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Honeycomb paper Easter decorations that fold flat for storage
How to store Easter decorations so they survive to next year
Most Easter decorations are not lost — they are put somewhere in April and found the following March crushed, damp or tangled. An hour of care, by material, and where... Read more...
Honeycomb paper Easter bunny decorations opened into three-dimensional shapes
Easter decoration ideas that store flat and come out again next year
Easter is a long weekend, not a month, which makes anyone sensible reluctant to buy things that sit unused for fifty weeks. A guide built around that: how to make... Read more...
Three paper mache bowls stacked on a table, a hand lifting the top one
How to look after paper mâché
Paper mâché is easy to live with once you know the one thing that damages it. How to dust it, what to do about a spill, where not to keep... Read more...
Rustic beige paper mache decorative bowl holding dried botanicals
What to put in a decorative bowl (and what not to)
Whole fruit, potpourri, pine cones, keys — what actually works in a decorative bowl, room by room. Plus the things most styling guides recommend that will quietly ruin a paper... Read more...
White paper mache decorative bowl holding potpourri, styled on a coffee table
How to style a coffee table with a decorative bowl
A coffee table is the hardest surface in a room to get right. A practical method built around one object that does more work than any other: getting the scale... Read more...