This week, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, listen to Shakespeare or make some art. Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. Monday Watch a reading of the new script “Pandora,” by the …
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Photo by eva_blanco / Shutterstock.com Thrift stores aren’t just for the basics anymore. With a little creative vision, you can decorate your entire home with secondhand finds — and decorate it well. After 25 years of reselling what I find in thrift shops, flea markets and estate sales, I’m continually …
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During the week, gifted ceramicist and designer Christopher Spitzmiller is busy creating his exquisite lamps, tableware and accessories found in the most stylish design shops and homes across the country including the White House. But weekends find him at Clove Brook Farm, his picture perfect country retreat in Dutchess County, NY. Five years …
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We asked Melissa Kirsch to talk about ways she keeps her spirits up and her day meaningful. For her, it starts with a movie night. Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. As we remain in quarantine, …
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Online tutorials for TikTok and music-video routines can help prove you wrong. The “WAP” dance is within your reach. In the early days of the pandemic, a strutting, hip-shaking dance trend took over social media: the J. Lo TikTok Challenge, a roughly 30-second piece of choreography from Jennifer Lopez’s Super …
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The pandemic has stolen away the chance to surround the sister we are losing to dementia with our love, so that she does not have to face death alone. When I saw my sister Peggy in her nursing home last June, she was sitting up in bed, leaning forward slightly …
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Photo by Hurst Photo / Shutterstock.com Extreme demand for homes is pushing home values up at a rate not seen since before the Great Recession, a new Zillow report finds. Several trends — including new millennial homebuyers, record-low interest rates, trends related to the coronavirus pandemic and the relatively small …
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It would seem designer Frank de Biasi was always destined for a home in Tangier. With a college degree in international relations, studies at the Sorbonne, followed by six years at Christies and then twelve as Director of Interiors at Peter Marino, Frank expanded on his love of travel, art …
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Halfpoint / Shutterstock.com Spending on home improvements grew in 2020, driven both by higher costs for labor and materials and by homeowners’ shifting priorities amid the coronavirus pandemic. Spending averaged $ 8,305 — up by $ 745 from 2019, according to HomeAdvisor’s latest annual State of Home Spending report. The …
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