Smart Design

Smart Design

“High and low” is how interior designer Elizabeth Lake describes her style for remodeling her two-bedroom, one-bath home in East Sacramento. For example, she replaced the cabinets on one side of the kitchen with inexpensive open shelving from IKEA. But in the dining room, she went big with a modern, statement-making crystal chandelier by Baccarat.
“Buy quality when necessary, but be smart about it,” says Lake. “There are places you don’t need the best of the best and places you probably do.”

Second Spring

Second Spring

For much of the world, fall is the time to harvest and put the garden to bed. Gardeners in Sacramento are harvesting, too, but we have to multitask. Autumn is our “second spring,” according to Angela Pratt, owner of The Plant Foundry in Oak Park. Now is the time to plant spring-blooming seeds and cool-season flowering plants, and then enjoy their flowers in the coming months.

Shu Fen Chen

Shu Fen Chen

This painting by Shu Fen Chen was selected from the 2018 California State Fair Fine Art Show. Cecily Hastings selected it for one of her 2018 Publisher’s Awards. She can be reached at shufenpocket@yahoo.com.

Patricia Altschul

Patricia Altschul

This painting by Patricia Altshul has been selected as part of the annual KVIE Art Auction.
The auction is live on-air and online Friday, Oct. 5 from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6 and Sunday, Oct. 7 from noon to 10 p.m. Visit kvie.org/events/art-auction. Altshul will also have a show of her paintings this month at the Archival Gallery in East Sacramento.

Sue Graue

Sue Graue

This painting by Sue Graue has been selected as part of the annual KVIE Art Auction.
The auction is live on-air and online Friday, Oct. 5 from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6 and Sunday, Oct. 7 from noon to 10 p.m. Visit kvie.org/events/art-auction.