Californias dirty little secret: Oil wells in the backyard

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• ONE FAMILY. ONE COMPLETELY INSANE DREAM.
• Lost and Found
• Lawn equipment spews ‘shocking’ amount of air pollution, new data shows
• A water crisis in Mississippi turns into a fight against privatization
• Did big expectations doom the tiny house movement?
• Grist House Has an Amazing (and Dog Friendly) Beer Garden

Then, in the early 1930s, the barrio petitioned the city to pave its two primary thoroughfares, Logan and Stafford streets, but was forced to raise the money to cover the cost. The residents ultimately celebrated the paving of their roads with a street dance. You couldn’t shake a stick at your Facebook feed without hitting a shared photo of some wee storybook cottage tucked away in a forest grove. Mueller categorizes the phenomenon of the tiny-house social media craze under a very “millennial” way of posting — one that leans heavily on perfection and idealization, in contrast with Gen Z’s ostensibly more unfiltered approach. But for all the hubbub, tiny houses never really entered the mainstream realm of homeownership. Instead, they entered the province of tourists seeking a brief decampment to a smaller-scale, climate-friendly lifestyle.

ONE FAMILY. ONE COMPLETELY INSANE DREAM.

Despite California’s reputation as an environmentally friendly state, neighborhood drilling is a distinctly Californian phenomenon. Most oil-producing states — including Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and even Texas — have regulations dictating how close to homes, schools, and sometimes hospitals that oil wells are allowed to operate. This buffer zone between oil wells and the areas where people live is known as a setback.

Lost and Found

At the federal level, existing laws primarily focus on regulating the present and future production, use, and disposal of chemicals, but they don’t offer solutions to intervene in already-contaminated areas unless polluted sites are large-scale. In response to my first investigation, a coalition of residents, advocates, and academic scholars has spent four years raising community awareness about the dangers of lead exposure in the city. In 2020, the coalition released a study that corroborates my findings, highlighting how children in Santa Ana’s poorest areas are at a higher risk of being exposed to lead soil contamination. One of the challenges, according to Mielke, is that while much work has been done to decrease water contamination and reduce air toxics, soil is typically ignored as a potential source of contamination.

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The XRF tests measure the amount of lead in the soil, but they do not determine the source of the lead. A representative from Massachusetts-based scientific instrument company Thermo Fisher Scientific trained Grist’s reporter, Yvette Cabrera, to operate an XL2 600 Niton XRF analyzer, which produces X-rays to measure the lead content of soil. The company loaned the XRF analyzer to Cabrera and calibrated the analyzer for soil testing. They realized that the city intended to split the neighborhood in half by extending Civic Center Drive East through the heart of the barrio.

Grist is the only award-winning newsroom focused on exploring equitable solutions to climate change. Instead, we rely on our readers to pitch in what they can so that we can continue bringing you our solution-based climate news. In studies of communities living near urban oil wells in Los Angeles, Johnston found that participants living closer to an oil well had impaired lung function and higher rates of asthma than those living farther away — making it quite literally harder to breathe. Living near oil and gas development, in general, has also been linked to preterm births and other adverse reproductive outcomes, as well as a host of other health problems, including higher rates of cancer and heart disease. In 2015, a report authored by the California Council on Science and Technology, a nonprofit that advises the state’s government, concluded that drilling posed health risks to communities living nearby and recommended the development of “science-based” setbacks.

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This story is part of the Grist arts and culture series Remember When, a weeklong exploration of what happened to the climate solutions that once clogged our social feeds. Family owned and operated since 2014, Grist House Craft Brewery has become a Pittsburgh craft beer staple. Born and raised in Western Pennsylvania, co-owners and brother-in-laws, Brian Eaton and Kyle Mientkiewicz, moved to Pittsburgh in 2010 and began homebrewing on weekends together. After many experiments, tweaking, taste testing and with the support of friends and family they decided to leave their day jobs to open Grist House. And as with any top oil-producing state, it has an active and powerful oil lobby.

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This is a place where drinking buddies become lifelong friends, and regulars become family. 467 defeated, the most realistic pathway open at the state level to institute setbacks appears to be through CalGEM. The agency was known as the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, or DOGGR, until 2019. That summer, DOGGR became embroiled in scandal when it came to light that regulators were issuing permits for risky drilling projects without reviewing them first and that they held stock in the very companies they were supposed to be regulating.

So in addition to working to make Logan more residential, local activists must also battle to ensure that nuisance businesses comply with existing regulations. The city may have heard their calls to change the “business-as-usual” approach in recent decades, but ultimately, those who live there now still pay the price for the decades that it was an industrial hotspot. The cohesiveness of the neighborhood was hard to duplicate, and it’s why children who grew up in Logan, like Joe Andrade, often returned.

They’ve given six-figure sums to every California governor since Republican Pete Wilson. Then they gave $221,000 to his replacement, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has called them “some of my dearest, dearest friends.” The $150,000 they’ve sprinkled on Jerry Brown since 2010 might not seem like a lot by comparison, but no other individual donor has given more. The Resnicks also have chipped in another $250,000 to support Brown’s pet ballot measure to fund education. Two years later, with a federal judge now restricting Delta pumping for the sake of the smelt, the Resnicks began raising their concerns with friends in Washington. Their first big purchase as a couple, in 1979, was Teleflora, a flower delivery company that Lynda revitalized by pioneering the “flowers in a gift” concept — blooms wilt, but the cut-glass vase and teddy bear live on. In 1985, they acquired the Franklin Mint, which at the time mainly sold commemorative coins and medallions.

City documents from that era showcase citizen concerns that Santa Ana’s eastside residential neighborhoods were bearing the brunt of the city’s industrialization, describing these areas as having the “highest degree of inter-mixing” of single-family homes with commercial and industrial uses. In 1972, the Santa Ana Human Relations Commission submitted a resolution noting how grievously the Logan community had suffered at the hands of past planning commissioners due to zoning decisions and the introduction of industry to the barrio. Further, racial and class disparities among children with elevated blood levels have persisted since the height of leaded gasoline use in the mid-20th century, with higher numbers of Black, Latino, and low-income children suffering from elevated levels. Harvard University sociologist Robert Sampson has shown that, while the risk of lead exposure is higher in poor neighborhoods, it’s even higher in racially and ethnically segregated neighborhoods. In a 2018 article in the Annual Review of Sociology, Sampson and his colleagues examined blood lead level differences across small neighborhoods in Chicago. Even when controlling for factors such as poverty, housing, and population density, they found that Black neighborhoods still had higher levels of lead exposure.

Using data from CalGEM, the California Department of Education, and the California Health and Human Services department, Grist analyzed the number of oil wells near schools to help understand the impact that setbacks for oil and gas wells might have on frontline communities. The 601 soil samples tested with the XRF analyzer in the field had an average margin of error of 18 parts per million. Grist discarded any soil tests with incomplete scans, which could be caused by any disruptions that produced a movement of the XRF analyzer during analysis. In 1994, residents rose up to oppose a car salvage yard that had proposed opening near the Interstate 5 freeway. The last thing residents wanted was more noise and more traffic, they argued at the time. “The important thing about the barrios is they became very specific sites of commerce and culture and family life, and are really thought of as a really positive space in those days,” said Haas, a history professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

People were so invested in the war effort, Elkin said, the oil companies got what they wanted. Hernandez is one of millions of Californians affected by neighborhood drilling — the practice of exploring for oil right in the middle of communities, next to the places where people live, study, and seek medical care. The phenomenon disproportionately impacts low-income communities and communities of color, and creates an environmental health nightmare for those living in its shadow. “A lot of the folks around there, once their houses were condemned, they had no alternative — so they had to move,” said Romero. His father was one of the few residents fortunate enough to be able to renovate his home without a loan after he became the first Latino to get a job paving roads with the city’s public works department, a job that paid him a higher wage than most of his neighbors.

While the U.S. has a national Clean Water Act and a Clean Air Act, there’s no federal Clean Soil Act to address soil contamination comprehensively. Further, at the local level, not enough is done by public health care agencies to proactively pinpoint hot spots of soil lead contamination by using existing childhood blood lead level data, Mielke said. Before construction was first supposed to begin on the redevelopment project in 2011, California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control, or DTSC, conducted environmental assessments of the site. Tests showed that lead soil contamination around Jordan Downs was at 22,000 parts per million, or ppm — 275 times higher than state limits. The soil also came back with actionable levels of the cancer-causing toxins arsenic, cadmium, and polychlorinated biphenyls.

In response to a request for comment from Grist, CalGEM head Uduak-Joe Ntuk pointed to the agency’s new public health mandate and to several actions to bring its policies in line with California’s climate change goals. “CalGEM has instituted a new rigorous conflict of interest policy for all staff, embarked on racial justice training, increased transparency with new online data portals, and instituted the most rigorous review and approval of permits in the nation,” he said. Yet oil played a major role in the state’s development, and oil money is entangled in California’s political system. That’s particularly true in Los Angeles, the city where the state’s oil boom first took off.

Traditional real estate tends to appreciate in value, which arguably rationalizes the massive upfront cost of buying a home. But tiny houses are different, particularly ones built on wheels, because they depreciate pretty quickly. That’s on top of an extremely high price per-square-foot, which is also hard to swallow for the standard American homebuyer. They would argue that a true tiny house is 8.5 feet wide and able to fit on a wheeled base, like an RV chassis.

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• Decades after Watts revolted, the Black neighborhood is being ‘revitalized’ — but the cost is steep
• Menus People Viewed Nearby
• Harley-Davidson is officially a clear air outlaw

Five decades ago, Clair C. Patterson, a California Institute of Technology geochemist who pioneered techniques to measure lead levels, warned that legacy lead contamination would come back to haunt cities. He argued that Americans’ blood lead levels were unsafe, and his findings provided key evidence for environmental activists who successfully sought to remove lead from gasoline. But as Shafer would soon learn, tiny-home living appealed to more than those with a taste for civil disobedience. More than a decade in the making, the venture has collected funding from the federal and state government and two private companies to turn the Jordan Downs complex into a “mixed-income” community housing more than 700 additional families. It is also introducing much-needed fresh food options (including support for a 2.5-acre urban farm), more green space, the replacement of 65-year-old lead-filled buildings, and increased public transit to different employment hubs across the notoriously car-centric city. On paper, the project appears to fulfill demands Watts residents have been making since 1965.

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The 1980s saw a construction boom of high-density apartment complexes on Santa Ana’s east side, which increased the population in the very areas that had long borne the brunt of industrialization — and where Grist’s own testing found elevated levels of lead in the soil. In essence, by allowing private developers to replace single-family homes with high-density apartment complexes, the city effectively increased the number of children exposed to lead and other contaminants. One survey of a Logan ZIP code by the nonprofit Latino Health Access in 1996 showed that, on average, about half the residents there were younger than 20. By 1977, when the barrio had 130 residential units and 20 industries, residents were calling on the city to phase out those businesses by removing the neighborhood’s industrial zoning designation altogether. The councilman who represented Logan told the Santa Ana Register that the zoning change was not the answer, claiming that if it happened, many residents wouldn’t be able to afford to upgrade their homes, or would choose not to upgrade. Meanwhile, Chepa rallied Logan residents by “banging on doors.” She was able to fill the city council chambers.

Decades after Watts revolted, the Black neighborhood is being ‘revitalized’ — but the cost is steep

In an Orange County Register story, some council members were quoted as saying they “didn’t think they’d ever find a final solution to a problem that began before they were born.” They also pledged to try to be fair to both sides. Ultimately, the neighborhood would remain mixed-use — though Romero and Joe Andrade have worked with the city to convert various individual industrial parcels back to residential use. “Being born here, right down the street, your heart’s always in it,” Joe Andrade told me last fall.

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The soil would become a repository of proof illustrating how generations of a Mexican barrio were poisoned by lead and other noxious pollutants. Residents knew little about this soil contamination, despite the city’s environmental assessments calling for a deeper exploration of potential lead exposure in the neighborhood in the late 1970s. Comprehensive citywide soil test results were not publicly available until 2017, when I published an investigation that found hazardous levels of lead in the soil in neighborhoods across Santa Ana, which today is Orange County’s second-largest city. To follow up, I conducted hundreds of additional soil tests over the course of 2018 and 2019 in neighborhoods that, like Logan, carried the burden of the city’s industrialization.

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Regulators typically don’t require businesses below a certain size threshold to report emissions. For example, the federal Toxic Release Inventory Program requires reporting from facilities with 10 or more employees that also manufacture or process toxins at volumes greater than 25,000 pounds per year. Thus, according to Frickel, smaller businesses like welding shops tend to fly under the radar. Because the number of historically industrialized sites across the country is so vast — and continues to expand — potentially contaminated soil is a systemic problem, and one that is not being tracked by most regulatory agencies. The hot, dry Santa Ana winds that whip through Orange County’s Logan barrio are fierce and temperamental.

That means an introduction of new residents that are making tens of thousands of dollars more annually than those already living in Jordan Downs — a potentially big problem for low-income renters, if the area’s median income starts to rise. In the years since DTSC claimed no further action was needed, community members like Watkins have taken it upon themselves to test the soil using a crowdsourced X-ray fluorescence machine. According to their data, lead levels around both original housing structures and newly-constructed affordable housing buildings are nearly 100 ppm, far below the 2011 readings but still significantly above the state-approved level of 80 ppm. However, DTSC and the city of Los Angeles have declined to take further action, saying that although some test levels are above state limits, lead levels fall below 80 ppm when samples are averaged across the entire property. These perils are exemplified on the corner of Century Boulevard and South Alameda Street. To the east is the Alameda Corridor, a 20-mile long freight rail line leading to the port of Los Angeles, carrying 14,000 trains responsible for thousands of tons of air pollution annually.

In response to a request from Grist, the city of Santa Ana searched for but could not locate any records indicating that these field tests were conducted in response to the 1978 report’s recommendation. That report also said that, at the time, airborne lead concentrations were declining and would continue to do so as lead was phased out of gasoline. However, if Logan was converted to residential use, the report cautioned, more people would likely suffer from lead exposure.

Those fateful decisions would lead to an explosive level of turnover of polluting businesses in Logan in the latter half of the 20th century. A Grist analysis of businesses that churned through Logan from the early 1960s to 2014 shows that a majority of those businesses no longer exist, and have been replaced by new commercial or light industrial businesses. By the end of World War II, Santa Ana had more than 50 industries and only two industrial areas.

The timetable for that phaseout is yet to be determined, and Wilmington’s wells would not be affected by the move. A Grist and Capital & Main analysis shows that communities around hundreds of schools statewide, which disproportionately serve low-income students, students of color, and medically underserved populations, would immediately see the benefits if CalGEM instituted setbacks. Of course, the number of people protected depends on how far the agency mandates that oil drilling can take place from a home, school, or hospital. Los Angeles County has no required setbacks protecting residents from oil and gas wells, which are sited in close proximity to homes, schools, and medical facilities. As a child, Ashley Hernandez remembers pretending that the oil pumpjacks that loomed over her neighborhood were dinosaurs. The strange metal animals pecked rhythmically at the earth, sandwiched between homes, next to playgrounds, in the parking lots of grocery stores, sucking the oil from the sediments beneath her neighborhood of Wilmington in southern Los Angeles.

“There’s been a growing body of epidemiological literature trying to understand what impacts oil and gas developments have for communities living nearby,” said Jill Johnston, assistant professor of public health at the University of Southern California. A small batch of soil samples were sent to the Tulane University School of Medicine laboratory of Dr. Howard Mielke, one of the nation’s leading experts on soil lead contamination, to confirm the accuracy of the XRF tests in the field. His lab conducted an agreement analysis and found that Grist’s soil samples and Tulane’s analysis had a very strong agreement of nearly 90 percent. Any effort to rebuild the Logan that once was would require cleaning up any contaminants found in the soil.

In September, as part of an emergency resolution on climate change, the Santa Ana City Council pledged to address lead contamination throughout the city. By 1970, about 8 percent of the acreage in the area around Logan was dedicated for manufacturing industries. At the time, the vast majority of the land was zoned for either light or heavy industrial use, while only 1.4 percent was zoned residential. The industrial businesses at that time employed between 1,200 and 1,400 people, but few of those firms employed Logan residents.

The boundaries of the two zones fell squarely around existing Mexican barrios in the city, including Logan. As the city pushed to attract more industry in the following decades, the commission’s zoning decisions would have dramatic long-term consequences for the Latino residents in those neighborhoods. At Grist’s request, Orange County archivists searched for and found evidence of half a dozen such covenants in Santa Ana. One from 1941 restricted “African, Mongolian, Japanese, Asiatic, Spanish, Mexican, or Indian races or their decendants [sic]” from occupying lands and properties in a tract called Westwood Park. The earliest racial covenant uncovered was part of a grant deed signed in 1921, while the latest was signed in 1943, just five years before the U.S.

A 1970 housing condition survey found that many homes had fallen into disrepair, with only six units in sound condition; only 10 percent of the dwellings were worth more than $10,000. It’s been nearly a century since the city zoned the already-established residential barrio of Logan for industrial use. It absorbed the environmental degradation of each era that thrust Logan into modernity. As the neighborhood’s agricultural roots gave way to industry, products like petroleum, aviation gasoline, lead ore, heavy metals, chemicals, herbicides, and pesticides came and went on the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroad lines — but a part of them never left. Logan has been described as the Plymouth Rock of Santa Ana, a predominantly Latino city now home to about 335,000 people, because it’s where the city’s earliest Mexican and Mexican American residents settled.

In 1969, the city lifted the ban against home improvements and expansions, but residents told city officials that they still faced resistance from banks who weren’t eager to make loans in a neighborhood that was still zoned industrial. By the early 1970s, the barrio had over 130 single-family and apartment units as well as more than 30 industrial or commercial properties, including metal works, auto salvage shops, and lumber supply businesses. One resident, whose property shrank when the state appropriated a portion through eminent domain for the construction of the Interstate 5 freeway, told the Los Angeles Times that her house rattled when the trains passed, and she didn’t like how the nearby junkyard burned tar on Saturdays. Sampson also discovered that even within these neighborhoods there was variation in the blood lead levels, which he attributes to the local manufacturing history. He found that lead exposure rates are higher in neighborhoods that have mixed industrial and residential uses, much like Logan.

Farmers are the main reason that California now pumps nearly seven cubic kilometers of groundwater a year, or about as much total water as what’s used by all the homes in Texas. Sucking water from deep underground has caused the surrounding land to settle as the pockets of air between layers of soil collapse, wreaking havoc with bridges and even gravity-fed canals. Though California passed its first-ever groundwater regulations in 2014, water districts won’t be required to limit pumping for at least another four years. We will fill any clean growler.The cleanliness of your growler is extremely important for the health of the beer. We recommend that you rinse your growler several times with hot water immediately following consumption and allow it to dry completely.

In 2011, Christopher Smith, freshly out of college and starting to imagine the shape his adult life might take, bought a plot of land in “middle-of-nowhere” Colorado with the dream of building a small homestead on it with his own hands. The precipitous costs of meeting building code requirements quickly eroded that vision, and he began to lose faith in ever having enough money to have a home on that land. About a decade ago, L.A.’s current housing authority CEO, Douglas Guthrie, spearheaded a similar process in Chicago. It led to the almost total displacement of a majority-Black public housing complex in favor of “mixed-income” housing. In the meantime, DTSC has removed at least another 1,690 tons of contaminated soil from the area since 2018, and an additional 870 tons have been removed from nearby Jordan High School, according to DTSC’s Hazardous Waste Tracking System.

21+ Photo Wall Ideas A Guide on How to Display, Design Tips

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• Black-and-White Gallery Wall
• Layer Art and Books
• Popular Images From Utah
• Transforming Hallways With Thoughtful Picture Decor
• Mismatched Frame Colors
• Planning Your Wall Gallery

Channel your high school bedroom walls and tear out favorite images from old magazines. Photo Wall Ideas for the bedroom will spice up your photo wall display with different colourful tapes. Use these tapes to ‘frame’ your photos, and voila, you get beautiful photo wall decoration ideas. To display Instagram-sized pics, it’s better to use simple frames of a square shape.

Black-and-White Gallery Wall

Attach the ledges to the wall using a nail gun, and then begin decorating with photos you love. To create a bulletin board photo wall, staple a white canvas or a white sheet to the board, and then attach square photos using straight pins. This photo collage would look beautiful both in your living room or your bedroom. While it’s important to create the right arrangement of art, it’s also important to choose the right frames or hanging method. You can use a hidden hook or use cable, cord, or wire with a statement hook.

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The best part is you have floor-to-ceiling space to hang your gallery. People can view the different elements as they ascend or descend the stairs. Blogger Kelli of Lolly Jane mounted photos of her and her husband each year to create a photo wall in their primary bedroom. And while all the frames are white, the various sizes and and styles lends visual interest. I also have one idea, get print photos online and decor the pictures in alphabet shapes on wall.

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The combination of different styles of art prints will create a colorful and chic wall gallery, like this dining room in Dallas. Don’t be afraid to experiment with your photos and make a unique space that brings your story home. For more tips and to start designing your gallery wall visit shutterfly.com/wall art.

To showcase your black-and-white art effectively, you need to have your pieces in the right frames and hung correctly on the wall. Print your favorite family photos, choose your frames and let them frame your TV. This way, everyone will take notice of your cherished moments, even when invested in their favorite show. If you don’t like getting bored, use this type of photo display to create a DIY picture wall.

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Use a level and measuring tape to ensure precise spacing between frames when hanging. These are perfect for displaying candid photos of friends and family. People often forget about the kitchen when it comes to hanging art. But if you have empty wall space in the kitchen, why not create a mini gallery? You could make it food-themed and hang art with photos of food and kitchen utensils.

To create an inspirational gallery wall, try using a mixture of illustrated sayings and matching paintings. Gather a collection of artistic photographs and display them on shelves for a beautiful gallery display. If you love flowers, consider making a floral gallery wall featuring paintings of flowers in all different styles, from Impressionistic to Modern. Transform your room into a beautiful rustic farmhouse by using a distressed white frame and vintage signs and decorations. For a rustic gallery wall, try using vintage decorations, like an antique bike and distressed signs that say your favorite quotes. Create a gallery wall that’s pretty in pink by using different pink watercolor paintings.

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These specialists will enhance the texture in your portrait photos, tweak colors, adjust WB, fix shadows, and add highlights to improve the lighting. Go on a trip around the world with your gallery wall by displaying illustrations of famous landmarks and wild animals. Add a seaside feel to your room with a gallery wall that features illustrations of the ocean. Inspirational sayings are a wonderful choice for your gallery wall.

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Think of this next idea as the artsy equivalent of Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumbs. If a high impact is what you're after, black-and-white photography is the answer. A hammer and nails aren't a prerequisite to a beautiful photo display—in fact, you don't need them at all!

Mix photo prints with framed images, and maybe little props or keepsakes that mean a lot to you. Choose 1 of your favorite photos and split it into 2 or 3 parts (you can split it using a photo split app, or Adobe Photoshop). Print the split photos and hang them together on your living room photo wall ideas with perfect photo decoration ideas on the wall. Diy photo wall ideas use your wall as your canvas, and your photos as elements of a larger picture. Put them together like little puzzle pieces to make up a specific shape.

This stylish gallery photo wall idea is extremely easy to implement. Provided you do everything right, such unframed photos will allow you to create a natural and eye-catching composition that will make your house unique. Due to the absence of frames, such photos will easily fit into any interior. In case you want to narrate a story using your pictures, use this DIY photo display idea.

If you’re planning on using eclectic pieces in your gallery wall, take inspiration from this display, featuring a fun bright pink deer’s head. Create a beautiful display of love with a few family photos, a heart-shaped decoration and an illustration with a sweet saying. Show photos of all the people and things that you love in a heart-shaped gallery display. If you’re using pictures with muted colors in your gallery wall, try contrasting them with bold black and brown frames. Figuring out the right way to display your photos or artwork is as much about listening to your chosen pieces as it is listening to your home. You want to strike a symbiotic balance with all elements—from the framing and matting to the layout—to find the right "look" for your pieces.

By putting photo frames in an asymmetrical order, you can add a unique feel to your room. To make your space better balanced, you can hang frames in the center of the wall. Complete the Mediterranean look of your room with the wall filled with photos in decorative frames, like this powder room in Denver. Put together your old family photos to get the historical yet stunning wall gallery. White frames on a white wall is a great idea, especially if the room filled with colors. This way, you can decorate the empty wall without making it looks busy and overwhelming.

If you have more decor that you can keep track of, organize all your favorite pieces in a simple gallery wall. You can create a cohesive gallery wall that tells a story or simply color coordinate with your best pieces of art. Make it fun for your and your guests by including photos of them alongside memories from the past.

Clip photos to the fairy lights with wooden clothespins, and add some decorations that match the theme of your photos. You don’t have to have a lot of frames or use large pictures to create your gallery. Keep the mat and frame balanced with the size of the smaller images. The balance will keep in line with the minimalist approach by having plenty of space around the frames. You can order wall photo frames when printing your pictures, and they will be delivered to your address with frames, ready to be hung.

This style complements white walls the best, serving you the beauty of simplicity. If you’re looking to add style and sentiment to your home, consider making a gallery wall to give your space the personal feel you’ve been wanting. You can use your favorite photos to tell your favorite stories, whether it’s your wedding or a recent vacation with friends. Gallery wall ideas can come from your social media profile, a quote you’ve held onto your entire life, or your children’s very own artwork.

Top 20 Unique Roof Design Ideas for Modern Homes

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• Cons of Open Gable Roofs
• Creative Patio Roof Additions
• Metal Roof Styles: Colors, Paint, & Accents
• Different Types of Roofs with Pictures
• Dutch Gable Roof With Windows

A modern flat roof is exactly what you think—a horizontal roof with little or no pitch. A flat roof is incredibly fast and easy to install compared to the other contemporary designs, and so, becomes a cheaper alternative. It's an excellent option for those building or renovating on a tight budget and craving a modern aesthetic. A home fitted with this new roof style is considered energy efficient as the additional light reduces electricity consumption through lighting and potentially heating appliances.

Cons of Open Gable Roofs

A roof with integrated bird houses is not only a functional addition to your home but also a charming way to support local bird populations. By incorporating small bird houses into the design of your roof, you create safe and cozy nesting spots for birds right above your head. A glass roof that changes transparency with light offers a dynamic and captivating feature to any structure. This innovative design utilizes smart glass technology that adjusts its transparency based on light levels. Additionally, the texture and color variations of a thatched roof create a visually striking look that can enhance the overall character of a building.

Creative Patio Roof Additions

Given the fire risk of thatch however, the house had to be built at least 6m away from neighbouring properties. The steep pitch with low eaves and dormer windows adds to the building’s charm. A roof with an attached tower for viewing provides a unique and elevated vantage point to enjoy panoramic views of the surroundings. By incorporating a tower into the roof design, homeowners can create a dedicated space for relaxation, entertaining, or simply taking in the scenery. The Japanese pagoda roof design is a unique and captivating choice for homeowners looking to infuse their property with Eastern charm. Inspired by traditional Japanese architecture, these roofs are characterized by multiple tiers with curved eaves that curve upwards at the corners.

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The look will ensure the patio feels separate from the rest of the outdoors without inhibiting views. Whether on the front, side, or back of the house, a thoughtfully designed porch can boost curb appeal, and beckon people to use the small, outdoor space more often. Adding a roof is a great way to add shade and make the space feel even homier. Check out these creative porch roof ideas to see how adding a little cover can make a big difference. An inclined hip roof comprises four sloping sides, with two sides featuring steeper angles and the other two boasting shallower slopes. This design is commonly employed in regions with heavy snowfall or rainfall, as the steep angles aid in preventing water or snow accumulation.

A dual skillion roof design can add a unique architectural interest to your home. By incorporating two skillion roofs at different angles, you create a visually striking look that stands out from traditional roof designs. Whether you’re looking to maximize natural light, create additional living space, or simply want a unique, eye-catching design, a skillion roof can be an excellent choice. Hip roofs are renowned for their exceptional wind resistance, increased attic space, and energy efficiency.

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The longer sides form a hip at each end, while the shorter sides form a valley where they meet the longer sides. They have the advantage of a sloped roof that lets rain and snow slide off it, but provide more headroom inside the top floor than sloped roofs do. These have only one slope, as seen in FujiwaraMuro's project House in Gakuenmae, above. Here, an oversized sloped roof is supported by large wooden beams to protect the interiors. Our latest Dezeen guide explores seven types of roofs, including hip roofs, sawtooth roofs and vaulted roofs. A cross hipped roof is more often than not laid out in an “L” shape with two intersecting hip sections on the roof.

Different Types of Roofs with Pictures

This step involves inspecting your existing roof for water damage, damaged flashing, and other potential problems. You should measure your roof and calculate the number of roof squares to order materials. Once you know the size and material you need, your next step is to choose a design. For a more traditional design, look for one that has three to five blades. If your patio roof covers an outdoor kitchen, grill, or bar, you’ll want to focus this type of light there. The light should remove shadows and make it easier to see what you’re doing.

Cons of Cross Hipped Roofs

This patina not only adds character and charm to the roof but also provides excellent durability and longevity. A vintage copper roof with patina represents a timeless and elegant choice for those seeking a rustic or traditional look. The bird houses can be strategically placed along the eaves or on the sides of your roof, offering protection and shelter to various species. This unique feature adds an element of natural beauty to your home while fostering a harmonious coexistence with the local wildlife. With careful planning and design, this innovative roof style can transform a building into a modern masterpiece. Whether used as a personal retreat or a place to entertain guests, a roof with an attached tower for viewing adds both functionality and aesthetic appeal to any property.

They resist all sorts of tantrums Mother Nature can throw, and replacing a tile isn’t difficult. While not popular, the saltbox roof is great for creating vaulted ceilings in part of a home and a corresponding loft overlooking the vaulted ceiling rooms. This is a great option for buildings with more complex layout than a simple rectangular of square, and is a type of roof that will hold well in rain, snow or windy conditions. A full or partial gable can be found at the end of the ridge in the roof, allowing for a greater amount of internal roof space. That said, in many cases a home will incorporate one roof style throughout. There are also many variations to this style, including the crow stepped gable, Dutch gable, saltbox gable and Jerkinhead gable, to name a few of the unique options available.

Its clean and sleek lines create a modern aesthetic that complements contemporary architecture. Its functional and space-efficient characteristics make it a popular choice for homeowners who want to make the most of their property. Additionally, the iconic style of a Mansard roof adds a touch of elegance and architectural charm to any home design.

A black-painted skillion roof can add a touch of visual drama to any structure. This bold color choice creates a striking contrast against the rest of the building, instantly drawing the eye upward. A white-on-white design for a skillion roof can create a stunning minimalist appeal. By using a monochromatic color palette, the roof blends seamlessly with the overall aesthetic of the building, creating a clean and sophisticated look.

