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FLOWER POWER The Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce through the Community Improvement Committee sponsored a “Flower Power — Yard of the Week” throughout out the summer.

Anyone was eligible to nominate a residence as a candidate for the “Flower Power — Yard of the Week.” Ten winners were announced, and they are shown on these pages.

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Three pre-winter lawn care pointers Metro Creative Graphics Winter weather can be harsh, especially on lawns. Homeowners who spend much of spring and summer tending to their lawns may fear the impact that winter will have on their once-lush landscapes, making the fall a great time to fortify lawns against any harsh conditions to come.

Homeowners must take grass type into consideration before taking steps to prepare their lawns for the winter. Some grasses are best fertilized in latesummer, while others should be fertilized in autumn.

Cool-season grasses, including fescue and bluegrass, are best fertilized sometime between the months of September and November. Warmseason grasses, such as Bermuda or zoysia, should be fertilized between July and September.

Once homeowners have gained a greater understanding of their lawns, they can begin exploring the various ways to prepare their lawns for whatever winter has in store.

Explore winterizing fertilizers: Homeowners who want to make their grasses more winter hardy can consult landscaping professionals to determine if winterizing fertilizers will work for their lawns. These specially formulated fertilizers, many of which are made exclusively for cool-season grasses, contain higher levels of potassium and lower levels of nitrogen than early-season fertilizers.

Potassium helps strengthen and harden plants, and cool-season grasses may need extra potassium as winter

settles in. Homeowners who are not sure if they should apply winterizing fertilizer can conduct soil tests to determine the potassium levels in their soil. If the test indicates the soil has sufficient potassium, then applying a winterizing fertilizer is likely unnecessary. In addition, homeowners who have fed their lawn a balance of nutrients throughout spring and summer likely will not need to apply winterizing fertilizer.

Get rid of fallen leaves: While fallen leaves may be integral components of idyllic autumn landscapes, leaves left on the lawn throughout the winter may lead to disease in the grass.

Leaves trap moisture and block sunlight and air from reaching grass, and that can encourage the

development of disease.

In addition, leaves can harbor insects that also may contribute to disease. While it might seem like common sense to delay leaf removal until the end of autumn when all the leaves have fallen, that, too, can prove harmful to lawns.

Leaves left laying on lawns for long periods of time can contribute to the same types of damage as leaves left on the lawn throughout winter, so do your best to remove leaves as they fall.

3. Take steps to fight snow mold: Homeowners who live in regions where snow falls into spring or where spring tends to be cold and damp may want to take steps to prevent snow mold. Gray snow mold typically looks fuzzy and gray, and lawns infested

with snow mold may develop unsightly gray or brown spots indicative of dead grass. Pink snow mold may be even worse than gray snow mold because pink mold attacks the roots as well as the leaves. To prevent snow mold, continue mowing into the fall, even as lawns grow dormant, clearing the lawn of grass clippings and leaves after each mow. Thick lawns may provide a breeding ground for snow mold, so homeowners whose lawns have a history of developing snow mold may benefit from mowing their lawns into the fall.

Winter is rarely easy on lawns, but homeowners can take several steps to prepare their lawns for potentially harsh winter weather.

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Leaves trap moisture and block sunlight and air from reaching grass, and that can encourage the development of disease.

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A warm, comfortable home shouldn’t cost you a small fortune. Luckily, there are some simple strategies for combating the chill while lowering heating costs at the same time.

Change the filters: The summer and fall months are a prime time for airborne allergens and microbes, which can clog furnace filters and inhibit airflow. This makes your furnace work harder and, in turn, costs you more.

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A new home that’s just Grand Davis completes new residence on Worthington’s Grand Avenue ence with houses, Davis has seen it all.

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ambiance of a woodburning fireplace are hard to beat on a chilly day.

But to ensure you don’t lose valuable heat when the fireplace is not in use, always remember to close the damper when the fire is completely out.

Fill attic insulation: When was the last time you checked your attic’s insulation? Heat rises — so if you don’t have proper insulation in your attic, you’re losing money. Start by checking to make sure insulation is evenly spread throughout your attic.

