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How to Paint a Bedroom With French Decor

Paint is often one of the most inexpensive and simple ways to enhance any style of decor. By incorporating a color wash faux finish to a country French-inspired bedroom, it gives the entire room a feeling of both visual depth and weathered elegance. Specialty faux wall treatments are an artistic way

Benjamin Franklin's Life

The first part of the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is written in the first person to his son, William. He first speaks about his ancestors and how they were sort of revolutionaries themselves, r

Amber

The story of the origin of amber and Phaethon, from Greek mythology.

The Custer Monument Portrayed On a Stereographic Card

The battlefield at the Little Bighorn, where Custer and the 7th Cavalry made their famous Last Stand, is portrayed in a stereograph card, which would appear three dimensional when viewed with a popular optical device of the late 19th century.

Grants for Public Art

Public art is often funded by local governments.Sculpture image by atmospheric from Fotolia.comPublic art gives citizens the opportunity to appreciate artistic talent for free and in accessible locations. State and local governments are among the biggest supporters of public art projects...