Make A Tobacco Basket Wreath

If you’re looking for farmhouse spring decor that won’t break your budget, this tobacco basket wreath is the perfect piece! This spring front door decor is really beautiful and interesting and you’ll love the simple farmhouse feel it brings to your front door!

Tobacco baskets date back to the 1800s and were used to keep tobacco off the floor when storing the tobacco leaves in the warehouse. They were also used to take tobacco to the local markets. Tobacco baskets are steeped with history and you don’t need to feel that it’s an acceptance of cigarettes. Small basket makers were responsible for supplying these primitive baskets.

Like all good vintage things you can now buy modern-day copies of them too.

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Vegan cuisine, rave gear and a pawn shop in West Covina: Four Hours

Tucked away in the San Gabriel Valley, West Covina offers a bit of an escape from the traffic-and-concrete of Los Angeles. While the big source of commercial business is at the Plaza West Covina, there several shops to explore off the beaten path.

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Eventide Cottage

Hello everyone, It is still very much winter here today but it will be cottage season before we know it......hopefully! So, today I am sharing some photos of the little cottage next door to ours that my daughter and her husband bought.                                                         The dining table has a beautiful                                                         view

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Q&A: NBC's George Oliphant on home renovating

The Washington Post hosts a live chat on home and design every week.

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DIY Trendy Fringed Chandelier

Fringe is very up-to-the-minute chic and the deep turquoise color of the Chainette Fringe is the perfect trim to make this a quick and easy DIY to complete. Fun, colors make a great addition to a teen’s bedroom and elegant colors like black and ivory are a wonderful accent to a living or dining room. There is a wide variety of colors and lengths of Chainette Fringe, so you can create a DIY Trendy Fringe Chandelier to compliment your home décor.

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For dog-walking apps, it’s user beware

“Many caregivers identify themselves as ‘pet lovers.’ There is a large difference between someone who has owned pets and someone who works professionally with animals.”

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Today sounds the starter’s pistol for spring | Allan Jenkins

An exciting day for gardeners, but go slow – it’s still mainly about preparation but you can start sowing inside

March 1! The start of meteorological spring, beginning of the month the clocks go forward. What we lose for a short while when we wake we gain later in the day. Good news for gardeners. I know I’m not normally one to call for caution, but a word here to try to hold back. At least a bit.

Sow stuff indoors. In greenhouses, on windowsills, somewhere with good light. Most summer-fruiting veg needs a long season to ripen, so you can start sowing chillies inside, though I’d leave any tomatoes until the end of the month. March is the prime time of the north/south divide when what to sow outside depends on where you live in the UK. Scotland and the north in March are usually cooler and darker than Cornwall.

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