hBook focuses on finds that create room style

hBook focuses on findsthat create room style
Ohio designers David and Amy Butler think some of the most stylish homes are those that evolve, artfully furnished and decorated with the kinds of treasures you can't find in a department store. That's the idea behind their new book, "Found Style: Vintage Ideas for Modern Living."
The book showcases rooms given personality by heirlooms, antiques and flea-market finds, including both contemporary and more traditional settings. Many of the rooms owe their flair to the owners' artistic abilities, but they contain ideas that less-imaginative types can steal, such as an old ice-cube tray used as a desk catchall and a surfboard doubling as a shelf. The book is more an inspiration source than a how-to guide, but the authors do give guidelines for using found pieces so the house doesn't look like a museum. The Butlers run a design studio called Art of the Midwest in Granville and are contributing editors to Country Living magazine. "Found Style" is published by Chronicle Books and priced at $35.
Workshop to targetfirst-time home buyers
YOUNGSTOWN -- Family Financial Education Services, a program of Family Service Agency, will sponsor a first-time home-buyer workshop from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the agency, 535 Marmion Ave. The free workshop will cover basic home-buying information such as determining affordability, budgeting, credit problems and the loan application process. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance that will satisfy the education requirements for some mortgage programs. Reservations are required by calling (330) 782-5664. No reservations will be taken the day of the program.
Getting organized
Pegboard used to be the end-all, do-all for organizing a home's workshop. But now, it is one of two good alternatives. And the new contender is slat board. F2