All-season rooms can add addi-tional living space to a home andprovide areas that marry the out-doors with inside.

These rooms serve many pur-poses depending on the home-owner. Some are a screened-inarea used for watching naturewhile others serve as an artist’sgallery. Still other all-season rooms are the family gathering spots.

All-season rooms tend to bevery bright and airy and filledwith many windows that look tothe outdoors. Depending on their uses and the homeowners’ design styles, there are many ways todecorate all-season rooms forcomfort and convenience.

• The solarium: Many home-owners use their all-season roomas a greenhouse. Bright sunlightand plenty of plants fill the space.Because this area tends to get alot of unfiltered sunlight, lightfabrics that won’t fade from thesun’s rays are ideal. This sort ofspace may be best furnished with wicker or indoor/outdoor fur-niture because it is essentially agarden brought indoors. Tileflooring or easily cleaned lami-nate or wood make mopping upspills or cleaning up potting soil a breeze.

• The library: Some choose to turn their all-season room into arelaxing space for quiet contem-plation or reading. While gazingoutdoors, homeowners can nestle into an overstuffed chair orrecline on a comfortable sofa.

Decorating theAll-Season Room

Curtains can add texture to theroom and filter out some of thesunlight. A rocking chair, reclineror other cozy spot for sitting canbe enhanced with throw pillowsand a table with lamp for ease inreading.

• The family room: Otherhomeowners turn their all-seasonroom into a family space, prefer-ring to leave the living room as aformal set-up. The comfortableall-season room houses the tele-vision, kids’ toys and casual fur-nishings. Decorating this spacemay involve a microfiber sec-tional that is easily cleaned whenpets or kids leave behind a mess.Durable, low-pile carpeting willbe comfortable underfoot andserve as other lounging spotswhen seating is at a premium.

• The home office: A brightand quiet spot, the all-seasonroom is the perfect office retreatfor those who work from home.Bookshelves can house importantperiodicals, files and some deco-rative elements. The focal point ofthe room can be a large, antiquedesk that is both stylish and func-tional. Use accordion blinds orshades to keep the space comfort-able and protect computer equip-ment from direct sunlight.

• The mudroom: An all-sea-son room can also serve as thetransition space between the yardand the main house. Durableflooring, a few benches forremoving shoes and some gardenaccents can brighten the space.

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Keep Rabbits at BayRabbits may seem like adorable critters one

would love to have around.However, rabbits can cause serious

damage to landscapes in a shortamount of time. Keeping them awayfrom plants and shrubs takes somepatience.

Rabbits have a penchant for feedingon seedlings, shrubs, bulbs, and cer-tain flowers. If really hungry, they’llessentially munch on anything a lawnor garden has to offer. Homeownersmight end up watching those hostasdisappear before learning that the daf-fodils have been decimated.

There are certain options that cankeep rabbits out of the backyard.Some are more humane than others.Before a homeowner decides to takerabbit control into his or her ownhands, the laws of the neighborhoodshould be investigated. For example,kill traps certainly will take care of rab-bits, but they may not be legal in a par-ticular area. Many also view them asinhumane and only a last resort whentrying to solve a rabbit problem.

Other options involve live traps andrepellents. Live traps, while effective,will only trap the animal. The home-owner will then have to relocate it toanother area. Chances are, unlesshomeowners routinely drop the rab-bits off miles away from home, theseuninvited guests will eventually findtheir way back to a particular yard.

Repellents are another way to keeprabbits at bay. There are several meth-ods that may work that homeownerscan try.

• Thiram: This fungicide can beused on ornamental plants (ones thatwon’t be eaten due to their toxicity).Rabbits find this product repulsive. It

will have to be reapplied after heavyrains and may not be practical if petsfrequent the yard.

• Blood meal: Sprinkle blood meal,a high-nitrogen form of natural fertil-izer, or hang bags of cheesecloth con-taining the substance around plantsthat should not be eaten by rabbits.

• Manure: Make a solution of cowmanure and water and spray it onplants.

• Pepper: Rabbits frequently sniffout their surroundings. Red pepper,cayenne pepper or even black peppercan be an irritant that works to sendrabbits away.

• Mexican Marigolds: This plant issaid to repel rabbits.

• Human scents: Some rabbits areput off by the scent of humans in thegarden. Old shoes or a piece of cloth-ing may achieve this. However,chances are rabbits have grown accus-tomed to the smell of humans and arebold enough to enter the garden.

• Dogs and cats: Some rabbits willnot visit lawns in which cats and dogshave staked their claim.

• Corncobs: Soak used corncobs invinegar and place around the garden.

• Hair clippings: Some people saythat hair clippings from the barbershop will deter rabbits.