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Our breakfast nook ideas offer a cozy spot to enjoy morning coffee and casual meals. Learn how to tuck a breakfast nook just about anywhere with these ideas for storage and design. It can easily be rearranged if a change is needed. Credit: Laurey Glenn Colorful wall art and anoverhead pendant lightbring attention to the inviting area. Thisbanquette borrows design inspirationfrom the decorative trim around the windows. Bright white, watery blue accents and natural textures echo the cool, coastal look throughout the home....

Breakfast for dinner: Quite possibly the greatest idea since sliced bread. Eating breakfast entrees for dinner is always delicious and often easier than whipping up more traditional evening meals. Not everybreakfast casserolefor dinner makes eggs the center of attention. Credit: Blaine Moats Just before it hits the table, dust with powdered sugar for the ultimate sweet-and-savory cravings cure. Start by making anegg sandwichedbetween crispy cheese rounds (aka fricos), then sandwich that between bread....

Use these tough but pretty perennials and succulents to create a super low-maintenance landscape. These pretty, low-maintenance rock garden plants make top choices for any well-draining, gravelly spot. Every spring, it develops masses of cheerfulyellow flowersthat look terrific tucked between rocks and boulders. Credit: Andy Lyons In warmer regions, this plant can be short-lived, so replant every year or two. you might grow perennial alyssum from seeds or nursery transplants....

Paint is theultimate materialfor updating your home quickly and inexpensively. Then, grab your brushes, rollers, and a few cans of paint. Start with a few paint colors in shades ranging from dark to light. Credit: Laura Moss Paint heavy diagonal lines in alternating colors across the wall. Checkered Mudroom Wall Marty Baldwin Give your mudroom somecottage charmwith a checkered focal wall. Create a crisscross design using painters tape, then paint the exposed portions of the wall....

Get into the spirit of the season with these easy dollar store decorations that are super cheapbut look extravagant. The holidays have arrived, ushering in glad tidings and a heaping dose of Christmas cheer along with them. When it comes to seasonal decor, don’t expectyour treeto do all the work. Credit: Courtesy of Sarah Lemire But the most wonderful time of the year is also one of the most expensive....

Get great garden design tips from renowned Canadian designer Brian Minter. Integrate Your Plants Vegetables and herbs have a place in theflower garden. “In the garden, integration is the key,” he says. Play Up Texture Pay attention to foliage texture, as well ascolor. Here, for example, purple heuchera makes a lovely contrast against ‘Burgundy Glow’ ajuga and gray-blue stones. Here, for example, fernySorbaria’Sem' is a stunning partner for burgundy-leaf Red Majestic hazelnut....

You deserve the perfect bedroom. Our budget-friendly updates will add the style you need. If your bedroom’s lack of style puts you to sleep, revamp the look with these easy ideas. Credit: Kim Cornelison Our roundup of simple, affordablebedroom updateswill give your space plenty of personality, comfort, and function. Don’t skimp on design in your favorite place to escape from it all! Here, a green duvet, red throw blanket, and colorful pillows energize the otherwise neutral space....

Better Homes & Gardens/Margot Cavin You don’t need to turn to harsh chemicals to keep your home clean. Cleaning expertMary Findleyadvises keeping fresh and frozen lemons on hand for all sorts of cleaning chores. “If you only need a small section of the lemon, quarter the rest and freeze it. Credit:Better Homes & Gardens/Margot Cavin Lemons freeze for long periods,” she says. (Before microwaving a lemon, poke holes in the peel to prevent explosions....

These evergreen groundcovers feature year-round foliage and a spreading habit, plus several also have colorful flowers. Several even feature flowers or berries for added interest. The key to growing evergreen groundcovers is asite with good drainage. Credit:Robert Cardillo Plant groundcovers closer together than the recommended spacing, which usually corresponds to the mature spread of the plant. Candytuft Edward Gohlich Evergreencandytuft(Iberis sempervirens) is a white-flowering low shrub with a mounding habit....

These small plants make a big impact in fairy gardens and other miniature plantings. Jason Donnelly Fairy gardens are postage-stamp plots that require the most petite of plantings. But these whimsical little landscapes offer so much more than small-scale greenery. Credit:Jason Donnelly They add a touch of magic with their miniature structures and fairy figurines. It’shardy in USDA Zones 9-11, but can become weedy in ideal conditions. Or, grow it indoors in a terrarium or pot....

Use our step-by-step instructions and free quilt patterns to make sweet quilts for a baby in your life. Monogram Baby Quilt Create a personalized quilt for someone you love. This monogrammed crib quilt is perfect for a boy or girl. Credit: Marty Baldwin Diamond Baby Quilt Brightly colored half-squared triangles produce vibrant diamonds in this quickly pieced baby quilt. Whimsical prints make this design aperfect nursery accent. Light pink fabric mixed with subdued greens and blues gives this quilt a vintage feel....

Including everything from drinks to dessert! These fresh peach recipes are about to become some of your favorite ways to sweeten up summer! (You get the idea; there’s an easy peach recipe for every course.) Credit: Buff Strickland Cook immediately or refrigerate up to 8 hours for a make-ahead summer supper on a busy evening. Peach Cobbler How can you distinguish cobbler from crisp? The biscuit-like topping on this fresh peach recipe means it’s 100% a peach cobbler....

There’s nothing better on a hot day than a frozen dessert. Chill out this summer with delightful frozen dessert recipes made with ice cream or other icy ingredients. The party-on-a-stick features confetti cake layers with swirls of mango and raspberry sorbets. Credit: Carson Downing This layering method works with any combo of cake and ice cream you want. Dulce de leche and coffee ice cream paired with marshmallow creme update the classics’mores recipeflavor combo....