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ANTIQUES: Automated greetings provided a royal welcome, F7

IN THE GARDEN: It’s time to plant tree and scrub seeds, F3

Berry Christmas!

Berry Box may be the perfect holiday porch plant, Page F2

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Above left, Berry Box, a variety of Pyracomeles, is a prolific berry producer and perfect for containers on the porch patio or deck. At right, Berry Box Pyracomeles loads up with white spring blooms that give way to a bounty of berries. Below, Berry Box also looks festive with Lemon Coral sedum. (PHOTOS, COVER PHOTO BY NORMAN WINTER / TNS)

Berry Box is the perfect Christmas plant for the porch

By Norman Winter

Superbells Pomegranate Punch look should be awesome. calibrachoa and Lemon Coral Berry Box really fills a need FEW YEARS AGO, I Sedum. and that is a prolific berry prowrote a column on The potential for the Berry ducer that is small and perfect the keys to the winter Box is 42 inches tall and wide for a container on the porch, landscape being Bones, and the info comes with a patio or deck. It is recommendBerries and Bark. The bones warning about pruning as it can ed for zones 7a- 9b, evergreen of course are evergreen plants, interfere with blooming and and prefers part to full sun. In berries are like nature’s winter berry production. I have done my AquaPots, good lightweight baubles, and bark is typically well with little snips here and potting soil coupled with the associated with trees that create there managing my look. Prov- self-watering concept cona “look at me” moment by en Winners says it does have a trolling moisture seems just virtue of their wood. So, when I quirky growth habit, which is perfect. had the opportunity to try some another way of saying it does No one has mentioned birds Berry Box shrubs I jumped at what it wants, but that seems to eating berries, but it is common the opportunity. be within reason. with both parents of the PyraYour first thought upon seeing I am also trying some in beds, comeles. I have a lot of birds in that the Berry Box is a Pyrabut they are not as far along the landscape and the berries comeles is probably similar age-wise as those in containers. disappeared last year, but I to mine: What in the world is I have these planted around a failed to see who got the meal. that? Well, it is simply a cross golden needle Western arborWhile we treasure the red between the Pyracantha and vitae called Fluffy. Fluffy is, berries, the spring season with the Osteomeles. Sure, that is botanically speaking, a variety coverage of white blooms is an what I thought — NOT! What of Thuja plicata. The mature added treat. is an Osteomeles? Well, it is a sprawling shrub of which one species is native to Hawaii.

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Time to plant the tree and scrub seeds

INALLY, TODAY, I’M PLANTing seeds. “Too late to plant seeds,” you say? Or perhaps you’re thinking that it’s way too early, with the coldest days of the year still about a month away. Well, the seeds I’m talking about aren’t vegetable or flower seeds; they’re tree and shrub seeds.

Planting seeds is a way to get lots of new plants at little or no cost. The seeds I’m going to be planting are ones that I collected this past summer, fall, and yesterday.

I already grow way too many plants, but I need these plants for a barrier. The rear of my property backs up to a rail trail which, from spring through fall, is a wall of greenery in a swath about twenty feet wide. Nothing special, just whatever popped up there naturally, mostly bush honeysuckles and some viburnums nearby with black cherries and ashes

Blossoms and fruits of Nanking cherry, a shrub easily grown from seed. (PHOTOS BY LEE REICH)

further in. Grape and bittersweet vines clamber up whatever they can latch onto. Leafless, now, these plants don’t present a particularly pretty sight.

What’s needed is some winter color and greenery. Closer in, I’m planning a screen with winterberry (Ilex verticillata), Meserve holly (Ilex x meserveae), and arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis, this

one purchased as plants).

A couple of larger trees — black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) and red maple (Acer rubrum) — will beef up the naturally rag tag mix of trees further in.

I’m also sowing seeds of Nanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa). It’s one of my favorite large bushes for its spectacular show of pinkish white blossoms

in early spring and its equally spectacular show and abundance of delicious, juicy, small cherries in summer. All on a carefree, very tough and very cold-hardy plant.

Seeds of woody plants that ripen in early summer will sprout almost as soon as they touch down to soil.

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[Nanking cherry is] one of my favorite large bushes for its spectacular show of pinkish white blossoms in early spring and its equally spectacular show and abundance of delicious, juicy, small cherries in summer.

fruits from sprouting within those fruits.

In a couple of days, I’ll plant my soaked seeds in flats of potting soil, water them, cover them, and set them in my garage. (The holly and winterberry fruits still are more or less intact, so I’ll just plant the whole fruits in the potting soil.) In the garage, temperatures are somewhat moderated as compared with outdoor temperatures.

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Red maple (Acer rubrum) is a good example of an early-ripening seed. A friend collected some from his trees. I sowed them, they sprouted quickly, and I now have some healthy seedlings a foot or so tall.

Many woody plants bear seeds that don’t ripen until late summer or early fall.

If these seeds sprouted as soon as they touched soil, the resulting tender, young sprouts would succumb to winter cold. To avoid this, they sit and wait until they feel that winter has passed.

They gauge this, via hormones, by the amount of cold they’ve experienced. Levels of the hormone abscisic acid, which keeps seeds dormant, decrease as cold wears on.

Seeds typically need exposure of one to two months,

or about 1,000 hours, in a moist, cold environment before they can be convinced that it’s safe to sprout. Cold temperatures, between about 30- and 45-degrees Fahrenheit, not frigid temperatures, are what flick this switch.

Depending on location, such temperatures might be experienced partly in fall and partly in spring, or mostly in fall.