Then, visit energy.gov/ energysaver/insulation to learn recommended insulation amounts for your region.

Lower your water heater temperature: Water heating accounts for about 18 percent of the energy consumed in your home, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Consider setting your water heater to a lower setting of 120 Fahrenheit and you’ll still enjoy hot showers without a utility bill that will scald you.

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Seal leaks and lock windows: Phantom heat loss is a huge energy drain. Test for leaks by using a flashlight to see if light filters through cracks or try pulling a dollar bill through. Then, seal air leaks around utility cut-throughs, chimneys and recessed lights with spray foam. Use caulk and weather stripping to seal windows and doorway drafts. Don’t forget to close and lock windows and doors. Locking pulls the components tight against the weatherstripping to block cold air from entering the home.

Consider installing an Energy Star certified heating system: Energy Star certified energyefficient products provide superior performance while saving energy to help lessen the impact on the world around us. The EPA Energy Star program identifies heating and cooling products that are energy efficient and can save you money.

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Change your filters monthly to help open airflow and save money.

Embrace the sun: Want to help heat your home for free during the winter? Pay attention to the sun. Try opening curtains on southfacing windows and the radiant heat from the sun will help naturally heat your home. Just remember to close them at night to keep out the evening chill.

Use a programmable thermostat: You can save up to 10 percent a year on heating and cooling by simply adjusting your thermostat 7-10 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 hours a day, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Use a programmable thermostat to change the temperature for time periods you are sleeping or away from home. Some air conditioning systems can be controlled remotely through a

smartphone app like “Smart AC,” which works seamlessly with LG ductfree systems, allowing the homeowners to wirelessly connect, control and monitor the temperature through an easy-to-use smartphone app.

Consider installing a duct-free mini-split system to provide zoned heating: Instead of moving air through ductwork as central heating and air conditioning systems do, duct-free systems deliver warm conditioned air directly into a room.

Duct-free systems like those from LG provide high-performance zone heating, allowing homeowners to keep their bedrooms toasty warm at night when it’s frigid outside, while turning the heat down (or off!) in the rest of the home to help save energy.

Clear heat registers: One common mistake homeowners make is covering heat registers with furniture, toys or other items that block the heat flow. To improve heating efficiency, inspect all heat registers in your home and remove anything that’s blocking

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How to use color psychology when painting your home acidy, deep mustard feel but is a great accent color paired with neutrals. I find its pop can really spark up a room.”

Reds: Reds evoke feelings of passion, energy and intimacy, so it’s an excellent color for workout rooms and master bedrooms.

Red also inspires the appetite, so is a logical choice for dining rooms or kitchens.

Michael Plank, director of color marketing and design services for Sherwin-Williams, enjoys Chinese Red SW0057.

“Chinese Red is one of my perennial favorites to play off dark stains

with its saturated and sophisticated nature,” he says. “Rich in hue as it is in Chinese culture; the harbinger of joy and fortune.”

Oranges: Orange has a friendly attitude that awakens and welcomes.

Never understated, orange works well in family rooms and is a playful choice for children’s bedrooms or bonus rooms. Orange tones can also integrate into other colors, such as Coral Reef SW6606.

“Ever since I was little I had a love affair with orange,” says Wadden.

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“Interior designers use color psychology to evoke an emotional response,” says Sue Wadden, director of color marketing for SherwinWilliams. “Homeowners can use this strategy to connect colors with emotions and memories to create one-of-a-kind spaces.”

Color psychology starts by exploring warm and cool hues and then using these different tones to manipulate mood throughout your home.

It’s easy to do with the tips below.

Warm color families: Red, orange and yellow are considered warm colors since they are associated with images of heat, like fire or sunshine. Warm families of color are bold and powerful when incorporated into home design.

Yellows: Because yellow reflects light, it’s an excellent choice for foyers and dark hallways.

Its cheery nature has the ability to create an uplifting mood in homes.

Rich yellows are great accent colors because they catch the eye. A great color to consider is Wadden’s favorite: Butterscotch SW 6377.

