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1. Add a Playful Touch to Fall Porch Decor Use a red wagon as a vessel to hold a bountiful arrangement of colorful pumpkins and gourds for a playful addition to your fall front porch. Greet guests with this festive array of green, white, orange, and yellow seasonal produce, as well as colorful mums ($27, Walmart) and tall fall foliage placed on rustic wood crates for added height. If you’re worried about squirrels getting into the pile of pumpkins, sprinkle red pepper flakes on and around the pumpkins, spray them with lacquer spray, or coat them with a layer of petroleum jelly to help them stay shiny and damage-free all season long....

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Editor’s Tip: Sprinkle glitter over a tray for easy cleanup. Bonus: You can buy a huge roll of kraft paper for the price of a couple of small rolls of department store wrapping paper. Related Video

No matter if your rooms are big or small, having the right furniture arrangement will make them more enjoyable. Check out our layout examples, plus tricks for living rooms, family rooms, bedrooms, and dining rooms. Knowing how to arrange furniture can help you navigate how a room will be used. Related Video

Substitutes for Bread Crumbs Finding a bread crumb substitute in your pantry is easier than you think! For ¼ cup fine, dry bread crumbs, substitute any of these items: ¾ cup soft bread crumbs¼ cup panko¼ cup cracker or pretzel crumbs¼ cup crushed cornflakes or other unsweetened cereals⅔ cup regular rolled oats (Use this only as a substitute for bread crumbs in meat loaf and other meat mixtures, such as burgers....

Take IKEA’s fall 2022 collection, KRÖSAMOS. This seasonal launch is packed with smaller decorative items anyone can bring home to keep their space on-trend without requiring a huge (and expensive) decor overhaul. Even if you’re not looking to shop right now, there’s plenty of decor inspiration to take from these new items. KRÖSAMOS is an assortment of kitchenware, dishware, and other cooking and entertaining essentials that emphasize sustainability while offering beautiful ways to prepare and serve delicious meals....

Needing only an outlet, electric patio heaters can warm your outdoor space easily and quickly. And with a wide variety of products on the market—from hanging lanterns to under-table lamps—you can find the type of heater that fits your needs. We researched to find the best electric patio heaters. We took into account important factors like maneuverability, ease of use, and of course, heat output. As you shop, remember to consider your own patio space and preferences to select the heater that’s best for you—you won’t want a tabletop lantern if you plan on playing card games with friends!...

1. Exposure to the Freezing Cold Poinsettias are grown in greenhouses to color up in time for the holidays. Then they’re shipped off to sell. You can purchase them in greenhouse pots or in arrangements or planters (like this Better Homes & Gardens 8-inch Poinsettia Live Plant with Ceramic Vase, $33, Walmart). When we take a pampered plant from a warm store through a cold parking lot to the car, it can start to lose its leaves from the shock of temperature change....

First, get focused. A whole-home makeover probably isn’t feasible within a few weeks’ time, so concentrate your efforts on gathering spaces and other areas visitors are likely to interact with, such as powder rooms or guest bedrooms. For holiday dinners, consider where guests are likely to congregate before, during, and after the meal, suggests New York City interior designer Elizabeth Gill. Depending on the layout of your home and your entertaining style, that could include the kitchen, living room, formal dining area, and more....

1. Carefully Choose a Destination Having a dedicated area for holiday decorations is the first step to making this process less stressful. Depending on the size of your space, climate of your location, and extent of your stuff, a garage, basement, shed, or attic is ideal to house it all. This keeps items that you need access to just one month of the year out of your way for the rest of it....

If you’re not sure what techniques are food-safe or not, consider what materials are used in the decorating process: A good rule of thumb is not to use anything you wouldn’t eat, since anything used can permeate through the shell of the eggs. Luckily, it’s easy to create gorgeous dyed eggs that are beautiful and can be eaten later, so nothing goes to waste. Whether you’re serving the eggs as part of your Easter brunch or saving them to eat with your leftovers, here are eight food-safe ways to decorate eggs at home so you can partake in this classic Easter tradition without contributing to food waste....

If you don’t already have one, it’s easy to put together: Choose a set number of good deeds to accomplish (think: writing to a senior pen pal, organizing a rainbow hunt, or filling all the parking meters on a busy street) this month and write each one down and place it in a numbered envelope. Then, choose one activity to do each day. Plus, once you create the numbered envelopes, you’ll be ready to go again come December 1....

Better Homes & Gardens is a go-to resource for home ideas, food and recipes for everyday and special occasions, and garden know-how that can’t be rivaled. Our early magazines dealt almost exclusively with garden topics, but as the years—and our name and logo—progressed, we’ve been busy adding to our encyclopedia of home helpers. We built a first-of-its-kind “taste-testing kitchen” in 1928, and by the 1970s, we had over 7 million magazine subscribers....

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Erica has worked at BHG since 2016, covering innovative and accessible self-care products and trends. Previously, Erica was the beauty director for Ladies’ Home Journal and its MIN-award winning beauty blog Gloss Daily. She held internships at Harper’s Bazaar and W magazine. She has also appeared on GMA, TODAY, E! News, and ABC News as a beauty expert. Erica is a contributing writer for NaturallyCurly.com’s book The Curl Revolution, and has written for Refinery29, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Shape, and Martha Stewart Living....

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A variety of factors contribute to this shift, most predominately a global pandemic that forced many to rethink the rooms in their home. But what can be done if you own an open-concept home yet desire more intimate and well-defined spaces? The good news is that there are still plenty of ways to restore the feeling of separate spaces without putting up a “for sale” sign in the front yard....