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4B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JULY 18, 2018 continued...... Hosting a Summer Party Once your house is all fitted out for summer, it’s time to invite friends over. Summer is perfect for picnics, brunches and camp- fires — get-togethers that allow you to eat outside, serve light, fresh foods that don’t require lots of cookies and decorate with flowers, colorful patterns or maybe a traditional red- and white- checked tablecloth. Brunch Brunch combines the best of breakfast and lunch. You can serve sandwiches, quiche, waffles, fruit, coffee, champagne, juice, salads and so many more light foods — try to avoid baking, at least the day of, to keep from heating up the house — and have seating out- side to take advantage of the summer weather. MarthaStewart.com recommends using seasonal fruit and fresh-squeezed orange juice and serving foods in bright-colored dishes and vintage-looking wooden spoons. Decorate with fresh flowers or ferns. Picnic Pack a basket and head outdoors! You can do this in a park, at a table, on a blanket or on the beach. You can go traditional with sandwiches, cookies, lemonade and fresh fruit or vegetables, but you can dress up a picnic too. Bring fresh, crusty bread and cheese, add fruit skewers and dip, put together fancy sandwiches and homemade baked goods or bring along cold chicken. Taste of Home recommends bringing a picnic basket and a cooler for cold food and beverages and packing your basket in the reverse order of things you’ll need. To make a day of it, bring croquet, bocce ball, a Frisbee or other games. Go at sunset or find a new, out-of-the-way park to enjoy the view, or go to a lake or swimming hole and work up an appe- tite with a dip. Campfire Invest in foods that can be cooked on a stick. S’mores and hot dogs are traditional and shouldn’t be overlooked, but sausages, vegetables, fruit, chunks of meat and even garlic bread can be speared and cooked over a fire. Put chairs or rocks around the fire and keep utensils and plates to a minimum, allowing people to eat with their hands and get a little messy. Liven up your s’mores with different types of chocolate or by adding peanut butter to the graham crackers. If you’re less inclined to cook with a stick, make foil dinners with your favorite meat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, car- rots or cauliflower and salt or pepper. Make sure to cook the meat before packing the dinner. Summer Decor Winter is over, spring cleaning is done and it’s time to re- decorate with lighter colors and fabrics, flowers and fruit and all the decorations that make your house feel like summer inside and out. House Beautiful offered a list of fairly inexpensive, do-it-yourself options. Add Color Keep fresh flowers in a vase on the table, counter or bookshelf, swap out dark drapes for light- or bright-col- ored window coverings, add a couple of colorful throw pillows to the couch and exchange your bed coverings and towels for brighter, lighter or patterned versions. Stumped when it comes to color? Visit a local design or paint shop and see what’s in style now. Summerize your Fireplace Once it’s cleaned, you can keep candles, plants, flowers or other summer items in your fireplace, providing deco- ration during a season when you won’t be building fires. Change up your Furniture Want to feel like you’re on a boat or on the beach? Change up your upholstery, either per- manently, through DIY reupholstery, or by adding new throws, pillows and trimmings on the furniture. You can plan colors and patterns with a nautical or tropical or forest theme, helping to bring a little of the outdoors into your living room. Add Hanging Plants Bring your garden inside with hanging plants in the din- ing and living rooms, patio and other places. Flowers spilling out over the side of a hanging basket provides a different kind of ceiling decoration than a fancy light and makes a room seem brighter and more colorful. Add a Fire Pit You can build a firepit or buy a small metal pit for your backyard, which means campfires, s’mores, hot dogs and sitting around the fire for hours, an ever-popular summer activity, right into your space. Adding a picnic table to your backyard, if you have room, helps to bring even more summer fun into your yard. You can find the sup- plies for these easy projects at any home improvement store. Install a Mirror Mirrors make rooms look bigger and brighter. You can set one up on a table near a window, giving it lots of light to reflect, and surround it with flowers, plants and other decor. HORNERS INC. 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Walker AlanWalkerPACO@gmail.com 541-817-6271 EMERGENCY SERVICES South Lane Fire & Rescue 233 Harison Avenue 541-942-4493 Emerald Valley Armory 147 E. Oregon Avenue Creswell, Oregon 541-895-2666 Automotive Specialties 424 So. Pacific Hwy 99 541-942-8022 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce 700 E. Gibbs 541-942-2411 TRANSPORTATION South Lane Wheels 1450 Birch Ave 541-942-0456 NON PROFIT Habitat for Humanity Restore 2155 Getty Circle – Unit #1 541.649.1104 RETAIL CHURCH Hope Fellowship 100 S. Gateway Blvd 541-942-2061 Territorial Seed Company Store 20 Palmer Ave 541-942-0510 The Flower Basket & Gift Boutique 119 S. 6th St 541-942-0505 GUN SHOP AUTOMOTIVE Homestead Furniture 615 Main St 541-942-8711 Habitat for Humanity Restore 2155 Getty Circle Unity 1 541-649-1104 VISION CARE Pacific Clear Vision 257 N. 8th St 541.942.5000
