© Provided by Xinhua CHENGDU, May 18 (Xinhua) — About one hour’s drive from the main venue of International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, villages in Leshan City of Sichuan Province, are reaping the benefits of the flourishing gardening industry to decorate the daily life of its residents, while revitalizing the local economy via eco-tourism. Since…
Step into the beautifuly displayed showroom at All Surface Flooring in Ballwin and the possibilities for your home seem endless. The name All Surface Flooring says it all. The business has a wide selection of carpet, hardwood, ceramic, porcelain and all types of luxury vinyl tile from which to choose. They also have a staff…
Who stole Sweet Emma? That question haunted New Orleans artist MJ Robitaille for 13 years, ever since her life-size plywood painting of Sweet Emma Barrett, a jazz pianist, singer and Preservation Hall icon, disappeared from the 2011 Voodoo Music Experience in City Park. Sweet Emma, Robitaille assumed, was gone forever. And then, in March, she…
Elegant, ethereal murals have been a mainstay in stately homes and posh townhouses for centuries. With persistent back-to-nature themes running rampant since lockdown — I see you “cottage-core” and “dark-academia” — it’s only natural that the serene, muted, landscaped murals of yore have been ever so quietly slipping back into our homes. Calling to mind…
Gardeners know — and research is proving — that gardening, even viewing one, as well as spending time in nature is good for the mind, body and spirit. It improves strength and flexibility, lowers blood pressure and elevates our moods. This is also true for the youngsters in our lives. Recent studies found that school-aged…
There’s a new high water mark for passive aggressiveness in the visual arts—and the pun is intended. When the town of Seaside, California ordered homeowner Etienne Constable to build a fence to conceal the boat in his driveway, he erected the fence all right. And then he hired his neighbor, artist Hanif Panni, to paint…
Interior designers are just regular people, who, at the end of the day, want to come home to and entertain in their own welcoming spaces. So even if you might think they’d have the trendiest, most elaborate and over-the-top homes, that’s not always the case. If you’ve ever wondered what designers wouldn’t put in their…
