- Fox29's Mike Jerrick fills his apartment with art
- Hail to the chief White House decorator
Visitors stepping into Mike Jerrick's world on West Washington Square are apt to be dazzled. Jerrick's sleek, contemporary apartment, with its wall of living room windows, has built-in drama thanks to a jaw-dropping cityscape.
- Fox29's Mike Jerrick fills his apartment with art
- Hail to the chief White House decorator
Hand gadgets are reliably cool, some vintage gewgaws just ghoulish. And collectors simply drool for horticultural antiques.
Maybe, says Harold Sweetman, there are no new ideas when it comes to garden tools. No good ones, anyway.
Maybe the old standbys - spade, trowel, hoe, fork, pruner, saw - cannot be improved upon, though Lord knows, the marketplace keeps trying.
HOME & DESIGN COLUMNISTS
Karla Klein Albertson has covered Antiques for the Inquirer's Home and Design section since 1996.
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Inga Saffron is the Inquirer's Architecture critic.
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Philadelphia's new Delaware waterfront manager isn't supposed to choose a master planner until its Monday meeting, but in characteristic fashion, the politicians are laying the dynamite to sabotage the effort.
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Now in its fourth year, the Main Line Antiques Show is gaining popularity with collectors and holiday gift seekers who want a variety of styles at reasonable prices.
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Question: I have a plowing company near the Poconos. Last winter while plowing, I left rust streaks on two properties. Though they are not very noticeable, they are noticeable. Do you have any ideas or solutions to removing rust from concrete?
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Tomorrow, Dutch design superstar Marcel Wanders receives the 2009 Design Excellence Award from Collab, the Art Museum's modern-design boosters. Here are works by Wanders and other icons Collab has recognized over the years.
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Protect potted perennials and shrubs that, in candor, you won't get planted this year: Sink the pots in the ground. The top of the soil in the pot should be an inch higher than the surrounding soil, which must be well drained (add sand as necessary).
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Holiday Workshops Holiday workshops at Triple Oaks Nursery Williamsburg wreath ($45), 1 p.m. Nov. 29; holiday advent wreath ($40), 6:30 p.m. Nov. 27; evergreen wreath ($50), every 45 minutes from 1 to 3:15 p.m. Dec. 4 to Dec. 7; pre-registration required: 856-694-4272. Information: www.tripleoaks.com. Triple Oaks Nursery, 2359 Delsea Dr., Franklinville.
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Black Friday is for bidders, too. A number of post-Thanksgiving sales catering to holiday shoppers are in the works, notably in the Pennsylvania suburbs.
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Antiques/Art/Crafts 2d Annual Golden Knights Fine Art and Handmade Craft Show A benefit for the Golden Knights Band Boosters. Bayard Rustin High School, 1100 Shiloh Rd., West Chester. $1. 11/21. 10 am-4 pm.
- Michael S. Smith says working on the Obamas' private quarters is "pretty profound."WASHINGTON - Los Angeles designer Michael S. Smith's Web site gives no clue that he has the hottest decorating job in the country: the private quarters of the White House for the Obamas.
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