AFR Elements - Spring/Sumer 2019

AFR ELEMENTS THE SPRING/SUMMER 2019 ISSUE MEETthe all newTATE COLLECTION HERB GARDENS reimagined on the go DIET TRICKS picking the perfect AREA RUG WE’VE GOT THE APP for hue!

KyoEurECPOOL SEA TO SEA FROM SPRING excited to introduce our brand FEVER TO SUMMER new Tate upholstery set along CANVAS with some beautiful seasonal SUNSHINE room design inspiration. CARLA I t’s finally happening! The We didn’t stop there! Designers, ACCENT colder seasons are moving are you ready to install your new TABLE out and things are starting to secret weapon? Learn more get a bit warmer around here. about a free design app for It’s time to start going down your iPhone that’s sure to keep that seasonal checklist. Let’s the inspiration flowing. Also, pack those heavy coats, scarves, in keeping up with this most and gloves right back in the attic glorious change of seasons, or basement where they belong. we’ve also included a tutorial Let’s start looking forward to that will have you planting and everything we’ve missed since growing your own kitchen fall and winter took over for a garden of fresh herbs in no few months. From spring fever time at all. to summer sunshine, things are Finally, we all know it can heating up – especially seem nearly impossible to keep here at AFR. a diet on track while traveling for business. Worry not! To kick off this issue of AFR is here with some tips to AFR Elements, we’re help make healthy eating more covering some basic tips manageable – even when and tricks in the big and you’re on the road. beautiful world of area rugs. We are also very It’s no secret that this is our favorite time of year. We’re wishing you and yours a very happy and safe spring into summer. From all of us here at AFR: stay cool!

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HERB GARDENS REIMAGINED 8 simple steps to create that savory herb garden you’ve always wanted

he top herbTs HERB GARDENS REIMAGINED SAGE No Yard? No problem! OREGANO PLANT A FRESH AND SIMPLE HERB GARDEN COMMON ONLY STEPS AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN. THYME SWEET pick a location surround with MARJORAM flowering plants Pick the location for your herb garden. LAVENDER An ideal location would be a few steps For accents of color in your herb ROSEMARY from your kitchen, but any spot that garden, add flowering plants gets about six hours of sun a day is like zinnias and salvia. Tip: Plant PARSLEY good. If you have space in front of a perennials on one side and annuals CHIVES kitchen window, plant the herbs in small on the other for easier replanting containers for an indoor garden. next year. CILANTRO BASIL prepare the area water regularly for planting Give the new transplants plenty of Prepare the area for planting by water. Once established, make sure loosening the soil. If the soil is your herbs get an inch of water compacted or consists of heavy clay, each week throughout the growing improve drainage by adding some season. compost, peat moss or coarse sand. Work the material into the top foot of soil before you plant. Tip: Plant early in the morning or late in the afternoon to prevent the transplants from wilting in the midday sun. dig planting holes Because you are starting herbs harvest mature herbs from bedding plants and not seeds, you will need to create Begin harvesting from the herbs larger planting holes. Dig each as soon as they are mature, but hole to about twice the width of take only a little bit each time you the root ball of the new plant. harvest. If you remove more than a third of the plant at one time, it add plants to soil takes longer to recover and produce new foliage. To promote branching, Space the bedding plants about 18 keep the tops of the plants pinched inches apart to give them room to back in early summer. With spread out and grow. Tip: Place taller judicious picking, most herbs can herbs, like sage, rosemary and marjoram, be harvested for several months. toward the back of the garden, and Tip: Fresh herbs taste best when place parsley and cilantro at the front. harvested in the morning. Also, herbs are most flavorful if label herbs harvested before they bloom. Add labels to each of your freshly planted herbs to make them easy to identify when cooking. Credit: HGTV (https://www.hgtv.com/design/outdoor-design/ landscaping-and-hardscaping/how-to-plant-a-kitchen-herb-garden)

PICKING THE PERFECT AREA RUG TIE yroouorm TOGETHER YOUR GUIDE TO SHAPE {{{ BONUS COLOR TIPS }}} PICKING THE PERFECT Avoid planning your space with one HUE ARE YOU?? AREA RUG specific rug shape in mind. When we think area rugs, we tend to think in 1 Darker colors tend to make Large area rugs are back rectangles, forgetting about other your furniture and accent and in full effect this year! There options - oval, round, square, or maybe pieces seem smaller. Vice is no better time than right now something different and way out versa, lighter colors make there. Your unique room could call for pieces seem larger. to learn how to choose the pairing differently shaped rugs or even best possible rug for your next overlapping them. Focus on options that 2 Don’t stress too much about would best match your room vision and matching colors exactly. design. When used properly, keep an open mind as things progress. When pairing several rugs, area rugs can transform the things don’t need to be look and shape of your room. SIZE precise, they just need to make sense within the You may even hear some In the wide world of area rugs, size really palette you’ve chosen. folks refer to a well-picked does matter! It is common for designers area rug as the ‘anchor’ of a to be too conservative when planning 3 Bright and busy colors and room design. You can achieve the size of their rugs, typically due to patterns can add life to a dull fabulous results for your next budget concerns. Unfortunately for them, room. Or use a rug with a design - and it’s probably easier choosing a rug that is too small tends to cool, neutral appeal to calm cause furniture and accent pieces to look a room that has a lot going than you think. unbalanced within the space. As a rule of on already. thumb, choose a rug that reaches beyond READ ON! the edges of your furniture to make the 4 Consider also experimenting space appear more expansive and create with different patterns, the illusion of additional depth. textures, and materials in your search for that area rug COLOR of your dreams. When planning a color palette for your Now that you know the basics, when design, we suggest choosing the perfect selecting the perfect area rug for your next area rug as your first step rather than design – we give you permission to go waiting until the end of the process. This RUG CRAZY! But if you do decide to go way, you can pull different colors from RUG CRAZY, may we also suggest that you the rug to begin building your palette consider laying down a high-quality liner for the rest of the room, resulting in a so there is no sliding or unwanted slippage. very inspired and calculated look. You We’re just looking out for you. may even stumble onto some colors that you wouldn’t have thought to include otherwise. Paint the walls one of the colors from your favorite rug to make it stand out as the center of attention.

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ON-THE-GO DIET TRICKS KEEPING Sometimes we eat poorly YOUR DIET on the road because we’re enjoying our time with friends ON TRACK and colleagues, sightseeing WHEN YOU TRAVEL. and sampling the local cuisine. Other times we I f you’ve ever tried to keep a strict eat poorly because diet or meal traveling is stressful, plan on track while traveling work on-the-go is for business, you fast-paced, and we are likely understand it‘s just not that easy. far, far away from the The thought of being comfort of our homes regimented while (and refrigerators). From traveling always seems to the Uber, to the plane, set a stressful tone. So we start preparing our minds to the hotel and and bodies for a “cheat beyond – extra week” before we ever planning is all it even set foot on a boat, takes to return plane, or whatever. home feeling healthy and high-energy. read on! CLICK HERE TO READ MORE OF HIGHWAY TO HEALTH

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