Fun nursery decor options abound

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Fun nursery
decor options
abound
B
aby, it’s a brand new year. And when it comes to creating the perfect sleep space for little ones, there are
more fun options than ever.
Styles range from haute to
homespun, vintage to vanguard. A look at some of the
best:
BLURRING THE
LINES
Traditional parameters like
gender-specific motifs and
colors, and room-specific
furnishings, are giving way
to a more free-spirited approach. Designers are deploying to the nursery
dressers, credenzas, art, lighting, mirrors and seating more
typically found in grown-up
KIM COOK
rooms like the master, dining
or
living
room.
Joanna Gick
and Jenn i f e r
O ’ Dowd,
interior designers in
Scottsdale,
Ariz., like
to use vintage dressers,
toys and books as nursery inspiration. Art’s a
big element, too.
In this photo
“Gallery walls seem to
provided by The
be a hot trend,” Gick
Land of Nod,
says. “The fun thing
acrylic neon
about them is they’re tohues and tropitally customizable to the
cal-themed
child’s interests, and easy to
shapes evoke the 80s in this swap out as they grow. We
Paradise nightlight. (The Land like to use mixed media —
of Nod via AP) prints as well as wood and
metal sculptures — to create
a really interesting gallery.” (www.jandjdesigngroup.com )
BABY GLAM
Parents-to-be should view the baby’s room as a place to let
their own imaginations fly, says Naomi Alon, owner of the
Irvine, California-based Little Crown Interiors.
“I encourage my clients to think about the nursery as their inner child’s fantasy space,” she says. “This is the one room in
their home where they can get away with neon pink wallpaper
or an over-the-top chandelier. The nursery is just as much about
the parents as it is about the baby, and making it a place where
mom and dad feel comfortable is key.”
In one of Alon’s favorite projects, a nursery in Newport
Beach, California, she used pink and gold damask wallpaper, a
baroque mirror, organza furniture skirts and a big fluffy rug to
create a glamorous, girly confection. (www.littlecrowninteriors.com )
Los Angeles duo Emily Current and Meritt Elliot designed
gold, arrow-shaped lamps and finials, and gold-woven storage
bins for their new Pottery Barn Kids collection. A bold, blackand-white diamond pattern graces a quilt. (www.potterybarnkids.com )
RH Baby & Child’s new collection features upholstered cribs
resembling wing chairs; conversion kits allow them to be
turned into beds down the road. There’s a big selection of chandeliers, too. (www.rhbabyandchild.com )
GRANNY CHIC
Antique (or antique-looking) furniture, quilts and afghans
give baby’s room homespun charm.
Connecticut-based designer Eileen Blanchard crafts sweet
pillows, bedding and soft toys using chenille and fabrics with
vintage children’s prints and winsome cottage florals.
(www.etsy.com/shop/scarlettscozycottage )
Artist Emily Isabella’s Homestead organic fabric collection
See Nurseries p. 2D
In this photo provided by J and J Design Group, bold pops
of color and playful details make for nurseries and children’s
rooms that are stylish and sophisticated. (John Woodcock/J
and J Design Group via AP)
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Fancy garages
Parking
space is for
more than
just cars
By MELISSA KOSSLER
DUTTON
Associated Press
Many homeowners would
never let sports gear, tools
and yard equipment clutter
up the front hall where it’s
the first things guests see.
But they’re willing to
wend their own way into
the house through a garage
stuffed with those things,
plus patio furniture, bikes,
holiday decorations and
more, says Todd Carter of
Tailored Living featuring
Premier Garage, in Reston,
Via.
The company focuses on
renovating and improving
garages, and that’s a hot
area in home renovation,
experts say. From cabinetry
and shelving to flooring
and overhead storage, there
are many new ways to turn
a garage into an organized
and attractive space for
storage, entertaining or
working out.
The trend has been made
possible by today’s larger
garages.
“The sky’s the limit,” said
Greg Parsons, owner of
Motor City Garages in
downstate Clarkston. “It’s
all based on the homeowner’s stuff.”
He routinely outfits
garages with high-end,
scratch-resistant cabinetry,
sinks and epoxy flooring
— an easy-to-clean coating
that comes in numerous
colors and finishes. He recently added a line of cabinetry that lets buyers customize the color to match
their car.
Some homeowners end
up adding televisions and
seating, Parsons said.
Jeff and Linda Marsack
of Macomb hired Parsons
to organize their two-car
garage. They added cabinets to store shoes, sporting
equipment and tools. She
chose red cabinets to match
their kitchen.