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room Coral Reef. I love the rich complexity of the color.”

Cool color families: Blue, green and violet are considered cool colors because the inherent tones of each shade.

Reminiscent of water and the outdoors, cool colors stimulate feelings of peace and tranquility, and are great options for bedrooms, bathrooms and patio spaces.

Blues: Blue is soothing and elicits feelings of relaxation, which is perfect for bedrooms and bathrooms. Alternatively, blues should be kept out of the kitchen because it’s a color that’s associated with appetite suppression.

“I love cool greenish blues,” says Plank. “Blue Sky 0063 is from our historic palette and is a calming hue that works in virtually every room.”

Greens: Green tones provide a feeling of familiarity because they are found throughout nature. Light greens are ideal for living rooms and offices; dark greens are wonderfully rich as accent colors.

Vivid greens add unexpected pop, notes Sherwin-Williams Senior designer Karrie Hodge, who likes Marea Baja SW 9185.

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it was time for Davis to put it to the test and start building houses himself. His most recent completed project — a threebedroom, twobathroom house — stands at 1103 Grand Ave. Davis used to own a house on that lot 25 years ago that house burned to the ground, opening up the lot for a new residence.

Davis had the house built by the Worthington-based modular home builder Highland Manufacturing.

Highland assembles its houses in two parts at their factory, then drives them out to the property and attaches them. Davis said many people don’t understand the difference between

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“I really like dark colors and this color reminds me of the deep turquoise part of the ocean,” she says.

“This would make a great front door color on a white or gray colored house.

This color would pair well with some natural stone or brick or wood.”

Violets: Purple tones are immediately attractive to children, making them a great paint option in playrooms or bonus rooms. Additionally, violet is also a stunning accent color in bathrooms.

When it comes to the violet family of colors, Hodge likes the versatility of Veri Berri SW 9069.

“It’s a rich berry tone that is playful,” she says.

“This would make a really dramatic accent wall color in any room; I could even see this as a really fresh front door color.”

a mobile home and modular home.

“A trailer house is meant to keep the wheels on it,” Davis said. “A modular home takes the wheels off and is meant to sit on a basement foundation or a crawlspace.”

Modular homes are also different in that they must follow building codes like any other house, while trailer homes do not. Davis insisted modular homes are sturdier and more energy efficient than most houses.

“It’s built so much better than a stick-built house, because this is built to go down the road at 70 miles per hour,” Davis said.

Thanks to the Nobles Home Initiative, Davis was able to construct the house with a huge discount. The program provides 100 percent tax abatement for new construction of housing

in the county in order to encourage more residential development.

“Worthington is just screaming for housing, so I think it’s a great program,” Davis said.

Davis has a design philosophy of focusing on the little things, which he says add up to make a big difference.

This is evidenced as soon as one walks through the front door and sees there are a whopping 14 electrical outlets in the living room and kitchen area.

Vinyl siding and aluminum gutters and soffits are examples of conscious design choices Davis made to make the house easier to maintain.

“It may look nicer than vinyl, but boy, when you start scraping your house, you’re gonna be swearing about whoever put that wood siding on,” Davis said.

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The things you might find when moving in

Relocation brings interesting — and entertaining — discoveries on one end and broken crockery circa 1950 is on the other.

Everything I found was closer to one end than the other.

Not that I’m saying there was garbage. There wasn’t. Well, I mean, some of it did end up in the garbage, but it wasn’t, like, “garbage,” if that makes any sense.

It was just stuff, which had been left behind, which I had to deal with.

But it definitely was “entertaining” for me and my family, especially as things kept turning up in all sorts of places. The bathroom. The kitchen.

A bedroom closet.

First I found a drawer full of linens. And by “linens” I mean delicately crocheted hot pads from before I was born, sewn onto some sort of metal circles (aluminum?) that looked like coffee can lids and possibly were.

There were washcloths and dishtowels of no consequence and cloth napkins that have now joined the dishtowels

stuck onto the top for safe keeping, fooling me into thinking it was a random object d’art when really it was no such thing. So that was confusing.

