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Office rules require sticky notes on bathroom door, wipes by coffee pot | Articles

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In break rooms, most companies have cordoned off dining areas and rendered shared refrigerators off-limits. What once was a place where co-workers chatted or jockeyed for fridge space likely will be empty.

“We have closed our cafeteria food service, given the potential for touch contamination, and have limited seating available in the cafeteria,” said Lauren Russ, spokeswoman for Baxter International, which is restricting attendance at its Deerfield, Illinois, headquarters to 20%.

Kraft Heinz’ Chicago corporate headquarters occupies floors 72 to 76 in the Aon Center, and those floors are only accessible through shared elevators. That’s a long, shared ride for an employee to take each time they want to go on a coffee or food run.

“Safely facilitating coffee breaks, snacks and lunch is a crucial component of our return to office planning,” Michael Mullen, senior vice president of corporate affairs, said in a statement. “We are considering many different

Kitchen

Pei Wei Asian Kitchen abruptly closed its last Jacksonville restaurant

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Teresa Stepzinski

| Florida Times-Union

The last Pei Wei Asian Kitchen in Jacksonville has abruptly closed.

The sign is gone, the doors are locked and an auction will be held Sunday to sell off all the kitchen equipment, furnishings and fixtures of the restaurant, located at 4849 Town Center Parkway at The Markets at Town Center on the Southside.

Pei Wei officials didn’t respond to Times-Union telephone and email messages Tuesday.

It was unknown when or why the restaurant closed.

The restaurant’s Facebook page states it’s permanently closed. And the location is no longer listed on the company’s website.

The restaurant was the last of three in Jacksonville to close. Pei Wei restaurants in Mandarin and Bartram Park previously closed.

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Messages Tuesday on the restaurant and corporate headquarters telephones stated all Pei Wei

Interior

Canadian design duo Nivek Remas on their latest work and fall trends

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a view of a living room filled with furniture and a large window: Private residence in Toronto's Shangri-La hotel, interior design by Nivek Remas.

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Private residence in Toronto’s Shangri-La hotel, interior design by Nivek Remas.

Projects by interior designers Kevin Chan and Samer Shaath, of Toronto-based design firm Nivek Remas , are plentiful and impressive. Their collective design careers span 20 years and include luxury hospitality, residential and retail design, both in Canada and abroad, such as the W Hotel and Rosewood Hotel in Guangzhou, China.

We caught up with the pair to hear about their latest work and what home decor and furnishing trends we’ll be seeing this fall.

Chan and Shaath recently completed a high-end private residence in Toronto’s Shangri-La Hotel. The owners are very well-travelled and love the hotel experience, so they tried to bring this into their design concept, says Shaath.

They kept the dining area very small and minimal, he says, and focused on a spacious living room and entertaining area — as the owners don’t

Home improvement

Should You Take Out a Larger Mortgage to Pay for Home Improvements?

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A man drilling cupboard doors while doing renovations in his kitchen.

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Many people who apply for a mortgage want to borrow enough money to cover the purchase price of the home they’re buying (minus the down payment they’re able to come up with). But what if the home you’re buying will need improvements? If that’s the case, you may be tempted to take out a higher mortgage.

Here’s how that might work. Say your home costs $200,000. You have $50,000 available for a down payment. So you plan to only borrow $150,000. However, that’s a larger down payment than your lender will ask for. Most lenders are more than satisfied with a 20% down payment. For this example, a 20% down payment would only be $40,000. In this case, you could simply put down less money ($40,000 instead of $50,000), get a larger mortgage ($160,000 instead of $150,000), and use the remaining funds (the extra $10,000 you

Decor

Kendall Jenner’s ‘Architectural Digest’ Home Tour Will Make You Swoon

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There’s just something about celebrity home tours that gets me excited. I love sitting in my tiny apartment silently critiquing (and occasionally, but not often, praising) the way-out-of-my-budget decor styles of the rich and famous—and Kendall Jenner’s Architectural Digest home tour was one I could not wait to watch. The model opened up her cozy (Read: at least 20 times the size of my apartment.) Los Angeles home so we could all see exactly how she lives. And while I was so ready to criticize Kendall Jenner’s house (Sorry not sorry!), I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with how she—and her team of interior designers—decorated the huge space.

