May 23, 2022 – pix-host

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I Made This Mistake When Renovating My Home — and Have Regretted It Since

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If we’re going to make mistakes, the least they can do is make us smarter.

Key points

Everyone makes financial mistakes. It’s how we learn.
We rarely know what’s just around the corner — bad or good.
While I couldn’t have predicted the housing bubble bursting, I wish I’d been more cautious with how I spent money on my home at that time.

2007 was a pretty horrid year for home buyers across the U.S. Many of us — particularly those of us who’d never lost money when selling a house — assumed that anything we put into a home would come back to us at some point.

Call it naïve or overly optimistic, but the idea of a housing bubble never entered my mind. I left reporting for a few years to write novels and honestly, I must have had my head in the sand.

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Get Inspired: A Dreamy Fort Lauderdale Summer Home

Photo by Michael P.H. Clifford

The first room is an open kitchen connected to the dining area. It features natural materials and a pop of blue to give a coastal feel. The white beam ceiling adds dimension and some drama.

Photo by Michael P.H. Clifford

Another look at the kitchen. It features soft blue cabinetry around the island and wood paneling around the range. Arnold chose to recess the cabinet doors for a cleaner look.

Photo by Michael P.H. Clifford

The green dining room features a wallpaper mural. A common decor trend you will see in this home is dramatic pendant lights. The dining room light is by Stephen Antonson.

Photo by Michael P.H. Clifford

The breakfast nook off the kitchen is a custom linen-covered banquette. The chairs are from RW Guild.

Photo by Michael P.H. Clifford

The grand entryway features a limewashed cypress ceiling and hand-applied plaster to create

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Nursing home told it ‘requires improvement’ for THIRD time

Inspectors have told a nursing home it needs to improve – for a third time. Ash Hall Nursing Home in Werrington was assessed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in February.

A recently published report reveals it was rated as ‘requires improvement’, which is the same rating it received following its two previous inspections. Inspectors found deficiencies in the safety of residents, and how well the home was managed. However, the report also notes a number of positive points at the Ash Bank Road facility.

At the time of the inspection, Ash Hall was home to 49 residents aged 65 and over. Some were living with dementia, physical disabilities, sensory impairments or mental health issues. The CQC carried out an inspection because it has been made aware of concerns about its staffing levels and infection prevention and control.

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Sideria by Ponomarenko bureau – InteriorZine

“Sideria” is a mono-format cider bar. A project in which we reacted to the history of cider in post-Soviet countries. It is a small container with windows on three sides. Our task was to create an atmospheric bar with a small wall area, in which people would feel comfortable wherever they were inside the bar. We based the design on the history of how and when cider appeared in the post-Soviet countries. We analyzed all the available material and found certain similarities between the bars of the 60s and 70s. Budget materials: tiles, plywood panels with a lot of well-designed details.

The basis of our planning solution is a long table. It’s a 999 meter long table that works at multiple heights. It starts near the entrance and it was necessary to develop a solution that would be comfortable for the people who sit by the table. To do that,