Other types of dormancies might also need to be overcome before a seed will sprout. Some seeds have a separate dormancy for root growth, overcome with warm, moist conditions.

Root growth must precede shoot growth.

Warm, moist conditions also may be initially need-

ed for seeds with especially tough coats, to soften them or give microbes the opportunity to erode the surface.

To start, I’m soaking the winterberry, holly, black tupelo, and Nanking cherry seeds in water for a couple of days, changing the water

daily. Soaking does three things: First, it makes sure the seeds are well hydrated; second, it makes fruits fall apart to release their seeds; and third, it leaches out potential sprouting inhibitors.

Sprouting inhibitors prevent seeds within moist, fleshy

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You may be insulating your home wrong The best paint colors for guest rooms, according to design pros

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NSULATION IS KEY TO keeping your home toasty in the winter without driving up your utility bills. Improving insulation can help with sealing air leaks — and could save you up to 20 percent on your heating and cooling costs, according to the Energy Department.

But the benefits depend on how properly the insulation is done.

“You could use the wrong material and the wrong approach,” said Christian Kaltreider, a buildings research engineer with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. “Whether that material and that approach are appropriate are highly dependent on what climate you are in.”

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challenging and important that can be.”

Spray foam insulation, which is airtight and in some cases can help control vapor, What are the different “is a very significant upgrade types of insulation? in performance over fiberThere are two ways to glass batts and other common insulate a building: cavity or types of cavity insulation,” continuous insulation.

Simon said.

Cavity insulation is used But if you’re aiming for betin spaces between the wood ter insulation, he and other studs that frame most tradiexperts suggest considering What is the purpose tional homes. These spaces continuous insulation, which of insulation? are often packed with fiberinvolves covering your home Insulation primarily conglass batts — pink and yellow with insulating material rathrolls of fluffy material. Batts er than just applying it in the trols how heat flows in and can also be made of mineral spaces between studs. out of a building, Kaltreider When insulation is placed said. “It’s trying to keep heat wool.

Other types of insulation between studs, heat can in or heat out to keep the include loose-fill products escape through the wood, interior comfortable.” a problem known as therBut certain types of insula- made from fiberglass or cellulose that are blown or mal bridging. Continuous tion can also help with coninsulation, which often uses trolling the flow of air, vapor injected into the gaps.

But while materials such as rigid foam boards that are and water. If properly done, fiberglass batts are insulatinstalled on the exterior side some insulation can control ing, they’re not airtight, said of walls, can greatly reduce all four elements.

Keith A. Simon, vice presior almost eliminate that heat Just adding insulation, however, can increase the dent of design phase services loss, experts said.

Continuous insulation can risk that moisture could build at Salas O’Brien, an engineerup within your walls, he said. ing firm. He likened this type also be made from mineral Improper insulation could of insulation to wearing a big wool and wood fiber, said wool sweater on a blustery Janna Alampi, principal hinder a wall’s ability to dry winter day. architect and owner of EPICx out by blocking the flow of “The wind just cuts right Studio, an architecture and vapor. Because insulation through you and you’re building enclosure consulting reduces the amount of heat firm in Iowa. flowing through the wall, the freezing cold,” said Simon, who is an expert in building Homes that are properly trapped vapor can get cold enclosure technology. “You insulated using this method enough to create condensahave plenty of insulation, could not only have low enertion. Moisture inside your walls could lead to mold or but it’s not airtight, and so it gy bills and reduce moisture cause building materials to doesn’t work. So, same thing problems, but they could also deteriorate. with houses. You have to help avoid the huge tem“Properly applying the have both. You have to have perature swings that might insulating value, but you also happen during power outages right materials in the right need airtightness to be not by locking in warm or cool air place is vital, especially for just high-performance in and helping to keep indoor vapor control,” Kaltreider terms of energy efficiency, spaces comfortable, Alampi said. “The colder you get or but also comfortable.” said. the hotter you get, the more

Existing homes can be retrofitted with continuous insulation, she said.

“If you just use cavity insulation, you’re not going to get these benefits,” Alampi said.

But, she added, changes to your insulation will likely impact your heating and cooling system. Improving your insulation means you don’t need as much heating and cooling and you could reduce the size of your system, she said.

How do you pick the right insulation?

The first rule of thumb is to follow your local building code, which typically has insulation requirements, Kaltreider said.

Online tools also are available to help you learn more about what type of insulation is best suited for your home, he said.

One of these resources allows you to virtually build different types of walls with various kinds of insulation and show you how well they could control the flow of heat and what your mold risk and moisture content might be.

It’s also important to keep in mind that different types of insulation can have varying environmental and health risks. Some spray foam products, for instance, use blowing agents containing chemicals that have high global warming potential, and the manufacturing process can be energy intensive, Simon said.

NYONE WHO HAS EVER had to bunk with family or friends in a less-thanideal situation knows that a well-planned, thoughtful guest room can be a sanity saver. “I love treating a guest room like a little mini hotel suite,” said Jess Knauf, a designer in Denver.

To accomplish that, she often includes luxurious touches such as pretty water carafes and fluffy towels. And, of course, she’s mindful of her color choices. “Keeping the palette kind of soft and soothing is a really good philosophy,” she said. “Peaceful is the name of the game.”

Other designers take a different approach, seeing a little-used guest room as an opportunity to go wild.

“I love doing something you would not necessarily do [elsewhere],” said Elizabeth Mollen, CEO of Stone Textile Studio in Chicago.

