August 2001

Contest Winners

Sensational Salads

Safekeeping

Fiesta Kitchen

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It's hard to believe that August is already here! Summer is almost half over, children will soon be going back to school, and-- believe it or not-- some birds are getting ready to fly south for the winter. The Better Homes and Gardens Television production crew and host Jeanette Trompeter are also preparing to fly south ... and north, east, and west ... to bring you some of the country's most interesting chefs. They'll share delicious recipes and entertaining ideas that are sure to add sizzle to your summer.

Between friends

Going halfway

Is this wall half full or half empty? Who cares when it looks so great. Wooden panels, upholstery, textured wallpaper, or stenciling on walls add both proportion and personality to a plain, boxy room.

Create Saying

Multiplication tables

A great find combined with some basic materials equals a dining table with spunk and spirit.

Pressed Flowers

Picked and preserved, delicate pressed flowers and foliage give any spot in the house summery charm.

Pressed Flowers

Problem/Solution Kitchen

Cars still had running boards when Diana and Jonathan Cathey's kitchen was built in 1941. Clearly, an update was long overdue. Their vintage galley had numerous drawbacks: Measuring just 10x12 feet, the space was too tight for a family with children and two big dogs; storage was sparse and poorly organized; and the Catheys had just 4 feet of usable counter space.

Room at the Top

Perry Heitman had a tall order for his small house: Add a full-featured master suite, complete with sitting room, atop a one-story bungalow-- without making the house an awkward fit for its historic Portland, Oregon, neighborhood. Perry's architect and a local builder responded by slipping a broad gable addition over the back of the house. The second-floor space (right) can't be seen from the street, but it adds more than 600 square feet to the house.

Make College Count

You've saved; you've begged; you've borrowed. As a parent, you know the cost of sending your child to college comes with a big price tag. Naturally, you want that investment to pay off for your graduate with a successful career. And, with the right preparation, your student can do just that, says Marianne Green, assistant director at University of Delaware's Career Services Center and coauthor of Majoring in Success (1999).

7 secrets of successful discipline

Discipline is about helping children be successful. Not focusing on what they didn't do, but focusing on what you want them to do.

Jaguar's Affordable New 'Baby'

X-Type offers British luxury and all-wheel drive for about half the price of a full-size Jaguar.

Crafty Blend

See Lily Grow

Dr. Dabney's design decrees

Oh so pretty vacant

Anything any where CONTAINERS

Marien Kissling doesn't feel her gardening is at all restricted by her tiny patioed yard. She plants everything you do-- trees, shrubs, flowers-- it's just that she puts all her pretties in pots.

More Container Gardening

The best of phlox

Phlox lifts your garden out of the summer doldrums on a wave of jewel-box colors and soft perfume. Any phlox is beautiful but the varieties that follow are also long-blooming and healthy. Clearly, they're the best.

Mix-and March Phiox

Past perfect

Collecting can be a birthright passed on from parents, or a personal path traveled over a lifetime. But building a beautiful collection doesn't require either a legacy or a lifelong commitment. Sara and David Gomez weren't born with antique spoons in their mouths, and they haven't spent years on the prowl. Still, their collection of McCoy pottery and other love-at-first-sight pieces creates a joyful, cohesive look-- and a fresh palette-- for their Portland, Oregon, home.

Before & after home exteriors

Sometimes all it takes to give your house a fresh face is a new coat of paint. But for these five homes, including four rather plain ranches, it took a bit more work to fix up the outside. A couple of cozy porches also helped do the trick.

THERMOMETER/TIMER

THERMO SPATULAFORK

Four Steps to Fitness

The nation's Surgeon General reports that nearly 60 percent of Americans do not get enough exercise. And 25 percent aren't active at all.

What's Up Dog?

Your best friend doesn't have to say a word to make you feel better. She simply nudges you and leans in close. Her cocked head and bright eyes say, "Pour out your heart. I'm all ears."

Water play

Splish splash, this beats doing math! And there's plenty of summer left for making toys to toss, bounce, squirt, and float.

The Shopper's Mart

the family next door