“Every time you open
your garage, you really do
smile because it’s so organized,” she said. “Who
doesn’t love an organized
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mortgage remained at 3.65
percent last week after
dropping for six straight
weeks. The average rate on
15-year fixed-rate mortgages was also unchanged
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Above, in this photo provided by Tailored Living/Premier Garage, Todd Carter of
Tailored Living/Premier
Garage decided to clean up
a messy garage space to
make it more attractive and
useful. Carter added wall
storage systems and flooring to transform the space
into a workout room. At left,
this photo provided by
Home Depot shows that
bathroom vanities can be
used in the garage as a
stylish alternative to traditional garage organization.
Plus, the sink helps keep
garage grime at bay. With so
many bathroom vanity
styles available, it’s easy to
find one that fits your budget. (AP photos)
space?”
Susan Rhodes of Tempe,
Ariz., purged a lot of items
from her garage, added nice
flooring and cabinetry, and
created a work bench near a
window where she can do
crafts or pot flowers. The
space is so tidy that when
temperatures dropped over
Christmas, she moved tables from the patio into the
garage for dining.
“It was just perfect,” she
said. “It’s good to know,
it’s not just for cars and
gardening.”
Professional organizer
Melanie Dennis gets many
calls from homeowners
who want to redo their
garage because it’s too cluttered to fit a car.
“It’s a combination of
people not wanting to get
rid of their stuff and having
access to buy things 24/7
and have it delivered to
their house,” said Dennis,
owner of Neat Streak in
Columbus, Ohio.
Families today have more
stuff than previous generations did, she said. They
decorate for more holidays,
have dishes that they only
use for special dinners, and
hang onto photos and sentimental items with the intent
of making scrapbooks, she
said.
Bill McDonough, senior
vice president and chief
marketing officer for M/I
Homes, a Columbus-based
home builder, agrees.
“The big trend has one
word, and that is ‘storage,’
“ he said. “People of all
ages have an increasing
amount of stuff.”
Customers increasingly
ask for three-car garages or
bump-outs that extend the
garage’s length or width,
McDonough said.
The National Association
of Homebuilders found that
23 percent of new homes
built in 2014 had three or
more garage bays. In 1994,
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Veggi-stuffed
acorn squash
a treat for
all appetites
By ALISON LADMAN
Associated Press
Looking for a vegan main
dish that’s robust enough to
leave a meat eater satisfied?
This stuffed squash dish has
you covered.
We start by halving and
roasting acorn squash,
which have a rich, satisfying
flavor that only deepens in
the oven. And since the
bowl-like shape of the
squash just begs to be filled,
we created a mushroom-farro stuffing spiked with
lemon zest and juice. If you
don’t mind adding some
dairy, crumbled soft goat
cheese or feta would be a
delicious addition to the
stuffing.
Each half is just about
right as an entree serving,
but they are easily cut into
quarters to work as a side
dish. And if you want to
feed a crowd, the recipe is
easily doubled or tripled.
WINTER CITRUS,
MUSHROOM AND
FARRO STUFFED
ACORN SQUASH
Start to finish: 45 minutes
Servings: 4
2 medium acorn squash
Olive oil
Kosher salt and ground
black pepper
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced
mixed mushrooms
1 medium yellow onion,
diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups cooked farro
1/4 cup chopped fresh
parsley
1 tablespoon minced fresh
rosemary
1 tablespoon chopped
fresh thyme
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
Heat the oven to 400 F.
In this May 2013
photo provided by
Agriburbia LLB,
workers prepare
new growing beds
at Table Mountain
Farm near Golden,
Colo. When mature,
the flowers and edibles will be sold directly from the field
for processing or to
be eaten raw by
people who live
nearby. (Matthew
Redmond for
Agriburbia LLB via
AP)
‘Agrihoods’ focus on healthy foods
This recent photo shows an acorn squash stuffed with
mushrooms, farro and winter citrus in Concord, N.H. This
dish is from a recipe by Alison Ladman. (AP photo)
Line a small baking pan
(such as a 9-by-9-inch pan)
with foil and spritz with
cooking spray.
Cut the acorn squash in
half from stem to point and
scoop out the seeds and
membranes. Slice off a
small piece of skin from the
rounded side of each half so
the squash can sit flat with
the cut side up. Rub the cut
side of each half with a bit
of olive oil, sprinkle with
salt and black pepper, then
arrange in the prepared pan.
Bake for 30 minutes while
you prepare the filling.