Her reasoning: dark, enveloping hues that lend a coziness can be especially effective in homes where “guest rooms are smaller than primary rooms,” she said.

We asked Knauf, Mollen and other design pros to share their goto paint colors for an inviting guest room — no pillow mints necessary.

Benjamin Moore Wrought Iron When Mollen first got her hands on this guest room, “it was not cute,” she said. “The house was built in the ’60s and hadn’t been touched …[the walls] were a yellowed white. Not good!” To transform the space, she hung white linen window treatments and painted the walls Benjamin Moore’s Wrought Iron. “Some grays can have brown tones in them, and this one we thought was a really good deep mix … not necessarily black, but almost black.” The resulting space feels much more modern. “We wanted to create a hotel-like vibe for their guests, and have it really pop,” Mollen said.

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terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting

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T’S DIFFICULT TO ESCAPE HOLIDAY shopping, whether you’re buying gifts, stocking up for dinner parties or just taking advantage of a sale. And stores make sure to entice you with flashy, tempting displays. Even if you’re not a fan of the commercialization of the holidays, store displays can be works of art. But collectors of antique advertising have known this for a long time.

Window displays often have the most interesting images, the cleverest ideas and the latest technical effects. Look at this automaton, which sold for $1,560 at Potter & Potter Auctions. It originally stood in the window of O.E. Day Jeweler and Optometrist, as written on its mirrored base. Dressed as a harlequin and holding a trumpet, the automaton resembles a medieval herald. When plugged in, it would have bowed to potential customers, offering a royal welcome to the store.

TIP: The general rule about dovetailing: The fewer the number of joints, the older the piece. A drawer made in the early 17th century was either joined with one huge dovetail or was pegged together.

Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer readers’ questions sent to the column. Send a letter with one question describing the size, material (glass, pottery) and what you know about the item. Include only two pictures, the object and a closeup of any marks or damage.

Be sure your name and return address are included.

By sending a question, you give full permission for use in any Kovel product. Names, addresses or email addresses will not be published. We do not guarantee the return of photographs, but if a stamped envelope is included, we will try. Questions that are answered will appear in Kovels Publications. Write to Kovels, The Republican, King Features Syndicate, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803 or email us at collectorsgallery@ kovels.com.

Q. I want to check the value of my vase. It

is shaped like an urn with two handles on the sides and raised pictures of people and trees. There is a cupid flying above them. It is marked “F. & A. G.” on the base.

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It sounds like your vase is based on the Portland vase, a famous ancient Roman vase. Many potteries made copies of it in the 18th and 19th centuries. The most famous and most valuable copies are made by Wedgwood. The mark on your vase was used by the Austrian pottery company of Gerbing & Stephan (located in the present-day Czech Republic) from about 1900 to 1903. The initials stand for brothers Friedrich and Alexander Gerbing, who were running their family’s company at the time. The company made majolica, a tin-glazed earthenware pottery, in styles inspired by ancient history, often with historical or mythological scenes. Today, their vases sell for about $150 to $200.

Q. I have a two-piece cherry corner cup-

board that came from the home of George Clinton Jr., brother of De Witt Clinton, in New York State in the 1800s. The only provenance I have is verbal; I can’t find any paperwork.

I would like to see it go to a place where it If a figure like this bowed to you from a store would be displayed and appreciated. Do you window, wouldn’t you want to go inside? Electric have any suggestions? automata started appearing in store displays in the

A. George Clinton Jr. served in Congress as a

representative from New York from 1805 to 1809.

His brother, De Witt Clinton, was the governor of New York from 1817 to 1822 and 1825 to 1828.

Their father, James Clinton, had served in the Revolutionary War. Connection to a historical figure increases the value of an antique, but there must be documented proof, whether it is in writing or photographs. Sometimes, circumstantial evidence may be enough if it is particularly strong and the historical figure especially famous. A his-

early 20th century. (POTTER & POTTER AUCTIONS)

torical society in New York may be able to help you authenticate your cupboard. Even if you cannot prove the cabinet was owned by George Clinton Jr., if you decide to sell it at an auction, make sure the auction description includes the story. It will increase interest and may increase the value.

Cherry corner cupboards from the Federal period, or late 1700s to early 1800s, can sell for anywhere from about $500 to over $2,000, depending on their age and condition.

Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States.

Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

Bank, ice cream freezer, barrel shape, crank handle, raised lettering, Save Your Money, And Freeze It, painted, cast iron, 4 inches, $35.

Art nouveau, fishbowl stand, figural, frog, dancing, suit and top hat, pierced grass, cast metal, 8 x 9 inches, $90.

Clothing, moccasins, leather, multicolor beading, stylized beaver and flowers on toe, black velvet cuff, blue trim, cotton lining, Iroquois, c.

1915, 10 inches, $125.

RS Prussia, vase, mill scene, yellow and brown ground, jewel mold, pierced handles, shoulders, swollen neck, 13 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, $240.

Textile, panel, embroidered, gold thread, multicolor accents, two peacocks, leaves, flowers, cream Southeast Asian style, frame, 20th century, 24 1/2 x 82 inches, $500.

Furniture, bookcase, Hundevad, Danish Modern, teak, two parts, divided shelf over graduated shelves, cabinet base, interior shelves and pullout drawers, c. 1960, 78 x 42 1/2 inches, $530.

Furniture, desk, Biedermeier, burl elm, leather writing surface, raised drawers, center long drawer over two drawers, ebonized feet, casters, c. 1850, 33 x 50 inches, $715.

