If you're craving a pop of color in your home, Behr is here to help with their 2025 Color of the Year, Rumors.
02.08.2024 - 11:09 / bhg.com / Sharon Greenthal
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Halloween lovers are evidently prepared to skip past the rest of summer and right into decorating their yards for their favorite spooky holiday—Costco's newest ghoul has started haunting stores. We're predicting that this skeleton emerging from underground will disappear from stores nearly as quickly as your favorite candy from your kid's trick-or-treating haul (you know you're sneaking it away from them, just like we do!).
Stans of the holiday have a plethora of options when it comes to giant outdoor decor now: You became familiar with Lewis from Target last year when the 8-foot tall bag of bones had social media in a frenzy trying to track him down in stores after selling out. Skelly, your old friend from Home Depot, is back and ready to party. But how do they all ~measure~ up to one another?
Lewis and Skelly tower over Costco's (currently) nameless monster, but they may not have the same spooky impact. The pair doesn't have nearly the amount of bells and whistles as the giant-headed, 5-foot tall and 9-foot long frightful ground-breaking skeleton, which includes motion-sensor activated sound and lights to startle even the coolest passerby. Lewis is the only one who speaks (his sassy voice is what got him famous), and Skelly has light-up eyes that can follow you as you walk by. It's up to you to decide which features impress (scare) you the most.
Commentary about the newest tall and scary club member ranges from excitement to curiosity.
«He doesn't look creepy at all; he looks hilarious! Like he's coming up ready to party! But I got one!» one happy Halloweener commented on a TikTok of him getting set up. «How'd you even get that home, and then where do you put it????» another asked. The creator replied: «It was a
If you're craving a pop of color in your home, Behr is here to help with their 2025 Color of the Year, Rumors.
One of the secrets to producing big, bushy basil plants is trimming. Many gardeners are shy about harvesting from their herbs and don’t want to cut them back in case it damages the plants or reduces yield. I’m the opposite, constantly trimming herbs like basil to use fresh, or preserve by drying or freezing. Not only does it promote bushier growth it also increases stem and leaf production. Are you ready to learn how to trim your basil plants for maximum yield? When it comes to pruning basil, it doesn’t matter if you’re growing basil in containers or garden beds. It doesn’t matter if you’
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A conversation with Sarah Price about how she designs her planting schemes is fascinating. She works in an unfettered way, with no specific planting plans but an intuitive sense of the plants that will work well together to form the nature-inspired compositions she is known for. Her gardens are like exquisite paintings, comprising layers of detail with a gentle succession of plants that provide interest for most of the year. This summer combination comes from Sarah’s own garden on the edge of Abergavenny. Here, she has created different areas and habitats, including a dry garden in the old walled kitchen garden.
In a recent roundup of unique, jaw-droppingly expensive homes, Realtor.com reported that the priciest property is a palatial estate in—where else—Beverly Hills, California. We all know 90210 for Rodeo Drive and its luxury stores, celebrities, fine dining… the list goes on. 1420 Davies Drive is a 21,800-square-foot megamansion situated on top of a 7.8-acre promontory—and it’s on the market for a whopping $87 million.
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The coastal region and Pee Dee saw lots of rain and flooding in places from Tropical Storm Debby last week. As field conditions improve this week, please document any crop or infrastructure impacts from the storm by using the ESF-17 form. The information collected will be used to estimate the statewide agricultural impact of TS Debby. Please note this form is for agricultural impacts only. Extension agents will also be helping to collect this information this week.
A couple of the Sunset editors were talking about the Barbie Dreamhouse the other day. And we had a hot take: Although it’s an iconic home (with a slide, pool, and a color palette that childhood dreams were made of), it’s not the most attractive-looking space from an interior design or architecture standpoint. Sure, it has some touches of mid-century modern style and an extremely cohesive color palette, but we think not very many people would want to live there IRL. On top of that, it doesn’t really look homey or comfy. And all of that’s okay, because the house is for a doll and make-believe moments. What’s a human who wants to live out their Barbie fantasies to do?
Over the past few years, Pamela Anderson has had more time to contemplate life. That is, until things kicked into high gear again—but more on that later. At the start of the pandemic in 2020, she moved from France, sold her house in Malibu, and headed north to the small town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where she was born and raised. She hunkered down with her two grown sons, Brandon and Dylan. She bought her grandmother’s old motel, renovated it, and set up her parents there. A lifelong cook, she perfected her baking skills. She reclaimed and expanded her grandfather’s garden on the same land where she had run barefoot as a self-described wild child. It’s the site of both her greatest childhood joys and harrowing traumas, which she describes candidly in her 2023 autobiography, Love, Pamela, and Netflix documentary, Pamela, A Love Story. Almost poetically, for Pamela has journaled and written poetry her whole life, she has reclaimed her true self and her youthful creativity on the exact spot where they were born. When I had the chance to sit with her and talk over Zoom recently, our conversation quickly moved beyond her new cookbook, I Love You (due out in October), to all aspects of life—and her ability to find the deepest of meanings in even the tiniest of seeds.
Several years ago while shopping at a big-box store, I spotted this tote in the household-cleaning section. In addition to carrying cleaning supplies, it can be used as a shower caddy, but I envisioned it as a garden-tool tote—balanced, sturdy, comfortable to carry, and with holes in each compartment for drainage. I’ve used it for a few years now, switching tools as needed so that I’m always ready for the current job. Cleaning the tote in spring or fall is as easy as removing the tools and spraying it out with a hose.
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