DESIGN HELP ONLINE
Do you have a room that's ripe for a makeover? You can get help visualizing your space and defining your look at Slumberland Furniture's website. Design Cliq is a five-minute interactive quiz that gauges your personal style preferences, shows you examples and includes a $25 coupon. The site's Room Planner tool allows you to create a template of your room and experiment with furniture sizes and placement. You can choose from five prebuilt templates or input the actual measurements of your room. Just go to www.slumberland.com.
KIM PALMER
PARTY PRO
Planning a holiday party? Better Homes and Gardens magazine has launched its first iPad application, "Celebrate the Holidays," to help you with recipes, menus, decorating and music. "Celebrate" includes party themes that range from formal sit-down dinners to bonfires. The app features more than 500 photos of clever ideas and how-to tips on decorating for a theme. "Celebrate the Holidays" costs $3.99 at iTunes.
HOLIDAY EATS AT THE ARB
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum will serve festive holiday dinners, breakfasts and teas as part of the "Making Spirits Bright" event, which includes displays of decorated fir trees and gingerbread houses.
The family holiday breakfast is from 9 to 11 a.m. Dec. 11 in the MacMillan Auditorium ($6.99-$15.99). The four-course gourmet dinner with wine pairings will be in the Snyder Building's Fireplace Room at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 17 ($60-$65). Traditional holiday teas with pastries, sweets and savories are held on various dates ($23.). For reservations, go to http:// umnarboretum. catertrax.com or call 612-626-3951.
LYNN UNDERWOOD
