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Features

Maritime Magic

Set sail for a Lake Minnetonka holiday

White Christmas

This Summit Avenue holiday home defines enchantment

Gift Guide 2008

40 great finds for the discriminating on your list

Columns

Fearless Gardener: Gifts for Gardeners

Tools (and more) guaranteed to delight any green thumb

Editors Note: A Taste of Tradition

When we talk of the holidays, most of us begin with, “Every year, we….”

From the Publisher: Inspiration for your wish list

Departments

Design Lab: Cottage Redux

Either the house had to grow up or it was time for a move

InRetrospect: Mad Men Return

Four modern riffs on one historic design

InStore: Urban Renewal

Dwelling Designs shows off its new digs

InHabit: InTown

New calendar, book & Eco-shop

InHabit: Festive Nest

Essentials for the well-dressed home

InHabit: Open House

Real estate news & listings

Savvy Host: Big Chill

A Minneapolis family embraces the cold with vintage flair

InSpiration: Glitter & Glam

Create an extravagent holiday tabletop—regardless of your budget

InSpiration: Allspice of Life

Gingerbread, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg on eggnog—these are the scents that inspire the holidays and a new, spice-infused batch of accessories

InDepth: Florist with Flair

High design meets traditional floral shop at Nature’s Harvest in Wayzata

Buyers Guide: December 2008 Buyer's Guide

Contact information for people, places, and things mentioned in this issue

mh blogs

Home Dish: Sale Alert!
Blog by Chris Lee & Editors
11.06.08

Kori's Korner: BATC's Big Winners
Blog by Kori Meewes & Sales Team
11.10.08

Our Upcoming Events


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Saturday & Sunday, November 22 & 23
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
6 metro locations: Lyndale, Apple Valley,
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Save on popular holiday favorites, enjoy festive treats, and enter to win door prizes, including tickets to Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Musical, a 6-7’ Fraser Fir Tree, Department 56 Snow Village Museum of Art and more. Plus, see reindeer at all six metro locations, and Santa at the Lyndale Bachman's.

Midwest home 2008 Homebook

Lighting, windows, green living and so much more…

Midwest Home’s sixth annual HomeBook has all the home resources you can imagine, right in one place.

Events

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Nov 7, 2008 - Nov 30, 2008
Death and the Maiden
In a nameless country, a woman is tortured and raped by a band of unknown captors. The only sounds that accompany her screams are the voice of the...

Nov 13, 2008 - Nov 23, 2008
Two Cowards in Rep: Hay Fever and Present Laughter
The senior company of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program presents two eccentric comedies written by British...

Nov 14, 2008 - Nov 22, 2008
Same Difference
This powerful, provocative play tackles racism with razor sharp wit. Samuel G. Roberson, Jr. has written two complicated, funny, authentic...

Nov 15, 2008 - Jan 10, 2009
Baker Overstreet
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 15, 6-8pmFAW will premiere a new series of paintings by the fast-rising New York artist Baker Overstreet....

Nov 21, 2008
70, Girl, 70
Based on the 1958 play, Breath of Spring, this jewel of a musical comedy by Kander and Ebb tells the tale of larcenous senior citizens living on...

Nov 21, 2008
A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol
The smash hit musical comedy "A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol" is a hilarious Minnesota spoof of Charles Dickens' classic story, "A...
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