Unlike Gigi Hadid’s home decor style—which, if you haven’t seen yet, please check out her Instagram for all the, um, interesting photos—Kylie Jenner has kept things pretty neutral with fun pops of color here and

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Your Newest Storage and Interior Design Hack? Ladder Bookcases. Here Are Some of Our Favorites.

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Whether it’s for a sprawling classic book collection, a scented candle obsession or a pile of odds and ends you can’t bring yourself to get rid of — we’re all always trying to find creative ways to store our stuff. We know what Marie Kondo would say about our borderline-hoarding habits but no matter how hard we try, we can’t bring ourselves to be minimalist. And you know what? That’s okay.

Rather than getting rid of the stuff you don’t have space to store, it’s time to get creative about where your belongings live in your home, and use up the space you have sitting right in front of you. Ladder bookshelves use up vertical space in your home without taking up any nearly any floor space and look great while doing it. They’re a simple item of furniture that will blend in and compliment a wide range of decor

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25 Stylish Fall Mantel Decor Ideas

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Come fall, you might be inclined to decorate with layers of texture, transition your home’s color palette from energetic hues to earth tones, and even carve out a cozy nook that’s perfect for lounging. Autumn presents an opportunity to make the most of more time spent indoors, which means finding ways to make your home more cozy and welcoming. Believe it or not, this doesn’t mean you have to blow your budget. One of the best places to start? Your living room mantel.

Fall mantel decorating is all about being creative, whether you choose to bring in the outdoors by incorporating foliage or stick to classic accessories like vibrant pumpkins and candles. Browse some of our favorite fall mantel decor ideas that showcase the beauty of the season.

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Rare hotel featuring inclusive design opens in Amherst | Local News

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Uniland in 2018 won $1.15 million in incentives from the Amherst Industrial Development Agency by arguing the project qualified as a tourism destination. The developer later bought the property from the town.

Uniland from the beginning set out to design a hotel that could better accommodate sled-hockey players and other athletes with disabilities.

Universal, or inclusive, design is different than accessible design, said Levine of UB’s IDEA Center. Accessibility is a minimum standard and can be an afterthought in the design process.

The standard also usually centers on people with mobility or vision impairment and doesn’t address the needs of people with, for example, cognitive disabilities, colorblindness, chemical sensitivity, she said.

“Accessibility is not good enough and as designers we need to go beyond that,” Levine said.

There are no standard Hampton rooms in the hotel at 1601 Amherst Manor Drive. Seven of the 107 rooms are fully accessible, as

Interior

London Bay Homes’ Martinique model in Mediterra showcases contemporary design

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Gravina, Smith, Matte & Arnold Marketing and PR, Special to Fort Myers News-Press
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London Bay Homes’ Martinique model in Mediterra, Naples’ premier golf and lifestyle community, is captivating homebuyers with its stunning lake views and open-concept floor plan showcasing the award-winning homebuilder’s contemporary approach.

Within the premier Naples golf and beach club community, The Martinique is available for viewing in Lucarno, where double-loaded cobblestone streets, lakes, gardens, and fountains combine to create a distinctive sense of place within the maintenance-free neighborhood. Boasting 3,615 square feet of interior living space, the floor plan offers four ensuite bedrooms – including one near the front of the home that can easily serve as a comfortable home office or media room.

Featuring interiors conceived

Kitchen

Blue Plate Kitchen in West Hartford to close

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Blue Plate Kitchen, a West Hartford “modern comfort fare” restaurant in the town’s Bishops Corner retail area, will close permanently on Aug. 30. Owners Jay DuMond and Lisa Cole said they made the decision to close because of the effects of COVID-19 and related restrictions on dining.

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The restaurant will be open through that date, offering breakfast, lunch and dinner with seasonal specials and cocktails, and expanded patio seating. Gift cards will be honored through August.

DuMond, a longtime area restaurateur who also owns and operates City Steam Brewery Cafe, opened Blue Plate Kitchen in January 2014. At the time, he saw the opportunity for affordability and variety, with options available at every meal and a full bar with specialty cocktails.

City Steam, which has remained closed in downtown Hartford throughout the pandemic,

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