Setting the stage; Home sellers pay experts to polish their presentation.
Byline: Donna Boynton Jean Couture and her brother were trying to sell their father's eight-room, 2,200-square-foot home in Stow, but after three months on the market, the house drew no offers, despite its location in a well-established neighborhood. "We hit the market just at the...

The new rules: interior designer Sheri Sheridan gives us the secrets of freestyle decorating from her Oakland home. The key: Make the most of what you have, and indulge with care.
1. START BIG Prioritize your space & choose key furnishings first According to Sheridan, the most important areas in a house are the entryway and the living and dining rooms. "These are your entertaining spaces, and they should be celebrated every day." Each needs something...

Flawless Interior Decorating: A Style-by-Style Guide.
1. Flawless Interior Decorating: A Style-by-Style Guide Beverly Murphy McGraw Hill Publishers, New York, NY Meant as a guide for designers to explore a variety of design themes, Flawless Interior Decorating: A Style-by-Style Guide by Beverly Murphy offers a comprehensive look at styles...

Beverly Rose Holbrook Farrell, 74.
FALMOUTH Beverly Rose Holbrook Farrell, 74, of Falmouth and formerly of Ashland died on November 20, 2008 at UMass. Medical Center in Worcester after a short illness. She was the wife of Edward L. Farrell who passed in 2004. Mrs. Farrell was a senior sponsor...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Businesses to take spotlight FITCHBURG - The city's First Thursday celebration for September will cast a spotlight on businesses near the Upper Common downtown. Mayor Lisa A. Wong discussed the events that will kick off the Sept. 4 activities, when...

Designing mind: trendspotting with interior decorator Anne Nelson.
Palmetto native Anne Nelson has a degree in urban planning with a specialty in historic preservation as well as an interior design certificate from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. When she moved home in 2005, she opened an interior decorating business in the circa-1925 Jennings Arcade building...

Harrisburg's Triple Crown Corporation Wins Association Awards.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Triple Crown Corporation of Harrisburg took home awards from two separate professional organizations during the month of October. Two of their model homes won a total of eleven awards at the Harrisburg Home Builders Association's Parade of Homes Gala held October...

HSN Redesigns Home Lifestyle Category.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-27 June 2008-HSN Redesigns Home Lifestyle Category(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Interactive lifestyle network and retail destination HSN will kick-off a makeover of its home lifestyle category with the launch of an exclusive new line of home decor and furniture from designer Nate Berkus on October...

Ann T. McDonald.
SHREWSBURY Ann T. (Kalvinek) McDonald, 73, of Shrewsbury, and Vero Beach, Florida died Monday, March 10th in Beaumont Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Westborough after an illness. She leaves her husband of 41 years, James F, McDonald; a bother, Robert Kalvinek of Southington, CT; two sisters, Irene...

Mary S. Child, 89.
PUTNAM, CT Mary S. Child, 89, of Liberty Highway, Putnam, died August 7, 2007, after a lengthy bout with Parkinsons disease. She was born December 1, 1917, in Belaire, Ohio, daughter of the late Albert and Mary (Polivka) Sochor. In September 1924 she moved to Connecticut. Mary graduated in...