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Love Your Home
January's North Peoria Home Show Highlighted the Best Professionals to Help You Love Your Home Article by Susan Lanier-Graham | Photography by Nichole Eckman Tyler Croft, owner of Croft & Co. Lending ( CroftLending.com ), and Julie LaCroix, publisher of North Peoria Lifestyle, organized the North Peoria Home Show in January, featuring more than 90 vendors, all waiting to help you love your home. Whether you're looking to buy or build a home, remodel, update windows and doors, create an...
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Home + Design
Peach Fuzz
Incorporating the Pantone Color of the Year into Your Home Article by Susan Lanier-Graham 1. Embrace the Warmth For 2024, Pantone named PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz as the color of the year. Peach Fuzz is a warm color that is less pink and more orange. In fact, it has been described as a pastel version of orange. 2. Pairing Peach Fuzz Peach Fuzz pairs nicely with neutrals and natural materials like wicker and bamboo or sisal rugs. Use that color wheel! 3. Warm and Bold Pantone describes...
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Food + Beverage
A Family Affair
Family Catering Business Fat Freddy's Focuses on Putting Best Food Forward Article by Gretchen Pahia | Photography by Christine Andert—Picture Lady Photography LLC Not everyone has the inclination, know-how, or time to cook a big feast for a party or event. That’s where caters come in. There are plenty of catering options in the Valley, but not all can tout being family-owned and operated. Freddy and Eric Renstrom are the proud team behind Fat Freddy’s Catering. The father-and-son duo...
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Food + Beverage
Chocolate Goodness
Show Some Love with these Gluten-Free Chocolate Lava Cakes Article and Photography by Rebecca Taig There is something decadent about molten chocolate lava cakes—that dark chocolate cake on the outside with warm, gooey chocolate ganache inside. Restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten created the first chocolate lava cakes. Even today, decades after the introduction of the delightful little cakes, they almost seem magical when we cut into the warm cake and watch that chocolatey goodness ooze...
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