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Post Home Section staffers Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza take questions on your decorating dilemmas. This week they're counting down to Thanksgiving and offering advice on table settings, guest room preparation and more.

HIGH SPRINGS TREE DECORATING CONTEST
To cheer up local businesses in High Springs one woman made it her goal to host the very first tree decorating contest in town. High Springs will enjoy its very first tree decorating contest Saturday afternoon.

Workshop provides hints for holiday table decorating
Cricket Newman brought lots of holiday decorating ideas with her when she came to speak at an event sponsored by the Master Gardeners of Kalmia Gardens.

Toledoan?s far-flung travels and building skills inspire her decorating
Your home is your castle. Unless you?re Sandi Brenner, then your home is straight out of the casbah. ?I fell in love with Morocco. It was the most inspiring and fabulous trip I ever had,? says Ms. Brenner, who has translated world adventures into an exotic decor crafted on a tight budget. Cross the threshold of this unassuming South Toledo four-bedroom and into the moody living room. It?s dark ...

Williamsburg Garden Club sponsors house decorating contest
The Williamsburg Garden Club will sponsor a house decorating contest as part of the annual 'Trains of Williamsburg' Christmas Walk.

Holiday Decorating With a Green Twist
(ARA) - When it comes to the holidays, nothing says welcome like a well-adorned home exterior. From wreaths to holiday lights to fresh greenery, even the simplest home designs can transform into magical settings with the addition of exterior decorating elements.

Holiday Entertaining Made Easy
(ARA) - Holiday entertaining can feel overwhelming to even the most seasoned host. Between shopping, cooking, cleaning and decorating, it can feel like there's no time left to enjoy the festivities.

Correction
There will be no tree decorating for A Downtown Christmas at the former J.J. Newberry?s store today. Sponsors can decorate their trees tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m.

Getting ready for the holidays
Holiday lights: While the weather is still relatively warm, it's time to start decorating the exterior of your home. Forget the lights you string along the roofline; make it simpler by choosing "gift-wrapped" boxes that will brighten up the front lawn in bright reds and greens. Gordman's in Fairview Heights has a large supply of decorations for outdoors, with large gift boxes ($17.99), as well ...

Swapping Baking Stress for Sweet Success and Memories
(ARA) - With the advent of the holiday season, spirited mothers everywhere are faced with a cornucopia of seasonal tasks, from shopping and wrapping to decorating and, perhaps the most time-intensive project of them all, holiday baking.

Add Warmth to Your Home with Hardwood Floors over Radiant Heat
(ARA) - Hardwood floors add beauty, warmth and lasting value to any home. Combine that beauty and durability with the comfort, decorating freedom and the lower cost benefits of radiant heat, and you have a great combination. Add the overall environmental benefits and it is win-win all around.

Fall Home Decor Trends: One Part Nature with a Twist
(ARA) - As Mother Nature wows us with fantastic fall colors and scenery, the latest trends in fall decorating and entertaining bring the beauty of the great outdoors inside. Give your home some fall-time flare by adding nature-inspired decor with unexpected crafty details.

THE MOM STOP: Young child can alter the holidays
I learned something interesting recently. While decorating your Christmas tree, keep a toilet paper roll handy. If an ornament can slide through it, it's a choking hazard for children 3 and younger.

Six Decorating Secrets for Under $100
(ARA) - You've been itching to renovate or redecorate, but it may be difficult to fund your grand dreams given the current economy.

Firelands Christmas Web site up; $500 decorating contest featured
'Tis the season for our special Web site, Firelands Christmas. FirelandsChristmas.com returns even bigger and better than last year. This site offers many ways to help you this holiday season.

It's simple to add personality to home
By MELISSA RAYWORTHAssociated PressThose glossy furniture catalogs in your mailbox offer a pleasant vision of home decorating. They show how easy it is to order ...

Fresh tree, careful lighting will help avoid Christmas fire
The Rapid City Department of Fire & Emergency Services is reminding people to take care when selecting and decorating a Christmas tree to avoid fire.

The art of gingerbread
Lynnette Barse is a creative cook who doesn?t bat an eye at constructing a 2-foot mummy out of Rice Krispie treats and decorating it with an edible spider web piped out of melted almond bark for a Halloween party.

Personalized furnishings can add a touch of class to home decor
Home furnishings always say a lot about the people who choose them. And a favorite accent that has emerged as a hot national decorating trend is saying even more about who they are. Monograms, usually a first, middle and last initial, are showing up on household items across the country, home furnishings experts say. The monograms, indicative of their owners' names, are adding that special ...

Home for the Holidays tour for Gardeners of the Grove
Once again Karen and Joel French have gone all out in decorating their home for the holidays, and this year Gardeners of the Grove, Elk Grove?s newest garden club, presents ?Home for the Holidays,? a tour of the home on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 4 to 9 p.m.