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REALLY USEFUL bargains ; This week, Alison Cork learns how to give radiators designer style, stocks up on luscious linen and looks to Ireland for a smart butler tray
Light up for longer A new survey by Which? consumer magazine shows that cheap lightbulbs often outperform their costly competitors. In the survey, Sainsbury's GU10 halogen spotlight (the one most people use) in the Basics range, which costs Pounds 1.97, lasts more than its estimated 2,000 hours and
Publication: Evening Standard - London
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I'm looking for a tray table: what could possibly be more useful in a small space? It's a side table, a dining table for one in front of the TV, a serving tray, a portable bar, an entry catchall ...(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Imari Porcelain, $675. William-Wayne & Co.: 212-737-8934; william-wayne.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Antelope, lacquered wood, $637. Dransfield and Ross through Bae: 415-928-1287; bae-home.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3. Chess, wood and chrome, $940. Peter Maly for
Publication: House Beautiful
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BUTLER SETS THE PERFECT TABLE
Before you try to set the perfect table this holiday, take some advice from a real butler. "I would rather have my guests feel genuinely cared for than worry that the silverware was in the exact right spot," says Allan Miller, a longtime butler. He's also director of education at Starkey
Publication: Rocky Mountain News
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A Butler Well Served by This Election; For 34 Years, Eugene Allen Carried White House Trays With Pride. Now There's Even More Reason to Carry Himself That Way.
By Wil Haygood | Washington Post Staff Writer For more than three decades Eugene Allen worked in the White House, a black man unknown to the headlines. During some of those years, harsh segregation laws lay upon the land. He trekked home every night, his wife, Helene, keeping him out of her
Publication: The Washington Post
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Anesthesia screen & elevated instrument tray. (Monitoring/Anesthesia Products).
The Head Butler[R] allows surgical instruments to be placed on a tray without the concern of patient injury, while maintaining full patient access for anesthesia monitoring. Convenient and easy to use for the entire surgical team, the elevated flat surface permits full view of, and access to, the
Publication: Surgical Products
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From AAA, a Tray That Can Be Misused
At my advanced age, I try not to scream too loud. Bad for the ulcers and hairline, ya know. But Ingrid Eckstrand, of Falls Church, has just cost me some stomach lining and some follicles. She sent word of one of the most questionable products ever to hit the market. Even more questionable: It's
Publication: The Washington Post
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Butler identity invokes a mystery
Antiques Butler identity invokes a mystery By RALPH AND TERRY KOVEL Cowles Syndicate Sunday, December 2, 2001 Few of us have a butler today, but in the 18th and 19th centuries, every well-to-do family had a large house, several maids, a cook and a butler. Furniture and serving pieces used primarily
Publication: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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A day in the country: great food, fun activities, and a beautiful outdoor setting all add up to a wonderful time when Gary and Lynn Butler Beling host friends at their Bucks County, Pa., home.(Pennsylvania)
Lynn Butler Beling set up the buffet outdoors. I wanted it to be visually interesting, she says, so I varied the heights of things, putting tall breadsticks on one side and foliage in a vase on the other. In between. I placed low bowls and a medium-high cheese board. TABLE: JAMES CURRAN ANTIQUES.
Publication: Country Living
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