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Concerned about the swine flu virus? In an effort to provide information to the Housing Works community and anyone concerned about the flu virus, Housing Works is posting information from the New York City Department of Health and New York City’s Department of Emergency Management about swine flu and flu pandemics in general. Please take a look so you can inform and protect yourself and your loved ones: Ready New York: Pandemic Flu (from the New York City Department of Emergency Management) Swine Influenza: What New Yorkers Need to Know (from the New York City Department of Health)
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I love having a special memento from a fantastic party – one where the hostess tapped into her creativity for a personalized affair. When I invite guests over, I like to offer them the same, especially when there are copious amounts of food left over that I know I will never be able to consume. Instead of packing extra goodies up on paper plates or in plastic containers, I always reach into my supply of…
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(The following offers are for Housing Works Members only. To support Housing Works and receive exclusive benefits, JOIN TODAY!) Preview to April Discount Days: Wed., April 22, 7:30 PM – 9 PM Come to the Brooklyn (122 Montague St.) and Gramercy (157 E. 23rd St.) Thrift Shops for 40% off all merchandise. Advocate-level members and above get 10% off the already 40%-off sale prices! Open to all Housing Works Members (at all membership levels –…
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Design on a Design 2009 vignette designer Kimberly Hull founded Kim Hull Interiors in order to design living spaces that the whole family can enjoy. She learned her trade at Sills Huniford Design Associates, where she was design director. Hull spoke to Housing Works about her simple and down-to-earth aesthetic, why she’d be the perfect designer for the Obamas, and why you shouldn’t allow children to prevent you from having a fabulous home. Tell me…
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This 1955 double issue of Verve magazine – Tériade’s legendary journal – brings together some of George Braque’s most intimate and striking works. Twelve color lithographs, 8 color and 132 black and white photogravures are in turns sweeping, haunting and delicate. Along with the lithographs is a cover page and title design by the famous Cubist himself. The issue includes an essay by the great novelist and travel writer Rebecca West. Verve Volume VIII. n.…
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Decorators may hate me for saying this, but making a sofa your first purchase for your living room is probably a smart move. Let’s face it, it’s probably the most sat on — and napped-on, lounged-on and kissed-on — piece of furniture you’ll invest in. So do spend some time picking out a vintage or thrift-store sofa. If you live like I do in a one-bedroom apartment, then you don’t have the luxury of an…
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Our first Design on a Dime 2009 Blog victim is our pal David Cafiero, a dashing downtown design genius who counts Chloë Sevigny among his clients. (That’s her amazing East Village home above; see more at the Cafiero Select website). Cafiero dishes with journalist David Boyer about Chloë, the Obamas, his Design on Dime vignette—and why he hates purple. DOD 2009 Blog: Times are tough. Portfolios are crumbling. What are some easy ways people can…
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Welcome to the 5th Annual Design on a Dime 2009 Blog! To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Design on a Dime, Housing Works biggest fundraiser of the year, we will be posting regular interviews with our amazing participating interior designers until Design on a Dime kicks off with a big opening night benefit on May 7 at the Metropolitan Pavilion! There are still tickets left for this star-studded affair—come meet designers Jaclyn Smith, Ty Pennington,…
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The garage sales of Ruth Handel and Johanna Went are the kind of legendary events that LA thrift and vintage shoppers mark in red ink on their must-do lists. “We have regulars who show up year after year because they know that they will always find good things on the cheap,” Ruth says. Recently, the two joined forces with family and friends to create a garage sale where proceeds went to Los Angeles Retarded Citizens…
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