Enter The Holiday Decorating Contest
Share your holiday spirit! Enter your home, school or business in our Holiday Decorating Contest! How Do I Enter? Use our online entry form to enter. Once we receive your entry, your home, business or school will be added to our online Holiday Decorating Contest voting map.

Holiday Home Decorating Contest begins
The Beautification Committee of the Pontiac Area Chamber of Commerce is once more sponsoring the Holiday Home Decorating Contest. The top 12 homes selected from within the community will be recognized with candy cane signs in their yards.

Register for decorating contest by Dec. 10
The Borough of Red Bank is sponsoring a home-decorating contest the week of Dec. 15, with four homeowners receiving prizes for the best presentation. Entry forms should be returned by Dec. 10. Judging will be for exterior decoration only, and prizes awarded for first place, second place, third place and honorable mention. Awards will be presented at the Dec.

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.

?Shopping at Home? boosts economy
decorating. Crystal Gately, owner of Essential Salon and Day Spa, prepares for ?Christmas in our Town,? which is set for Dec. 6. This event promotes Sparta?s businesses and encourages ?shopping at home.?

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.

Finding fabulous but frugal home d cor
Those glossy furniture catalogs in your mailbox offer a pleasant vision of home decorating. They show how easy it is to order up a stylish, thoughtfully designed living space where everything blends smoothly.

Eco-friendly Home Decorating Made Easy
(ARA) - Take a look around at some of the products being sold by your favorite retailers today and you'll see that "going green" isn't just a catch phrase anymore; it's a way of living. But living green isn't just about driving a hybrid or eating organic.

Correspondence: Chambers Nursing Home
Hello from Chambers Nursing Home. We?re getting ready for Christmas and are decorating the halls. Past activities for the week of Nov. 22 through Nov. 28 included:

Welcome home: Old West End opens doors during its annual Tours de Noel
Behind the walk-through wreath that frames their Parkwood Avenue doorway, Gary Sears and Bill Thien have assembled more than a dozen Christmas trees to adorn their century-old home for the holidays. The collection of trees has grown in the 16 years since the Tudor first became their home, and they start decorating the trees in October to complement their accumulated antique lamps, glass, and ...

Memorial tree decorating set
The annual Memorial Christmas Tree Decorating in honor of those who have died and in support of their survivors will be held Dec. 14 from 4 to 6 in Koch Funeral Home at 101 W. Main St., Scio.

Lawndale features holiday decorating contest
Lawndale is accepting applications for the 2008 holiday home-decorating contest through Dec. 18.

Decorating for the Holidays - Halderman Style
When it comes to decorating for the holidays, folks in Savannah know they can count on the Halderman family.

Home Front: Foreclosed Sacramento property to sprout new houses
At last, Home Front has found a more pleasant way to tell a foreclosure story. When Golden 1 Credit Union recently foreclosed on a 1-acre property near Rio Linda, it didn't just put it back on the market at a big loss. California's biggest credit union instead gave the parcel to Habitat for Humanity. Habitat plans to build four houses on the property. On Saturday a sad outcome will start ...

Rufeners' home real treat on tour
Chad and Becky Rufener home. Courtesy photo Participants in the 2008 Homes for the Holidays tour are in for a real treat at the home of Becky and Chad Rufener.

Laurel Lake Holiday Decorating Contest
The Laurel Lake Community Day and Volunteer Association is sponsoring a holiday decorating contest for residents of Laurel Lake, Commercial Township.

Holiday Home Decorating Dos and Don'ts
(ARA) - The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is enough to leave anyone exhausted. But, even though today's holiday schedule can be overwhelming at times, there are several simple "dos and don'ts" that can help you streamline at least one area of your holiday activities -- home decorating.

You, too, can prevent holiday fires
With the holiday decorating season in full swing, Staff Writer Dennis Sherer talked to Sheffield Fire Chief Dewey King about tips for preventing home fires caused by Christmas lights and other decorations.Q: How can residents prevent their home decorations from becoming a holiday disaster'

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.

Housewalk entices participants with five distinct homes
Whether they were out for ideas in decorating their own homes or just wanted to see the inside of a famous Morris Mansion, people were out in droves Friday to experience the Home for the Holidays Housewalk.