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Green Scene

From hard-to-find green graniteware to a family heirloom vintage bench with original green paint, it's no coincidence that rooms in Rowann and Hugh Wilkerson's Lilburn, Georgia, home all have at least one or two green accessories. "If an antique is green, it usually comes home with me," Rowann admits. Weaving a verdant pop of a favorite color throughout your interior decor is a personal signature and adds continuity to disparate spaces. Rowann offers the following tips for choosing and working with a signature color.

From Trash to Treasure

Erin Boles, a seasoned pro in the art of upcycling, loves finding new uses for old things in her Doylestown, Pennsylvania, home. �I never look at something for what it is or what it�s supposed to be,� she says. �I think of what it could become or how I can use it.� Here are five tips for incorporating salvaged materials into your home:

This New Old House

Walking into Bridgett Swindle's Greenbrier, Tennessee, home is like stepping back in time -- and not just to 2002 when she and her husband finished building their antiques-filled sanctuary. How does she make her 21st-century house feel like a Colonial primitive paradise? Here are five of her best ideas:

Let the Holiday Spirit Flow

Discover ways to coordinate your holiday decor all through the house.

Kitchen Treasures

As Melanie Curl of Bolivar, Missouri, has learned, accumulating vintage kitchen utensils and cutlery isn�t the hard part of creating a theme. After all, they tend to be small and relatively inexpensive. But they�re also oddly shaped and often unwieldy, which makes displaying them a challenge. Here are some ideas to spark your imagination: