07/29/2010
Scarf it up.(good house: GREAT BUYS, STYLISH IDEAS, SAVVY ADVICE)(pillow covers)(Brief article)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Put a new twist on a tired pillow with this no-sew cover. Raid your closet--or a thrift store--for a square scarf slightly bigger than your cushion (but not so large that it won't wrap tightly). Lay the scarf out like a diamond with your pillow as a square in the center. Fold

Publication: Good Housekeeping

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07/29/2010
WATCHA MAKIN'? SHOPPERS STOCK UP ON STUFF TO CREATE CAR PILLOW COVERS, PARTY FAVORS, CD JEWELRY...(DAILY BREAK)
Byline: KRYS STEFANSKY THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT TINY BARLOW held a bunch of yellow daffodils in her hand. They weren't real but still looked like spring. She turned them this way and that, added a wad of fake greenery, checked the effect. Put the greenery back, kept the flowers. ``I'm trying to find

Publication: The Virginian Pilot

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07/29/2010
Sweet dreams device; High-tech, anti-allergy pillow is the latest idea to spring from the mind of veteran inventor Scott Augustine.(BUSINESS INSIDER)(Clinical report)
Byline: THOMAS LEE; STAFF WRITER Dr. Scott Augustine wants to breathe a little fresh air into allergy treatment. Or more specifically, a bubble of fresh air. Augustine, a successful but controversial medical device inventor, is raising $5 million to back PureZone Technologies LLC. The Eden Prairie

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)

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07/29/2010
Florida Woman Takes Chair-Cover Idea Through Patent Process.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--Abby Waters' invention and the patent she now holds began with a Thanksgiving dinner party for 18 people. "I set my beautiful table with the lighted candles and I had folded chairs," Waters said. "I screeched to my husband, `This will never do Waters

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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07/29/2010
Pray Tell: An Inspired Idea; 'Prayers on My Pillow'Is a Hit on the Shelves
Every night, like a religious tooth fairy, Celia Straus dropped a prayer on her daughter's pillow. The first came when 12-year-old Julia asked her mother to write something to help her sleep despite her worries; then for a year the act became a ritual. Julia collected the prayers in a bedside

Publication: The Washington Post

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07/29/2010
More dreamy ideas: make up your bed with an ergonomic pillow, all-natural bedding, and an easy-to-clean mattress, and you'll rest easier.(solutions)(Brief Article)
A clean mattress is a healthy mattress. With that in mind, Simmons created the HealthSmart bed, a unique mattress top that zips off of Beautyrest and BackCare mattresses for easy laundering. Top off your bed with Earth Runnings' natural hemp and cotton-blend shams and duvet cover. [ILLUSTRATION

Publication: Country Living

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07/29/2010
I slept on 100 mattresses: staying in bed is a particularly attractive idea right now. But what kind? Pillow top or memory foam, latex, or organic? A comprehensive report.(SCOUTED)(Product/service evaluation)
FIRM, PLUSH, OR SOFT FEEL? "Firm," I said to the 1-800-Mattress guide as I lay on a Simmons Beautyrest. "Thought so," he said. "New Yorkers like firm. Soft only sells in the suburbs." That was the simplest thing I had to consider in my journey through modern bed-land. A lot has changed since the

Publication: New York

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07/29/2010
Ideas & Trends; Judging a Book Without Its Cover - New York Times
IT was Tuesday evening on the 6:26 in a Long Island-bound train crowded with weary commuters lurching in the aisles, elbow to elbow, briefcase to briefcase. Unfolding a newspaper was unthinkable. Flipping through a hardcover might form an instant but awkward book club of strangers. So I rummaged in

Publication: The New York Times

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07/29/2010
Seeds of inspiration in gardeners' nirvana; Show abloom with ideas, goods for outdoor life.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(COVER STORY)
Byline: Raymond M. Lane, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES "My mother gave me a houseplant in a little pot when I was a boy," Howard Cohen says. "I was hooked." The evidence is on display starting today at the four-day Washington Home & Garden Show. Mr. Cohen, a landscape architect and vice

Publication: The Washington Times

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07/29/2010
July: idea of the month.(STASH CLUTTER UNDER COVER)(Brief Article)
Want an inviting entryway that hides the mess? Take a cue from this Cape Cod, Massachusetts, home. The window seat opens up to store sports gear, pet food, and more. A sapphire wall, watercolor prints, and flag-pattern pillows punch up the space. But the homeowner selected durable Sunbrella fabric

Publication: Good Housekeeping

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