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So you’re in college or moving off on your own for the first time and moving into your first condo, apartment, town-house or shared home? This magazine is JUST for you! This is for our 25 and under crowd, the ones that don’t have a clue on where to start with interior design and are trying to turn their new dwelling into a home. Our staff and interns have worked tirelessly with interior desigers, doing research and

finding the best deals to bring you this:

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Where The Bed Ends

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What’s Inside?

What is This?

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Seating for friends? A desk for work? A Storage bench? You Choose!2

Up Against The Wall

My Design

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Trade Up!p. 7

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Shag is so out! Check out our new ideas to replace your out-of-date home decor.

Yea, we think something is missing too. Don’t

worry, we have plenty of ideas for your blank walls!

Meet our winners! Check out their apartment designs and see what ideas

you can get.

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With a small vanity or writing desk at the end of your bed, you'll be able to use and enjoy your bedroom during the day. Read your mail, study for a class, make your shopping list or a phone call in the comfort of your bedroom.

A large bench or ottoman can catch your bedspread at night, hold a tray of good-ies, or serve as a great place to sit. Choose a fabric cover that enhances your decor or let it stand out and choose something bold and bright.

TIP: For a seasonal change, add a soft, cuddly throw in the winter or light, sheer slipcover for summer

If you love to read or have extra company in your room, you could place two small chairs or side chairs at the end of your bed. Be com-fortable in your bed and allow your guest to have somewhere to relax as well. Or, with an ottoman and small reading lamp, you'll have a comfortable, private reading nook.

So you’ve finally moved into your first apartment/condo/townhouse. You’ve set up all your major bedroom furniture, but something is missing. If you are so fortunate to have a bedroom large enough to place excess furniture at the end of your bed, use our list to find the perfect piece for you. 1

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Where The Bed Endsgreat ideas for function & beauty

4Modern Stacking Chairs (2 pk)

$60 @ TargetJackson Button Back Chair Collection $80 ea. @ Target

MICKE Desk$79 @ Ikea

Letherette Ottoman$109 @ Sears

So you’ve finally moved into your first apartment/condo/townhouse. You’ve set up all your major bedroom furniture, but something is missing. If you are so fortunate to have a bedroom large enough to place excess furniture at the end of your bed, use our list to find the perfect piece for you.

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Wire Storage Cubes $24 @ Bed, Bath & Beyond

Fancy Seating- in violet $69 (ea.) @ Pier1 Imports

Mushroom Chair $135 @ Cost Plus World Market

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So you aren’t really the “tidy” type. Your living space tends to get really cluttered really fast. Now you’re tired of walking

over mountains of clothes on your floor and searching endlessly through your room for those misplaced keys, but

you don’t know how to clean up and keep it that way.

Follow these proven 5 steps to cleaning house by to de-clut-ter your living quarters.

Sit down in your cluttered room and have a notebook and a pen handy. Look around the room and write down what you do and don’t like about what is there. Organize your

thoughts.

Next, make a shopping list. Things like: buy storage containers or closet orga-nizers to help you clear out 40% of everything in this room or space. Donate/sell

things you no longer use.

Work in only one section or room at a time. Get a basket for items that belong elsewhere. When you are finished with de-cluttering the entire area, then

you can leave the room to put these items away.

Create places for everything you keep and put things away after using them. Be re-alistic about where you place

things

Train yourself, and your roommate, to clean. Don’t cut corners or say that you will go back to something later. Al-ways clean up immediately.

Trade Up!When transitioning from a dormitory lifestyle to a apartment, condo, or townhouse of your own, its

time to purge outdated and childish items. Cliché posters and tacky furniture

will no longer do. It is time to trade in and trade up!

Lava lamps are for ten year old little boys! Don’t let your new home ap-pear to be imature and tacky!

Instead, opt for a lamp with

a bright color or intracate

pattern to add a little funky-

ness to the room’s decor.

By now, the plasic din-nerare you’ve been using since freshman year is old, mis-shapen, and has old food stuck to it. Yuck!

Upgrade to a real ceramic plate set! Affordable and classy, your guest will

appreciate the change

Shag rugs and carpets belong back in the 70s. They get caught on nearly everything and after a few months of good use, begins to fall apart!

A simple flece rug will do the tick. a colorforl intracate design or aplain one with bold color

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Tired of the boring eggshell color painted on your apartment walls? Is the obnoxious green that you painted that accent wall starting to give

you a headache? Do you just want to give your living room some flair with out the hassle of painting?

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Speres $14-$34

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Family $25-$42

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Super Mario Bros $75

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Vinyl wall art allows you to change your wall art as much as you like. Change it for the seasons, holidays, or just because! These wall stickers are practically designed for apartments because they go on and peel off relatively easy.