I also found a bathroom window shade, which was useful and whole. However, when I put it into the window and pulled it down to test it, I came to find out it must have been misplaced from a candystripers hope chest. I can’t decide if I love the pink and white stripes or if I loathe it.

I’m leaning toward love.

My husband, however, thinks it falls

on the broken crockery end of the scale.

Downstairs in the 1970s kitchen (there are two kitchens in our house) I found several treasures/moments of open-mouthed entertainment. The first came in the form of sage green Melmac dishes which, I’m guessing, were used for camping.

The cups, stained with the ghosts of coffee past, I threw into the trash. (Apparently one man’s trash was also another man’s trash in that case.) The plates, too, went bye bye. There were, however, wee tiny

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One of the many intriguing finds located while getting settled. from my grandmother, which belong in my hope chest — only I don’t have a hope chest.

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Gretchen O’Donnell Daily Globe WORTHINGTON — They say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I might translate that as “one family’s junk is another family’s entertainment.”

I have always loved the sort of books in which intrepid explorer children discover hidden treasures in a cave, secret lair or attic. Attics being the most accessible of the previously mentioned locations, I have long dreamed of moving into a home and becoming the heir to trunks full of neat old stuff hidden in some forgotten corner of a dusty (but entirely unhaunted) attic.

Sadly for me, this has never happened, though I did once find an antique soapstone foot-warmer hidden in the basement rafters in a previous house that now graces my fireplace hearth.

About a month ago, however, I hit the proverbial jackpot of one family’s junk becoming my family’s treasure.

We moved into what will be — please God — the last house I ever have to move into. Or at least the last one for a good long time.

For days after moving into our new (to us) home, I found things.

Things which can only be described as “treasure” if using a sliding scale on which gold doubloons are

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plates — the likes of which I’d never seen before — that now grace my 9-year-old’s play kitchen.

Close to the Melmac were some tulipdecorated ceramic plates. Kinda neat. Kinda not. Behind those was a cardboard box. Believe you me, I reached for that box with all kinds of trepidation. Had I found gold doubloons? Or more broken crockery?

It was a Girl Scout cookie box, complete with money envelope, circa … I don’t know … the 1960s? I did a little research and came up with nothing to tell me the years when a box of Girl Scout cookies cost $1. Whenever that was, this box was from then.

I gave it to a local Girl Scout leader.

The kitchen also held one last treasure. A bag of wax, candle wicks and stearic acid, and I know exactly when it was from because it contained a receipt dated 1961. Our house was built in 1972, so it was obviously imported into their new house and possibly never looked at again — which makes me feel a little better about myself, learning that I’m not the only person who moves craft supplies into a new home and then shoves them into cupboards and never looks at them again.

The sisterhood of the forgotten craft items.

I love the woman who owned this house, and I never even met her.

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“People say ‘hey, why are houses getting so Karl Evers-Hillstrom / Daily Globe expensive?’” Davis said.

The kitchen area of a new home on Worthington’s Grand Avenue is shown.

“Well, you never had to do this stuff before. You have so many standards to meet now that old houses don’t worry about” According to Davis, tightened regulations are expensive, but not without merit.

“All those things add up to a safer house that will last you a very long time,” Davis said.

This will be Davis’ third completed house.

He’s currently working on another two homes on North Grand Avenue.

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Davis’ other major focus was on insulation.

He went with doublehung, high-performance energy star windows and two by six-inch walls to minimize heat loss. For example, six inch-thick walls have more than 50 percent better insulation value than standard four-inch wall, he noted.

“If you’re gonna be spending money, do it on insulation,” Davis said.

“You’re living in Minnesota. It costs a lot to heat or do air conditioning, and it’s never gonna get cheaper.”

Davis had to make sure the house was well-insulated, in part because of regulations for newly built houses that require a specified maximum heat loss.

Every few years, he

explained, International Energy Conservation Code updates its rules to increase standards for newly built houses. In 2012, the code required better insulation and mandated that all houses be certified that they do not have too much air leaking in by taking a blower-door test.

