Show ' : I ‘ B2 — The Heraid Journal Logan Utah Monday March 18 2002 RflaCi© youir I aOSmSirag mom si By Chris Casson Madden Scripps Howard News Service Continued ‘from B1 Dining rooms are back in vogue and I for one am happy about this state of affairs Of course we’re doing a multitude of other things in this room but when it comes to special meals die dining room is the room we all gravitate to My own dining room is not large but it looks out onto a wonderful terrace that was here when we moved in We installed two pairs of French doors where two windows had been these doors open out onto the terrace where we added an ' awning of durable dark green canvas In the summer we line the terrace walls with candles and have dinner al fresco on the terrace or in the dining room with the French doors open looking out toward the candlelit terrace I feel almost as if I’m in Tuscany! In the winter We make the room warm and cozy with lots of candles small chair pillows and cushions An old round mahogany table takes center stage in our dining room This is an extremely practical piece for us because it has two removable leaves and can extend almost to the length of the dining room for big holiday dinners It’s especially great for Christmas Eve dinner and for breakfast on Christmas morning For most of the year the table (minus the leaves) is bracketed by four high-bac- k d in chairs that have been we fabrics since have different many lived here You name it I’ve used it from velvet to cotton duck Now that the boys are older I’m feeling more adventurous so the chairs are cov- ered in a pale green silk with cream insets creating an overscale pattern We keep extra chairs in the basement and I’m not afraid to mix and match them The variety adds festive feeling to a dining room I think-Fo- r an everyday centerpiece I fill ah oversized glass bowl with shells and a starfish in the summer acorns dried pomegranates and artichokes for fall and favorite ornaments at Christmastime During the spring either pussy willows or green apples take center stage When I’m entertaining I love to gather some of my favorite small objects from around the house and place them not only ' at the center of the table but also scat- tered around it You never know what ft n er - ed manures' and just plain old garden post would make excellent- additions to any garden this time of year Time is short but a quick crop of annual rye buckwheat or vetch could also spice up the vegetable patch You might still be able to get a crop up and tilled in before planting the whole gar- den ‘ $' T ' Scripps Howard News Photo “ A farmhouse table holds center court strange or funny treasure might be sitting next to your napkin at my house On one wall of our dining room a matching pair of sconces flanks a big mirror that I was fortunate enough to retrieve from my father’s office in New York when he retired 20 years ago Beneath the mirror stands a lovely console table that’s just the right size for this room On it I placed a cluster of thick column candles these sit on d small black tray interspersed with miniature Venetian carnival masks that! fell in love with on our trip my husband and I took to Venice I do believe that all rooms today should be multifunctional and in that spirit our dining room serves many purposes It’s a room at holiday time great when presents pile up It also works well at tax time when stacks of forms and receipts are laid out across the table And of course it offers an ample surface on which to work on the family photo cream-color- ed 20th-annivers- ng album' ' Here are some basic principles to con- sider ' Functionality: Designing your dining room is in many ways a straightforward effort Unless you are using the room for another purpose — say as an office or ' If you haven’t noticed already trees shrubs hardy dose of organic material to your garden spot Last Thurs- day I drove to Salt Lake City and on the way to Wellsville I saw a couple farmers out spreading manure-otop of the snow ' Fanners can get away with if but without the weathering and composting effects of ' winter I would avoid adding materials such as leaves straw or fresh manure in the spring Instead generous quantities of peat- moss redwood soil condition- " - i Continued from B1 They sellfrom $1200 to $3000 but used ones have gone for as much as $3000 - sUp-covere- Early joy ukulele in this dning room den — and you need a collapsible table the dining-rootable should be placed so that everyone can sit at it comfortably and yet people can still enter and exit the room easily Choosing a style with leaves or an extension is always a good idea if ' you don’t need a large table all the time A console or sideboard will come in handy here It can hold platters of food to be served or extra dishes and utensils needed during the meal or it can be set up as a service counter fix’ coffee and dessert Accessibility: No matter where you place your dining table and other furniture you must be able to bring food into the during room and dear it away without too much effort Try to place your furni ture in such a way as to keep doorways free and clear This will prevent accidents and make serving and cleaning up much easier and more efficient Your room layout will probably determine the furniture placement In my square dining room for example plating the table right in the center of the space usually is foe most practical and attractive arrangement Comfort: Even at your most formal meals it’s important that you and your guests are comfortable m they kill boxelder bugs dead wrong dormant plants transfor weeks with only one plant extremely well All I’m It is more than satisfysaying is be careful to select the brat Stock available And all the little dead see to ing when selecting bare root nurscarcasses on the porch each ery stock always buy it and morning Whether the weather coop- plant it before bud break I strongly suggest against buy-nates or not there is a pile of ing any bare root trees or tasks that can be done outride