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YANKEE DOODLE DECORATING a Few Festive Ideas for 4Th of July Tablescapes SECTION E SATURDAY • JUNE 30, 2018 YANKEE DOODLE DECORATING A few festive ideas for 4th of July tablescapes BY BONNIE MCCARTHY Fireworks aren’t the only way to dazzle friends and fam- NATURAL ily this Fourth of July. We’ve got FIBERS for mat- a few festive ideas for making tresses and bed- the most of your holiday ta- ding can provide a blescape with star-spangled, healthier sleeping summertime style. environment. On a scale from a single sparkler to a fireworks grand finale, decorating for Inde- pendence Day is a democratic process that allows us to show off a little flair, or a lot. Whether setting a patriotic picnic or a red, white and blue buffet table, decorating options abound. And they can be as simple as adding American flag-emblazoned appetizer plates to your tabletop or em- bracing the look from the table- cloth to the tapers. ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY INC. Patriotic pails, $13.99 per dozen at OrientalTrad- MALI AZIMA WELLNESS WITHIN YOUR WALLS ing.com. Buckets of style: Small buck- ets or sand pails in patriotic prints, colors or galvanized surfaces are a fun way to create easy summer centerpieces. Plant pails with flowers or succulents, use as vases for cut CLEARTHEAIR stems, or fill with sand and add red, white and blue candles, pinwheels or small American flags. Pails can also be a great Expert tips show how to way to contain festively colored RANGE paper straws, silverware, nap- avoid inside atmosphere kins, candy or nuts on a buffet HOODS should be in that’s a sizable health hazard every kitchen. Ideally, they should vent to BY JAMIE GOLD the outdoors. r. Noah Friedman, chief of Kaiser Permanente’s local allergy, asthma and immunology specialty area, has seen patients Dsniffle, sneeze, cough, wheeze, gasp and itch SUR LA TABLE for more than a quarter century. And he has some tips for easing their suffering Ice cream cups and — maybe yours, too. spoons (set of 16), $8 at These tips aren’t medical; they’re Sur La Table. environmental. What’s in your house, condo or apartment can impact how table. healthy you feel. Saving Washingtons: Inexpen- Jillian Pritchard Cooke knows that sive serving trays, baskets and firsthand. A successful interior designer paper goods can boost a Betsy focused on sustainability, Cooke was Ross-inspired theme. Choose working on a prestigious project in 2006 red, white and blue burger when she had a serious health scare. baskets, printed ice cream cups “I was diagnosed with a rare form of SEE FOURTH • E5 tissue cancer, which my physicians believed to be caused by environmental exposures,” she recalls. 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