6th House Astrology: The Complete Guide Astrostyle: Astrology and Daily, Weekly, Monthly Horoscopes by The AstroTwins

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• Planets in the 6th House
• Finding your chart ruler
• h House Through The Signs
• In the Planets
• Current Moon Phase

It also indicates a focus on travel, exploring new places and even starting a family or adopting children. These children could relate strongly to the beliefs that they have learned from their parents growing up, especially if that Jupiter placement falls into the 6th house. All work places are now considered a relationship for you if your Venus is in the 6th house. Remember that you are in the workplace, so like it or not this is going to happen.

Planets in the 6th House

They don’t rely on others often, but when they do need someone older or wiser, chances are that person will be around when needed most. This placement is considered favorable for establishing a career that requires long study and intensive training, possibly in an occupation related to the health care industry. The placement of Venus in the 6th House will produce a harmonious life of social interaction, financial success from mutual interests in business matters, and favorable relationships with relatives and friends. Mercury in 6th house people easily assimilate new information and new technology, sometimes to a fault and detriment. Mercury in 6th house people enjoy obscure facts and trivia with great enthusiasm. If you have this placement, you are likely to develop passions for certain topics or take up hobbies based on those thoughts.

Finding your chart ruler

Sometimes a crisis such as war or a natural disaster upsets the balance of your health. If you look at the word disease, it’s actually a compound word; “dis” means having a negative or opposite influence, and “ease,” means lack of difficulty. Therefore, disease means an absence of calmness of balance in your life that reflects in your body. The environment of your daily routine is reflected in the 6th house. Pelinku adds that your 6th house ruler can also reveal what you can do to help optimize your life through intention and organization. The zodiac sign that the planet is in directs the role that it plays in your life.

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Maybe you can teach your niece or nephew guitar over Zoom, or find an after-school arts and crafts program where you can help kids embrace their creativity. "Lead from the heart in creative ways, and you will find joy and pleasure," she says. An astrology oracle deck with a fresh reinterpretation of vintage artwork styles.

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This aspect relates to self-willed, serious, bossy, and stubborn people. They must go through difficult periods in their childhood because of some accidents caused by carelessness which can lead to emotional trauma. They have a tendency to dream about the future, and are often idealistic. This placement provides the capacity to open up psycho-spiritual experiences of a transcendental nature. When Neptune is in the 6th House, natives will be a drawn towards a career as a healer or a medium.

In the Planets

Luckily, there are some clues in the natal chart about the kind of work you should be doing, the stars are a great help when you are curious about the right job for you. In our daily life, we are always at the service of those in need, even if this person is only and not only ourselves. The Moon in the 6th House represents your relationship with your job. It describes how you relate to people at work, how much you are motivated by personal gain, and where your ambition and motivation comes from. Whether you work for yourself or are an employee there is a lot we can learn about you through the placement of this natural satellite. This house mainly influences the health, character, the strength of relationships and the amount of support a person will get from his/her closed ones.

The meaning of the 6th house in astrology

We work for others as well as for ourselves; we are at service to those who need us, including our own being. There will be times when crises of health or faith will stand in the way of our best self. At those times, we must endeavor to heal ourselves (again, the focus of this House is on health) so that we can return to the work of realizing our sum potential, of serving our world.

Pisces in the 6th House

With the sixth house in Libra the key to one’s health lies in balance, as in all things connected to Libra. With enough information these individuals get to eat healthy, taking responsibility for their state and easily adapting to new working environments. With the sixth house set in Leo, childish joy needs to be found in a workplace. This is a position that emphasizes physical strength in some way, and its manifestation is mostly seen through the position of the Sun. If it is strong and vigorous, a person’s energy serves other people and creates an atmosphere in which advancements are possible and managing positions there for the taking.

Current Moon Phase

All aspects of a healthy lifestyle such as diet, nutrition, exercise and the pursuit of self-improvement are related to the 6th house. Interestingly, this house is also the ruler of pets and small cattle, maybe because of the role they play in our health and daily responsibilities. When the Sun is in the 6th house, you tend to be perfectionistic when it comes to your daily routines.

They have a unique ability to relieve mental burdens and/or anxieties with inspirational advice. Neptune in the 6th House is all about improvement through sacrifice. It means changes coming into our lives that are intended to make us stronger and wiser.

Capricorns in the 6th house individuals are all about structure and routine. They thrive on responsibility and dedication to their work, but they can be too hard on themselves when things don’t go as planned. Leo individuals in the 6th house are creative problem solvers who love a challenge. They’re driven by recognition and approval and they need to feel appreciated and respected in the workplace.

Design Your Room Working with a Designer

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• Networking hardware stores in North Carolina
• How to Use Deck Designer at Lowe’s
• Get Started
• Step 2: Design Your Dream Deck
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Horizontal vanity lights give the room a glam, Old Hollywood feel, while a single pendant light offers a fresh, modern take. Diamond’s team of expert designers are ready to bring your vision to life! You can work with a Diamond Designer remotely to have your whole kitchen designed without ever having to leave your home or go into a retail store. An account will let you save favorites and other project resources along the way. It is important to establish a budget, taking into consideration all of the factors that will contribute to the project — such as demolition or additional purchases like appliances and counter tops.

Networking hardware stores in North Carolina

Match the custom work to your home with a large selection of customizable features. Access your saved project resources including favorites, budget estimator, and room visualizer selections. Your Lowe's designer, contractor and installers will all begin working on their own timelines, so it’s important to always keep communication open. The Lowe's designer is responsible for creating a floor plan, elevations and perspective drawings, based on a detailed understanding of your needs.

How to Use Deck Designer at Lowe’s

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The first level of core was comprised of 35-foot-tall walls, including some shear, that ranged from 18” to 2’ thick. We utilized self-consolidating concrete due to the rebar congestion. Too dark, and it feels dingy; too bright, and it feels like you're at the doctor's office.

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Andrew J. Campa is a member of the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times, having previously covered the Eastside and San Gabriel Valley. Before, he worked at several medium and small daily newspapers and has covered education, sports and general news. He’s a proud University of Alabama (#RollTide), Cal State Fullerton and Pasadena City College alumnus. Serra is one of nine national high schools, along with Santa Ana Calvary Chapel, taking part in the International Space Space Station program run through the Quest Institute for Quality Education of San José.

On Monday, the space team was honored on the California Senate floor in Sacramento by state Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena). The school has received $50,000 in grants from the Ahmanson Foundation to participate in the program, Moran said. The foundations demanded mass concrete placements due to their large dimensions. The center pile cap was 50 feet wide x 90 feet long x 7 feet thick. There were 150 auger cast, deep foundation piles, that required our team to dig and place rebar around all of this. We successfully completed this portion of the project in 3 weeks (1,300 cubic yards, 225 yards/hour with 2 pumps).

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The team members aim to do more than just expand the frontier of knowledge. They’re also hoping to make the school into a top place to study science. The color palette you choose really sets the tone for the space. For the bathroom, seek out colors that make you feel relaxed and rejuvenated — think ocean blues, peaceful greens, and dreamy greys. Deep midnight blue and pale sage would make a particularly lovely combination.

But that’s still expensive — even sending a pair of bolts weighing a tenth of a pound each would cost between $138 and $227 to fly into space. “The goal is to get to a point where we can reliably 3D-print in space, which would save thousands of dollars per part,” Holbert said. This required our team to stop work for 2 weeks and then come back to install the rebar, close formwork, and pour concrete around the steel. Once you have picked out your paint colors, look for tile and flooring options that match the scheme — and coordinate with one another.

They will have the cabinet knowledge to recommend door styles, wood selections, interior components and decorative trims. Typically, a Lowe's designer will be with you from the first conversation until the last piece of trim is installed. If you are working with an independent interior designer, their role may be more or less involved, depending on their knowledge of cabinetry components. Either way, it is paramount that a relationship is established between the Lowe's designer who will ultimately be responsible for the cabinet order.

