September 2010

Share the Plaid

BETWEEN FRIENDS

Over the summer, our family vacationed in the North Carolina mountains, returning with a digital photo album full of rolling skylines and views from the Appalachian Trail. And thanks to my kids, the souvenirs also include a new genre of vacation photos-- a dozen or so snapshots of plated food from restaurants we visited or meals we fixed together in our knotty pine cabin.

STORAGE TIPS, INSPIRATION, AND MORE!

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Fruits of harvest

INDISPENSABLE: PENCIL CASES

Heating up

60% OF RECENT TRAVELERS SAY THEY PLAN TO TAKE MORE TRIPS THIS YEAR THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR...

5 To-try fall wine festivals

Saratoga (New York) Wine and Food Festival (September 10-- 12) What's better than a primo wine and food festival? A primo wine and food festival paired with a Ferrari show.

Good fun

Good read

Good deed

Call to order

Blogged...

Book it

Finally, it does compute: New notebooks pack the power you need without the weight.

Home coming

A cottagey getaway lets a family revisit their small-town roots.

Creamy lattes

The coffee ritual soothes while it energies us. These java-inspired hues will do the same for any room.

Connect four

Connect four Family, friends, work, play. "They all come together in a house built for gathering.

Hidden HQ

Doors closed, it's a buffet. Open, it's the super-efficient nerve center of a busy family. See how a piece of furniture can become the brains of your operation.

Natural wonders

The stylish simplicity of nature inspires fresh fall decorating projects.

6 ways to rest easy

This bedroom proves soothing doesn't have to be boring. It serves up stylish serenity night and day.

Then again

A family moves into a 1957 Better Homes and Gardens Idea Home that stands the test of time.

Wake-up call

Easy home-center additions take a basic bathroom, and its standard-issue oak vanity, from make-do to magnificent.

30 ideas for a livable living room

1 Every living space needs a table-height surface for homework and projects. If space is tight, tuck a console table behind the sofa or against a wall.

Color to grow

PINCH BACK HERE, MOVE OVER THERE; THIS ARTIST KEEPS THE GARDEN COLOR FLOWING.

Pleased to greet you

An inviting deck proves to be the ultimate site for social networking.

Grass act

Amp up the drama of your patio or deck decor by pairing ornamental grasses in containers with other seasonal performers.

Pave the way

Still the gold standard for patios and paths, bricks are low-cost and can be installed by do-it-yourselfers.

Tree time

NIGHT LIGHTS

Queen of the shade

14% That's how much good landscaping can increase the resale value of a home...

Q: a We lost a tree in our yard, and now the hostas that once thrived underneath it look stressed. Do some hostas tolerate sun?

STYLISH BUT TOUGH

GARDEN SMARTS

5 ways to make your yard more butterfly friendly

THIS MONTH IN THE GARDEN

Meadow in a vase

Feat of clay

Better tool

COOK'S TIP

Site-seeing

78% of BHG readers like to try foods they have never had before

MEET THE MIXER

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School house shock

The jump to middle school, high school, or college can have both parents and kids worried about making the grade. Do your homework to ensure an A+ transition.

Gadget whiz

It's a wired, wired world. So reach beyond the calculator as your middle schooler, high schooler, or college student heads back to class. Connect them with fresh and functional techno gear.

Clothes calls

Negotiate your tween's budding fashion sense with style.

Snack attack

Dr. Melina Jampolis offers up more-nutritious nibbles to satisfy picky tween and teen eaters.

Orange aid

KO the OT

No more sick days!

11 Number of states that do not require middle school students to recive a booster immunization against pertussis (whooping cough), a highly contagious respiratory infection that has been growing more common among adolescents in recent years...

91% KIDS SHOW SOME CENTS

Selling out

SCHOOLED IN HOME BUYING

MONEY ORDER

I did it!