Meanwhile, in a medium
saute pan over mediumhigh, heat 2 tablespoons
olive oil. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes, or until they begin to
brown. Add the onion and
garlic and cook for another
5 minutes, or until the
onions are tender. Remove
from the heat and stir in the
farro, parsley, rosemary,
thyme, and lemon zest and
juice.
When the squash has
cooked for 30 minutes, remove it from the oven and
spoon the filling into each
half. Return to the oven and
cook for another 10 minutes, or until the squash
flesh is tender when pierced
with a paring knife.
Nutrition information per
serving: 350 calories; 90
calories from fat (26 percent
of total calories); 10 g fat
(1.5 g saturated; 0 g trans
fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 250
mg sodium; 62 g carbohydrate; 10 g fiber; 2 g sugar;
10 g protein.
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Nurseries from 1D
features an array of animals,
scenery and farm folk.
(www.emilyisabella.com )
MOD MODERN
As in the rest of the home,
decor in the nursery is revisiting the past. Midcentury and
‘70s- and ‘80s-era cribs and
other furniture bring in style
elements that can match the
home’s aesthetic. Room &
Board, DwellStudio and
AllModern have great options.
Gick and O’Dowd did a
feature wall in a boy’s room
that featured a big, ‘70s-style
geometric design, and balanced it with a similarly bold
rug.
Garnet Hill’s got butterfly
chairs from Argentina with
canvases embroidered with
boho crewelwork designs.
(www.garnethill.com ) And
Zulily has some pretty boho
crib bedding with paisley and
elephant
prints.
(www.zulily.com )
Land of Nod’s managing
director, Michelle Kohanzo,
thinks the 1980s in particular
fit the vibe of kids’ rooms
now.
“There’s no better decade
for kid’s decor,” she says.
“The trend is all about bold,
playful color and pattern —
it’s over-the-top and just
plain silly.”
There’s nostalgic appeal for
mom and dad, too. “This is
exactly how I remember my
own room growing up!” Kohanzo says.
Look for acrylic wall cubes,
and banana and flamingo
nightlights in hot neon hues.
Land of Nod partnered with
Kansas City-based studio
Ampersand on a whimsical
bedding collection stitched
with rainbows and geometrics, in retro color combos
like pink, blue, red and
t u r q u o i s e .
(www.landofnod.com )
PREP SCHOOL
Crisp stripes and a palette
of whites, navy, reds, greens,
yellows and oranges create a
preppy vibe.
“Almost any color pops
with navy”, says Gick, and it
works for both boys’ and
girls’ rooms.
Pottery Barn Kids’ Harper
bedding collection pairs
white with chevrons, dots or
stripes in bright hues. Monogrammed wall art ties it all together.
NEUTRAL
TERRITORY
Even parents-to-be who
know their baby’s gender
may prefer a neutral nursery.
Beyond yellow, gender-neutral decor includes gray,
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greige and cream along with
muted, chalky pastels.
Julia Rothman’s wallpaper
patterns are a good example:
Hand-drawn birds and clouds
move across the wall in soft,
daydream-y
hues.
(www.hyggeandwest.com )
TINY TRAVELER
Introduce baby to the big
wide world and the skies
above with printed bedding
and accessories to spark
imagination.
Rifle Paper Co.’s Safari
wallpaper puts zebras,
gazelles, ostriches and elephants in metallic gold on a
hunter-green background —
great for boys or girls.
(www.riflepaperco.com )
RH Baby & Child has dramatic murals of constellations, maps and jet planes.
Minted also has art to spark a
child’s flight of fancy.
(www.minted.com )
Put the sky overhead with
one of Gale Fitzsimmons’
photo murals on the ceiling:
Puffy white clouds bound
across an azure vista, perfect
for daydreaming. Or naptime.
(www.muralsyourway.com )
in good health. There’s interest in local everything. It’s also about enjoying the many
conveniences that help you
meet your neighbors.”
Many purchasers are second-home buyers, retirees or
parents of young children,
McMahon said.
“They tend to be what I call
the ‘barbell generation,’” he
said. “The millennial generation that wants fresh everything, that wants to know
where their food is coming
from. Also the senior generation, the baby boomers. They
don’t want big yards to take
care of anymore.”
Prices tend to be a lot
cheaper for agriculture-centered dwellings than for
homes facing golf courses.
Along with their higher operating costs, many golf
course developments face
concerns about water shortages; some are being pushed
toward becoming food-based
operations, said Matthew
“Quint” Redmond, owner of
Agriburbia LLB, a Boulder,
Colorado-based business that
designs, builds and operates
farms.