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For an upfront cost of $299, a Diamond Designer will design your new kitchen, completely online. If you move forward with the purchase of your cabinets, you’ll be credited back the initial $299 payment. Even as you begin to dream about your new space, you can put together a file folder of images that reflect your lifestyle and your vision for the new space. Photos, magazine clippings, ads, articles and samples will help the designer to visualize your tastes and preferences.

Pressure treated lumber deck boards, composite deck boards, deck railings, patio furniture and much more are included decking components for you to use in the Deck Designer. While the team members are proud of their accomplishments in space, they’ve each mentioned the excitement knowing that they’ve piqued interest in STEM and spaces studies at Serra and in surrounding communities. Holbert, who is headed to Loyola Marymount in the fall, is chess club president, a member of the school’s soccer and gardening teams and is on the robotics and engineering clubs. What has impressed Irvine and Moran about the team is the members’ ability to balance space work with a full slate of academic and extracurricular duties. The cost to launch an item on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has dropped from $10,000 per kilogram in 2009 to somewhere between $1,520 and $2,500 now, according to Georgetown University.

Nothing feels more luxurious than slipping into your very own soaking tub. Spend some time evaluating all the tub options that might work for your space, from space-saving bathtub-shower combos to jetted corner tubs. If you have room for one, a freestanding bathtub might be the way to go. When paired with a brushed gold faucet, this sleek bathtub even doubles as decoration.

Deck design software allows you to visualize the ideal outdoor space of your dreams for grilling, birthday gatherings, family reunions and simple weekday dinners. Use our design tool to easily create an image of your new deck for free, so you can visualize the perfect version of your unique space. Then you can share it with contractors, download the materials and tools list, and get prepared for costs with our included cost estimator. The experiment involves injecting a light-activated resin into a 3D printed mold of a Lego brick.

These light teal tiles would look gorgeous paired with waterproof faux marble floor tiles. Let one of our trained, licensed professionals install your floor, windows, fence and more. Choose the project where you'd like this to be added or create a new project. For those who find shopping entertaining, a visit here might turn out to be a nice way to relax and have fun.

The goal is to compare the physical and chemical properties of the object created in space with those of an identical object created on the ground. To ensure we kept up with all the details and avoided any snags in coordination and schedule, we enhanced our daily planning process. After our main huddle with the entire team at the trailer, our Field Leads took their crew to the specific work areas to plan in more detail for the day. Charlotte beat Dallas to become the home for Lowe’s global technology center.

Lowe's offers in-house design services to help guide you through the process, or you may want to work with your own contractor or designer. Depending on the size of your project and your design needs, either scenario will help you arrive at your ideal space. The point of the project, said Holbert, is to one day enable the space station to 3D-print replacements for things that break on board, such a fasteners or tools, rather than having to ship them from earth.

Prices and availability of products and services are subject to change without notice. Errors will be corrected where discovered, and Lowe's reserves the right to revoke any stated offer and to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions including after an order has been submitted. Your hopes and desires have been noted, a timeline and budget have been discussed as have your style and finishes. Depending on the complexity of your project, additional meetings may be required to get the design just right. If the designer requests additional information, make sure to get details together before a meeting to avoid any holdups. Never be afraid to ask questions or request that the designer change something you aren’t comfortable with.

What Is The 6th House In Astrology? Meaning Of Each Planet & Zodiac Sign Placement

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• Reveal Your Most Powerful Cosmic Cycles with an Astrology Forecast
• Where is Your 6th House Placement?
• What your 6th house can tell you about your work ethic and job choices
• Moon in the 6th

This area is focused on the small picture -- routines, chores, and all the little steps necessary to make big changes. Our physical, emotional, and mental health are all greatly influenced by this region. Improvement is the objective of the 6th house, and here, we put our egos aside to make ourselves useful to the world around us. Knowing your 6th house placement (aka the zodiac sign in which your 6th house falls in your birth chart) can help you figure out how you can best maintain habits and routines that support your health.

Reveal Your Most Powerful Cosmic Cycles with an Astrology Forecast

You may often see this placement working for non-profit organizations, charities, or even working in the justice system, trying to make the world a better place. However, this idealism can lead to major burnout as they pour so much of their time, energy, and heart into something and do not achieve the results they want. Our personal 6th House and its ruler show up in how we take care of ourselves and others.

Where is Your 6th House Placement?

When Mars is placed here it gives the native a strong and robust body. Life is all about action to this person and they do not enjoy idle time, unless they utilize it on an outdoor hobby such as hiking, biking or skiing. If Mars is situated in your 6th House, the energy and drive in this placement can manifest a great deal of work ethic or a burning desire to be of service to others. This placement is considered one of the most beneficial placements of Mars.

What your 6th house can tell you about your work ethic and job choices

These qualities of faith and understanding become critical issues with regard to health and work. Generally speaking, you are an enthusiastic worker and have a sound constitution to match. You may also be actively involved in healthcare or improving work methods and conditions in the manner of your Jupiter Sign. What you have to watch out for is working when irritated or angry, for injury or damage can be incurred, or poor relationships with co-workers could ensue, resulting in bad working atmospheres.

Jupiter in the 6th house

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The zodiac wheel is a 360-degree circle, divided into 12 segments, or houses. Each house represents a different essential aspect of our lives. In the Movie of You, the houses are like the different sets or stages where the planets (actors) play out their roles (given by the zodiac signs). When our duties and routines in the world do not correspond to our real needs (and here also our hygiene habits come in), there is an imbalance and we can become ill.

Charting the unknown: The 12th house in astrology

The best way to improve the energetic state hides in creative activities, for talents need to be employed daily and in the best possible way to truly feel the joy of Leo. When the sixth house starts in the sign of Aries, we see someone whose energy is closely linked to their working routine. This is a position that puts an accent on one’s need to practice, start something new, exercise daily, and usually speaks of the energy rise that is triggered by changes to one’s routine. The main problem of this position hides in Venus, wherever it might be located, for Aries is its detriment, and the sixth house represents its accidental fall. The important thing in this situation is to find personal value and avoid pro bono activities that other people might expect as a given.

Also guard against your emotional desires getting awkwardly mixed up with your work and whom you work with. You most readily use and develop these powers when in a work situation, or when you have some definite method to use or job to do. You wholeheartedly put your energies into anything to do with employment, which includes finding it for yourself or someone else. Occupations themselves may involve animals, health, or the use of sharp instruments or heavy machinery. Calculating your 6th house is as easy as long as you have your birth date, time, and location. Just enter your information into an online astrology calculator and you’ll have the answers you need.

In the Planets

With Leo in the 6th house, your work radiates with creativity and flair, shaping your approach to wellbeing and daily routines. It also reveals how you organize your life—from tidying up physical clutter to making lists of goals or tasks for the day. In addition, this house can provide insight into how you care for yourself, such as your dietary habits and exercise routines. Light sleep is not enough to cure stress and nervous system problems. When the foundations are strong, and if there is enough physical exercise, this person will benefit from a strong body, which will allow them to have an active mental life.

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Making the most of your 6th house means taking advantage of its energies and using them to create a balanced lifestyle. Start by understanding which sign and planet are ruling this house in your life, then use that information to make informed decisions about work, health, and daily routines. The 6th house in astrology relates to work, health, and daily routines. It influences how you approach these areas of your life and reveals the keys to a balanced life. The 6th house in astrology reveals how you approach work, health, and your daily routines.

Planets and signs move through each house and influence your life path. Your mental, emotional, and physical state will be activated, prompting you to have unique dispositions and actions. The 6th House represents daily life, work environment, and health. Here’s what it means when you have a lot of planets (three or more) in the 6th House.