shrubs foaf have leaves on ' to fulfill our need for gardenthem They have already lost ing And don’t forget that necessary strength needed to spring officially arrives this ensure establishment Trust " week As for me I’m going to me this will be a problem this enjoy every sunny day l can year 'get Finally the boxelder bugs have started to make their Mark Anderson owns a local move — their yearly invasion garden supply store He can be of Cache Valley has begun readied by email at There are a plethora of meth- ods to control them — the vacuum boiling water soapy UiTAH 0752-307- 2 water etc' ADULTS SlOOfCHILDREU SfOQt None of those have worked a item for me but I know that the BEAT SES GPEiT SOUN PiCT’JPeSomn synthetic pyrethroids Perme-thri- ri HARRY POTTER AND THE Cypermethrin and SORCERERS STONE pq Cyfluforin make the best DaflyftMTSOO weapons These insecticides are listed for indoor and out--' Qeorgs Ctoonsy Jula Roberts door use are as safe and enviOCEANS BfifEN pet ronmentally friendly as any DslyfcSS insecticide on the market Matinees Alt Seats S200 (chemical or organic) and appli-cati- flowers and even roses have started arriving at local nurs- cries I'm certain that Mother Nature has a few more storms in store for us this spring but as soon as the soil is workable you can start planting Peas spinach lettuce radishes and onions can all handle foe cold and could go in any- time soon I would hold off on planting foses and other more ' tender plants that might not be hardy enough to withstand our sometimes chilly spring weather The only concern I have with planting trees and shrubs this early is most plants are still dormant While dormancy is an excellent time to plant not being able to see leaves or even buds on dormant wood can make it very difficult to select a good healthy specimen Plus has anyone been able to even attempt digging a hole in their yard yet this year? My soil is still frozen in some spots arid too muddy in all the rest Don’t get me on These days the little shop in St Petersburg is finishing two guitars a week — and five ukuleles with die latter busi- -' ness creating a healthy retirement nest egg for the boss LoPrinzi can hardly believe it Barely seven years ago he nearly closed his doors for good — well before his ukulele ship suddenly sailed in But a persistent daughter changed everything He wears big glasses that help him see foe potential in a plain plank or log His once thick dark hair is gray on foe sides and gone on top Late last year he underwent quadruple bypass surgery after a mild heart attack But the master luthier — the formal name for what he does — still moves energetically on a recent morning around the complex of cozy work-rooinside Augustino Guitar The rooms are filled with s table saws clamps guitar bodies and becks and piles of the imported wood that gives his instruments their lustrous look and rich sound He has ' Honduras mahogany for steel string guitars Spanish cypress fix Flamencos East India rosewood for “drcadnaught” and classical models ebony for fingerboards the Hawaiian Koa for ukuleles and more He points to two thin pieces band-saw- half-finish- ed - BrazUianrosewood on one of the many work tables “Thatwood alone costs about $1500’’ he says Many of his classical guitars go for $4000 andhe’s making a g $17000 custom for a private aficionado Now he has special help Across the front room daughter Donna Chavis 35 is getting set to work on a table of ' says Chavis had just gotten through a difficult pregnancy and her child had mediad problems Her father liked the idea of giving her a job where she could take time off if she needed From the start hd marveled at her way with guitars her ability to learn techniques after the first try Soon she was trying her own techniques and tenrhing him new tricks “I’m pretty innovative but Donna would try some new method and I'd say ‘My God that's better than the way I’ve been doing it’” he says “And all of a sudden the life started to come in it for me I saw myself in her That’s what got me going again It made me feel so good and made me fed like somebody wants to do what I did” ' : : : 'f- - 245Q North Main bAi7K35S4S2a 435 blterttObrnfrU The Time Machine ro-- i 425 7£SM5b&bi2a5 AM— Count Of Manle Qfsto sia look The fact is in the mid-’9LoPrinzi was losing interest in Dragonfly foe-busin- 0s guitars: ’flimi-W- rim e150toSn20S 437U)3Dtaabi2)0 We Ware Sotfers im 51515S4&n215 Sat Ot 12 Noon AMg m mvc riwiiw anomnp or M CINEMAt3 60 WmT 100 North Showtime rus 430 TOO MO Sot a Sun 210 40 Daand40 Njghtra ' 2Q Refcjmlb Neveriand n ' 430 TO & Sun 2:10 Si A Beautiful Mind iws ' - '' hl ukuleles Hie youngest of three Jrids born to Augustino and Carol LoPrinzi has breathed new Jife into and her dad’s out- - half-finish- ed grdnad-viseOsisnaco- m 439 710 £45 Si & Sun 200 iCACHEiVALLE Ya3 1300 North Main Bahind ia Mo JohnQit Hi - - -- Yl25 —- P0 440 700 tOitGi-Ei- -- - steel-strin- : - “I was getting burned out” he says MPd been at it for almost 50 years and I was ’ starting to wonder What was it all worth7! So there will be some guitars out there with my name on them My heart was no longer in it and I was seriously preparing to retire” LoPrinzi was so down that he had given little thought to Chavis’ suggestions that she kforhim He had goto tinie spent trying to teach her older brother and sister but they had chosen financial professions and he just didn’t want to try again But Chavis kept bugging him She had a knack for building things and was several months from obtaining her contractor’s license Finally she showed her father the carpentry and ' done at tiling work she her own house “This is bad to say but I never realized it was her work — I thought hfcr husband had done it all but it turns out he was just the gofer" LoPrinzi ft - - 4 seJM fS)e 4:30 705 4c30 700 V J w’fri Je A Sim 200 ' Sm A Sun 205 MSaMlMBU njlM: 7WM0bSSji43Q Hwalm nouu unclar fwitf manqgMiMntand OMmhip $13QiAooh AiimtiBhiaatAAi4aefl Cacha - - - A ' 4i H " - - 4 4 j ' 's J ' ' |