Summer is finally nearing its end, though the high temperatures linger, making any thought of hot chocolate and curling up in blankets on the couch dangerous.
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Brenda Looper,
Arkansas Online,
9 Sep. 2026
Built for polar exploration, this vessel features a cozy alpine-meets-the-sea vibe, with faux-fur pillows, plush blankets for staying warm and three fireplaces with dancing water vapor flames.
Thigpen, whose mother Virginia is a pioneering Davis builder, said each owner treated the house as a historic trust, preserving original fixtures, screens and other pieces for whoever came next.
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David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
19 Sep. 2026
Everything in the show just runs out of creativity and energy, even giving up the flourishes that fueled the first half of the season, like an often-clever use of split-screens to wordlessly develop characters and build tension.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2026
The large slats of shutters might be easier to vacuum than those of mini blinds or even cellular shades, so make a plan based on your window blind type and style.
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Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2026
Stores couldn’t keep toilet paper, masks or hand sanitizer on shelves.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2026
Days before the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art officially opens, protesters from the Fair Games Coalition — wearing Jedi robes and Jar Jar Binks masks and carrying lightsabers — rallied together outside the new museum.
Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits.
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Adora Namigadde,
NPR,
23 July 2026
With diagnostic precision, shifting baseline syndrome puts a name on something that most of us have experienced—the ways in which the fog of forgetting veils experience.
These sheer Sylvie curtains are from the duo’s upcoming collaboration with Kufri textiles.
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Alex Beggs,
Architectural Digest,
21 Sep. 2026
At night this is lit by strung lights and lanterns, perfect for an al fresco dip above the urban buzz, while inside lamps cast a soft glow, and thick Roman blinds and bedroom curtains block out all light.
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