In the chart of a female, Venus describes the kind of lover you are, while in the chart of a male it shows what kind of women they are attracted to (if they are heterosexual). It shows both your love life and what you love to do or to possess in life. In this article, we’ll look at what Venus in the sixth house means in astrology. Because of Pisces’s imaginative nature, this placement doesn’t do well with strict deadlines or traditional working hours. They work on their own schedule that needs flexibility for their creative process.

Negatively, they can fail to grow and update their skills, leading to work obsolescence. They do well in jobs that require routine, physical labor, and work with the land. In matters of health, they often have strong constitutions that give them the ability to endure what others cannot; they must be careful about overindulging. You can use this information to choose the right job and career, create a healthy daily routine, and stay motivated.

It is in the sixth house that we come to better recognize our limitations and our desire for self-improvement in performing the tasks that have been delegated to us. With this, we are able to realize that our well-being, in many cases, can only be achieved through genuine discipline and humility. During the medieval period in particular, laborers, villagers and serfs were not even considered "persons", in fact.

Since this realm rules digestion, what we take in matters too, so be sensitive to all sorts of input from food to sounds to ideas. The 6th house house is the second of the four cadent houses, along with the 3rd, 9th and 12th houses. These sit in-between the results-driven succedent houses and the trailblazing angular houses. They help us synthesize reliable data with novel concepts—in this case through research and analysis.

Salted Honey Butter Parker House Rolls

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• Scones Recipe
• Recipes you'll love
• Ingredients
• The magic of Parker Rolls lies in the delicious butter-filled fold in the center.
• Ingredients for Salted Honey PArker House Rolls
• Bread

These methods are quicker than folding, which is probably why they became popular. You also see Parker House dinner rolls sprinkled with salt before baking; salt and butter together are certainly irresistible. These feather-light, buttery rolls were a 19th-century staple of the Parker House, a famous Boston hotel — the same hotel that in 1855 created the first Boston Cream Pie.

Scones Recipe

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This is not anything like a Parker House roll! A Parker House roll should be soft, yeasty, and buttery. A faint sweetness is desirable, like the sweetness of whole milk. It is sometimes dipped in more butter before further shaping, which makes for an almost flaky crust on the bottom .

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To me, it is just not worth doing the second rise overnight. You do not save any more time, and the risk of overproofing the dough is too high. If you want to double check this, you can use a digital thermometer - a lightly enriched dough like this one will temp at 190°f / 88°c when fully baked. I have included two ways to shape these Parker House Rolls - we will call them the 'round rolls' and the 'folded over' rolls. There are detailed pictures below on how to shape each type. To check if yeast is fresh, combine it with a spoonful of sugar in warm water.

Ingredients

The folded circle often results in a roll that is not super puffy and a bit too crispy on the edges (and that tends to unroll in the oven). Let me show you the modern way to make them that gives you that super tall, puffy roll, with a golden shiny top, and the perfect buttery swirl in the center. If you have been here for any amount of time you know I am FIERCELY team scale - it is so so helpful for making Parker House Rolls and other bread recipes. You have to divide the dough into either 12 or 18 pieces here, and there is just no way that you can eyeball that accurately. Parker House Rolls are a kind of dinner roll - they typically have a folded over shape, although they can be made as a regular roll too.

The magic of Parker Rolls lies in the delicious butter-filled fold in the center.

The great thing about this bread recipe is that it freezes super well. I haven't tested freezing the unbaked dough ahead of time, but I freeze baked bread all the time. The rolls can be fully finished ahead of time and then reheated to serve. If you do this, I like to leave off the final butter coating until just before I serve them.

This makes Parker House Rolls easy to pull apart and separate to enjoy the softness inside. The delicately sweet and fluffy yeast rolls are the perfect size for holiday meals and parties. They can be served as they are, or you can get creative and turn them into small sliders. Ham and Swiss with mayo would be a delicious option, as would turkey with a schmear of cranberry mustard.

To rewarm them, wrap them in foil in a 200 degrees F oven for 10 minutes. The best way to keep rolls warm for a meal is to heat a towel full of rice or beans in the microwave (tie it tight so they don’t fall out!), then place it in the bottom of your roll basket. You’ll also want the rolls to be wrapped inside a tea towel so the heat is trapped. This won’t last for hours, so prepare your whole warming situation just a few minutes before your meal. And ridiculously flavorful, thanks to a few secret ingredients.

Warm Apple Pie Bread (Apple Bread)

Let frozen rolls thaw at room temperature before serving. I'm puzzling over the 450° oven for minutes. Only 15 minutes at 450° yielded rolls on the verge of burning.

Each roll should be about 2 and 1/4 by 3 inches. Continue the process with the other half of the dough, for a total of 16 rolls. My recipes range from quick & easy all the way to complex & impressive. I love the science and process of recipe development almost as much as baking itself. I specialize in rigorously tested recipes that are fun, reliable, and accurate.

You know how incredibly soft that sliced potato bread from the store is? Just buy a box of instant potatoes, that’s what I mean by potato flakes. Overproofing is when the yeast in the recipe runs out of energy, and has no more to give in the oven, leading to dense, flat rolls rather than the nice soft fluffy rolls that we want. Overproofed rolls are still edible, they just won't be as nice and fluffy.

Freezing baked Parker House rolls for later is even easier. Just pop them in a freezer bag and BAM, now you’ve got rolls to pull out whenever you like. 9 – Flip each roll over so that the short side of the fold is DOWN. The longer edge of the shaped roll (which should be about 3 inches) should line up with the long side of the pan. They totally overproofed, and were nowhere near as fluffy - if you didn't know, you would have thought it was a totally different recipe.

Parker House Furniture Reviews 2024 Pros Cons & Durability

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• Things to Love from Parker House
• Americana Modern Buffet w/ Display Hutch
• Parker House Furniture Parker House Sofas and Sectionals
• What is Parker House furniture warranty?
• Huntington Library Wall In Antique Vintage Pecan

They offer a line of high quality home office and home entertainment furniture. But before you purchase a specific reclining sofa, you should check out the Parker House furniture reviews about the product. This brand offers a wide array of collections when it comes to sofas and loveseats. Parker Furniture is a family owned and operated furniture producer based in Southern California. With designs inspired by Italian villas, French chateaus, and modern estates, you can bring global style to life in your own home by shopping from our selection of Parker designs.

Things to Love from Parker House

There are various material types of recliners, such as leather, fabric and leather swivel. Parker House provides 1-Year limited warranty on upholstery as well as 3-year warranty on mechanisms, motors, springs, and frames. However, Parker House furniture reviews also include things that people are complaining about. The number of people who complained was quite something, after all.

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Americana Modern Buffet w/ Display Hutch

Parker House Furniture is a wholesale furniture resource that sells directly to the trade. Parker House’s goal is to offer our customers the best value in the furniture industry. Today, Parker House offers a wide variety of furniture for Living Rooms, Home Entertainment, and Home Offices. Regardless of your furniture style, you will most likely find everything you look for. Besides, Parker House furniture is made in USA – some people take this thing seriously.

Parker House Furniture Parker House Sofas and Sectionals

Since this is a family-owned company that has been around since 1946 then trust and credibility shouldn’t be something you worry about. This family company was established in Los Angeles and now it has been all over the Southern California market. Sign up to receive our email newsletter including special offers, incentives, discounts and more.

What is Parker House furniture warranty?

They have stayed true to their commitment by designing and manufacturing solid wood furniture in a variety of rich finishes and details that will bring a timeless quality to your home. Parker House's selection of entertainment centers, home office furniture, bookcases, and occasional pieces will allow you to create the classic look you want. Parker House exemplifies quality craftsmanship and combines durability with stunning beauty, ensuring that every piece will be something you appreciate for many years to come. For questions on any Parker House furniture collections, please contact a Home Gallery Stores sales team member and they would be happy to help you find pieces to fit your needs.