Roseville, Baneda, vase, globular, relief leaves and flowers around shoulder, blue green glaze, blue drip, orange accent, two scrolled handles, marked, c. 1930, 8 inches, $755.

Rug, Heriz, red field, center medallion, eightpoint star, pendants, ivory subfield, midnight blue main border, flowers and serrated leaves, gold & red guard borders, c. 1930, 12 feet 4 inches x 8 feet 7 inches, $945.

Lamp, kerosene, Rubina glass, threaded texture, flared ruffled shade, round base, applied ribbed handle and petal feet, 8 1/2 inches, $1,440.

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Average rate on 30-year Deeds mortgage in US hits 6.6% AGAWAM New rate marks the third straight weekly decline

By Alex Veiga

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The average rate on a 30year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the third week in a row, a welcome trend for prospective homebuyers during what’s typically a less competitive time of the year for the housing market.

The rate dropped to 6.6% from 6.69% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.95%.

Borrowing costs on 15year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their home loan to a lower rate, also eased this week. The average rate fell to 5.84% from 5.96% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6.38%, Freddie Mac said.

The average rate on a 30year mortgage is now at its lowest level since Oct. 24, when it was at 6.54%.

“The combination of mortgage rate declines, firm consumer income growth and a bullish stock market have increased homebuyer demand in recent weeks,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “While the outlook for the housing market is improving, the improvement is limited given that homebuyers continue to face stiff affordability headwinds.”

Elevated mortgage rates and rising home prices have kept homeownership out of reach of many would-be homebuyers. U.S. home sales are on track for their worst year since 1995.

Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including the moves in the yield on U.S. 10-year Treasury bonds, which lenders use as a guide to price home

loans.

The yield, which was below 3.7% as recently as September, has mostly hovered around 4.2% this month. It was at 4.3% at midday Thursday.

The recent decline in rates follows a mostly upward climb since the average rate on a 30-year mortgage slid to a two-year low of 6.08% in late September after the Federal Reserve cut its main interest rate from a two-decade high.

While the central bank doesn’t set mortgage rates, its actions and the trajectory of inflation influence the moves in the 10-year Treasury yield.

Many economists and traders on Wall Street expect that the Fed will cut its main interest rate again at its policy meeting next week.

Home shoppers and homeowners seeking to refinance their existing mortgage to a lower rate are taking advantage of the recent pullback in home-loan borrowing costs. Mortgage applications rose 5.4% last week from a week earlier, the fifth straight increase, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Refinance loan applications climbed 27%.

“Purchase applications have increased on an annual basis every week except for one over the past three months, a positive sign for the mortgage market to close out this year,” said MBA CEO Bob Broeksmit.

With home prices near all-time highs and still rising nationally, albeit more slowly, many prospective homebuyers are likely holding out for mortgage rates to ease further in coming months.

But there may not be much relief, given that many housing economists predict the average rate on a 30-year mortgage will remain above 6% next year.

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Laura M. Despirt to Troy Carroll, 73 Reed St., $425,000.

Lola C. Hall to Linda C. Norton, 296 Regency Park Drive, $70,000.

Louis F. Pessagno and Kathleen L. Pessagno to Jasmine Pham, 189 Regency Park Drive, $193,000.

Matthew J. Bengle, Rizza Bengle and Riza Bengle to Michael T. Zolkiewicz, 31 Sterling Road, $305,000.

PAH Properties LLC, to Ramon Crespo, 340 Regency Park Drive, Unit 26, $204,000.

Philip P. Martin and Janyette B. Martin to Matthew Savard, 352 Adams St., $355,000.

Steven M. Miodowski to Loresa Hajrizi and Lorik Hajrizi, 1235 Suffield St., $270,000.

Thomas John Jendrysik, Thomas J. Jendrysik, Amy Beth Jendrysik and Amy B. Jendrysik to Wissam Tarek and Karen St. Amand, 57 Windermere Drive, $815,000.

AMHERST Joanna Fagelman Morse and Gideon S. Morse to Jeanne Feeney, 435 Potwine Lane, $371,000.

BELCHERTOWN Sean A. Brodeur and Pamela J. Brodeur to Douglas M. Hall and Celeste M. Clerk, 78 North Main St., $349,000.

Dominic Santaniello, trustee, Lucas Giusto, trustee, and Naples Home Buyers Trust to Joseph M. Santaniello, 47 North St., $205,000.

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CHARLEMONT Ashleigh Brisson, “fka” Ashleigh Peters, and Daniel J. Brisson to David B. Heroux and Virginia M. Heroux, 25 Heath Stage Terrace, $375,000.

CHESTER J. Andrew Myers and Lee D. Myers to Brielle Bergeron, 21 Middlefield Road, $350,000.

Tina Beaulieu to Angela Gorczakoski, 52 Middlefield Road, $185,000.

CHICOPEE Alice M. Ruel and Aice M. Ruel to Ashley O’Donnell and Joseph Leahy, 44 Stedman St., $290,000.

Christopher Rogers to Jacques Labrecque, 39 Pheasant Way, Unit 6068B, $240,000.

Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Cioccolate Realty Trust, trustee of, to Ira Cohen and Kimberly A Cohen, 104 Leo Drive, $349,987.

Jamison J. Buchanan to Nasim Haq, 24 Daley St., $251,000.

John F. Sobon, James M. Sobon and Gerald A. Sobon to Christopher T. Sobon, 52 Larchmont St., $180,000.

BUCKLAND April J. Mascolino, trustee of the Mascolino Investment Trust, to Eliza Hanna and Theodore Hanna, 73 Crittenden Hill Road, $375,000.