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a plaque with an inspirational saying, a mirror, vintage sandwich bags complete with Bedford Industries twist ties (all in perfect working condition), a tiny brass fire extinguisher, and assorted items of cutlery that may or may not be put to use someday when my children go off to college and start their own homes and, who knows, discover things hidden in another house in another town in another decade when one man’s trash becomes their own treasure. And entertainment.

And source of unending joy.

PS: Living in a small town means that many people I know knew the previous owners of our new and alreadymuch-loved house, though I have never met them. If you are one of these people, please understand that I believe wholeheartedly that they were, and their descendants are, lovely individuals and that the

fact of their left behind “junk” in no way reflects badly on their character.

In all honesty, I love the house more for it. After all, who wouldn’t love a woman who kept a 1950s chemically-infused

pressing cloth for all these years but never used it? I plan on embracing her feminist tendencies.

I really have no choice at this point, because I haven’t yet discovered where I packed my iron.

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Great ways to create outdoor living space Brandpoint Whether you plan to live in your home for years to come, or have an upcoming listing on your mind, now could be a great time to create an outdoor living space.

Today more than ever, homeowners are seeking ways to maximize the footprint of their home — both inside the four walls and out. Outdoor environments can serve many purposes and are a perfect way to customize a space that is right for you.

As you consider creating a beautiful, yet functional outdoor area, here are some key elements to keep in mind: Outdoor kitchens are in demand: Whether you keep it simple with a built-in grill, some counter space and a sink, or go grand with a brick pizza oven and abundant seating at a

granite-topped counter, an outdoor kitchen is becoming a must. In fact, according to Realtor.com, home buyers will pay a premium of more than 26 percent for a home with an outdoor kitchen.

As with the indoor kitchen, many outdoor kitchens include a cooking area, sink, storage and refrigeration. As with your indoor kitchen, the faucet outside can be the perfect marriage of beauty and function. You can find a variety of kitchen faucets from manufacturers such as Danze that fulfill all your outdoor needs.

Need the ability to put water exactly where you want it in your outdoor workspace? A pulldown faucet from Danze offers great looks and exceptional versatility.

Media makes it way outdoors: Many of the technology wonders you enjoy indoors are

making their way into outdoor environments.

From built-in flatscreen TVs that can stream video, to video gaming systems, Wi-Fi and surround sound, outdoor entertainment has gone high tech.

Whenever you’re incorporating electronics and electricity in an outdoor environment, weather proofing and proper wiring are essential.

Keep these critical aspects in mind while planning your outdoor space, and deciding what media you’ll incorporate and where it will be placed.

Bars are big: Outdoor bars, like traditional tikki bars, may increase your home value by nearly 14 percent, according to Realtor.com.

Whether you’re thinking of adding a bar in tandem with your outdoor kitchen space, or want to simply expand your entertaining area, an

outdoor bar requires a few basic elements.

A fully operational sink with a high-functioning bar faucet are a go-to when it comes to outdoor bars.

Storage for beverages and glassware, a drink chiller, ice storage and seating can make your outdoor entertaining area an envy in the neighborhood.

Room for relaxation: While plenty of comfortable, attractive seating tend to be a significant part of outdoor living spaces, modern outdoor spaces are re-defining relaxation and entertainment. In addition to seating and dining areas, homeowners are incorporating recreational elements such as ping pong and billiards tables, putting greens, hot tubs and infinity pools.

Firepits and fireplaces are also popular for adding ambiance, and deliver the added bonus of extending

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Outdoor environments can serve many purposes and are a perfect way to customize a space that is right for you. the outdoor living season well into cooler months.

Whether you choose to build a full-wall fireplace that doubles as a brick pizza oven, or stick with a more modest, portable firepit, adding heat and comfort to your outdoor space can also add value (upwards of 21 percent,

according to Realtor.com).

Outdoor living spaces offer a multitude of benefits and creative options. Even the simplest of designs can make a home feel larger, increase the property’s resale value and bring years of enjoyment.

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