Decorating Trends for 2009: Economy, Nature and Fashion Influences
(ARA) - What's in store for home decorating in 2009? No matter what your taste, you'll find a hue in the 2009 forecast of popular paint colors to suit your style.

Decorating a child's room so you both love the results
Parents know that they rarely have the same ideas and opinions as their children. When decorating your child's room, you might want one design while [...]

Spring Lake Park City Council recognizes winners of first annual Christmas decorating contest
There is a story of joy and tradition to go along with each decorated home. The City of Spring Lake Park held its first annual holiday decorating and lighting contest the week of Dec. 14 and recognized the winners and honorable mentions at this week's council meeting.

Valley egg-decorating artist bound for D.C.
After meeting first lady Laura Bush last year, Karen Friend will visit the White House again during Easter for a photo opportunity with Michelle Obama.

Glamour decorating keeps to budget
Remember flocked wallpaper? It's back. But it's not your mother's wallcovering. Nor is bamboo, which designers are using not just as environmentally friendly floor covering, but on walls, too.

Tree decorating contest lights up the holidays for a good cause
Complete with trains, lights, feathers, hand-painted plastic cranberries and residents of Dr. Seuss?s Whoville, Entrance C at Kingwood Medical Center was decked out with holiday spirit and full of decorated trees.

Douglas Dispatch
Those who celebrate Christmas know that a Christmas tree is often the centerpiece to holiday decorating and celebrating. Presents are tucked beneath the bows, and for many it's a family affair choosing and decorating the tree.

REMOVING THE WREATHS
Argus-Press Photo by Anthony Cepak A worker takes down holiday garland and lights decorating Main Street in downtown Ovid Tuesday afternoon.

Church Snow
Members of the youth group members of the First Presbyterian Church of New Vernon helped celebrate the church?s 175th anniversary by decorating the tree with 175 hand-made snowflakes, each one noting a different year going back to 1833.  From left, are Ryan Lapre, Margaret Lapre, Alexandra Huff,  Gordon Ward  and Cory Ward. In front are Maggie Fischer and Rachel Newburg.

Safety Tips for the Holiday Season
(ARA) - "The most wonderful time of the year" sadly also is a time when thousands of people end up in the emergency room for injuries suffered during holiday decorating, winter sports and outdoor activities.

Swapping Baking Stress for Sweet Success and Memories
(ARA) - With the advent of the holiday season, spirited mothers everywhere are faced with a cornucopia of seasonal tasks, from shopping and wrapping to decorating and, perhaps the most time-intensive project of them all, holiday baking.

Oh Baby! Expert Design Tips for the Little One's First Bedroom
(ARA) -Of all the tasks to complete during pregnancy, decorating the nursery may be the most fun. Now new parents can have designer access to the hottest trends and nursery design tips from the master of good design, Ty Pennington.

What makes your Christmas special?
The Dahl Arts Center has been collecting lists of the little things that make Christmas special - whether it's decorating cookies, sipping hot chocolate or listening to Christmas music.

Holiday Home Decorating Committee makes its choices for 2008
As the commi ttee drove around Amityville looking at the decorated homes, they sighed, oohed and aahed, they said. "Homes were decorated with tiny white lights, tiny colored lightings and larger lights and spotlights? all providing an array of holiday feelings.

Trash can contest brings awareness to students
The Missouri Departments of Transportation and Conservation are sponsoring a trash can decorating contest for students in elementary school and middle school.

Get creative in decorating without breaking bank
I always get a little blue this time of year. I refer to it as my post-holiday blues.

Shake Up Your Home; You'll Feel Better
My best decorating advice for the new year is not really very different from any other year: Decorate your home to feed your spirit.

Midlands Technical College continuing education class schedule
The following continuing education classes are being offered at Midlands Technical College Inter ior Decorat ing, Beginning Harbison Campus, $179, class meets various times from January 12, 2009, to February 9, 2009. Fundamental theories of decorating are introduced enabling students to apply beginning skills.

Terra announces winter arts and crafts, hobbies schedule
Balloon sculpture, ceramics and cake decorating highlight the winter arts and crafts and hobbies schedules offered by the Kern Center for Community and Industrial Development at Terra Community College.

An arresting body of work
Kiwi bodypainter Joanne Gair has extended her body of work during a visit home from the bustle of decorating some of the world's most beautiful bodies.