Deborah M. Decoigne, trustee of the Mildred C. March Revocable Trust Agreement, to Janet E. Gerry and Carl W. Nelke, 5 Woodward Road, $730,000.

Richard O. Huckins to Tyler A. Sullivan and Kierstyn A. Sullivan, 15 W. Greene St., and 15 West Greene St., $35,000.

Sean F. Anderson to Nini’s Real Estate LLC, 1-3 Orchard St., $612,000.

ERVING Ralph W. Semb to Cosmic Developers LLC, 65 French King Highway, $2,600,000.

GILL Sara M. McMahon to Henry M. Pepper and Linda L. Pepper. 23 Oak Street. $325,000.

GRANBY Jeremy Charles Kappenman and Patrick Kappenman to Anna O. Shkireva, 32 Granby Heights, $220,000.

GRANVILLE Stephen J. Fitzgerald, Pamela A. Jakuboski and Dawn Fitzgerald to Timothy Gagne and Lisa Gagne, 32 Dickinson Drive, $425,000.

Robbin Smith, representative, Scott A. Hammon, representative, John GREENFIELD W. Hammon, estate, and Mark J. Hammon to Scott Arthur HamJoseph P. Hennessey to Rochelle mon and Heather Hammon, 46 Nahmias and Daniel Trenholm, 92 Dorrance St., $250,000.

Cottage St., $338,000.

Vicky Lynn Parker-Hackett, repreJames M. Elwell to Philip Fleming sentative, Premier C. Hackett, esand Deanna Thompson, 281 Wells tate, and Premier Chance Hackett, St., $284,000. estate, to Scott William Soukup, 87 Robert M. Brownstein to Lindey Billings St., $345,000.

Cloud and Wendy Mullen, 18 Keegan Lane, Unit 18, College Park DEERFIELD Condominium, $190,000.

Richard A. Jacobs to David Gallant, 100 Lee Road, $350,000.

Tuula H. Fai to George L. GoCharissa Brown and Andrea M. odridge, trustee of the Pine Nook Femino to 142 North Main Street Road Nominee Trust 2, 494 River LLC, 142 N. Main St., and 142 North Road, $415,000.

Main St., $100.

Ann D. Satkowski to Jasmin L. Contos, 392 Greenfield Road, $630,860.

BLANDFORD Dale Sparr to Tate A. Walker, 0 Sunset Road, $6,000.

estate, and Patricia B. Wheelock, estate, to Meghan Bergin, 21 Pine St., $349,500.

EAST LONGMEADOW Hui Chen to Shaun M. Thomas Sr., and Lauren E. Young, 665 North Main St., $300,000.

Thomas William Townsend, trustee, Lori Townsend, trustee, and Tltlatri Trust, trustee of, to Amy Jean Marchacos, 22 Savoy Ave., $320,000.

EASTHAMPTON Mary Lou Madigan, personal representative, Patricia Wheelock,

HATFIELD Walter R. Thayer Jr., trustee, and Inter Vivos Trust Agreement of Walter R. Thayer to Walter R. Thayer Jr., 84 King St., $100.

Walter R. Thayer Jr., to Richard F. Thayer and James W.C. Thayer, 84 King St., $100.

HEATH Carmen Donelson, “aka” Carmen F. Donelson, and Russell Donelson, “aka” Russell E. Donelson, to Elizabeth A. Gribbons and William M. Gribbons, 61 Sumner Stetson Road, $750,000.

HOLLAND Elena Quinones Graham to Barbara Papamarkakis, Maybrook Road, $385,000.

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Deeds CONTINUES FROM PAGE F8 Jessica Sullivan to Nolan MacDonald, 20 Knollwood Drive, $280,000.

HOLYOKE 20 Gregory Farm LLC, to Melphy Antuna, 1784 Northampton St., $196,000.

Brandon E. Kelliher to Halifax Capital LLC, 264 Sargeant St., $304,000.

Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Luis Sumba-Morcho, 36 Lynwood Ave., $350,000.

Francesca E. Reichert and Gene P. Reichert to Ruby Davis and George B. Davis, 151 Bemis Road, $325,000.

Kyle E. Hoffman and Robert B. Ritzman to Nicholas Casale and Maria Ramsey, 8 Hemlock Drive, $402,750.

Lydia E. Vazquez and Javier Vazquez Mercado to Marieli Rodriguez and Bernie Rafael Martinez, 322 Elm St., $280,000.

Skyspec LLC, to Rehab Home Buyers LLC, 238 Lyman St., $215,000.

HUNTINGTON James H. Cross and Lorna J. Thomas to Nathan Dunn, 19 East Main St., $175,000.

LONGMEADOW Brendan A. Cordeiro, Trisha Cordeiro and Trisha Butterworth to Laura Catherine Frame, 62 Bliss Road, $315,000.

Daniel A. Scheff and Kris Scheff to Sarah Rasmussen, 70 Sunset Lane, $385,000.

Jason Balut to Chribs Homes & Home Improvement Limited Liability Co., 27 Edgewood Ave., $375,000.

Lets Rendezvous LLC, to James A. Moser, 31 Meadowlark Drive, $435,000.

Paul T. Foley and Deborah J. Foley to Michael Pashall, 37 Nevins Ave., $376,000.

LUDLOW Guilherme F. Rodrigues and Maria I. Rodrigues to Malby LLC, 96 Pine Knoll Drive, $420,000.

Jacqueline R. Tower and Jacquelin R. Tower to Amanda Matias, 665 Center St., Unit 205, $295,000.