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Disco Ball $18-$38

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Narwhale Swing $30-$50

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Pssst! Hey you! For discounts of up to 30% off your

online orders, scan this barcode with your smart phone!

In our June 2010 is-sue of BH&G we asked you to send in photos of your apart-ment, condo, or town-house showing off your dwelling’s design for the chance to have your apartment show-cased as a feature and the chance to win $1000 in prizes from Bed, Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, and Best Buy. Thousands of you

“Our apartment has a really modern feel to it. We used bold furniture and set the décor off with just a touch of color!”

My Design!Real People . Real Design.

Ashley & Kadeem of Hampton, VA!

It just feels so much better to wake up my own space rather than sharing half my room with somebody else. Moving off campus has been the greatest!

I wanted to feel like the

room was really mine,

so I have a lot of photos

of myself. [chuckles]

I’m a bit of a narcissist.

Kadeem

“My room is like my haven. Perfectly comfortable and spacious.”

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I like

h a v e a lot of

earth tones like green,

brown and beige. It brightens up per-

fectly when I open the blinds and let the light

in. My favorite part of my room has to be my giraffe. It’s

a great conversation piece and always gets people talking.

“I would describe my room as the clean outdoors.”

Ashley

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“You could call it simplistic comfort. The right mixture of color, design and comfort.”-Jordan, Hampton,VA

“Its just my man cave.”-Sean, Los Angeles, CA

“Bright and Beautiful! I want to feel like I’m the center of attention im my room.”-Clara, Charlotte, NC

Runner-UpsWe loved some of our entries so much, we sent them $50 gift cards to Target!

A d v e r t i s m e n t

Fast ,Fun, & Easy Recipies!Are you anartist,

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What’s Cookin’?Quick & Easy 15- 30- and 45-minute

recipies submited by YOU!

Ingredients:

> 3 slices bacon> 3 eggs, lightly beaten> 1/2 cup grated Cheddar cheese> 1 pinch salt and ground black pep-per to taste> 2 slices cooked, chopped ham> 1/4 cup finely chopped onion > 1/4 cup chopped fresh mushrooms> 1/4 cup green bell pepper, finely chopped> 4 slices bread, toasted> pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco™), to taste (opt.)> 1 teaspoon finely chopped jalapenos (opt.)Directions:> Place the bacon in a skillet and cook on medium heat until evenly browned and crisp. Remove, and drain. When cooled, crumble into small pieces. > Stir the eggs and 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese together in a bowl until blended. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour the egg mixture into a skillet over medium heat. > When the bottom of the eggs is set, layer with the bacon, ham, and if using, onion, mushrooms, green pepper, jalapeno or pepper sauce. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese. > Fold half of the egg mixture over the filling ingredients. Cook until the cheese melts and the bottom is golden; turn and repeat. Remove. > Set two slices of toast on two serving plates, and spread each slice with mayonnaise, if desired. Cut the egg mixture in half, and place one half on each piece of toast. Top each with the remaining toast, cut each omwich in half, and serve immediately.

The OmWich!

Time: 15min Serves: 2

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What’s Cookin’? continued...

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Ingredients:> 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese> 1/4 cup butter, softened> 3 tablespoons mayonnaise> 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice> 1/4 teaspoon dried basil> 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper> 1/8 teaspoon onion powder> 1/8 teaspoon celery salt> 2 pounds tilapia fillets

Directions:> Preheat your oven’s broiler. Grease a broiling pan or line with aluminum foil.

>In a small bowl, mix together the Parmesan cheese, butter, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Season with dried basil, pepper, onion powder and celery salt. Mix well. > Arrange fillets in a single layer on the pan. Broil a few inches from the heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the fillets and repeat. Remove fillets and cover with the Parmesan cheese mixture on the top side. Broil for 2 more minutes or until the topping is browned.

Ingredients:> 1/4 cup all-purpose flour for coating> 1/2 teaspoon salt> 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper> 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano> 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves> 4 tablespoons butter> 4 tablespoons olive oil> 1 cup sliced mushrooms> 1/4 cup cooking sherry

Directions:> In a shallow dish or bowl, mix together the flour, salt, pepper and oregano. Coat chicken pieces in flour mixture. > In a large skillet, melt butter in oil over medium heat. Place chicken in the pan, and lightly brown. Turn over chicken pieces, and add mushrooms. Pour in sherry. Coverskillet; simmer chicken 10 minutes, turning once, until no longer pink and juices run clear.

Broiled Tilapia Parmesan

Time:30minServes: 8

Chicken Marsala

Time: 45min Serves: 4

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