MOVING SALE

This weekend brings a chance to browse discounted designer duds for your home. Martha O'Hara Interiors is holding a moving sale June 11-12, 17-19 and 24-26. Furniture and accessories used by designers for staging homes on the Parade of Homes and Luxury Home Tour will be discounted 50 to 90 percent. Shoppers who spend $1,000 will get an extra 10 percent off; purchases of $5,000 qualify for an extra 20 percent off. Sale hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The sale will be held at the Martha O'Hara Interiors Showroom, 6900 Oxford St., St. Louis Park. After the move, a new combined design studio/retail store, staffed by designers, will reopen July 6 at 9950 Wayzata Blvd., St. Louis Park.

"Lars Bolander's Scandinavian Design" (Vendome Press, $40) is as full of color and life as it is of cool-palette spaces. Bolander, one of Sweden's best-known designers, shares ideas on putting Swedish elements to work in any decor. The cozy mix of photos contrasting bold, warm rooms with ones more fancy and spare provides good pacing for readers, who get a much broader appreciation of the styles united under the Scandi umbrella. There's a fair bit of history woven throughout, but the book's strength is in its visuals of exteriors, entrances, kitchens and living, dining, bath and bedrooms, as well as its informative "Design Elements" sidebars.

KIM YEAGER

SPECIAL TO THE STAR TRIBUNE

Thinking about adding a patio or retaining wall to your landscape? Gertens Nursery is offering a free class on June 14 at 7 p.m. An expert from Natural Landscapes will demonstrate all the steps needed to plan, install and maintain natural stone patios and retaining walls. Gertens is located at 5500 Blaine Av., Inver Grove Heights.