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This issue of HOME will help you savor the signs of spring we’ve waited for patiently all winter. Our feature on peonies shares how to grow, maintain and decorate with these luscious blooms. We’ll help you make your yard more beautiful than ever with articles on retaining walls, pruning basics, and new ways to mulch. We’ll even help you make quick work of the onerous task of window washing. Too much work? Relax and keep reading. “Simply Southern” will show you how to pour yourself a proper cup of tea. Our fantasy pool feature explores the latest in luxury pools. And our throw pillow feature shows how, after all that waiting for spring, you can bring in a quick pop of gratification and a whole new look to your home with this humble accessory. Enjoy!

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    Perfect Pillows

    In eighth grade, the girls in my middle school were required to take one year of Home Economics. The course was cleverly divided into two sections: cooking and baking the first semester, followed by sewing the second semester. Our teacher, Mrs. Blythe, (who wore a flour-dusted apron to match her flour-dusted hair) taught us to [...]

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    HOME, the area's exclusive home resource and idea magazine, is a high quality magazine that targets the conscientious homeowner who values their home and understands the priorities of the place they call HOME. Each inspiring issue will help our readers make their house a HOME that showcases their personal style and personality, as well as, informing them of practical, affordable solutions to home improvement.

    HOME is produced quarterly and has a printed circulation that reaches thousands of households in and around the Central Virginia,Roanoke Valley, and Hampton Roads area. Shelf life for each issue is at least three months. At HOME magazine, our number one goal is to provide our audience with useful,practical and affordable ideas to enhance their homes and lifestyle.

Features

featuredimage Perfect Pillows

In eighth grade, the girls in my middle school were required to take one year of Home Economics. The course ...

featuredimage Senior Living: Options for Rewarding Retirement

Today’s seniors are more active than ever, and retirement communities, home builders and independent contractors have become even more adept ...

featuredimage Make a Splash With a Fantasy Pool

Water is a source of Both life and comfort; it invokes all the senses with its natural delights. Because of ...

featuredimage Precious Peonies

Patience doesn’t come easy, we know. After all, it’s hard to wait for something when most of the time you ...

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Features

Perfect Pillows

In eighth grade, the girls in my middle school were required to take one year of Home Economics. The course was cleverly divided into two sections: cooking and baking the first semester, followed by sewing the second semester. Our teacher, Mrs. Blythe, (who wore a flour-dusted apron to match her flour-dusted hair) taught us to [...]

House Mechanic

Segmental Retaining Walls: Add Pizzazz to Residential Landscaping

Once limited to use in commercial applications, today’s new segmental retaining walls (SRW) can enhance residential landscape, create a special outdoor living area, and greatly increase curb appeal.
In fact, thanks to ever-increasing options for segmental retaining walls, their use in residential landscaping has exploded. The popularity of the outdoor living lifestyle owes much of its [...]

Favorite Things

Picture-Perfect Frames

As a mother of three who loves to travel, I have countless photos to remind me of my loved ones and journeys. The problem is that those photos are either stashed away in boxes, stored on my computer, or languishing on photo websites. Though it’s easy to maintain our digital holding ground in this technological [...]

In The Yard

Pruning to Perfection

Grow, grow, grow. That’s what all gardeners are praying now as trees and shrubs promise to bring new life to yards once again. Of course there are fertilizers and other plant foods for sale this season, but one of the best ways to stimulate growth is by pruning. As they say, “Out with the old, [...]

Simply Southern

A Cup of Tea: Delight Your Guests with Time for Tea

My junior year in college was spent studying outside of London in the quaint town of Reading. As I settled into life abroad, I found it charming when my new British friends would call to invite me to enjoy a cup of tea and a biscuit with them. Since I was there to learn all [...]

RSVP

Pot-Luck Fun For Everyone

We all know them. Friends who never need an excuse to host an enjoyable get-together. These are the people who have a ready-made party in their pantry, complete with ingredients for a perfect martini and gourmet olives of every origin and flavor. They have plastic cups personalized with their monograms and cute pink and green [...]

Culinary Corner

Olive Oil: Pour on Golden Goodness

Over the years, we Americans have loved our fad diets. But fortunately we’re learning more and more about sensible, healthy eating that offers more on the menu than grapefruit and cabbage soup. One diet that has gotten a lot of recent attention is the Mediterranean diet, featuring olive oil as one of its superstar ingredients. Besides [...]

Hot Tips

Give Your Yard a Lift with Mulch

This spring, before you jump into your usual mulch routine, consider how a new approach might enhance your yard. For gardens small to large, mulch adds a finishing touch, and protects your plants to boot. So, with delightfully warmer, sunny days ahead, consider the many mulching options available to improve any landscape.
Mulch comes in a variety of materials [...]

Showcase Home

Renovated Georgian: Merges Business & Pleasure

A brick pathway with a boxwood border leads visitors up the walk to a stylish Georgian entrance. Columns, shutters and antique English garden urns combine to make an elegant statement. This is the Gilkeson family’s home.
For Lizi and David Gilkeson, home and business are one. As owners of The French Thistle, a fabric, upholstery and [...]

The Power Of Color

LIGHTEN YOUR WORKLOAD Choose the Right Color for Your Home Office

The colors you choose for your walls affect your mood, how you feel about a room and your comfort level in that room. So choosing the right color for a home office presents a special challenge; it’s part of your home, yet it’s also a place where you must be productive, whether you use the [...]

Design Line

Perfect Powder Rooms- Make Yours Dazzle with Easy Design

I admit it. I sometimes find choosing furnishings for my home stressful. When I’m making an investment in things like floor coverings, light fixtures and sofas—pieces I know I’ll be living with for quite a while—I want to get it right and spend my money wisely. Pass the Alka-Seltzer, please.
But when it comes to designing [...]

Around Town

Around Town

Home and Garden Show Offers Something For Everyone
Join Roanoke Valley HOME for all the best in home and garden improvement, design and more at the Greater Roanoke Home & Garden Show, to be held January 8–10 at the Roanoke Civic Center. This fun-filled, information-packed event offers something for everyone!
Meet Celebrities: Bring your gardening questions and meet [...]

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