Lisa Ann Knowles-Warren to Joseph J. Merchant and Samantha Dezalia, 165 Prospect St., $285,000.

Privilne Real Estate LLC, to Sareen Properties LLC, 100 Pine St., $216,000.

MONTAGUE Pasha Realty LLC, to Caroline C. Pam and Timothy N. Wilcox, 41 Coolidge Ave., $315,000.

NEW SALEM James F. Conkey and Nicoletta M. Conkey to Lyla Pearl Rivers, trustee of the Old Dana Road Realty Trust, Old North Dana Road, $30,000.

NORTHAMPTON Tracy S. Kelley and Paul A. Kelley to Andrew Brooks and Emily Mark, 24 Ryan Road, $269,900.

Timothy S. Fisher and Jill A. Weinstein to Lisa K. Arnold and Charles E. Arnold, 73 Pomeroy Terrace, $399,000.

Patricia Y. Miller and Naomi Jane Gray, attorney-in-fact, to Robert V. O’Brien and Katherine S. O’Brien, 26 Crescent St., $315,000.

Ylfa Y. Perry, Ylfa Perry, David C. Dredge and David Dredge to Judith A. Salosky, 23 East Center St., $925,000.

JKLUSS LLC, to 28 Pleasant 2G LLC, 28 Pleasant St., $305,000.

Lonnie Kaufman and Erika Frank to John N. Davey III, and Larae Mercier, 217 Cardinal Way, $680,500.

NORTHFIELD Jacalyn B. Bell, personal representative of the Estate of Candace Loughrey, to Andraya Cole and Adam Hegel, 94 Old Turnpike Road, $394,000.

ROWE John E. Cupples to Jocelyn G. Brown Hall and Richard Frick Hall, 15 Kings Highway, $500,000.

Melissa L. Nicholson, personal representative of the Estate of Helen R. Shields, “aka” Helen Ruth Shields, to Donald P. Kahn Jr., 146 Potter Road, $365,000.

SHELBURNE Virginia H. Vogt to Virginia H. Vogt, trustee of the Virginia Vogt 2024 Trust, 253 Colrain Shelburne Road, “fka” Colrain Road, $100.

SOUTH HADLEY William D. Fitzpatrick and Joan H. Fitzpatrick to Judith A. Nicoll, 110 Alvord Place, $372,500.

Debra Phelan, Donna McGhee and Donna Rhicard to Victoria Schantz, 75 Hadley St., $315,000.

Jeffrey Paul Mackey and Nicole Mackey to Alexandra P. Eady, 12 Shadowbrook Estates, $310,000.

Renee Noelle Leon and Renee Krebs to Diane J. Lauzier and Muriel L. Krebs, 73 Alvord St., $100.

Gary Godbout, trustee, Jacqueline O. Plourde, trustee, and 4 Dunn Realty Trust to Daniel Miller, 17 Foch Ave., $295,000.

Lauren K. Wood to Lonnie Kaufman, 23 Shadow Brook Estate, $311,000.

ORANGE Make Investments Great Again LLC, to Jessica Strom and Kristian W. Strom, 12 Adams St., $295,000.

Jon L. Hadley to Virginia Realty Inc., 288 East Main St., $165,000.

PALMER Boone LLC, to Bluebird Properties LLC, Jackson Street, $460,000.

SOUTHAMPTON Milan Stephen Baca and Regina M. Baca to Regina M. Baca, trustee, and Revocable Indenture of Trust of Regina M. Baca, 185, Pomeroy Meadow Road, 187 Pomeroy Meadow Road and 189 Pomeroy Meadow Road, $100.

SOUTHWICK

Pierre L. St. Jacques, trustee, Peter L. St. Jacques, trustee, Leah E. St. Jacques, trustee, Lisa E. Marcoullier, trustee, Lisa E. Shaffer, trustee, and Petes Realty Trust, trustee of, to Antonio Sabastiao, 139 Griffin St., $10,000.

Amy L. Crepeau to Kiara Rivera and Christopher Delisle, 40 Congamond Road, $309,000.

Virginia L. Matis, representative, Kimberly A. Ciprian, representative, Milene R. Dixon-Willoughby, representative, and Alice Faye Dixon, estate, to Nathaniel Dean Fitts and Kara Ann Schlesinger, 25 Chudy St., $320,000.

Frank Grillo Enterprises LLC, to Glen Baskin and Marianne C. Baskin, Two States Avenue, Lot AA, $100,000.

PELHAM Joseph R. Davis to Cornerstone Homebuying LLC, 338 Daniel Shays Highway, $330,000.

PLAINFIELD

Matthew Persing, personal representative, Robert Lynn Persing, estate, June G. Persing Ronald G. Belunas and Patricia M. Kukleand Matthew Persing, attorney-in-fact, to wicz, “aka” Patricia A. Kuklewicz, to ZachariSarah Huston and Joseph Huston, 12 North ah A. Miller, Taylor Hill Road, $268,000.

Central St., $568,665.

Angela Colson, trustee, and Carl A. Cecchini Trust, trustee of, to Matthew G. Medlin and Rachel Anne Medlin, 2 Cody Lane, $635,000.

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52 Bairdcrest Road, $385,000.

Canh Hue Ly and Thi Ry Hoa Ly to Albania De Jesus Joaquin, 55-57 Noel St., $312,000.

Carole E. Joley and Kelly A. Ambrogio, conservator, to Frank DiBenedetto, trustee, and 11 Pineridge Drive Realty Trust, trustee of, 122 Bellevue Ave., $202,000.

