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Lowe’s Stock Retreats As Mixed Q4 Results Offer Weak Guidance, Slow Traffic Outlook

Home improvement retailer Lowe’s (LOW) reported its fourth-quarter results Wednesday morning following mixed results from rivals HomeDepot (HD) last week. Lowe’s stock retreated early Wednesday after inching up in premarket trading.

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Lowe’s earnings accelerated for the third quarter in a row, jumping 28% to $2.28 per share as revenue rose 5.2% to $22.445 billion. The adjusted earnings results excluded pretax transaction costs associated with selling its Canadian retail business, after offloading it to private-equity firm Sycamore Partners for $400 million in cash in November.

The FactSet consensus projected a 24% earnings increase to $2.21 per share on 6.4% revenue

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One Room- 5 Ways – French Country Cottage

One living room with 5 different layouts? Can it really make a difference in how the overall room and seating area feels?

Our living room is basically a room that has kind of made me crazy since I first started trying to place the furniture. It is probably something that you haven’t noticed – I focus on the good points and details rather than what drives me crazy. But make no mistake- there are things that drive me crazy. Today for Friday Favorites- we are revisiting this favorite post of yours and mine and chatting about room layouts and ideas

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24 Beautiful Floral Needlepoint Pillows

Flowers belong everywhere in my opinion- painted on furniture, woven into bedding, covering wallpaper and artwork and even on pillows and rugs. One of the things I have been asked about over the years is where to find those beautiful floral vintage Aubusson style pillows- and today this post is all about a few floral needlepoint pillows that I bumped into while shopping recently.

So if you have been looking for a little vintage floral chic to add to your home- this post is for you.

Vintage Style Floral Needlepoint Pillows

I found several of these beautiful pillows years ago-

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7 Tips & Ideas for date nights at home

With that day full of hearts, chocolates and all things romantic tomorrow- love is in the air this week and planning a simple date night at home can be perfect.

Truth be told- I am not a huge Valentine’s Day ‘proper’ kind of a girl. I have shared posts over the years about- Why I tell my husband NOT to buy me roses and What kind of a dessert I am baking for Sweethearts Day.

Valentine’s Day has always been a family kind of a day with foil wrapped chocolate hearts and sweet treats for the kids as well as

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Spring Table Centerpiece Idea – French Country Cottage

Layers of lovely on the table is my favorite thing. Pretty place settings & linens and a beautiful spring centerpiece are perfect for a simple and sweet table by the barn. This centerpiece has a little secret to creating it – sharing more about this idea today.

Spring Table Centerpiece

I think of decorating as layers. Whether that is in a room design, a Christmas Tree design or a table setting. It is the layers that make something come together and create a moment.
For this table- I decided to use a couple of different pieces of this beautiful French

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Consumer advocates say Florida’s PACE home improvement loan program needs fixes

Florida has more homeowners paying for home improvement to their property through their tax bills than most states, yet it has the fewest consumer protections in the nation for the controversial loan program.

The property assessed clean energy program, also known as PACE, is only available for residential projects in three states — California, Missouri and Florida — and has drawn scrutiny, investigations, lawsuits and complaints in all three. Yet bills introduced in Tallahassee to extend consumer protections have failed year after year.

“There is zero oversight in Florida over PACE loans,” said Mike Fasano, Pasco County’s tax collector and

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DIY Dutch Door – French Country Cottage

There is just something about a dutch door that has a whole lot of charm.

Dutch Doors

Dutch doors have long been something I have loved-

I think the love affair with them probably started with an illustrated storybook that was a favorite to look through when I was little.

And that love has continued along with my obsession with all things home.

and I can’t tell you what a difference it has made in how our home feels.

Though we aren’t opening the top currently since it is a bit chilly to have the doors or windows open in

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Tim Allen denies Pamela Anderson claims that he flashed her on the ‘Home Improvement’ set

Pamela Anderson said “Home Improvement” star Tim Allen once flashed her on the set of that longtime hit television show, in an explosive allegation he vehemently denied.

In her upcoming book, “Love, Pamela,” Anderson recounted a day in 1991 when she was 23 and working on the new ABC show, which would go on to be one of the most popular sitcoms of the 1990s.

Tim Allen and Pamela Anderson on the set of

“On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robes. He opened his robe

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