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Restoration grants: The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Home &Garden Television announce that applications for HGTV’s “Restore America: A Salute to Preservation” grants of up to $100,000 each are now available.
Six to 12 grants will be awarded for projects that include rehabilitation of single family residences, adaptive use of historic buildings for housing, creation of upper-floor apartments in Main Street communities, or restoration of Save America’s Treasures sites that continue to have residential use.
Nonprofit organizations and public agencies are invited to apply for an HGTV “Restore America” grant.
Grants must be postmarked by Nov. 30.
For information, grant guideline and applications, visit www.nationaltrust.org/restore_america/ra_grants.html.
Poinsettia festival: Molbak’s hosts its annual Festival of Poinsettias featuring 13 new varieties of poinsettias.
The annual festival continues through Dec. 12. The free festival features 46 varieties of the winter plant. Participants can listen to festival holiday music, sample Danish pastry with coffee and have photos taken beside a 10-foot “poinsettia tree.”
Hours of the festival at 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Molbak’s will be closed on Thanksgiving.
Molbak’s is at 13625 NE 175th St., Woodinville.
For information, call 425-483-5000.
Out of Africa: Add a bit of African flair to your home decor with several new products from Swarovski. The new Out of Africa line of decorative home accessories features an array of items with African-inspired, earthy tones and organic textures and shapes. Many of the bowls, boxes, frames, tea lights and candleholders, each in autumnal yellows, oranges, reds, greens and browns, are adorned with the company’s signature colored crystals.
Exotic and eye-catching, the wooden Out of Africa Bowl ($510) features a combination of red, orange and fuchsia crystal leaves, set in gold metal. The colonna candleholder ($175-$215) combines crystal with cherry wood and comes in three sizes. The Arcadia picture frame ($285) offers an arched top with gold-plated rhodium and varying sizes of topaz stones. Other products include the African Dream set of four miniature, crystal animals, the Mystery Box and Magic Box.
Products are available at Swarovski merchants. Visit www.swarovski.com or call 800-426-3088 for stores.
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