Carolyn E. Loyd to Stephanie Garner and Matthew Barnes, 98 Fox Wood Drive, $412,050.

CRSDE LLC, to Skosar LLC, 17 Knox St., $60,000.

Dionne Real Estate LLC, to VLS Home Builders LLC, and Gladysh Capital LLC, O Hancock Street, $42,500.

Donald V. Clemons Jr., to James M. Adams, 36 Lawn St., $151,000.

Eloise Clark to Elena I. Figueroa, 110 Tilton St., $205,000.

Huan Huynh to Sarah Nguyen, 27 Wesson St., $320,000.

Jacques Labrecque to James Pesuit, 65 Olmsted Drive, $432,500.

Jason Twining and Frances Twining to Eliezer Barbosa, 44 Brookside Circle, $308,500.

Jean L. Adams, Glen S. Carpenter and Cora J. Carpenter Pica to Areatha Lawson, 218 Osborne Terrace, $279,900.

Jeffrey Lafountain to MHI Properties LLC, 26 Forest St., $165,000.

Jo Ellen T. Anderson to Oskrmy Properties LLC, 18 Northway Drive, $186,000.

Juan A. Flores to Lucielisse A. Argueira and Jose D. Urbina, 14 Pineneedle Lane, $362,000.

Juan Santana to Jesenia Enid Padilla and Lizbeth Santos-Castro, 76 Goodrich St., $400,000.

Lydia Serrano, Angel Serrano and David Serrano to Rose Bud Enterprises LLC, 65 Fair Oak Road, $295,000.

Malia Homebuyers LLC, to Alee Amauri Mumin-Walker, 80 Nassau Drive, Unit 80, $285,000.

Manchester Enterprises LLC, to Christopher Gebhardt, 227 Arcadia Boulevard, $291,500.

Marion J. Jacobs to Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Azusa Realty Trust, trustee of, 212 Marsden St., $95,000.

Mark Melikian to Jason W. Chenier, 103-105 Kent Road, $385,000.

MNSS LLC, to JBLD Realty LLC, 1795 Main St., Unit 203, $45,000.

Jeanne T. Prest to Dianna Robinson, 29 Rosewood Lane, Unit G-5, $200,000.

Nadine Wyszynski to Migna Garcia and Jorge I. Garcia, 292 Abbott St., $275,000.

Miller Solar Properties LLC, to Kearsarge SW RE LLC, 63A Congamond Road, $500,000.

Rehab Home Buyers LLC, to Angel D. Rivera, 26-28 Calhoun St., $444,000.

Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United Ransford W. Kellogg Post No 872, to Frank Grillo Enterprises LLC, 151 Point Grove Road, $125,000.

Sapataria Coelho LLC, and Halifax Capital LLC, to Aimee Andre and Guivens Andre, 293-295 Water St., $350,000.

SPRINGFIELD Alexa Acosta to Alex M. Aguilar, 129-131 Wilbraham Ave., $470,000.

Alexandra Leon-Fils to Tascon Homes LLC, 183 Savoy Ave., $185,000.

Anthony M. Santaniello and Anthony Santaniello to Pablo Sanchez and Jaime M. Arango,

Sheila J. Bleau to Noel Twagiramungu and Seraphine Mukankubito, 50 Morningside Park, $350,000.

Springfield Parking Authority to Hope for Youth & Families Inc., 150 Bridge St., Unit 1, $1,000,000.

Stephanie Garner, Stephanie Barnes and Matthew Barnes to Lawrence Akers, 421 Nassau Drive, Unit 421, $250,000.

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“We wanted to create a hotel-like vibe for their guests, and have it really pop,” Mollen said.

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Farrow & Ball Borrowed Light This Naples, Florida, home embraces indoor/ outdoor living, and that’s just as true in this guest room, where Pittsburgh designer Colleen Simonds used Farrow & Ball’s Borrowed Light. “That room was a pretty large room, so I felt like it still needed the light color, but something that isn’t cold,” Simonds said. “Light blues can be tricky … A lot of people just respond to that color, and so it tends to have a wide appeal.”

paneling and separated them with a dividing wall.

Moore painted the woodwork with Shoji White from Sherwin-Williams for its serene effect. “It’s a soft, warm hue that promotes tranquility and a sense of calm,” Moore said in an email.

Benjamin Moore Gentle Gray Bria Hammel, a designer in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, also leans toward rest-enhancing hues in a guest space. She prefers easygoing colors anyone might appreciate, such as Benjamin Moore’s Benjamin Moore Polar Ice Gentle Gray. “Despite it being called Gentle Gray, “I love a room that people look good in,” Knauf the color has such a great soft blue undertone said. “You should put a skinny mirror in your guest that we categorize it more as a blue than a gray,” room, too, and just make people feel good about Hammel said in an email. “It provides a little more being there!” That includes using flattering paint visual interest than a typically gray paint color, but colors, such as the Benjamin Moore Polar Ice on the it is muted enough that it gives off a calming feeling walls of this Denver guest room. Knauf said that the rather than a bold pop of color.” shade makes her feel like she’s in the middle of the Benjamin Moore White Zinfandel sky and that it complements many skin tones. Or you can just use it on the ceiling for a soothing vibe, Benjamin Moore’s White Zinfandel, a whisKnauf said. “Particularly in a guest room, when you per-light shade of pink, was Knauf ’s choice for a Benjamin Moore Bear Creek have someone in your home and they’re just kind of Denver guest room because it, too, is incredibly Lauren Lerner used Benjamin Moore’s Bear relaxing in bed and looking up at the ceiling, I think flattering. It is the “prettiest pale pink,” the designer Creek, in an eggshell finish, to create the comfort that’s sort of a fun extra touch without spending any said — “a color that makes everyone look good.” factor she sought in a formerly blah white guest more.”

