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The Women of Antique Row Will Welcome You Back
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The Women of Antique Row Will Welcome You Back

By Carleton Varney

Here’s to the women of South Dixie Highway who have a passion for the vintage and the antique. Their businesses on and near West Palm Beach’s Antique Row have reopened, and they are happy to...
French Panache Can Be Found at Lake Worth Bistro
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French Panache Can Be Found at Lake Worth Bistro

By Carleton Varney

Commercial plane travel is improving, but it bears little resemblance to flights last summer. On board, travelers have found that social distancing, face masks, hand sanitizers and gloves are the norm — and likely will...
Try a Color Scheme as American as Red, White and Blue
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Try a Color Scheme as American as Red, White and Blue

By Carleton Varney

Saturday is the Fourth of July, when we’ll celebrate the red, white and blue, even if this year we’re doing it a little differently because of the continuing health crisis. So it is with much...
A Summer Read Fit For A Royal
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A Summer Read Fit For A Royal

By Carleton Varney

A good read, I think, is as good as a good movie — and one of the best parts about relaxing with a book is that the read can last longer than the film. In...
Add Well-Chosen Jolts of Color to Avoid the ‘Empty-Fridge Look’
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Add Well-Chosen Jolts of Color to Avoid the ‘Empty-Fridge Look’

By Carleton Varney

I may be exaggerating a bit, but the model apartments I’ve seen lately definitely say the empty-fridge look is well entrenched, especially in South Florida. White rooms, of course, have been around for years, of...
Bob Eigelberger Gives Mother Nature a Helping Hand
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Bob Eigelberger Gives Mother Nature a Helping Hand

By Carleton Varney

Drive north from Midtown along North Way Lake and you are sure to see a pair of very large ant-like insects cast in bronze, once displayed on the grounds of Palm Beach International Airport but...
Toys of Olde Bring Fond Memories
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Toys of Olde Bring Fond Memories

By Carleton Varney

Whatever happened to Raggedy Ann and, of course, her brother, Raggedy Andy? When I was a little boy in the 1940s — back in a world without credit cards, cell phones and drones — Raggedy...
Ah, The Wonder of White in the Summer
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Ah, The Wonder of White in the Summer

By Carleton Varney

Well, we’ve nearly made it through what would have been the merry month of May (in non-pandemic years) — and June is just round the corner. There will be better summers to come, and with...
What's In? What's Out?
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What's In? What's Out?

By Carleton Varney

Every so often I write a column about what’s in and what’s out in the world of decorating. This time, however, I’m concentrating mostly on what seems to be out. As always, I issue this...