, not all homes are equipped to pivot effortlessly into WFH bliss. If you’re still questioning how to transform your now cramped living room into a more functional remote setup, then you’re in luck: Amazon Prime Day has a bunch of deals on home-office-perfecting buys.And, we already did all the searching work for you: scouring the retailer’s colossal collection of goods and plucking out the best bargains on everything from ergonomic office chairs to fold-out workspaces, mood-boosting lighting, and organizational accessories. Ahead, shop all the Prime

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Interior designers Reveal Secrets To Show Home Styling Like A Pro

Emilee Geist 1 week ago

Viewing a show home not only gives potential homebuyers plenty of interior design inspiration, but for those considering buying an off-plan property, it enables them to visualise what their future home could look like.

Show homes are often well coordinated and kitted out with luxe furnishings and high-end appliances. There’s always a strong theme and design direction which runs throughout. There could be light neutrals on the main walls and a stronger colour on one feature wall in a room or hallway, which is then echoed as an accent colour throughout the home in artwork, cushions or bedlinen. In a typical open plan living space, you may find floor lamps in corners and lots of luscious houseplants to soften corners and introduce greenery.

UK homebuilder, CALA Homes, works with an expert team of interior designers across the UK to create aspirational show homes with added wow factor. Here, a panel

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