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Shh! It's A Secret: Twelves Grill & Cafe, West Grove, PA

11-10-09
Kim Dillon

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The locals all know about it, but if you are new to the area or live a short distance away, you may not be familiar with Twelves Grill & Cafe.

Located at 10 Exchange Place, West Grove, PA, Twelves calls the Old Sovereign Bank home. The building (which at one time in West Grove's history actually housed the town jail) was completely gutted and renovated in 2008 to the specifications of the Smith family.

Tim and Kristen Smith are the owners. They named the restaurant "Twelves" because that number is of particular significance to them. Their first date was on November 12; Tim's birthday is January 12; Kristen's birthday is February 12; and they were married on November 12!

Chef Tim does a tremendous job with the food, often using local produce. The atmosphere is friendly and cozy with an upscale feel. The menu is priced fairly, and it is a BYOB that makes it even more affordable.

For more information, visit their website at http://twelvesgrill.com/index.html

Don't keep it a secret! Visit Twelves Grill & Cafe in West Grove, PA for a great dining experience.

Submitted by: Kim Dillon, Creative Eye Home Staging, serving Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware

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FALL: IT'S A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP!

10-12-09
Kim Dillon

home with fall colors and mumsFALL: IT'S A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP!

Seasonal Decorating

Fall-I love the crispness that greets me in the morning and the beautiful color that is so plentiful in Chester County where I am blessed to live, but I hate the short days and what I know is right around the corner. . . winter and it's cold and often dreary days!

Usually seeing the mums and pumpkins in the fields and stores is enough to get me motivated to do some fall decorating, but this year it has taken a little added inspiration. Today I visited Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA and came away with the inspiration I needed! I can't wait to buy some gourds, pumpkins, flowering kale and mums and welcome the season with open arms.

Fall, and October in particular, is the beginning of the Holiday Season and all the decorations that come with it. October brings Halloween with jack-o-lanterns and witches brooms; November offers Thanksgiving and the traditional turkeys and pilgrims. As soon as Thanksgiving is over (and in the retail world even before!), it is time to begin decorating for the "really big show"-Christmas. After that holiday, we get a short break before Valentine's Day greets us in early February.

If you love all those holidays and enjoy decorating for them specifically, by all means do so-UNLESS you are marketing your home. When your house is on the market, take a tip from Longwood Gardens-decorate for the season, rather than the holiday. Now that my children are older, I do this anyway, and have found it to be a more sophisticated look.

In September, October, and November, you can borrow lots from nature. Take a walk in the woods and gather bittersweet, pinecones and acorns. Chester County has lots of local nurseries and roadside stands that sell gourds, pumpkins, mums and kale. If you buy mums that were grown locally, they can be planted and will come back for years.

For December, January, and February, keep all the pinecones you gathered for your fall decorating and replace the gourds and pumpkins with cut evergreens and winterberry. Water thoroughly before you stick these in a pot of dirt, and they will look fresh for a very long time.

If you need some easy decorating ideas, Better Homes and Gardens offers them online at www.bhg.com . You can sign up for decorating newsletters, get tips for home improvements, and much more.

And if you still aren't inspired, take a trip to Longwood Gardens in Southern Chester County, PA. I highly recommend it!

Kim Dillon/Creative Eye Home Staging, http://www.creativeeyehomestaging.com/, serves parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Our Pledge to You: "At Creative Eye, we love what we do, so you get our very best! That means your home will be its best--whether it is for your own personal enjoyment or to ensure that you get TOP DOLLAR when you place the property on the market!"

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