Indoor air can be hazardous to your health. But you can breathe easier with the help of your green friends: houseplants.

Common houseplants such as philodendron, peace lily, corn plant, Gerbera daisy, spider plant, golden pothos, English ivy, Marginata and others can pull chemicals from the air and break them down through their leaves, roots and soil.

Dr. Bill Wolverton, a retired NASA scientist, did extensive research with houseplants. Among his experiments, he placed potted plants inside sealed chambers, then injected common household toxins into the chamber air.

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HICKORY, N.C. — Furniture and bedding components supplier Hickory Springs Mfg. has named company veteran Eddie Alala to the newly created position of national accounts director for its consumer products division.

 Eddie Alala

Alala will focus on maintaining and growing the division’s key accounts as well as creating new business opportunities throughout the nation.

He joined Hickory Springs in 1990 and has held various positions in the company that have focused on establishing new business opportunities in the retail furniture and bedding markets.

“Eddie’s existing business relationships within the retail furniture and bedding markets will serve the company well as he works to strengthen key accounts and develop new relationships in the retail industry,” said Dwayne Welch, executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer of Hickory Springs. “W

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Imagine coming home from a long day and spending a little time unwinding within a sanctuary that’s your own – dining outdoors on a tasty meal cooked in your personal outdoor kitchen or relaxing by the fireplace in an outdoor living room. If it sounds too good to be true, think again.

You can create gorgeous outdoor living spaces by creating and landscaping with stone veneer. Sure, it is not a load bearing material, but it is gorgeous, practical, and much less difficult to work with than natural stone. Let’s discover more about it.

Lots of us are trying to find methods to personalize our homes, so they reflect our personalities much more accurately and act as comfortable areas to unwind. Howev

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With three teenage kids and two dogs, Kris and Jeff Westall have a lot of activity in their Edina, Minn., home. But their kitchen wasn’t keeping up.

“It was so ugly, and there was no place to sit,” said Kris. The Westalls, who had lived in the 1964-built rambler since 1996, had outgrown a minor kitchen-remodeling they’d done years earlier. Kris was eager to make the space more appealing and up-to-date.

She wanted a complete overhaul someday, but for starters, she thought she’d just warm up the plain-vanilla kitchen with new paint colors and accessories. “I wanted it cozy and warm,” Kris said.

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