“The issue is making more
calories out of the water we
have,”
Redmond
said.
“Growing things that are better for you. And fewer people
are playing golf these days.
We’ll be seeing a lot of golf
course conversions in the next
10 to 15 years.”
Clay and Roz Johnson
moved to a farm-centered
community called Serenbe
near Atlanta when their second child arrived and they
wanted more space. About 70
percent of the 1,000-plus-
acre property is green space,
and their home abuts the barn.
“I’m looking at it out my
back window,” Clay Johnson
said in a phone interview.
“I’m watching some freerange chickens.”
Most of Serenbe’s landscape consists of edible,
medicinal or native plants,
said spokeswoman Monica
Olsen. “We have blueberry
bushes at all of the crosswalks, three on-site restaurants and a seasonal farmer’s
market. We just had our 10year anniversary from when
our first residents moved in.”
Johnson said moving to
Serenbe made financial sense
for his family. “We sold our
three-bedroom (house) in Atlanta for more than we
bought our five-bedroom
here. We both work from
home, and have room available if needed for our aging
parents.”
And living close to the farm
gives them a more personal
relationship with their food,
he said.
“Our kids recognize the
farmers and know who they
are. The farm is operated like
a business, so you can’t just
hop the fence and pull some
vegetables. That’s stealing.
But my son has asked for and
been given a handful of cherry tomatoes for the walk
home,” Johnson said.
“When we had our second
child, I didn’t cook for several weeks because neighbors
kept bringing over food,” he
said. “It’s not just a farm but
it creates a sense of community just like a church does.
We all meet at the farmer’s
market on Saturdays.”
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garage include wall-mounted panels with slots that can
hold everything from pliers
to bikes to motorized lifts
for hanging golf bags and
kayaks. There’s cabinetry
designed specifically to hold
power tools.
Garage renovations are al-
so a popular do-it-yourself
project, said Jason Arigoni,
field divisional merchandizing manager for Home Depot’s Southern Division.
“I’m definitely seeing
more interest in the garage,”
he said. “It often starts with
function and then jumps into
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Gated communities with
houses clustered around golf
courses, swimming pools,
party rooms and fitness centers are common in many suburban areas. But homes built
adjacent to functioning
farms?
Welcome to “agrihoods”
— pastoral ventures with
healthier foods as their focus.
This farm-to-table residential model has been sprouting
up everywhere from Atlanta
to Shanghai. It involves
homes built within strolling
distance of small working
farms, where produce matures under the hungry gaze of
residents, where people can
venture out and pick greens
for their salads.
“Real estate developers are
looking for the next big thing
to set them apart,” said Ed
McMahon, senior resident
fellow with the Urban Land
Institute in Washington.
“That gives them a competitive advantage.”
There are many variations
of the agrihood, McMahon
said. “Some developers rent
acreage to farmers,” he said.
“Some set up non-profit
C.S.A. (community-supported agriculture) programs.
Some have the residents doing it (the growing) themselves.”
Agrihoods frequently include farmer’s markets, inns
and restaurants sited in communal hubs where the edibles
are processed or sold.
A lot of things are driving
the trend, McMahon said.
“There’s more interest in
fresh foods. There’s interest
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   
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    
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   
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    
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    
    
   
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    
     
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    
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    
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     
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Gwinn
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$93,000
1092439
1270 Sherman St.
Marquette
4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths
$224,000
1092374
TBD Orchard Ln.
Marquette
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$69,900
1092308
635 N. Fourth St.
Ishpeming
4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths
$112,900
1092444
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Big Bay
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1090768
305 W. Ridge St.
Ishpeming
2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath
$66,900
1089892
9722 N. Graves Rd.
Manistique
4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath
$179,500
1091066
142 W. Washington St.
Marquette
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$475,000
1085542
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805 Cooper Lake Rd.
Ishpeming
3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths
$189,900
1091913
637 Cherry Creek Rd.
Marquette
4 Bedrooms, 4 Baths
$392,900
1084871
14195 US 41
Champion
5 Bedrooms, 3 Baths
$199,000
1091594
1033 Allouez Rd.
Marquette
3 Bedrooms, 4 Baths
$269,000
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361-9029
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362-3823
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362-3152
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250-7138
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360-6506
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250-0893
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869-3573
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202-2223
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360-4680
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250-5152
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361-4655
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361-0207
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250-6265
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