November 1996

Between Friends

Floor Shows

Step right up to floors with mix-and-match style. Wood, vinyl, tile, and carpet are the foundations for striking designs when color, material, and pattern are combined.

HAVAREST Out from underfoot

The vivid textures, patterns, and colors of woven, kilim, and rag rugs can live on long after the signs of wear appear. A little stitching, a bit of glue, and some trims give the salvageable sections a second chance as pillows, footstools, and window treatments.

Table Of Contents

"Setting the table" just took on new meaning. With this build-it-yourself display table, you can relish collectibles or another imaginative background while you eat. For fun, change the table's contents with the seasons. Gather seeds to celebrate the harvest and to conjure up the old-fashioned charm of the bins in a general store. Come summer, simply lift the top and trade the seeds for some colorful seashells.

Color Variations

Better Homes and Gardens ONLINE

It's in the Cards

Keeping Your College Kids Out of Debt

Help://parenting@cyberspace

Cyberspace is fast filling up with talk about pacifiers, temper tantrums, and toilet training.

Trumpeting Snow Angels

KEEPSAKE MINICHEST

QUILT PATTERN PENDANTS

COLLECTOR'S ORNAMENT

MOM'S CHARM BRACELET

MIRACLE ROSES PERFORM MIRACLES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES

THOMAS KINKADE COTTAGE PRINT

Is This Your House?

Win a place in the pages of Better Homes and Gardens

How to Build a Vine Pole

A Stalwart Sentinel

TEST GARDEN TIP

LOOKING GOOD

SMART GARDENING

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

FREE PLANTS

So Formal Yet So Casual

David Rhoten views his garden as "romantically overgrown." But this lush, full-blown landscape is no jungle-- for underlying the breezy manner of his manifold blossoms is a fairly rigid design and structure. Here is how you, too, can impose some sense of order and manageability on even the most casual of gardens.

Comfort Kitchens

Some kitchens sizzle with style. Others wow you with the latest appliances and materials. But the most comfortable kitchens welcome you with warmth and familiarity. Like baking your own bread, remodeling for comfort yields a sense of accomplishment by combining care, hard work, and a masterful mix of basic ingredients.

AMERICA the BEAUTIFUL

The looks we love from sea... ...to shinning sea

Home Offices

It's 8 a.m. Should you wear blue jeans or khaki shorts to work today? If you're one of about 40 million Americans who have made their office at home, it's your call. If you aren't a telecommuter or home-based entrepreneur, however, and you'd just like a quiet sanctuary for correspondence, here are some strategies for developing a well-appointed home office.

Nutrition Information

With each recipe, we give important nutrition information. The calorie count of each serving and the amount, in grams, of fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrate, fiber, and protein will help you keep tabs on what you eat.

Visions of Sugarplums

Sweet dreams, little ones. Soon preparations will begin for the holidays-- those glorious happy days, strung one after another like lights on the Christmas tree. Turn the pages for celebration inspiration.

The Shopper's Mart

Discover the ease and pleasure of shopping by mail. Order from the convenience of your own home with complete confidence.

The man next door

After totaling costs to upgrade her home computer, designer Cynthia Klein declared that she never realized the information superhighway was going to turn into a toll road.