It also has a secret superpower, at least according room in Scottsdale, Arizona. “It adds a lot of sophisto Knauf. “I think it takes 10 years off your appearSherwin-Williams Shoji White ticated depth,” Lerner said of the tawny choice. “I ance, and who doesn’t want to make their guests really love that it’s a really warm, earthy tone and it Designer Blair Moore had to get creative to ensure feel their best!” has brown-gray undertones, so it works so well with comfort in this narrow guest room in Portsmouth, lots of different colors and also just helps neutrals Rhode Island. So she constructed built-in bunk Kathryn O’Shea-Evans is a design and travel writer in pop against it.” beds surrounded by walls sheathed in v-groove Colorado.

Dunn-Edwards Powder Mill In this Sacramento bedroom, designer Rebecca Ward leaned into Dunn-Edwards’s Powder Mill, a hue so soft it could be deemed sedate. “I always gravitate towards blues when I’m thinking about a guest room or a bedroom because it’s such a calming color,” she said. “This particular one is not overly saturated, which is great because you can be in a room with this color for a long time and not get tired of it.”

She believes the shade helps guests feel welcome.

“It’s just great hospitality to put your guests at ease, and so having this kind of color in there definitely relaxes them instantly,” Ward said.

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own pots or a nursery bed. And, after a year or two, they move to their permanent homes.

CONTINUES FROM PAGE F4 I took seeds for the hollies and winterAs soon as the seeds sprout — still, berries from clonal plants, that is, plants after many years of doing this, an exof named varieties. citing moment for me — I’ll move them Clonal plants are exact replicas of the to a bright window, the greenhouse, or, mother plants from which they were depending on outdoor temperatures, propagated. outdoors. After a few inches of growth, The holly varieties were all female, individual plants get more space in their the variety Blue Princess, except for one

Deeds CONTINUES FROM PAGE F9 Tavernier Investments LLC, to Family First Construction LLC, 164-166 Northampton Ave., $197,000.

Templo Pentecostal Senda Antigua Inc., to Zavala & Irizarry Solutions LLC, 98 Alderman St., $240,000.

Shawn M. Provencal to Richard P. Provencal, 46 Greenwich Road, $100.

Richard P. Provencal to Shawn M. Provencal, 46 Greenwich Road, $100.

WEST SPRINGFIELD Cynthia S. St. John, trustee, and William H. Spring Revocable Indenture of Trust of, trustee of, to Alvin Weaver and Jessica Dziurzynski, 110 City View Ave., $303,000.

male, Blue Boy, there to provide pollen so the Princesses would bear their flashy red berries. I can’t remember the variety name of my female winterberry.

Each of the seedlings I’ll be growing will be a genetic mix, each different from each other and their mothers, although not necessarily obviously so.

In the case of holly and winterberry, half of the seedlings will, theoretically, be the more desirable females. (One

Sandra Panchenko to Annie Mary Guzman, 1550 Memorial Ave., Unit 1B, $140,000.

WESTFIELD BRT Realty LLC, and MDAT Realty LLC, to 202 Properties LLC, Rear 69 Southwick Road, $2,500,000.

Frank A. Demarinis to Done Right Homes LLC, 0 Root Road, Par C, $115,000.

male can sire as many as about eight females.)

All this may seem like a lot of trouble when I could just purchase plants from a nursery. But I find looking at a mature plant that I planted very rewarding. The amount of satisfaction I get is indirectly proportional to the size of plant I started with. Hence, growing trees and shrubs from seeds is especially satisfying.

Shawn Klavenski, 48 Mullen Ave., $300,000.

Vantage Home Buyers LLC, to Peter J. Gil and Erin M. Rief, 49 Grenier Drive, $380,000.

William Raleigh to John R. Bucko, 31 Bristol St., $305,000.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024 12:00 PM-WEST SPRINGFIELD 831 Morgan Road sgl fam, 1,906 sf liv area, 0.73 ac lot, 3 bdrm, 2 bth, Hampden: Bk 22791, Pg 115

2:00 PM-HOLYOKE 76 Nonotuck Street

2 fam, 2,613 sf liv area, 0.19 ac lot, 12 rm, 6 bdrm, 2 bth, Hampden: Bk 7925, Pg 33

3:00 PM-HAMPDEN AND EAST LONGMEADOW 71 Allen Crest Drive sgl fam, 2,526 sf liv area, 2.13 ac lot, 7 rm, 3 bdrm, 2 bth, Hampden: Bk 18078, Pg 394

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5 ROOM / 3 BEDROOM SINGLE STORY

RANCH STYLE HOME

6 MATTHEW DRIVE

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• Single Story Ranch Style Home • ±6,000 S/F of Land • • Total of (5) Rooms w/ (3) Bedrooms & (1) Bath • • ±960 S/F of Gross Living Area • Full Basement • • Deck • Public Water & Sewer • Parcel ID: 29-503-001 •

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Female. Call 413-777-9659 or text 575-1389

Maine Coon mix kittens, 1 male & 1 female $25. & $50.

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Dogs 2 year old German Shepherd male available, $250, call for more info, 802-323-2538

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10FT Long Church Pew, $100.

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