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The DaVinci collection will take you back to a time when the known world was waking up to the age of enlightenment and true artistry was appreciated. The DaVinci collection will create the home office you need to help you create your own masterpiece. The Sterling collection from Parker House furniture features a rich espresso finish. Modular library walls provide elegant styling with traditional overtones coupled with entertainment and electronic solutions for today’s high tech lifestyles. Features include pencil drawers, hidden wire management, pull-out writing surfaces, phone jacks, lighting on cabinet fronts and high speed Internet connectors.

Huntington Library Wall In Antique Vintage Pecan

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Many of the extensive Parker House furniture collections include complete library walls. Additions  include complimentary occasional tables to complete a room. Parker House offers the intricate details, lovely wood tones, dramatic accents and array of custom configurations.

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It is one of the good things you can grab from the Parker House furniture reviews. To avoid delays and any inconvenience, you can arrange the delivery on your own. According to some complaints, the delivery options are not that excellent. However, many customers have great experiences – it depends on your location, after all. According to the Parker House furniture reviews, the items made by this manufacturer are created for middle- to high-income people. It ensures the quality and durability of each product, for sure.

The essence of understated elegance, Pure Modern brings dramatic character to today’s living spaces. Its crisp lines and clean geometric profiles are highlighted with a signature Moonstone finish—a sophisticated warm grey revealing oak veneer patterns—and Burnished Nickel hardware. Subtle details lend refinement to these multifunctional pieces while thoughtful features render it infinitely livable. Seductive in its simplicity, the bold presence of Pure Modern elevates the allure of any space. Parker House Furniture values the connection and conversation that good furniture fosters.

Some people consider that the delivery time is taking quite long – a few of them got the item months after the purchase. Another consequence is that the item is being delivered in a damaged condition. Meanwhile no one would take the blame, neither the store nor the expedition. Talking about the most popular product manufactured by the Parker House, you can say that the reclining sofa is the one.

That’s why this family-owned company sources durable, high-quality materials that are built to last playdates, dinner parties, and long hours in the home office. We design and create a wide variety of stylish Living Room, Home Entertainment, Bedroom and Home Office furniture. Generally, whether you are decorating your living room or home office, this brand always has something to offer. For instance, the Tahoe collection will fit very nicely in your living room. When you shop with AFA Stores, you can get Parker House desks, Parker House TV stands, and more delivered right to your doorstep.

Parker House offers the intricate details, lovely wood tones, dramatic accents and array of custom configurations that provide heirloom quality furniture for a custom home. The Parker House furniture store by Home Gallery Stores features high-quality pieces for your entertainment room and home office. Since 1946, Parker House has taken the necessary steps to ensure the quality of their furniture to make sure that each customer is completely satisfied with their purchase. As a family owned and operated company, Parker House wants to protect their reputation by always providing your family with furniture to meet your needs.

Parker House is family owned and operated – a third generation of furniture makers. The family opened its first upholstery factory in downtown Los Angeles in 1946, providing furniture to the Southern California market. Today, Parker House Furniture offers a wide variety of home furnishings from sofas and leather recliners to entertainment centers and bedroom sets. The Americana Modern collection offers versatile furnishings with classic, welcoming style.

10 Best Business Card Designs In 2024

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It’s also easy to customize premade appointment reminder cards on sites like VistaPrint with your brand’s colors and visuals representing your company or industry. When a person receives countless business cards, how do you make yours stand out? An oversize graphic with colors that pop is a great way to start.

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An elegant business card template made specifically for professionals working in luxury brands, businesses, and hotels. The template features a unique and stylish design that’ll look great in gold foil print. Looking to create a business card for a creative brand or an agency?

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Use bold colors to get a similar feel for your business card. The color scheme of this business card pulls from the photo. The red demands your attention and leaves a lasting impression.

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Each has options to make your finished product shine with standout materials, finishes, shapes, and more. We will end this post with his dreamy business card design that uses a great and interesting background image. The gradient color scheme also adds to the peaceful tone, giving you a great sense of calm.

All it takes is a few playful splashes of color to breathe life into a smiling face. Or a bright purple sky to lure you into the illustrated world a cartoon unicorn! Designed to promote a video game of the same name, these business cards are actually plantable. The paper is made from recycled materials that decompose quickly into compost so seeds embedded within the paper can grow.

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What are some commonly asked questions about business cards? You can do this by including hand-drawn illustrations, doodles, and down-to-earth visuals. Not only is it humble and endearing, but it also gives your business card a unique and customized look that speaks to who you are. According to stats published by Graphics Zoo, a potential customer is more likely to keep a colored business card ten times longer than a standard monochrome one. Hazel Emnace is determined to provide all businesses an equal opportunity to thrive in the digital world. Her background of experience includes digital marketing in the USA, Australia, South East Asia, and New Zealand.

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Using similar styles of font allows for a strong and lasting impression for your business card. Instead of trying to fit every color into each business card, you can have a range in your business card pile. It’ll also give you an excuse to have more conversation with clients and industry professionals. Being this simple adds a refreshing feel for your personal business card. Knowing less is always more, it gives your business card a sense of mystery. The use of gold allows for an accented trim that gives off the feel of sophistication and class.

This roofing company’s business card is on-brand, unique and foldable—turning from a 2D card into a 3D slate-tiled, pitched roof. The typography of the card is clean and minimalist, with a single block of neatly justified text. The inside of the card also features Andrew Murray Roofing’s simple, text-less logo, which fits in well with the monochromatic, minimalist style. Sometimes the most basic designs can also be considered more authentic. Just like this Word business card template that comes with a simple design without any styling, images, or additional clutter. But, if you want to add images, textures, or change colors, you can do so as well.

Start with any of the thousands of free templates, or start from scratch, and use the platform’s editing tools to finalize your design. Then select the finishes, paper stock, and other options that can take your cards to the next level. As we touched on above, effective business card design doesn’t rely on visuals like images or color alone. You can intrigue a contact by including textural elements, like embossed dots, to make your business card stand out (and the use of bold color doesn’t hurt, either).

Using capital letters for your job title and name adds authority to your real estate business card. The minimalism of this design also allows for the white font and logo to capture your focus. With this template, you will be able to craft a highly professional business card for high-end brands. It’s especially suitable for big corporate businesses and agencies. If cardboard, plantable paper or plastic weren’t enough, consider using other nontraditional materials for your business cards. Many business card design companies offer lightweight metal or wood options.

Minimalist layouts are often preferred by professionals like accountants, architects, and lawyers. They generally rely on white space to make important information stand out, which also helps to avoid a cluttered appearance. Bold fonts take the place of images, while brand color is still served with a simple bar. A simple business card that leverages a calming color might be all you need to get your point across. For example, this muted green design showcases the company name and slogan. It is straightforward, uses earthy, calm colors and abstract shapes to hint at the business type, and doesn’t overwhelm people with a complicated design.

Designing a business card from scratch can be a challenging task. You can use pre-made templates to make that process much easier. Created by Techkeys, the printed circuit board doubles up as a computer keyboard thanks to an on-board re-programmable ATMEGA16U2. "Take home one of these as a project, keycap display, switch tester, or a shortcut to yours truly, TechKeys.us," the company says. This clever business card design by Struck Creative doubles as a seed pouch, which is perfectly appropriate for lawn and property management company Lush.

Dual-side visiting card designs have been gaining traction for years now, and you can use this practice to include unique styles in the way you present yourself. Gradient and metallic colors in business cards have been trending lately, and they’re unique options sure to set you apart if you’re looking for a wow factor. Want more examples of business cards for construction industry companies? Check out our roundup of the best construction business cards for ideas and inspiration.

This fitness trainer’s business card shows her customers exactly what the results of her personal training program will be. With a foldable perforated edge, potential customers get to literally “lose the flab” of this business card, giving them a memorable, interactive experience. This unique experience stands out from the competition and is much less likely to be thrown out or forgotten by a future customer. The advent of the 21st century meant the beginning of the digital address book and the beginning of the end for the Rolodex.